Ahead of Google deprecating classic Hangouts later this year for enterprise customers, the two intended replacements need to achieve feature parity. The latest step sees Hangouts Meet add support for Safari on macOS.
Hangouts Meet is G Suite’s video conferencing solution, and its adoption has gone somewhat smoother than messaging counterpart Chat. There is less legacy cruft to port, and it just works. Invites are sent out as links, with Calendar and Gmail integration also available. Google touts not needing to set-up any plug-ins ahead of time given modern web technologies.
Meet has limited support in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11, and Microsoft Edge provides a better Meet experience. If you want to use Internet Explorer for Meet, you need to download and install the latest version of the Google Video Support plugin. Install only the Meet add-in if you use Meet with a personal Google account, have a Mac computer, use Outlook Online, or don’t use Google Drive. In AppSource, go to Google Meet Add-In. Click Get it Now. Follow the instructions to install the Google Meet add-in. To use the Meet add-in for Outlook, you need. Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat were rebranded to Google Meet and Google Chat in April 2020. We announced in 2019 that we would be migrating all classic Hangouts users to the new Meet and Chat products. In order to provide enterprise-grade online video conferencing to everyone, we announced a free version of Google Meet in May 2020. Easily view all your scheduled meetings for the day and join the meeting with just a tap, directly from the Gmail mobile app or the dedicated Meet app. Meetings organized by G Suite users also create a dial-in phone number for each meeting, so every guest has a great experience –.
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Already available on Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge, Hangouts Meet is now available for version 13 of Safari and later. Shipped with macOS Catalina last year, Apple’s latest browser is also on macOS 10.14.5 and 10.13.6.
Google notes how this “will create a simpler meeting experience for Mac users who prefer to use Safari as their default browser.” There is full feature parity, including screen sharing capabilities.
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Hangouts Meet Safari support is widely available today.
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