Google Meet video calls now support 1080p, but not for everyone

Google Meet video calls are now upgraded to 1080p or Full HD for users. Back in 2023, Google was content to offer 720p quality to its consumers, but luckily, that’s changing now, at least for some of you. Google has decided that changes are needed to Google Meet, especially since it is the company’s de facto video calling platform after it decided to discontinue Duo and merge it with Meet.

Google offers a 1080p video calling feature, but it’s not enabled by default, which means you’ll have to manually go into Google Meet settings and change the video call resolution to get the upgraded quality from 720p to 1080p.

Google is also clear that you need a laptop/PC with 1080p camera quality to support the higher resolution. Google Meet notifies you of support via a pop-up window when a person is about to start a video call.

The feature will be available through a new update that will be released to users in the coming days. Interestingly, both of Google Meet’s competitors, Microsoft Teams and Zoom, do not support 1080p video calling by default.

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So will the new 1080p video calling support come to all Google Meet users? The answer is no. Google understands that this feature allows it to expand its revenue base, which means you have business and enterprise consumers who may want the added benefit of higher-priced Google One plans. Google says this feature will come to Google One subscribers with at least 2TB of cloud storage.

Google One plans in India start at Rs 130 per month, which gives you 100GB of free cloud storage and other benefits. HD quality for video calls is probably better for business consumers, but we expect Google to offer it to others later, once the feature is fully optimized to handle heavy traffic through its servers.

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