More new features for Meet

March 3, 2021

Mute all Google Meet participants at once

End a Google Meet video call for everyone at once

Check your video and peripheral device quality before joining a Google Meet call

More options for sharing your availability in Google Calendar

March 15, 2021

More options for sharing your availability in Google Calendar

Drive File Stream is now Google Drive for desktop

February 5, 2021

Drive File Stream is now Google Drive for desktop

Meet new features

February 8, 2021

New options when users join or start a meeting from meet.google.com and new tools for users to understand how their local desktop and network environments affect meeting quality.

Virtually raise your hand to ask a question in Google Meet

November 18, 2020

Virtually raise your hand to ask a question in Google Meet

Rooms in Chat will be unthreaded by default and Accept knocks in bulk in Meet

November 16, 2020

Rooms in Chat will be unthreaded by default and Accept knocks in bulk in Meet

Google Meet attendance reports

October 26, 2020

Google Meet attendance reports

Set away status in Google Chat, replace the background in Meet

November 12, 2020

Set your status as away in Google Chat in Gmail, replace the background in Meet

Create breakout rooms, polls, Q&A, and more now in Google Meet

October 26, 2020

VCU faculty/staff organizers of meetings can now use polls, Q&A, as well as breakout rooms to divide participants into smaller groups during video calls in Meet.

Grant access to Drive files directly from Gmail

October 21, 2020

Grant access to Drive files directly from Gmail

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