Google Meet

Google Meet
Developer(s)Google
Initial releaseMarch 9, 2017 (2017-03-09)
Stable release(s)
Android, original2024.04.07.622678568 / April 11, 2024 (2024-04-11) [1]
iOS, original114.1.0 / May 1, 2023 (2023-05-01)[2]
Android, Duo240.0.623553666 / April 11, 2024 (2024-04-11) [3]
Android TV, Duo240.0.623553666 / April 11, 2024 (2024-04-11)[4]
iOS, Duo237.0 / April 3, 2024 (2024-04-03)[5]
PlatformAndroid, Android TV, ChromeOS, Fuchsia, iOS, iPadOS, Web
PredecessorGoogle Duo (Google Hangouts)
TypeCommunication software
LicenseFreemium
Websitemeet.google.com

Google Meet is a video communication service developed by Google.[6] It is one of two apps that constitute the replacement for Google Hangouts, the other being Google Chat.[7] It replaced the consumer-facing Google Duo on November 1, 2022, with the Duo mobile app being renamed Meet and the original Meet app set to be phased out.[8]

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Google announced Meet was to be made available to all users, not just Google Workspace users, in which it previously was. The use of Meet grew by a factor of 30 between January and April 2020, with 100 million users a day accessing Meet, compared to 200 million daily users for Zoom as of the last week of April 2020.[9][10][11]

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  9. ^ Boland, Hannah. "Google launches free version of Meet in bid to topple Zoom". The Telegraph. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  10. ^ Lardinois, Frederic (April 29, 2020). "Google is making Meet free for everyone". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  11. ^ Lerman, Rachel. "Big Tech is coming for Zoom: Google makes video chatting service Meet free". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 5, 2020.