Helping businesses and schools stay connected in response to Coronavirus
Javier Soltero
Vice President and General Manager, Google Workspace
We’re rolling out free access to video-conferencing tools to help businesses and educators connect no matter where they’re located.
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Editor’s note: Free access to our advanced Google Meet video-conferencing capabilities for all G Suite and G Suite for Education customers globally has been extended to September 30, 2020. Learn more.
As more employees, educators, and students work remotely in response to the spread of COVID-19, we want to do our part to help them stay connected and productive. G Suite and G Suite for Education make up our collection of productivity apps that help businesses and educators collaborate no matter where they’re located.
We’re committed to helping students and their teachers continue learning outside of school. In Hong Kong and Vietnam, where schools have already been closed, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of students start using both Google Meet, our video-conferencing tool available to all G Suite users, and Google Classroom, to join classes and continue their schooling remotely from home. And, as more businesses adjust their work-from-home policies and adopt reduced travel plans in response to COVID-19, we're helping to ensure that all globally distributed teams can still reliably meet face to face, even if employees are not in the same location.
Starting this week, we will begin rolling out free access to our advanced Google Meet video-conferencing capabilities to all G Suite and G Suite for Education customers globally including:
- Larger meetings, for up to 250 participants per call
- Live streaming for up to 100,000 viewers within a domain
- The ability to record meetings and save them to Google Drive
These features are typically available in the Enterprise edition of G Suite and in G Suite Enterprise for Education, and will be available at no additional cost to all customers until September 30, 2020. If you need help getting started, please visit our help center page.
We’re committed to supporting our users and customers during this challenging time, and are continuing to scale our infrastructure to support greater Google Meet demand, ensuring streamlined, reliable access to the service throughout this period.
