Google Meet updates from March 2020
4 updates to Google Meet were tracked in March 2020.
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2020-03-19Comms & Meetings
Participants cannot re-join nicknamed meetings after the final participant has left.
To enhance teacher control, participants will no longer be able to re-join a meeting once the final participant has left if the meeting was created using a short link (e.g., g.co/meet/nickname), via the 'Join or start a meeting' field at meet.google.com, or via the Meet app using a nickname. This prevents students from joining a meeting without a teacher present.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2020-03-19 • Scheduled: 2020-03-19 -
2020-03-19Comms & Meetings
Only meeting creators and calendar owners can mute or remove other participants in Education meetings.
For G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise for Education customers, Google Meet is updating permissions so that only the meeting creator, Calendar event owner, or the person who creates a meeting on an in-room hardware device can mute or remove other participants. This ensures that teachers cannot be removed or muted by students during a session.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2020-03-19 • Scheduled: 2020-03-19 -
2020-03-19Comms & Meetings
Hangouts Meet improvements for remote learning
Making several improvements to improve the remote learning experience for teachers and students using Hangouts Meet. Only meeting creators and calendar owners can mute or remove other participants in a meeting. Meeting participants will not be able to re-join nicknamed meetings once the final participant has left
Release: Both -
2020-03-03Comms & Meetings
Advanced Google Meet features made available to all G Suite customers at no cost.
Google is providing free access to premium Hangouts Meet features for all G Suite Basic, Business, Education, and Nonprofit customers. These advanced capabilities include support for up to 250 participants per call, live streaming for up to 100,000 viewers within the domain, and the ability to record meetings to Google Drive. These features, typically reserved for Enterprise editions, are available at no additional cost through September 30, 2020.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2020-03-03 • Scheduled: 2020-03-03