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In April, Google announced that it would allow anybody with a Google account to be able to create free meetings of up to 100 people on Google Meet for an undefined duration. The company also stated that the promo offering unlimited-length meetings in its video conferencing app Google Meet after September 30th. As the date approaches, Google has reconfirmed that free version of Meet will be limited to meetings no longer than 60 minutes.

As per Google's response to The Verge, Google's spokesperson said that “We don’t have anything to communicate regarding changes to the promo and advanced features expiring." This means that as of now, the search giant has no plan to extend the free benefits on conferencing and other features. 

What will change after September 30?

Currently, all Google account users can create free meetings with up to 100 people for an unlimited time. After September 30, users who haven't paid for the Google Meet plan won't be able to continue their conference calls over 60 minutes. 

To recall, Google in April, announced that all G Suite and G Suite for Education customers will be able to host meetings via Meet with up to 250 participants, live-stream to up to 100,000 people within a single domain, and save meeting recordings to Google Drive. These features are typically only available to people on the “enterprise” tier of G Suite, which costs the highest among all plans. Now since the promos are ending, users will also lose access to other advanced features for G Suite and G Suite for Education, including all the benefits mentioned above.

Google took these steps in the wake of the pandemic and to take on its rival video conferencing app Zoom, which exploded due to the sudden shift to remote work and schooling. Biggies like Microsoft, Google, and Facebook made some significant updates to their respective video conferencing services as millions turned to Zoom to hold virtual get-togethers, casual and office work and much more.

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