Google held its annual I/O developer conference this week, with much of the product announcements focusing on new developer tools. However, the company used the conference to announce several new innovations to its suite of productivity tools in Google Workspace, including Google Meet. These new feature enhancements come as Google and collaboration display provider Avocor […]
Google is introducing a new feature in its videoconferencing service Google Meet that enables users to turn their camera on and share their video feed with all participants when in the platform’s Companion mode. According to a Google Workspace blog, this is designed to allow in-room participants attending a hybrid meeting to improve collaboration and […]
Google is introducing new Workspace features largely for Google Meet designed to help organizations scale up its distributed work models and boost productivity and security. In addition to new in-meeting reactions and emojis in Meet, Google is bringing Meet directly to Docs, Sheets and Slides so users can quickly start a meeting and bring it […]
Otter.ai, the intelligence transcription service that has aligned itself with collaboration platforms to provide interactive notes of meetings, now includes new features including a more centralized home feed, automatic outlines, actionable workflow tools and one-click screen captures. The Mountain View, Calif. company announced the updates Tuesday, calling it the new Otter, with iOS and Android […]
ClearOne announced that its Versa Lite CT, a USB audio-enabled beamforming ceiling tile microphone is now Google Meet certified. ClearOne is the Salt Lake City, Utah-based provider of global audio and visual communication solutions. Google Meet ranks among the top five for growth in the cloud meetings and team collaboration market, according to a Frost […]
As videoconferencing becomes the norm, Google Meet is now offering live translated captions generally available for select Google Workspace users on web and mobile devices. Meeting participants can translate an English meeting to one of four languages: French, German, Portuguese and Spanish. The company rolled out the beta in September of last year, which is […]
Remote work has brought with it a host of cybersecurity challenges, exacerbated by the surge in use of popular videoconferencing platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and others. Those companies have been active in enhancing the security controls for those applications, but one new hacking method uncovered by researchers from the University of Texas […]
Google Meet has now caught up with other videoconferencing and collaboration platforms with the company’s rollout of custom virtual backgrounds for video calls. Google in a Friday blog post announced the feature, which allows users to either select one of Google’s hand-picked backgrounds or upload their own image. Google’s backgrounds include office spaces, landscapes and […]
ManagedMethods, a Google G Suite and Microsoft 365 cybersecurity, student safety, and compliance platform for K-12 schools, has launched its new Google Classroom monitoring and reporting features. The announcement of the newest features comes after the May announcement of the company’s Google Meet monitoring and reporting capabilities. Using ManagedMethods, IT administrators can monitor which Google Meet sessions students […]
Google Meet is getting breakout rooms for G Suite Enterprise for Education customers that will allow organizers to divide rooms into smaller groups during video calls. According to a G Suite blog, users can create up to 100 breakout rooms in one single call. Call participants will be randomly and equally distributed across rooms, and […]
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