We’re busy people. Sometimes we just cannot fit enough business hours into our days to accomplish our goals. Not to mention, how difficult it is to coordinate meeting schedules with more than four or more people.
Google Hangouts lets users connect and communicate with colleagues in multi-user video rooms. Users might use Hangouts to hold a business meeting, discuss a particular “hot topic” or pressing issue, or just have a multi-user video chat.
Hangouts are limited to 10 video conference participants, with no time limit. You can also use Hangouts On Air to broadcast a hangout to many more people. There is still a limit of 10 active participants. If you activate Google+ premium features, the limit increases to 15 participants for both Hangouts and Hangouts On Air.
What’s more impressive, when team members are scattered, Hangouts includes built-in productivity apps (like Google Drive) that improve team collaboration. Your team can make last-minute changes to an important presentation, get live input on your analysis from remote team members, or even plan the company holiday party.
Following are a few features:
Chat Face-to-Face
Seeing someone’s face can make all the difference. Catch up with everyone from your computer, phone or tablet device.
Host Virtual Meetings
Complete work faster in virtual meetings with powerful tools like screen sharing and Google Drive collaboration.
Sharing Presentations
Hangouts let you share your computer screen so other people in the hangout can it. You can choose to share any open window on your computer. You can also share Google Drive files and collaborate to write meeting notes or draw on a shared whiteboard.
Broadcast to the world
Go live in front of a global audience, whether you’re an aspiring artist, a global celebrity or a concerned citizen. See examples.
Here is just one example of using Google Hangouts hosted by Entrepreneur Magazine with Guest from the hit show “Shark Tank.”
Google Hangouts is the “next best thing to being there.” Learn more about it here and let me know what you think… here.