This is probably the most frustrating thing about Zoom, but it acts as an incentive for people to pay for a subscription.
That’s the same restriction that has always applied for anywhere between three and 100 participants. Once that mark has been reached, everyone will be kicked out of the call. But in May 2022, the company announced it would now be limited to 40 minutes. Other video calling platforms have also handled one-on-one calls differently as compared with group calls.Zoom’s free tier used to allow two participants to stay in a meeting for up to 24 hours. The feature was supposed to end in September but the tech giant extended the free unlimited calling feature to March 31,2021 and later to June 30. Google first lifted the time limit on group calls in April last year as the pandemic induced work-from-home around the world. To extend the call, users can upgrade their Google account, else, the call will end at 60 minutes.Īs the limit is only for calls with three or more participants, one-on-one video calls can still go up to 24 hours. Google users with free accounts will now have a 60-minute limit on group calls on Google Meet, rather than the previous 24-hour duration.Īt 55 minutes, they will receive a notification that the call is about to end. (Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories.
Google is ending its unlimited group video calls on Meet for free Gmail accounts a year after it introduced the feature to compete with video-calling app Zoom.
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