Google Meet takes on Zoom by going completely free for everyone

Google isn't pulling any punches in its fight to overtake Zoom, which established itself as the go-to videoconferencing platform amid the coronavirus pandemic, having grown from 10 to 200 million daily users in a matter of months. 

On Wednesday, the company announced that Google Meet, its premium videoconferencing software, is going free for everyone. 

Meet is one of several videochat apps Google offers: The company's Duo and Hangouts are free, but come with a fair number of limitations – for example, Hangouts only supports up to 25 participants, while Duo only supports up to 12 participants. Google also recently added several new features to Meet, including a Zoom-like grid view with support for 16 participants at once, as well as a low-light mode and a noise cancellation feature.  Read more...