Google Meet and Zoom Rooms to interoperate, Meet-certified Android devices on the way - ZDNet

Zoom connected a Google Meet instrumentality (left); Google Meet connected Zoom Rooms (right).

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Google has announced caller two-way interoperability betwixt Zoom and Meet for league rooms, on with the archetypal Meet-certified Android league appliances, which grow Google's Meet-certified hardware beyond ChromeOS.

When interoperability arrives aboriginal this year, users of the companies' respective league solutions -- Zoom Rooms and Google Meet devices -- volition beryllium capable to pass seamlessly: Zoom Rooms tin articulation Google Meet meetings, and Google Meet devices tin articulation Zoom Meetings. This tin beryllium done from a Zoom Room oregon a Google Meet instrumentality calendar, astatine the interaction of a button. 

The Zoom-Meet interoperability volition initially lone enactment from ChromeOS-based Meet devices, which has been the main level connected which Meet league devices are built. This builds connected existing interoperability betwixt Cisco Webex devices and Google Meet devices. The interoperability is disposable astatine nary other cost.

Google's determination should payment organizations that request to link league rooms to partners, customers and different groups internally who usage antithetic league platforms. 

As noted, Meet-certified league devices person until present been built connected ChromeOS, but Google has contiguous announced the archetypal Android-based Meet-certified league devices from Poly and Logitech. Both vendors' Android-based Meet instrumentality volition beryllium disposable successful aboriginal 2023.      

"While Google Meet devices person historically been standardized connected ChromeOS, unfastened root Android-based devices person go progressively fashionable arsenic a video conferencing platform-independent solution," said Dave Citron, manager of merchandise astatine Google Workspace.  

Google notes that customers with existing Android-based league devices from Poly and Logitech volition beryllium capable to determination easy to Meet from rival unreality league platforms.

"Customers with existing Poly oregon Logitech Android-based devices volition beryllium capable to leverage their concern and determination to Meet by conscionable adding a Meet licence for these devices," Citron said successful a blogpost.

Microsoft provides Teams Rooms connected Windows-only devices similar the Surface Hub, and Android conferencing devices. For example, Logitech's RoomMate is a $999 Android league appliance that supports Zoom Rooms, RingCentral Rooms, and Teams Rooms, but not Google Meet. It besides offers the Android-based Rally Bar and Rally Bar Mini for aggregate conferencing platforms. 

Logitech volition connection Android-based appliance versions of its Rally Bar and Rally Bar Mini for Google Meet successful 2023. Google says Poly is expected to present its archetypal Meet-certified Android-based appliances successful aboriginal 2023. These volition see its Studio X30 for tiny rooms, Studio X50 for mean rooms, and Studio X70 for ample rooms.