Google Meet is rolling out some notable changes to how noise cancellation works on the videoconferencing platform. According to the company, if a meeting organizer’s Google Workspace edition supports noise cancellation, all meeting attendees will have access to the feature. Conversely, if an individual Meet user has noise cancellation, they will be able to use it in all meetings regardless of whether the meeting organizer has the feature or not. Lastly, anyone using a Google Meet hardware device will always be able to use noise cancellation.
“We hope that making noise cancellation available to all meeting attendees will help improve the quality of meetings by limiting background noise distractions,” Google said in a blog post.
Google Meet first gained the noise cancellation feature back in June 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic had forced everyone indoors. People were heavily reliant on video conferencing platforms for work, education, and keeping in touch with their loved ones. While those outdoor restrictions have now eased off significantly, videoconferencing has stuck.
To make the experience better for users, companies regularly add new features or enhancements to their platforms. With noise cancellation in Meet, you can filter out background noise like keyboard typing, doors opening and closing, and more. This enables the other person or persons to hear you more clearly. While the feature can’t remove background human voices, it’s still nice to have unwanted noises filtered out.
The feature is available on Google Meet desktop and laptop versions as well as Android and iOS mobile apps. Now, to further enhance the experience, Google is rolling out some changes to how noise cancellation works in Meet.
These upgrades are now available to all users
The latest changes to Google Meet’s noise cancellation are now available to all users with a supported Google Workspace edition. The feature is on by default for users with a Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Frontline, Enterprise Plus, or Workspace Individual account. Users with an Education Plus or Teaching and Learning Upgrade account can also filter out unwanted noise in Google Meet. But the feature is off by default.
According to Google, all Google Workspace accounts will have access to noise cancellation in a meeting with people outside their organization if the setting is on by default for their organization. The existing location restrictions apply though. Noise cancellation in Google Meet is not available in South Africa and the UAE. It’s unclear whether the feature will ever be available in these regions.
2022-03-26 15:05:50