Google Meet premium video meetings–free for everyone

Post by freepor » Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 8:33 AM UTC

masonic wrote: post #20

cube2222 wrote: post #4

I've been using Google meet as a remote student for a while (Google made meet available for free for education accounts a while ago already) and it's been a great experience, even with large groups of people online. We tested up to ~80 without any problems.

I used Google meet yesterday on a Samsung phone (GS7),and in ~80 minutes almost the entire battery was drained and the phone was too hot to handle. I powered down completely to recharge.

Post by tartrate » Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 8:39 AM UTC

tsukurimashou wrote: post #50

okt wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why can't be one loyal to an app?

having a concept of "loyalty" for apps and corporations is beyond me

Post by mr_gibbins » Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 8:43 AM UTC

Post by michaelt » Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 8:44 AM UTC

londons_explore wrote: post #27

jpkeisala wrote: post #5

> We do not allow anonymous users (i.e., without a Google Account) to join meetings created by individual accounts. If there is no guest accounts this will not be intresting for many.

Agreed. While requiring a Google account to host a meeting makes some sense, requiring an account to join a meeting will simply mean too much friction and users will use another platform. The equation is simple. Users use the first platform they can find where both sound and video works for every person they want to talk to. "Jim can't get into the call" soon leads to someone piping up "shall we try zoom instead?". I…

Post by pibefision » Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 8:46 AM UTC

mr_gibbins wrote: post #55

They're late to the party. The canapes have been consumed, the beer has been drunk and everyone's down to that miscellaneous yellow dip and the leftover breadsticks. Zoom has won, Google, with Teams coming in a respectable 2nd place. No-one's got any reason to use your product.