Google Meet update allows for meetings with up to 500 participants

Google will enable much more participants to be a part of meetings when utilizing its video conferencing software program as a part of a brand new update now rolling out to Google Meet.In a brand new weblog submit, the search large revealed that up to 500 participants shall be in a position to be on a video name on the identical time to make it simpler to join and collaborate with colleagues, purchasers and prospects.

However, there's a catch. In order to host meetings with up to 500 participants, you will want to be a Google Workspace Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus or Education Plus buyer as this function is not out there for customers of the corporate's Essentials, Starter or Standard Workspace plans.If 500 participants is not sufficient for your group, you may allow dwell streaming in Google Meet as a substitute which is able to enable up to 100,000 viewers to watch directly.

Large-scale video meetings

With more folks working from residence than ever earlier than, Google, Microsoft, Zoom and different makers of video conferencing software program have been steadily growing the utmost variety of participants allowed in a video name.For occasion, again in August, Microsoft introduced that it will enhance the variety of participants in Microsoft Teams meetings for US authorities organizations to 25,000 folks on desktop whereas a complete of 1,000 folks may be in a traditional assembly utilizing the service. Zoom in the meantime allows for up to 500 or 1,000 participants to take part in a gathering on its platform. However, customers want to have both a Pro or Business subscription and buy the Large Meetings add-on which begins at $50 per 30 days to have 1,000 participants. Users on the Enterprise plan although can host up to 500 participants with out buying the add-on whereas these on the Business plan can have up to 300 participants.Now that video conferencing is right here to keep, we'll seemingly see all three corporations enhance the variety of participants of their meetings particularly as organizations have begun implementing hybrid work insurance policies with some workers working remotely whereas others are again on the workplace.Looking to enhance your video name expertise? Check out our roundups of the greatest video conferencing software program, greatest enterprise webcams and greatest headsets for convention calls