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TECHNOLOGIES
&
PRODUCTS “With the lines blurred between work and home, works entirely in Chrome and other modern
Google Meet can offer the polish needed for a work browsers, so it’s less vulnerable to security threats.
meeting, a tiled view for your online birthday party and
the security needed for a video call with your doctor,” • On mobile, Google Meet apps are in the Apple App
Store and Google PlayStore.
said Javier Soltero, VP of G Suite. “We’re in the middle
of a significant worldwide shift impacting com- • Meet users can enroll their account in Google’s
munication from the workplace to schools to the home. Advanced Protection Program— the company’s
People want familiar, secure tools that they can use strongest protections available against phishing and
across all facets of their lives.” account hijacking.
• Google Cloud undergoes regular rigorous security
Google has invested years in making Meet a secure and privacy audits for all its services: global
and reliable video conferencing solution that’s trusted compliance certifications can help support regulatory
by schools, governments and enterprises around the requirements such as GDPR and HIPAA, as well
world, and in recent months has accelerated the as COPPA and FERPA for education.
release of top-requested features to make it even more
helpful. Whether it’s hospitals supporting patients via • Meet data is not used for advertising and won’t be
sold to third parties.
telehealth, banks working with loan applicants, retailers
assisting customers remotely, or manufacturers • Google operate a highly secure and resilient private
interacting safely with warehouse technicians, network that ensures your data stays safe.
businesses across every industry are using Meet to
stay connected. • You can learn more about how Meet keeps your
video meetings safe in this post.
Starting next week, Google will be gradually expanding There are a few ways individuals, teams and
Meet’s availability to more and more people over the organizations can use Meet for free.
following weeks. While users might not be able to
create meetings at meet.google.com right away, they • Individual users: Once the roll out is complete,
can sign up to be notified when it’s available. anyone with an email address will be able to use
Meet for free via meet.google.com and the Meet
Meet is designed, built and operated to be secure at mobile apps for iOS or Android to schedule, join or
scale. Since January, Meet’s peak daily usage grew by start secure video meetings with anyone—whether
30x and is hosting 3 billion minutes of video meetings it’s a virtual yoga class, weekly book club,
and adding roughly 3 million new users every day as of neighborhood meeting, or any other reason to
this month, surpassing 100 million meeting participants connect with others. Using the new Meet experience
daily. With this growth comes great responsibility. will require a free Google Account, which only takes
Privacy and security are paramount, no matter if it’s a a minute to create using your work or personal email
doctor sharing confidential health information with a address of choice. This step is required as a security
patient, a financial advisor hosting a client meeting, or measure, and you only need to sign up once.
people virtually connecting with each other for Meetings are limited to 60 minutes for the free
graduations, holidays, and happy hours. Hence, product, though Google will not enforce this time
Google made its product safe by default, including limit until after September 30.
safety measures like the following:
• Teams that are not G Suite customers: For
• A strong set of host controls such as the ability to organizations that aren’t already G Suite customers,
admit or deny entry to a meeting, and mute or
remove participants, if needed. Google provides the new edition called G Suite
Essentials, which also includes Google Drive for
• Np anonymous users (i.e., without a Google easy and secure access to all of a team’s content,
Account) are allowed to join meetings created by and Docs, Sheets and Slides for content creation
individual accounts. and real-time collaboration. It’s perfect for teams
• Meet meeting codes are complex by default and that need access to Meet’s more advanced features,
therefore resilient to brute-force “guessing.” such as dial-in phone numbers, larger meetings and
meeting recording.
• Meet video meetings are encrypted in transit, and all
recordings stored in Google Drive are encrypted in • Existing G Suite customers: G Suite’s 6 million
transit and at rest. existing customers already have access to Meet.
Admins simply need to enable Meet by following
• We don’t require plugins to use Meet on the web. It

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