Both Zoom and Alphabet’s Google Meet have eliminated their length of call restrictions on free users for the holidays.
Zoom has dropped its usual 40-minute limit (until after New Year’s Day), and Google Meet, its 60 minute one (until March).
The companies recognized that with the Coronavirus rampant, many families are choosing to meet only virtually for holiday celebrations this year.
“Whether coming together on the final day of Hanukkah, celebrating Christmas, ringing in the New Year, or marking the last days of Kwanzaa, those connecting with friends and family won’t get cut short,” a Zoom spokesman told Reuters.
Cisco’s Webex and Microsoft’s Teams have not announced any relaxing of their free user restrictions as yet.
