To start a call, open or on the sidebar in Gmail. You can use Google Hangouts through its app for iOS or Android, your web browser, its Chrome extension, or through your Gmail account. With Google's speech-to-text feature, Hangouts Meet has the option for real-time captioning in meetings or video chats - great for people who are hearing impaired or who need to keep the volume down. You can take advantage of the free tools until Sept. You can now host larger meetings of up to 250 participants for free on a call, and live streaming is supported for up to 100,000 viewers within a domain, and you can also record meetings and save them in Google Drive. In response to the coronavirus outbreak, Google is also offering many of the features of its business version, Google Hangouts Meet, for free to help people, businesses and schools stay connected. You can invite up to 150 people to a Google Hangouts chat, but only up to 25 can join a video call at once.
You need a Google account to start a call, but you can join one without it. Google Hangouts is the tech giant's app for free video and voice calls as well as group messaging.
