Google's first video called the product was Hangouts and that was mainly focused on the consumer market to compete with Skype. Over the years Google has debuted additional communication products like Google Duo and then finally Google Meet in 2017 which targeted Google's G Suite enterprise clients. Fast-forward to just a few months ago and it seems like Zoom took over the world in a matter of days when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Why did that happen you may ask.
Well out of all of the video calling services out there,Zoom's is by far the easiest to use when actually trying to get into a meeting you just download an app put in a code and bam you're in the meeting now thisof course led to an infamous issue that got its own name Zoom bombing where people who typically were not originally invited to a meeting would get access to the code come into the meeting and would stream inappropriate videos on famous people Zoom calls zoom has since added some security features to prevent this
Time limit cap of 40 minutes: ( Zoom Meeting )
- While Zoom calls are dead easy to use and free they don't last forever and if you've used a free Zoom account you've likely already run into that 40-minute time limit for a Zoom meeting also if you try to dial into a Zoom meeting through a telephone line that can have an additional cost this is one of the major differences between google meet and zoom.
Time limit cap of 60 minutes: ( Google Meeting )
- Google Meet has a time limitcap of 60 minutes for up to 100 participants however now throughSeptember that cap has been lifted up to 24 hours per meeting
Differnece Between These Two Platforms:
Google Meet:
- In Google Meet you should have your account to join google meet and start your live meeting seesion
Zoom Meet:
- In Zoom Meet you do not have to have a zoomaccount to join a meeting you just download an app put in a code and bam you're in the meeting now while zoom does have an app for the computeryou can use Zoom just in a browser as well
Missing Faetures:
- There are quite a few features missing from the web client like gallery view recording a meeting scheduling a one-time or recurring meeting pulls live-streaming share andannotate a whiteboard and all chat contact and setting menu toggles googlemeet works in any modern browser on a computer like Chrome, Firefox, Edge andSafari
- I'd say go use google meet if you just need a simple video calling solution because it works pretty well it's got basic features you don't have to download an app for it as long as everybody has a Google account it's gonna work really well for your situation and the biggest plus right now for using Google Meet is there is no 40-minute time limit the time limit per meeting is 24 hours now keep in mind that time limit will reduce to 60 minutes come September 2020.
- Now if you need a video calling solution that has more advanced features likelive-streaming or background replacement then I'd say yes you definitely want to use Zoom. It's the solution everybody has heard of and it works really well now if you've used both Google Meet and Zoom, let me know in the comments whichplatform you prefer and if you liked this video and found it helpful makesure you hit that thumbs up button below and subscribe to the channel to see morevideos on tech platforms and comparisons between them like this one. Well that'lldo it for me, for 6 Months Later, I'm Josh Teder, thanks for watching.