Google Workspace Changes

Hangouts Meet hardware expands to the Netherlands and Denmark.

Hangouts Meet hardware is now expanding to two additional countries, the Netherlands and Denmark, bringing the total number of countries where the hardware is available to 14.

Hangouts Meet now supported on Android and iOS tablets.

Hangouts Meet is now available for use on Android and iOS tablets, enabling team members to join video meetings from a wider variety of devices.

Hangouts Meet metrics added to G Suite Reports API.

Google is introducing over 50 new metrics to the Reports API Customer Usage report for Hangouts Meet, providing details on call duration, size, and device-specific characteristics. Additionally, Hangouts-related metrics previously provided under the Google+ metrics group have been migrated to a new 'Meet' metrics group.

International Hangouts Meet dial-in phone numbers expanded to nine additional countries.

Google has expanded the availability of international dial-in phone numbers for Hangouts Meet to nine additional markets: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Romania, Switzerland, and Turkey. This functionality is available exclusively for G Suite Enterprise edition users, enabling teams to stay connected by dialing into meetings from more global locations.

Hangouts Meet now supports up to 50 participants for G Suite Enterprise users.

Google has increased the participant limit for Hangouts Meet meetings to 50 for users of the G Suite Enterprise edition. This limit supports a mixture of video and dial-in entry points, enabling larger global collaborations.

Enable Hangouts out-of-domain warnings to reduce the risk of data leaks.

Turn on a setting that will show warnings to your users if anyone outside of your domain tries to join a Hangout, and split existing group chats so external users can’t see previous internal conversations. This substantially reduces the risk of data leaks or falling prey to social engineering attacks.

Hangouts Meet client logs upload setting in the Admin console will also apply to mobile devices.

The Hangouts Meet client logs upload setting in the Admin console will also apply to mobile devices. Such log data allows Google Support to more effectively resolve issues reported by customers to Google Support.

Removing carrier SMS functionality in the classic Hangouts app for Android, starting on May 22.

Removing carrier SMS functionality in the classic Hangouts app for Android, starting on May 22. Focus is on making Android Messages the primary place to access SMS.

Announcing the public launch of Hangouts Meet.

Announcing the public launch of Hangouts Meet, the new enterprise-focused video meetings experience coming to Google Hangouts.

Making some time-saving improvements to the way you navigate chats in Google Hangouts.

When you enter a conversation where there has been a lot of activity, you’ll see a Jump to Last Read button. This will take you to the last unread message in your chat denoted by # new messages indicator.

Integration between Google Chrome and Google Hangouts that makes screen sharing from your Chrome browser to a Google Hangout easier than ever before.

New integration between Google Chrome and Google Hangouts that makes screen sharing from your Chrome browser to a Google Hangout easier than ever before. Signed-in Chrome users on Chrome 52 or higher will be able to use the “Cast…” menu item from Chrome to share the contents of a browser tab or their entire desktop into a Hangout.

With this launch, signed-in Chrome users on Chrome 52 or higher will be able to use the “Cast…” menu item from Chrome to share the contents of a browser tab or their entire desktop into a Hangout.

With this launch, signed-in Chrome users on Chrome 52 or higher will be able to use the “Cast…” menu item from Chrome to share the contents of a browser tab or their entire desktop into a Hangout. Hangouts that are scheduled on the user’s Google Calendar are shown automatically, but they can also be joined manually using the “Search” text box.

New Hangouts metrics added to the Reports API, and changes to Google+ activity metrics.

New Hangouts metrics are added to the Reports API to track video calls by platform (Android, CFM, iOS, Web). Google+ active user numbers are also changing because some components and integrations have been unbundled from the core Google+ product. The new metrics reflect users of Google+ only.

Guest access to Hangouts video calls without a Google account

Google is removing the requirement for guests to have a Google account to join Hangouts video calls. Guests who have been provided with a video call link can now enter their name and request to join the call, which can then be approved by any attendee from the organizing domain. Additionally, the video call link is now visible in the event description for guests who do not use Google Calendar.

Hangouts services and web traffic will be served from ‘hangouts.google.com’.

Following the launch of the new standalone Google Hangouts homepage, Hangouts-related services and web traffic will be served from ‘hangouts.google.com’ in addition to existing host names. This change is rolling out gradually over the coming weeks for both Rapid and Scheduled release tracks, with no required action for Apps customers.