PSA: Google Meet to limit meetings to 60 minutes on free plans September 30th

[Karlston]

PSA: Google Meet to limit meetings to 60 minutes on free plans September 30th

The company temporarily gave all users free meetings with no time limit earlier this year 

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Google said in April it would allow unlimited-length meetings in its Google Meet video chat platform for all users until September 30th, and it looks like the company is sticking with that timeline. After September 30th, free versions of Meet will be limited to meetings no longer than 60 minutes.

 

“We don’t have anything to communicate regarding changes to the promo and advanced features expiring,” a Google spokesperson told The Verge in an email Friday. “If this changes, we’ll be sure to let you know.”

 

Under the extension, anyone with a Google account could create free meetings with up to 100 people, and with no time limit.

 

Also going away September 30th are access to advanced features for G Suite and G Suite for Education customers, including allowing meetings of up to 250 participants, live-streams of up to 100,000 people within a single domain, and the ability to save meeting recordings to Google Drive. Those features are normally only available to customers on the “enterprise” tier of G Suite, which costs $25 per user per month.

 

Google Meet and other videconferencing platforms have been chasing the meteoric rise of Zoom during the coronavirus pandemic, with Meet passing 100 million daily participants back in April.

 

Of course what this deadline means for most users who don’t want to upgrade to a paid Meet plan is that they’ll have to limit their conference calls to 60 minutes or less. Not... really seeing the downside there.

 

 

PSA: Google Meet to limit meetings to 60 minutes on free plans September 30th

 

[mp68terr]

What is the meaning of PSA here?

[shamu726]

Public service announcement

[steven36]

Just use Jitsi it open source  works on all   platforms

Linux and Mobile

https://jitsi.org/downloads/

 

Windows and  App Image for Linux

https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases/latest

 

web ui for browsers

https://meet.jit.si/

 

 

Self hosting /  make your own private instance

https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/devops-guide/devops-guide-start

[mp68terr]

2 hours ago, shamu726 said:

Public service announcement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSA 😉

[Karlston]

Google extends unlimited Meet calls for Gmail accounts until March 31, 2021

Google is extending one of the features of Meet that allows users to video-chat with friends and family all day. The company has announced that Meet will continue to offer unlimited calls for free until March 31, 2021, for Gmail account users.

 

The feature allows users to video-chat with others for up to 24 hours. Samir Pradhan, Group Product Manager for Google Meet, wrote in a blog post that calls in the videoconferencing service was first made unlimited in April when Meet became free for everyone. The unlimited call feature was set to expire on September 30. At that time, the company also extended access to advanced features for free for G Suite and G Suite for Education customers, which were unveiled in March in response to COVID-19 lockdowns. These included support for up to 250 participants in a call, live streams with up to 100,000 viewers, and the ability to record calls and save them on Google Drive.

 

The latest extension, however, is available only to consumers. Google did not mention whether it applies to G Suite and G Suite for Education users. Pradhan said the goal is to "continue helping those who rely on Meet to stay in touch over the coming months".

 

 

Google extends unlimited Meet calls for Gmail accounts until March 31, 2021