Google Plus user Florian Kiersch has stumbled upon a new product that Google may be working on called GMeet. The application appears to be an online conferencing solution, possibly built on top of Google's Hangouts platform. There is not much information available about what GMeet can do since it appears Google is limiting access to their own staff, but it looks like it might be similar to services like GoToMeeting or WebEx.
Hangouts already possesses many of the features of other online conferencing solutions, although it may not be readily apparent to end users. If the GMeet app is using Hangouts' backbone, the app could just be an extra interface layer designed to make it easier for users to deploy, especially in a business environment.
Google has not issued any statements about GMeet, so it is not clear whether this is a platform the company is developing to eventually be available as a business or consumer-oriented product or whether Google will just use it internally as a way to involve internal and external people in meetings and events.
Do you think Google needs something better than the current Hangouts platform to compete as an online meeting provider?
source: +Florian Kiersch (Mortes)
via: Phandroid
