Coronavirus: Now, Premium Google Meet free for schools till September 30

As families and educators continue to face the new realities of juggling work, school, and play at home, Google is offering premium Meet video conferencing features free for schools through September 30.

Google Meet has crossed 50 million downloads on Play Store, a massive 900 per cent increase in user base in a span of few weeks as people work from home in the Covid-19 pandemic. Meet is currently hosting 3 billion minutes of video meetings and adding roughly 3 million new users every day.

To help provide kids access to online learning and educational tools, Google said that its ‘G Suite for Education’ tools can be used from any device and help more than 120 million teachers and students around the world work and learn together.