Zoom tries to get you to download an app, which might be worth its bonus features listed above, but I don't really need those.Īnd since my Hangouts aren't going to be for more than 25 people, I'm paying more attention to the free Zoom's other limit: time. While it has an app on iOS and Android, it works entirely over the web for most folks. Hangouts wins for me because of utter simplicity. But this version of the software is much more limited. There's also a Zoom web app, so you don't need to download Zoom to use it. Meet calls have a limit of 100 people, and while there will be a 60 minute time limit for calls, that will not be enforced until Sept. Then, Google announced that Google Meet, the premium video meetings product, is now free for all Google account holders, until September 30. * Google Hangouts Meet has been rebranded to Google Meet. Meeting duration limit is 24 hrs, 1GB of cloud recording, Skype for Business (Lync) supportĮnterprise Meet has 250 video callers at once Enterprise versions still exist, with more perks. Google Meet (formerly Hangouts Meet) was paid, but is currently free. Web browsers (Chrome, Safari and Firefox on both PC and Mac), Linux, Android, iOSĢ5 (100 in Google Meet), up to 10 visible at onceĬustom virtual backgrounds, end to end encryption, HD video and audio Windows 10, macOS, Linux (including Ubuntu), iOS, Android and Blackberry
