Google Hangouts

Google has now made its video-conferencing service, Meet, free for anyone who wants to use it as it battles the threat from Zoom.

Google is rolling out new features to its Meet videoconferencing service to enhance the user experience. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the service is seeing 2 million new users per day.

Google is rolling out a number of new features to Google Meet to capitalize on the increased demand for videoconferencing at the moment.

After the company dropped the Hangouts in Hangouts Meet, its enterprise-focused communication app is getting the same treatment, as Hangouts Chat is rechristened Google Chat.

Changes to Google's support documents, as well as public-facing communication from some of its execs, suggests the company may soon drop the "Hangouts" in Hangouts Meet.

Google Meet and Zoom are two of the best video-conferencing services to adopt as we move into the social-distancing age for the foreseeable future. Ease of use and ubiquity win the day.

Google's latest update to Hangouts strips it of yet another feature, this time it's the ability to share your location.