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Google Meet Now Supports Full HD 1080p Video Calls

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Google has just updated the Google Meet app and it is now better than ever. You can now make video calls in Full HD instead of just 720p HD resolution. Those Full HD, 1440p, and 4K webcam for your video conferences are now starting to make sense. There are some caveats though.

The Full HD capability update for Google Meet applies to not just the app on your smartphone, or on your PC. It also works when you access Google Meet via the web. By default, it is set to ‘off’, so you do need to turn it on to activate the feature for your calls. You also need a Full HD or higher resolution cameras connected to your PC or device for it to work. You can also only use it in a one-on-one call unfortunately, means your group calls will still be in 720p at the maximum.

With Full HD 1080p resolution though, bandwidth requirements will be higher than ever before for Google Meet calls. In the case where bandwidth is an issue, Google Meet will default to 720p resolution at the maximum. Of course, if you feel like your feed is choppy, you can turn off the Full HD 1080p option yourself. Google Meet will also inform you about the feature before it puts you into a supported call.

Google Meets FHD
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Here is the thing though, the function is not available to everyone using Google Meet. If you are using Google Meet for free to get personal video calls in, you are out of luck for now. The feature will only be available to users of Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Education Plus, Enterprise Essentials, and Frontline. It is also available to Google One Subscribers with 2TB or more storage space with supported devices. We are hoping that Google will make the Full HD 1080p feature available to more users in the future. For now, if you are not a user of any of Google’s listed services you are out of luck. For more information on the latest Google Meet update, you can visit their website.

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G Suite is now Google Workspace – New Colours, New Features

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Google is something that we use now nearly on a daily basis. G Suite is one of the largest known services for corporations in the digital space. G Suite is their email, their document system, their storage, and much more. It seems though that Google is not too happy with the name G Suite. G Suite now is called Google Workspace.

Google Workspace is not that much different from G Suite though. It is G Suite rebranded after all. There is still a difference however. In the coming weeks, users will get to see new four color icons for Gmail which including Calendar, Meet, Drive and collaborative content creation tools like Docs, Sheets and Slides. All this in lieu of Google Workspace’s commitment to build immersive communication and collaborations experiences from Google.

There are new features to Google Workspace too. First, you can save time by switching between apps and tabs to still manage to preview the content of a link without leaving the original document. The new features of Smart chips in Docs, Sheets and Slides is that names will automatically popup when you mention someone in a document. The new feature allows you to instantly share documents with whoever you need to share your documents with, when you need to.

Working remotely is difficult enough. You cannot possibly communicate with each other effectively without a meeting face-to-face. Not so with Google Workspace. Google Workspace enables users to work on a single document within a chat room. You can chat with your collaborators while typing things out in the documents. As long as you are not childish, this should go smoothly. In the coming months, you can even get to see the person you collaborate with on the same document with picture-in-picture feature.

The biggest impact of Google Workspace is in the education and non-profit organisation sectors. In the coming months G Suite tools like Classroom, Assignments, Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Neet, and Slides for education will be available for free. Of course, there are some limitations to G Suite for Education.

Source: Google

Google’s Google Workspace interface and rebrand is effective immediately. The “new home for work” tool is now available only for business customers. Still, Google is planning to roll out the service to end-users as well. If you have not seen any changes in your G Suite yet, you will see the four colour icon in the coming weeks. More information on Google’s Workspace website.

Source: Android Central