During the pandemic, the number of users of video calling applications has increased, so developers have had to create several solutions to serve this audience. One of the most requested features by users is the ability to call broadcast on platforms like Youtubesomething that will now initially come in Google Meetings.

Currently meeting app Google There is already a tool for broadcasting events, which is very useful for companies that need to broadcast something to all their employees. But the operation of this function is not so simple and has a limit of 500 participants.

But now the admins Google Workplace will be able to enable public streaming for their managed paid accounts. Create a live broadcast Google Meetings must be authorized YouTubehowever, the social network states that it will have to approve the channels that will host these broadcasts, and this analysis will be carried out within 24 hours of the request.

Credits: Google Disclosure

Through this page Google clarified the requirements of the novelty, and also explained how easy it would be to start broadcasting after approval by the video platform. To start broadcasting, the user will only need to go to ‘Events‘ > ‘Live‘ > ‘from YouTube‘, while the user will only have to configure the transfer and start it. After that, a link to the broadcast will be generated, which can be shared.

As stated earlier in this text, this new feature will only be available to users of paid accounts on Workplace. The developer did not specify whether free users will get similar features.

This new for Google Meetings nothing new, the platform recently provided a tool for teachers to broadcast events such as student council meetings via YouTube. The platform has now taken advantage of testing this functionality to make it available to all of its subscribers.

Via: The Verge Source: Google

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