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Google Meet video conferencing platform improved

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Google made its Meet video conferencing better. Users can now see 16 people on their screen and not four. More people around the world are using video chat. People are speaking to family and friends during lockdown; companies are having online meetings; and schools changed from classroom teaching to online teaching.

Meet will help millions of people in lockdown. Google wrote: "Remote work has become increasingly necessary for public safety." Google says Meet lets people "share and be productive". New features will come soon. People can block out the background noise from typing. Users can also make the video quality better.

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Google has made its video conferencing platform Meet better. One new feature is users can see 16 people on their screen. Previously, there were only four people. Meet's new gallery view comes when more people around the world are using video conferencing. People are speaking to family and friends during lockdown; companies are having meetings online; and schools changed from classroom teaching to online teaching.

Meet will help millions around the world in lockdown. Google wrote: "Remote work has become increasingly necessary for public safety and wellbeing." It said growing numbers of people are using Meet. Google says Meet lets people "share and be productive". New features will come soon. People can block out the background noise when others type. Users can also make the video quality better if their room is too dark.

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Google has improved its video conferencing platform Meet to be able to compete with other platforms. One new feature is that users can now see 16 people on their screen. Previously, there were only four people on their screen at one time. Meet's new gallery view comes at a time when more people around the world are using video conferencing services. Many people are speaking to family and friends during lockdown; companies are having meetings online; and schools and universities changed from classroom teaching to online teaching.

Google said Meet would help millions around the world in lockdown. It wrote: "Remote work has become increasingly necessary for public safety and wellbeing - which makes staying connected, even while we're apart, more important than ever." Rapidly growing numbers of people are using Meet. Google says they now have the features they need "to share and be productive". Google will introduce more features like blocking out background noise from keystrokes when people type. Users will also be able to improve video quality if the lighting in their room is not good enough.

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Google has improved its video conferencing platform Meet to be able to compete with other platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams. A new feature of Meet is that users can now see the faces of 16 people on their screen. Previously, users could only see four people on their screen at one time, but with Meet's new tiled layout, people can now see 16 participants at once. Meet's new gallery view comes at a time when more and more people are using video conferencing services across the world. Many people are contacting family and friends during lockdown; companies are holding online meetings; and schools and universities have changed their operations to be able to teach online.

Google said the improved Meet platform would help millions around the world in times of lockdown. It wrote: "Remote work has become increasingly necessary for public safety and wellbeing - which makes staying connected, even while we're apart, more important than ever." It added: "Each day, a rapidly growing number of people connect on Google Meet, and we want to make sure they have the features they need to share and be productive." Google said it would introduce more new features such as the ability to block out background noise. This will end the noise of keystrokes as other people type while online. Users will also be able to improve video quality if the lighting in their room is not sufficient.

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