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Google Meet call w/ thousands of Googlers watched an executive’s son praise Zoom

Avatar for Ben Schoon Apr 25 2020 - 7:37 am PT
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In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Zoom has skyrocketed to mainstream popularity with hundreds of millions of users added in the past couple of months. Google Meet, on the other hand, hasn’t seen anything near Zoom’s success. To twist the knife, a Google Meet call with thousands of the company’s employees was recently presented with an executive’s son praising the competing service.


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[Update: Store renames] Google trademarks ‘Google Meet’ and ‘Google Chat,’ support page backs change

Avatar for Stephen Hall Apr 15 2020 - 1:31 pm PT
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Hangouts Meet just got its much-needed rebrand to Google Meet amidst the surging popularity of videoconferencing tools in general. Alongside a trademark for that term, there’s another Hangouts product whose fate has yet to be decided. Hangouts Chat, the teams-focused Slack competitor from the Mountain View company, might also be getting a rebrand that does away with the troublesome Hangouts branding.


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Google Classroom adds Meet integration as premium video features extended, usage soars

Avatar for Abner Li Apr 9 2020 - 4:15 pm PT
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Distance learning amid the coronavirus pandemic has pushed many to tools like Google Classroom and Meet. Google today provided new usage figures for the two products, detailed a new Meet-Classroom integration, and extended how long premium features will be available for free.


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[Update: Google confirms] Don’t be surprised when ‘Hangouts Meet’ becomes ‘Google Meet’

Avatar for Stephen Hall Apr 8 2020 - 1:05 pm PT
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The branding around Hangouts — in 2020, that means Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet — is a mess. Those two brands are derivatives of a pre-existing brand that never made much sense in the first place. In today’s suddenly-video-conferencing-centric world, Google needs to simplify things, and a new support page update suggests that change is finally coming.


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