Google seems to be trying very hard to promote the Meet video conferencing tool, due to the growing demand for services teleconferencing.
A new report shows that the company is secretly adding a Meet link to Zoom invitations sent via Gmail.
The webσελίδα MSPoweruser reports that some recipients of invitations to some virtual Zoom meeting noticed an additional link in their email that allows them to join this meeting through Meet.
In this particular case, the Meet link was detected in Zoom invitations sent via Gmail using the Windows 10 mail client. It also appears that only recipients can see the Meet link and senders may have no idea that the email with their invitation has been modified in this way.
The platforms video conferencing have seen tremendous growth this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. A recent Gartner report predicted that end-user spending on cloud-based web conferencing services will grow by 24,3% through 2020. So it's no surprise that tech companies like Google are starting to very aggressively promote their services.
Google's attempt to capitalize on Zoom's popularity may make sense, as the latter has greatly increased its user base due to global lockdowns. The company reported a huge increase in its users, from 10 million in December to 200 million daily users in March.
