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Discover all of the big Google Meet updates from 2024. Whether you’re joining from a web browser, your phone or a meeting room – as an attendee, host or presenter, or are a developer – there have been new features launched in 2024 to make the experience better.

Learn about tips, tricks and features in Google Calendar to create healthy working habits that help you manage your workday and stay productive whilst avoiding burnout and meeting fatigue.

Updates announced and released in November 2024 include expanded automatic camera framing in Google Meet, new Google Meet Hardware options from ASUS, the Gemini side panel coming to Google Chat alongside a new split-pane view, and new templates for Google Slides. Read about these and more.

Find tips for putting your best foot forward when you are joining calls from meeting rooms, including how best to make use of the Room Design Guide to create the ultimate meeting room, how to leverage hardware features to look and sound your best, and which software features will elevate your experience even further.

October 2024 saw the arrival of watermarking in Google Meet – to discourage unauthorised sharing of your presented materials – as well as new Logitech hardware for the meeting room, plus much more. Read all about Google Chat video messages, Google Sheets smart chips and everything else that happened in October.