Google Meet

Google Meet
Developer(s)Google
Initial releaseMarch 9, 2017 (2017-03-09)
Stable release(s)
Android, original2023.10.15.574562984 / October 22, 2023 (2023-10-22) [1]
iOS, original114.1.0 / May 1, 2023 (2023-05-01)[2]
Android, Duo214.0.572358477 / October 16, 2023 (2023-10-16) [3]
iOS, Duo214.0 / October 23, 2023 (2023-10-23)[4]
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.[5] It is one of two apps that constitute the replacement for Google Hangouts, the other being Google Chat.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8][9][10]

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  4. ^ "Google Meet". App Store. October 24, 2023.
  5. ^ Johnston, Scott (March 9, 2017). "Meet the new Hangouts". Google. Archived from the original on March 14, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  6. ^ de Looper, Christian (January 23, 2019). "Google will begin shutting down the classic Hangouts app in October". DigitalTrends.com. Archived from the original on August 4, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
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  8. ^ Boland, Hannah. "Google launches free version of Meet in bid to topple Zoom". The Telegraph. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  9. ^ Lardinois, Frederic (April 29, 2020). "Google is making Meet free for everyone". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  10. ^ Lerman, Rachel. "Big Tech is coming for Zoom: Google makes video chatting service Meet free". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 5, 2020.