In addition, Meet will improve video quality in dim lighting and filtering of background noise, such as keyboard clicks and slamming doors. Google is not charging customers for upgrades to Meet-related features like large video calls during a six-month period ending in September. CHALLENGING RIVALSVideo chatting tools from Microsoft Corp, Zoom Video Communications and Cisco Systems Inc also have reported record growth since lockdowns began. A forthcoming Meet option, Soltero told Reuters, will let users display a specific tab on their Google Chrome browser, a more granular screen-sharing option than Zoom and others provide. But he acknowledged that Hangouts, Google's free video conferencing service for non-business users, lacks security and meeting control features that are available in Meet.

Source: bd News24 April 16, 2020 13:18 UTC