The trouble with remote video conferencing is that there are so many platforms, and if you’re comfortable with one, having to use another can be jarring. And who wants that in the workplace?
Google and Microsoft, it seems, are doing a little bit to lower that barrier. Interoperability is now possible between Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, albeit, not for everyone.
We’re introducing video conferencing device interoperability for Google Meet with Microsoft Teams, which will allow you to:
– Join Microsoft Teams meetings from Chrome OS– based Google Meet hardware devices
– Join Google Meet meetings from Windows-based Microsoft Teams Rooms devices.
Assuming the correct hardware is in play, the feature is rolling out now and will be turned on by default. Both Google and Microsoft have full instructions on how to join meetings from the opposite side.
Most of us won’t see any sight of this, at least for now, since it’s limited to a very strict set of hardware. But I like the idea, for sure.
In my line of work, I have one platform I have to use on a daily basis, provided by the company. But press briefings more often than not use a different one. I’m hardly a fanboy for video conferencing software, but it’s a real pain bouncing between Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, even Discord sometimes.
I’m a big fan of the idea that tech shouldn’t get in the way. I’m fairly proficient, and I encounter issues using all these different platforms. In an enterprise environment, businesses will make their own decision on the ecosystem to be in.
Picking up the phone never had a problem with being on a different platform, or network, did it?
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