Starting July 27th, Google Hangouts Meet will be available to UWF faculty, staff, and students. Google Hangouts Meet is video-conferencing and telepresence software. Users in Hangouts Meet can simply send a link to anyone with a Gmail account to invite that person join them in a meeting. Hangouts meeting invites created using Google Calendar will now default to Meet. Chat is not yet available in Hangouts Meet, but will be released at a later date. Meet is only available using Google Chrome.
For further information regarding Hangouts Meet, please visit the Getting Started with Hangouts Meet.
Google Hangouts Meet allows you to hold:
Hangouts Meet allows a meeting for up to 25 people at a time (unlimited meeting duration).
Visit the Meet vs. classic Hangouts feature comparison for a list of changes and supported platforms.
Classic Hangouts will continue to work but Meet will be used for video calls.
Meet supports the current version and two previous major releases of the following operating systems:
Web browser support:
Currently, Google Chrome is the only supported internet browser (version must be up-to-date).
Hardware Requirements:
Please refer to Google's Hangouts Meet Guide for instructions to start or join a video meeting using your UWF G Suite account.