<s>
Google	B-Protocol
Meet	I-Protocol
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Hangouts	B-Protocol
Meet	I-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
video-communication	B-Application
service	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
two	O
apps	O
that	O
constitute	O
the	O
replacement	O
for	O
Google	B-Protocol
Hangouts	I-Protocol
,	O
the	O
other	O
being	O
Google	B-Application
Chat	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
replaced	O
the	O
consumer-facing	O
Google	B-Application
Duo	I-Application
in	O
late	O
2022	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Duo	B-Application
mobile	O
app	B-Application
being	O
renamed	O
Meet	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
Meet	O
app	B-Application
set	O
to	O
be	O
phased	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
months	O
of	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
Meet	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
all	O
users	O
,	O
not	O
just	O
Google	B-Application
Workspace	I-Application
users	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
it	O
previously	O
was	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
Meet	O
grew	O
by	O
a	O
factor	O
of	O
30	O
between	O
January	O
and	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
with	O
100	O
million	O
users	O
a	O
day	O
accessing	O
Meet	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
200	O
million	O
daily	O
users	O
for	O
Zoom	B-Application
as	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
week	O
of	O
April	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
being	O
invite-only	O
and	O
quietly	O
releasing	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
app	B-Application
in	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
formally	O
launched	O
Meet	O
in	O
March	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
was	O
unveiled	O
as	O
a	O
video	B-Application
conferencing	I-Application
app	B-Application
for	O
up	O
to	O
30	O
participants	O
,	O
described	O
as	O
an	O
enterprise-friendly	O
version	O
of	O
Hangouts	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
available	O
through	O
applications	O
for	O
desktop	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Google	B-Protocol
Meet	I-Protocol
introduced	O
the	O
above	O
features	O
to	O
upgrade	O
the	O
original	O
Hangouts	B-Protocol
application	O
,	O
some	O
standard	O
Hangouts	B-Protocol
features	O
were	O
deprecated	O
,	O
including	O
viewing	O
attendees	O
and	O
chat	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2022	O
,	O
Hangouts	B-Protocol
was	O
officially	O
converted	O
and	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
suspended	O
its	O
usual	O
60-minute	O
limit	O
for	O
unpaid	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2020	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
was	O
planning	O
to	O
eventually	O
merge	O
Google	B-Application
Duo	I-Application
with	O
the	O
business-oriented	O
Google	B-Protocol
Meet	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2021	O
this	O
objective	O
had	O
been	O
dropped	O
,	O
but	O
Duo	B-Application
continued	O
to	O
be	O
available	O
and	O
updated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2022	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
reversed	O
course	O
and	O
announced	O
that	O
Duo	B-Application
would	O
,	O
in	O
fact	O
,	O
be	O
merged	O
into	O
Meet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
merger	O
began	O
in	O
August	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Duo	B-Application
mobile	O
app	B-Application
being	O
renamed	O
Meet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Duo	B-Application
web	O
app	B-Application
now	O
also	O
redirects	O
to	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Meet	O
web	O
app	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Meet	O
app	B-Application
is	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
phased	O
out	O
over	O
the	O
next	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
of	O
Google	B-Protocol
Meet	I-Protocol
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Team	O
activities	O
–	O
shared	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
and	O
Spotify	B-Application
watching	O
,	O
playing	O
mini	O
games	O
like	O
UNO	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Integration	O
with	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
ecosystem	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Knock	O
Knock	O
"	O
shows	O
a	O
live	O
preview	O
of	O
the	O
caller	O
before	O
the	O
recipient	O
picks	O
up	O
,	O
which	O
Google	B-Application
says	O
is	O
to	O
"	O
make	O
calls	O
feel	O
more	O
like	O
an	O
invitation	O
rather	O
than	O
an	O
interruption	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
for	O
users	O
who	O
use	O
Google	B-Application
Workspace	I-Application
accounts	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
100	O
members	O
per	O
call	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Workspace	I-Application
Starter	O
users	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
150	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Workspace	I-Application
Business	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
250	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Workspace	I-Application
Enterprise	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Password-protected	O
dial-in	O
numbers	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Workspace	I-Application
Enterprise	O
edition	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Real-time	O
closed	O
captioning	O
based	O
on	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
temporarily	O
extended	O
advanced	O
features	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
enterprise	O
edition	O
to	O
anyone	O
using	O
Google	B-Application
Workspace	I-Application
or	O
G	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
for	O
Education	O
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
rolled	O
out	O
Meet	O
to	O
personal	O
(	O
free	O
)	O
Google	B-Application
accounts	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Free	O
Meet	O
calls	O
can	O
only	O
have	O
a	O
single	O
host	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
100	O
participants	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
250-caller	O
limit	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Workspace	I-Application
users	O
and	O
the	O
25-participant	O
limit	O
for	O
Hangouts	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
business	O
calls	O
with	O
Meet	O
,	O
consumer	O
calls	O
are	O
not	O
recorded	O
and	O
stored	O
,	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
states	O
that	O
consumer	O
data	O
from	O
Meet	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
advertisement	O
targeting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
call	O
data	O
is	O
reportedly	O
not	O
being	O
used	O
for	O
advertising	O
purposes	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
analysis	O
of	O
Meet	O
's	O
privacy	O
policy	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
reserves	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
collect	O
data	O
on	O
call	O
duration	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
participating	O
,	O
and	O
participants	O
 '	O
IP	B-Protocol
addresses	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
need	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
account	I-Application
to	O
initiate	O
calls	O
and	O
like	O
Google	B-Application
Workspace	I-Application
users	O
,	O
anyone	O
with	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
account	I-Application
is	O
able	O
to	O
start	O
a	O
Meet	O
call	O
from	O
within	O
Gmail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
accordance	O
with	O
the	O
WebRTC	B-Protocol
standard	O
,	O
Google	B-Protocol
Meet	I-Protocol
uses	O
VP8	B-Algorithm
and	O
VP9	B-Algorithm
video	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
for	O
video	O
stream	O
compression	O
and	O
Opus	B-Algorithm
audio	O
codec	B-General_Concept
for	O
voice	O
stream	O
compression	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
AV1	B-Application
video	I-Application
codec	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Protocol
Meet	I-Protocol
uses	O
proprietary	O
protocols	O
for	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
stream	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interoperability	O
between	O
Google	B-Protocol
Meet	I-Protocol
and	O
SIP/H.323	O
-based	O
conferencing	O
equipment	O
and	O
software	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Workspace	I-Application
customers	O
through	O
third-party	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Protocol
Meet	I-Protocol
is	O
optimized	O
for	O
low-bandwidth	O
mobile	O
networks	O
through	O
WebRTC	B-Protocol
and	O
uses	O
QUIC	B-Protocol
over	O
UDP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
packet	B-Protocol
loss	I-Protocol
concealment	I-Protocol
Meet	O
uses	O
WaveNetEQ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
Asus	O
unveiled	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
hardware	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
Google	B-Protocol
Meet	I-Protocol
in	O
conference	O
room	O
settings	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
a	O
"	O
Meet	O
Compute	O
System	O
"	O
mini	B-Protocol
PC	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
a	O
dedicated	O
camera	O
and	O
microphone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
15	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
unveiled	O
Meet	O
Series	O
One	O
,	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
Lenovo	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
a	O
Meet	O
Compute	O
System	O
with	O
Edge	B-Device
TPU	I-Device
,	O
"	O
Smart	O
Camera	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Smart	O
Audio	O
Bar	O
"	O
with	O
noise	O
reduction	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
choice	O
of	O
remote	O
control	O
or	O
touchscreen	O
that	O
supports	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Assistant	O
.	O
</s>
