Google Meet (original version) is a video communication service launched by Google to provide users with a high-quality remote meeting experience.Originally developed as a commercial service, Google Meet (original version) gradually rose to prominence as the COVID-19 pandemic brought about a boom in remote working.In April 2020, Google turned it into a free service to meet the needs of global users.This shift has allowed Google Meet to explode in popularity, although some have speculated it could lead to the demise of Google Hangouts.Google Meet is powerful, and in recent years, some users have tended to use competing products such as Discord because they provide higher video streaming quality and audio quality, and there is no time limit for free users.
Google Meet (original) features:
【Conference Security】
Video conference data is transmitted encrypted, and security measures are continuously updated to ensure conference security.
【Large conference support】
Supports up to 250 participants, including users inside and outside the team.
[Real-time communication and interaction]
Interact without interrupting the meeting with features like Q&A, polling, and raising hands.
[Cross-device access]
By sharing an invitation link, users on any device can easily join the meeting through a browser or app.
【Screen sharing
Allows users to display documents, slides and other content in meetings to enhance communication effects.
【Real-time subtitles】
Using Google's speech-to-text technology, real-time subtitles are provided for meetings to help users better understand the speech content.
The new update is really bad in my opinion. It requires too much data. The old version was better. Even though I have medium internet speed, it can still work perfectly fine but now, the screen will start to lag so much and I can't even have a smooth meeting. Also, with this new update, I notice that the battery drains a lot faster while using this app compared to the old version. An update is supposed to make the app better not ruin it. A rubbish update!!!
App crashes while I am using it in landscape mode. It crashed thrice in a 30 min meeting. I am using a good phone with sufficient ram and storage available. Please fix this issue. Also ensure that we are able to see the full screen in portrait mode. Currently in portrait we can see in half the screen what the camera captures. I am using the updated version of meet. And also cleared the cache and restarted the phone but still the same issue.
Overall it's good. I use this to attend my online classes. But there is a problem, when I want to send a text message in the chat and while I'm typing,if someone leaves, the message that the person has left covers the send button and so I'm unable to send the message when I want to at that time. If this issue gets solved, then it will surpass the other such apps for sure. I hope Google considers this issue and it gets solved.
The old version was great, but with the update, the chatbox is not easily accessible. We're not able to send messages in the chatbox as we watch the screen during class, which we were able to do before conveniently. When we go to the chatbox, we can't see the shared screen or video. And messages of people leaving and joining keep showing up in front of the chatbox and I can't even type. It's also very disorganised compared to the old version. Wonder why it was even updated!
1. It's a beautiful app and easy to navigate. Although, I wish there's a delete option for In-Call Messages. It's quite inconveniencing being unable to delete a message when there's an error. 2. I do not like the fact that I'm unable to make a call whilst using the app as doing so would kick you out of the meeting and in the process, you also miss out on all the in-call messages posted. Thanks.
The older version was way better(the only problem there was that you can't chat when someone joins or leaves). The new version is a total waste. Firstly, it doesn't go to full screen mode, name of the (3-4)participants is always there. You should make an option by which we remove the participants name when we don't need it. Then there is no one tap option for chat. The screen just seems sooo small. Although I like it that it doesn't leave from meeting when you (by mistake)click the back button.
A very good app I give it five stars but I also hv a problem the problem is that when the internet is gone I hv a problem.Its not related to internet but the only problem is the whole screen comes as Your connection is lost trying to reconnect it's Full screens it automatically at least let us see others . And one more that When captipns are turned or off it comes there can't you just light the captions when it's on and off the light when it's off it keeps disturbing captions is turned on .
It's a good meeting App. However, there's a bug after the latest update. I can't use the App. I get a pop up saying selecting an account is needed. Then the App disappears. I think the developers are still experimenting with several functions. Those giving harsh reviews are being inconsiderate. Here is how I fixed it: uninstall and install the App.