Google Meet to impose 60-Minute time limit on Group Video Calls for free users

Google Meet will soon enforce a 60-minute limit on group video calls for free users. When Google Meet became available for all users in April 2020, Google announced that it will limit meeting times to 60 minutes from September 2020. However, Google then extended the deadline for unlimited free calls to March and finally the latest deadline was announced to be June 30.

The updated guidelines are also mentioned on the Google Meet Help website. “At 55 minutes, everyone gets a notification that the call is about to end. To extend the call, the host can upgrade their Google account. Otherwise, the call will end at 60 minutes,” the guidelines say.

However, those who don’t want there to be a time limit on their group video calls will now have to upgrade to a paid account to host unlimited group video calls with three or more participants.

The upgrade, Google Workspace Individual tier, has just been announced for $9.99 (approx Rs. 745) per month in the US. If the meeting hosts upgrade to this plan, the calls can run for more than the defined 60-minute duration.