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Review by
Sarah Bennett
About this app
In addition to being a powerful search engine, and the most important in the world, Google provides its users with outstanding free applications. Tools that facilitate daily tasks such as email, calendars, large cloud storages, word processors or call and messaging services.
Google Meet is part of this package and is the program of the company founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin that is provided to business environments or workgroups to make free video calls.
You can download Google Meet for free and have access to an agile, fast, easy-to-use and above all very secure program. It's ideal for productive online work as it supports up to 250-participant conferences.
In order to avoid leaks or bad moments related to security, the app's call codes are regularly renewed and updated so that you can make connections without third-party interference or leakage of information of any kind.
When organizing video calls on Google Meet, one of the advantages of the program is that you can invite members to the conference in a very simple way. Just create and share the meeting room link. Once this is done, people can connect from a computer or from the Google Meet app for Android or iOS.
Among other benefits of the program you can share screen during a video conference. This allows you to give other participants access to presentations, documents or any file in general on which they have to work.
At the same time, you can record the meetings to review them at another time if you wish. This is very important in case you have overlapping meetings and cannot attend one or the other. After the meeting is over, the video file is automatically uploaded to your Google Drive.
Google Meet is an outstanding option to improve productivity, communication and daily work development in your work environment. Make quality, secure video calls with many available features that make communications more effective.
Ratings and reviews
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Sound cancellation function.
- Supports up to 250 participants.
- Free service.
- Interaction with other Google services.
Cons
- You have to use a Google account
- Some problems in the operation
- The phone app needs some improvements
- It may present problems to recognize the meetings
3 Tricks for Google Meet you didn't know
| Trick | Description |
|---|---|
1Blur Your Background | Use the background blur feature to minimize distractions from your surroundings. Access it in settings during a call to enable. |
2Share Your Screen for Presentations | Share your entire screen or a specific application window to present documents or presentations to participants. Click the "Present now" button. |
3Utilize Live Captions | Enable live captions to follow conversations in real-time. This is particularly helpful for participants with hearing impairments or in noisy environments. |
Direct competitor: Zoom
Zoom is a popular video conferencing platform that offers a wide range of features for meetings and webinars.
| Feature |  Google Meet | Zoom |
|---|---|---|
| UI | Intuitive and user-friendly | Slightly more complex, but with numerous options |
| Features | Solid basic video conferencing features | More extensive features such as breakout rooms and whiteboarding |
| Performance | Stable performance, especially with a good internet connection | Can be slightly unstable on weaker connections |
| Price | Paid plans available with extended features for businesses | Various pricing tiers depending on needs |
| Support | Good support via help center and community | More comprehensive customer support, including phone support in some plans |