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The battle for video conferencing supremacy has taken another turn with a series of updates and enhancements for Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet.
First of all, LinkedIn has revealed an update to its messaging service that will allow members to video call on the site using Microsoft Teams, BlueJeans, or Zoom, bringing millions of potential users to those platforms.
But there is worse news for Google Meet users, who will soon face call duration restrictions for certain editions of the service.
LinkedIn calls
The LinkedIn announcement comes as part of a major overhaul of the business-focused social media platform, which was launched in conjunction with the site’s first major visual redesign in five years.
Starting in early October 2020 on desktop and mobile devices, LinkedIn users will be able to change their face-to-face chat conversations directly from LinkedIn messages.
To get started, you just have to click on the video icon next to where you would write a message, which will open a menu where you can choose between Teams, Zoom or BlueJeans and a message to log in. Users can share a unique link to start an instant meeting or schedule for later.
Elsewhere, Google Meet users are facing something of a demotion after Google announced that it would end its gift of unlimited free calls on the service.
The company had provided all users with free, time-limited meetings earlier this year as demand for video conferencing grew during the pandemic.
However, starting September 30, users of the free Google Meet plan will be limited to calls of just 60 minutes.
Google is also removing access to some Meet features for G Suite and G Suite for Education customers, including the ability to have meetings with up to 250 participants, broadcast live streams of up to 100,000 people within a single domain, as well as the ability to save meeting recordings to Google Drive.
Via The Verge
