Google Meet

Google Meet
Developer(s)Google
Initial releaseMarch 9, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-03-09)
Stable release(s) [±]
Android, Duo278.0 (Build 696188379/20241110.09/p1) / 14 November 2024; 8 days ago (2024-11-14)[1][2]
Android TV, Duo278.0 (Build 696188379/20241110.09/p1) / 20 November 2024; 2 days ago (2024-11-20)[3]
iOS, Duo278.1 / 20 November 2024; 2 days ago (2024-11-20)[4]
Android, original2024.06.23 (Build 645915839) / 27 June 2024; 4 months ago (2024-06-27)[5][6]
iOS, original (discontinued)114.1.0 / 1 May 2023; 18 months ago (2023-05-01)[7]
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.[8] It is one of two apps that constitute the replacement for Google Hangouts, the other being Google Chat.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11][12][13]

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  8. ^ Johnston, Scott (March 9, 2017). "Meet the new Hangouts". Google. Archived from the original on March 14, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Boland, Hannah. "Google launches free version of Meet in bid to topple Zoom". The Telegraph. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  12. ^ Lardinois, Frederic (April 29, 2020). "Google is making Meet free for everyone". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  13. ^ Lerman, Rachel. "Big Tech is coming for Zoom: Google makes video chatting service Meet free". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 5, 2020.