Additional features include a 30-strong capacity, recording ability, and Google Chromebox integration. This quick-start mechanism is made possible with a reduced code size. It helps reduce the time to begin meetings, a common complaint with enterprise professionals. Meet is already available on the G Suite. Hangouts Meet aims at making enterprise meetings friction-free by simplifying the entry point for audio and video conferences. Both apps are enterprises mirrors of the respective consumer apps, i.e., Allo and Duo, which were released last year. The two Google Hangouts applications are directed toward two different objectives.

The move comes as a fresh strategic intent to align its services to the new-age enterprise by embracing a collaboration and communications-friendly approach. The announcement was made at the Google Cloud Next conference held last week. This is expected to bring about a renewed focus on business communications. Google Hangouts has been split into two applications-a video conferencing app called Hangouts Meet and team messaging app called Hangouts Chat. With a view toward increased focus on the enterprise customer, Google has announced a host of changes to its productivity suite, including its communications tool Google Hangouts.