Video call links in Calendar events for Google Apps for Government

With this launch, Google Calendar will automatically add video call links to new Calendar events for all Google Apps for Government domains. This is a follow up to the August launch where this feature was launched for all other Apps customers.

As announced earlier this year, administrators can disable this functionality for specific organizational units.

Release track:

Rapid release, with Scheduled release coming in two weeks

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Improved presenting in Hangouts video calls: Present to everyone

Any participant in a video call can now select a participant to be shown to all other participants’ views. This feature overrides the automatic speaker-driven switching for everyone in the call. For example, if a participant is sharing a desktop view or showing something live, anyone can make that the default view for all, so there is no visual disruption to the meeting.

Anyone presenting in the same room using g.co/present/ will automatically join in “Present to everyone” mode if there are no other presenters.

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Rapid release and Scheduled release

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Multi-way video calls for Hangouts on Android and iOS without a G+ profile

As announced in July, with today’s Hangouts update, people using the Hangouts apps on Android and iOS will now be able participate in multi-way video calls without a Google+ profile.

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Rapid release and Scheduled release

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New available contacts tab for Hangouts in Gmail

With this launch, we are introducing a new tab to Hangouts in Gmail that shows a list of a person’s contacts sorted by availability, making it easier to see which contacts are currently online.

Available contacts (those with the green circle) will show in an alpha-ordered list first, followed by a second alpha-ordered list of unavailable contacts. Contacts can be hidden or pinned to the top of the contacts list regardless of their availability.

To access the new contacts tab, click on the person icon on the bottom of the Hangouts section.

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Rapid release, with Scheduled release coming in two weeks

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Video call links in Calendar events for all Apps customers

Last week we announced the roll-out of Hangouts video calls for up to 15 participants to everyone on Google Apps. This applies to people with and without access to Google+, with either Google Talk or Google Hangouts chat enabled. Starting today, Google Calendar will automatically add video call links to new Calendar events for all Google Apps for Business and Education customers.

As announced earlier this year, administrators can disable this functionality for specific organizational units.

We plan to provide similar functionality to Google Apps for Government soon.

Release track:

Rapid release, with Scheduled release coming in two weeks

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https://support.google.com/a/answer/4362302


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Eject guests from a Hangouts video call

Hangouts participants will now have the ability to remove other participants from a Hangouts video call. This is only available to people from the same domain as the Hangout creator. For example, if a person creates a Hangouts video call from Calendar, people in their same domain will be able to eject others from the call. Any participants from outside the domain will not have this ability. Ejected participants will not be able to re-join the call unless explicitly re-invited from within the video call.

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Rapid release and Scheduled release For more information:

https://support.google.com/a/answer/6187009#eject


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