Google Meet
Use Google Meet for secure online web conferencing calls and video chat as a part of Google Workspace.
Google Meet is commercial video conferencing software made by Google. It was first released in 2017. Its English Wikipedia article has about 4k readers a month on phones.
- Made by
- Since
- 2017
- Wikipedia readers on phones
- 4k a month
- Source code
- Closed
Judgement
- What it is
- Complete system
- What it does
- Browser-based video meetings linked to Google Calendar, with recording, captions and breakout rooms on paid Workspace plans.
- Adopt it when
- You use Google Workspace and want meetings that guests can join from a browser with no install.
- Watch out
- Free calls are time-limited for groups, and recording and larger meetings need higher Workspace tiers.
- Ready for
- Production-ready
- Runs as
- Cloud service and mobile app
- What the license allows
- Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
Judged on 2026-11-03 from the maker's description and Wikipedia. The license and age lines are worked out directly.
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Every program, Google Meet included, runs on a microchip.
The description is the maker's own, quoted as written. Facts come from Wikipedia and refresh weekly. Readers are counted on Wikipedia's mobile site only, because automated traffic that Wikimedia does not flag inflates desktop counts.