Free-to-use Zoom and Skype are getting some competition: Meet, which is Google's premium video conferencing tool, is now free for everyone.
Google said Wednesday that the"secure and reliable" software will become available over the next few weeks to anyone with an email address, even if it's not a Gmail account. Meet was previously only available to users of its G Suite productivity tools, commonly used by larger companies and schools.The work-from-home revolution brought on by the novel coronavirus sparked a teleconferencing phenomenon over the past few months.
Google emphasized Meet's security features, writing in a blog post that it's"designed, built and operated to be secure at scale." Read MoreSome key features include admitting or denying users into conferences and not allowing anonymous users — both problems that Zoom has attempted to stamp out with software updates. Zoom CEO Eric Yuan admitted that his company has"fallen short" on privacy and security.
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