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Before the pandemic, the Zoom video conferencing platform was a complete unknown to the general public, commonly used in professional settings. Today it is one of the most used options to communicate with family and friends, to take virtual classes, or even to telework.
Microsoft and Google did not take long to react, seeing the potential offered by the confinement situation to bring their respective video conferencing tools to a greater number of people.
But it is more striking the case of Google, which has a long history of failure in terms of its messaging and video conferencing options. But still the move now could benefit him.
As we noted just a few days ago, Google announced that its Meet video conferencing platform, which was renamed Hangouts Meet to just Google Meet a month ago, and which until now was exclusive to G Suite business and educational accounts, will be also brought to private users who have a Google account at no cost.
Of course, they will not have all the functions that are available to G Suite business and educational customers, although they do have a sufficient number of options that are above the great rival to beat, Zoom, especially in terms of security , to avoid things like the so-called Zoombombing.
Well, considering that the deployment will be gradual over the next few weeks, some users are beginning to see that Meet is also integrating into their GMail mailboxes, precisely within the left sidebar, in a remarkable position, according to what The Verge has learned.
In this sense, GMail will be given the option of creating a new meeting or joining an existing meeting. This means that Google has ambitious plans with Meet, which aims to make it ubiquitous, so that it will avoid users having to go expressly to meet.google.com to create and join meetings.
We do not know, at the moment, if Google has plans to take its integration into other services, although with the company’s culture it has always been intended to promote some services from others, so it is not surprising if we also find it in other applications. and / or services.
This gives us an idea that Google will continue to work tirelessly now that it has a golden opportunity to be noticed in the videoconferencing segment, and who knows if this turn of events will carry other changes in the short term.
Image credit: The Verge
