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Meet AI: Bringing Face-to-Face Video Chat to Meet the Next Generation of Microphones, Mics, and Speakers

Google has gotten pretty good at the fundamentals — but that’s about it. Now, Citron and his team have to prove that AI truly can take video chat to an entirely new level. Even if that might mean fewer video chats.

According to Citron, Meet is working the same goal as before. We want meetings to feel like they’re happening in the same room regardless of where you are and what device you’re using. “Regardless of your connection speed, your camera quality, your microphone quality.” It’s a tall order. How do you make a meeting experience that is easy to use and use on your computer or mobile device, so that you get work done in a face-to-face manner, with headphones, speakers, and microphones of varying quality, and lets you use your phone in a face-to

To help combat the exhaustion of staring at dozens of video tiles on a Meet call, Google is also adding dynamic layouts that offer different sizes and shapes for those tiles. Tiles will still generally be rectangular, but if a bunch of attendees are in a conference room, that tile might be bigger so that you don’t have to squint at a tiny square to see who’s sitting around the table. There will be a number of smaller Meet features coming, including one that adds a teleprompter to your presentations while you are on a Meet call. All are going to the lab next year.

This could be another handy time-saving feature. If you’re double-booked or suddenly have to bail on a meeting because of something going on in your life, I can see the value in sharing some notes about what you’d planned to bring up. I worry that people might use this feature to avoid meetings they should attend, and that the burden will be on those who actually show. I am told that Meet will figure it out and quickly end the call if everyone in the meeting sends their AI assistant. This feature is a little ways out, arriving sometime next year to Labs.

Why Do We Show Up at Meet? The Google Perspective on Artificial Intelligence and the Rise of the Next-Generation Office Suites

With Duet, Google is directly challenging Microsoft The future of major office suites is dependent on these do-everything tools, which have the potential to change the way we work. I see you are trying to write a resume, if Duet and Copilot can do better than that. we might be onto something.

You can show up at most meetings if the new artificial intelligence tools are as good as advertised. At its Cloud Next conference today, Google revealed a handful of new AI-powered features coming soon to Meet.

The challenge for all of these tools is that the underlying AI models aren’t perfect, or even close, and the stakes are high when you’re working with business-critical data. If duet misinterprets or invents your company’s sales numbers, that’s ridiculous; you’re in big trouble. Duet does try to stay on top of things, but it would be better if you double-check and make sure you have everything you need.

If you’re a Workspace user, Duet is going to start showing up in practically all the apps you use. In a few places, it is a separate menu which you can access by clicking the Duet icon in the top right corner. In other places, you can ask Duet for help right from within the body of your email or document. Given Google’s penchant for putting its newest features front and center even when it annoys users — like the seemingly ever-growing Meet icons in Gmail — you probably won’t be able to ignore Duet, even if you want to.