Google announced in June that it would begin integrating its Meet conferencing service into the Gmail app on devices Android and iOS.
The development of this feature went ahead for the iOS version of the application and was released last week. The company announced that today the distribution on Android devices begins.
With the integration, the users they will be able to easily join video conferences directly from Gmail on Android.
A special Meet tab will allow users to control their schedule, join a meeting, create a new meeting and more without having to switch between applications. Users can also use a password given to them to join a meeting.
The integration is part of a broader company plan to make Gmail a central communication application. As part of these efforts, the company is redesigning the Gmail application for business customers.
Οι χρήστες του G Suite θα δουν περισσότερες δυνατότητες να προστίθενται στην εφαρμογή, όπως ενοποίηση των Chat και Rooms. Η καρτέλα Meet θα είναι διαθέσιμη για όλους τους χρήστες από προεπιλογή, αλλά όσοι θέλουν να την απενεργοποιήσουν μπορούν να το κάνουν από τις ρυθμίσεις και την επιλογή “Εμφάνιση της καρτέλας Meet για βιντεοcalls".
The integration is currently available to all G Suite users as well as anyone with a Google Account. The availability is gradual and it may take up to 15 days for the full availability of the feature to everyone.
Google has done it free service for all consumers by 30 September. However, after this date some features of the application may be restricted to G Suite accounts.
