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As the COVID-19 pandemic began to surge in early 2020, Google offered exclusive Meet features of G-Suite for all users for free. Furthermore, the search giant declared that they would not impose limits on video calls on Google Meet, and users would be able to conduct group calls (with more than 3 participants) for up to 24 hours until September 2020. Later, the company even extended the time until June 2021. Now, Google is not extending it further.
Google Meet halts support for unlimited free calls
Currently, instead of unlimited video calls, specifically 24 hours as before, Meet users can only conduct group calls for 60 minutes. If you wish to extend the call duration, you'll need to purchase
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For those unaware, online meeting platforms like Zoom offer unlimited group calls with a monthly subscription fee. Although Google Meet falls into that category, this platform started offering free group call services last year to help people connect during social distancing. Subsequently, Meet garnered a significant user base in 2020.
However, as Google is currently mentioning on its Google Meet pricing page, Meet users utilizing this platform as a free service now have limited calls to one hour. The free unlimited time group video call service on Meet ended last month.
According to Mytour findings, 1-1 video calls on Meet will still be provided for free to users. So, if you initiate a private call on Meet, you'll be able to extend the chat time up to 24 hours at no cost.
So, if you want to make unlimited time Google Meet group calls, you may consider upgrading to the Google Workspace Essentials or Google Workspace Enterprise package.
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