Join meetings as a guest without a Google account on mobile devices

What’s changing 

You can now quickly join a meeting as a guest without signing into a personal or work Google account or creating a new Google account. This functionality already exists for meetings on the web and, by expanding to mobile, guests now have greater flexibility for joining Meet meetings on the go. 






To join as a guest, you need to be on the Calendar invite for the meeting or have been provided the meeting code or the meeting link beforehand. Before you join the meeting, you’ll be prompted to enter your name and “knock” (aka ask to join the meeting) to be admitted. Once a meeting host or co-host accepts your knock, you’ll jump right into the meeting.

Getting started

Rollout pace

  • iOS: Available now.
  • Android: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on January 17, 2024

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, Google Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts.


Resources

Chrome Stable for iOS Update

Hi everyone! We've just released Chrome Stable 121 (121.0.6167.66) for iOS; it'll become available on App Store in the next few hours.

This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Krishna Govind
Google Chrome

Combine multiple video effects, improve lighting and audio in Google Meet

What’s changing 

We’re launching three new features to personalize your appearance in Google Meet. Specifically, we’re adding: 

  • Combine multiple video effects on web and mobile: You can now combine a background effect with a filter effect to create a more dynamic, fun experience. This gives you the flexibility to find the right mix of effects that will represent you best during your meetings. The new layer icon on your self view tile can be used to keep track of which effects you’re using and remove one or all effects at once.

Combining effects using Google Meet on the web


Combining effects using Google Meet on a mobile device





You'll also notice a brand new user interface for effects. The streamlined design makes it easier for you to discover and apply various features. Specifically, you’ll notice effects grouped by category:

    • Backgrounds: Backgrounds are now organized into categories based on the type of scene you are looking for, such as new backgrounds, blurred backgrounds, your uploaded or company uploaded background, and more.
    • Filters: Sort through filters by category, including funny filters, accessories, costumes and characters.
    • Appearance: Adjust your appearance as needed by improving your lighting, framing, and video quality.


  • Studio lighting on web: Available with the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on, the new studio lighting feature can be used to simulate studio-quality lighting. You’ll be able to adjust the lighting position, brightness, and color to look your best. Note that for this initial launch an eligible device is required to use this feature.


For illustrative purposes only — to use Studio Lighting, go to settings > video > studio lighting.




  • Studio sound: This feature will automatically improve poor audio quality from typical bluetooth headsets and dial-in participants by using AI to recreate higher audio frequencies. Currently, this feature is available for meetings on the web and dial-in, with support for the mobile Meet app coming in the coming weeks — we’ll share an update on the Workspace Updates blog at that time. This feature is available with the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on.
Studio sound will use AI to improve audio quality.

 

Getting started


Rollout pace

Combining multiple video effects
Web availability: 


Mobile availability: 
  • Rapid Release domains: Full rollout (1-3 days for feature visibility) starting on January 16, 2024 for iOS and Android devices.

  • Scheduled Release domains: 
    • For Android devices: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on January 17, 2024
    • For iOS devices: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on January 17, 2024
Studio lighting  
Web availability:

Studio sound 

Availability

Combine multiple video effects:
  • Available to all users. The availability of specific video effects is based on your specific Google Workspace edition and admin policy

Studio lighting and sound:


Resources


Chrome Beta for Android Update

Hi everyone! We've just released Chrome Beta 121 (121.0.6167.71) for Android. It's now available on Google Play.

You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog, and for details on web platform updates, check here.

If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Krishna Govind
Google Chrome

Early Stable Update for Desktop

The Stable channel has been updated to 121.0.6167.75 for Windows and Mac as part of our early stable release to a small percentage of users. A full list of changes in this build is available in the log.


You can find more details about early Stable releases here.

Interested in switching release channels?  Find out how here. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.


Daniel Yip

Google Chrome

Deprecation of cross-device conversion metric values in the Bid Manager API

Today we’re deprecating cross-device conversion metric values in Bid Manager API. The following values will sunset on February 28, 2024:

  • METRIC_CM360_POST_CLICK_REVENUE_CROSS_ENVIRONMENT
  • METRIC_CM360_POST_VIEW_REVENUE_CROSS_ENVIRONMENT
  • METRIC_POST_CLICK_CONVERSIONS_CROSS_ENVIRONMENT
  • METRIC_POST_VIEW_CONVERSIONS_CROSS_ENVIRONMENT
  • METRIC_TOTAL_CONVERSIONS_CROSS_ENVIRONMENT

Upon sunset, queries.create requests using these values will return an INVALID_ARGUMENT error, and these values will be removed from existing Query resources.

We’ve added the upcoming sunset to our change log. To avoid an interruption of service, we recommend that you stop creating any reports using these values before the applicable sunset date.

If you have questions regarding these changes, please contact us using our support contact form.

- Trevor Mulchay, Bid Manager API Team

Chrome Beta for Desktop Update

The Beta channel has been updated to 121.0.6167.75 for Windows, Mac and Linux.

A partial list of changes is available in the Git log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.

Daniel Yip
Google Chrome