Compare Meet with classic Hangouts

G Suite users cannot create or join classic Hangouts video calls using Google Calendar or in Gmail. You can still use classic Hangouts video calls in classic Hangouts chat, the classic Hangout app, or at hangouts.google.com.

G Suite users in the ⁠Chat preferred program can only use classic Hangouts video calling on the web at hangouts.google.com.

There are differences in how you can create, join, and participate in video meetings in Google Meet and video calls from classic Hangouts.

	Meet	Video calls from classic Hangouts
Number of meeting participants	Through September 30, 2020, all G Suite editions support meetings up to 250 participants After September 30, 2020, the following meeting sizes apply: G Suite Basic and G Suite for Education —Up to 100 G Suite Business—Up to 150 G Suite Enterprise and Enterprise for Education—Up to 250	Up to 25
Platforms supported	Android iOS Chrome Browser, Mozilla^® Firefox^®, Apple^® Safari^®, Microsoft^® Internet Explorer^® 11 (with plugins), and Microsoft Edge^® Google Meet hardware and Chromebox and Chromebase for meetings	Android iOS Chrome Browser, Safari, and Internet Explorer (with plugins) Google Meet hardware and Chromebox and Chromebase for meetings
Join a video meeting	Through browser and mobile app Google Gmail and Calendar Meeting link URL or code Dial in by phone Google Meet hardware and Chromebox and Chromebase for meetings	Through browser and mobile app Gmail and Calendar Google Meet hardware and Chromebox and Chromebase for meetings. Microsoft^® Outlook^® 2007, 2010, and 2013 plugins
Send chat messages in video meetings	Through browser and mobile app	Web only
Present documents or entire screen	Present your entire screen or a specific window in a meeting	Present your entire screen or a specific window in a meeting
External participants	Give video meeting access to any participant using a single shared link	Access to video calls is managed through a combination of Calendar permissions and invitations.
Dial in from a phone	G Suite Basic, Business, Enterprise, and Enterprise for Education editions support international numbers	Participants cannot dial in to a video meeting
Dial out to a phone number	Calls supported from most countries to the U.S. and Canada	Free calls to and from U.S. and Canada
Record a meeting	Through September 30, 2020, all G Suite editions support recording After September 30, 2020, recording requires G Suite Enterprise or G Suite Enterprise for Education edition	Recording not available
Reporting API	More than 50 different reporting metrics	17 different reporting metrics
View presentations on mobile	High-resolution content and pinch-to-zoom on mobile app	Low-resolution content
Meeting URLs	Unique meeting URLs	Modifiable meeting URLs

Compare Meet with classic Hangouts

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