Advanced Google Meet features free until September 30, 2020. Do you use it?

Google has made the advanced video conferencing features of Google Meet (formerly Hangouts) available free of charge to all customers of G Suite Basic, Business, Education and Nonprofit versions.

These features are extended until September 30, 2020 to support the work of businesses, organizations and educators in this time of crisis.

How to activate the new Google Meet features?

As work and learning continue to be done remotely or in smart working, there is a need to protect data and control its use within each company and organization, because this is a critical point for many other businesses.

This offers you:

• larger meetings for up to 250 participants per call
• live streaming for up to 100,000 viewers within the domain
• record meetings on Google Drive

If you are a G Suite Basic, Business or Nonprofit customer: these advanced features are OFF by default and can be enabled at the domain, organizational unit or group level.

If you are a G Suite for Education Customer: these advanced features are OFF by default and can be enabled at the domain, organizational unit or group level.

If you are a G Suite Enterprise and Enterprise for Education Customer: these features are already available in your domain and will continue to comply with your current settings.

Once you have them enabled in the Administration Console, end users will be able to stream and record meetings.

Why is Google Meet secure for your video conferences?

Google Meet provides security for your data, that's why:

You have a wide range of host controls, such as the ability to admit or deny access to a meeting and, if necessary, mute or remove participants.

Codes for joining a meeting are complex by default to hack.

Meeting videos in Meet are encrypted like all recordings stored in Google Drive.

You don't need plugins to use Meet on the web. The App runs directly on Chrome and other browsers, so it is less vulnerable to security threats.

On mobile devices, you have thededicated Google Meet App in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

You can use more effective security protections available against phishing and account hijacking (such as Security Token, two-step verification).

Google Cloud undergoesregular and rigorous security and privacy audits for all its services. Global compliance certifications can help support regulatory requirements such as GDPR and HIPAA, as well as COPPA and FERPA for education.

Your Meet data is not used for advertising or sold to third parties.

How can people use Google Meet?

There are those who were using Google Meet before the pandemic, those who have invented new ways to organize work in a more streamlined, secure and faster way, let's look at some ideas:

• Hospitals can track patients, monitor and analyze even important clinical parameters right at home, avoiding unnecessary stays in the hospital for days at a time just to monitor them
  
• Banks arrange Meetings with loan applicants
  
• sales teams assist customers remotely. A few days ago we happened to see an e-commerce company organize Meet with customers to show the fit of garments and give personal advice
  
• manufacturers can interact securely with warehouse technicians, and it is also possible to organize Meet for all those representative activities that used to take place only door-to-door to give continuity to their work as well
  
• many personal trainers have taken advantage of this possibility to take more classes and also launch online consulting services, even for more distant clients, and so it has happened a little bit to all consulting professions, in short companies from all sectors and small big companies are using Meet to stay in touch.
  
• if you are a School or involved in training contact our team to learn about solutions for you.