In March 2017, we
announced Hangouts Meet, the next generation in enterprise video meetings. After continued positive feedback from our customers who have begun using Meet, starting May 29th, we’ll enable Hangouts Meet for all G Suite domains that are automatically upgrading on
Google’s recommended schedule. This means that all newly created Google Calendar events will contain Meet video meeting details. Previously created meetings will not be impacted with this change.
You can expect these changes to take effect over the next month. If at any time you decide you want your users to schedule new meetings with classic Hangouts instead of Meet during this transition period, you can do so in the Admin console under
Apps > G Suite > Google Hangouts > Meet Settings and unselecting “New meeting experience.”
Additionally, to ensure your domain has a seamless transition to Meet, we've added Meet compatibility with Firefox (starting on version 60). Unlike in classic Hangouts, Meet uses native WebRTC protocols so that it does not require any downloads or plugins when using Meet in Firefox.
To learn more about these changes, review the
details of the transition plan and the
differences between classic Hangouts video calls and Meet in the Help Center. You can also refer to our
Meet deployment guide for materials to communicate these changes to your users.
Launch DetailsRelease track:Launching to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release
Editions:Available to all G Suite editions
Rollout pace:Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility)
Impact:
All admins and end users
Action:
Admin action suggested/FYI
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