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Google Meet tackles Zoom by going completely free for all

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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…

Google makes Meet very Zoom-like with new tiled view

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Despite all of its security and privacy issues (many of them now fixed), Zoom is still one of the most popular videoconferencing apps around, having risen to prominence at a time when millions are stuck at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

It’s no wonder, then, that its competitors are scrambling to add Zoom-like features to their offerings. The last on that list is Google, which…

Google to finally add a Zoom-style gallery view, but it’ll cost you

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Google is playing catch-up. 

The tech giant confirmed Thursday that it will belatedly offer a Zoom-style gallery view for one of its video-chat products later this month, but those hoping to add a little Brady Bunch flavor to their Google Hangouts should slow their roll. The new feature, reports Reuters, is only available on Google Meet. 

For the blissfully unaware, Google Meetis…