Support for YouTube livestream, real-time translation and other features Google is adding to Meet …

Internet search giant Google has announced new features it is going to add to Google Meet for education customers. The company is adding features to not only increase the utility of the platform for teachers and students but also making it more secure by giving greater access to admins. Live Translate supportFor educators with the Teaching and Learning Upgrade or Education Plus, Google will offer live translated captions, later this year. With the live translations enabled, Google claims that users will be able to listen to someone speaking one language and see real-time captions in another language. Livestream directly on YouTubeUsers will soon get the option to make Meet calls livestream on YouTube that will enable anyone to attend it. Google says that this functionality would be ideal for school board meetings, school events and more. Google said that the public live streaming will be rolled out in beta later this year and will be widely available for customers with the Teaching and Learning Upgrade or Education Plus in early 2022. Closed captions during live streamsAnother feature Google will add in the coming months is support for closed captions during live streams. This means they will be able to visually…
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