GoToMeeting

2019. GoToMeeting has improved its interface and speech recognition


LogMeIn has released a new version of its popular video conferencing system, GoToMeeting. It features a completely redesigned user interface, unified across devices. The developers have also improved audio quality, promising high quality even on slow internet connections. For capturing the results of video meetings, new features include real-time notes and speech recognition, allowing users to read video conference logs as dialogue. Meeting organizers can now create branded virtual meeting rooms and gather their teams for communication and collaboration at any time. Integrations with Office 365, Outlook, Google Calendar, and Slack have been updated.


2014. GoToMeeting Free Version Released



GoToMeeting is one of the most popular services for video calls, online presentations and webinars. Even though our companies have to pay for it with a credit card, they still pay and use it. Apparently, connection quality is so important to users that they don't want to skimp on it. Citrix recently released a free version of the service GoToMeeting Free, which allows online meetings with up to three participants. The application is based on the Chrome browser and requires no registration, downloading additional software, or installing special extensions. You simply click the "Start Meeting" button and receive a link that you can send to one or two colleagues. However, this service is purely for video chat. It does not include any of the collaboration tools for which GoToMeetings is famous.


2011. GoToMeeting web conferencing is now available on Android



Citrix has released an Android client for its web and video conferencing service GoToMeeting. The app allows you to join an online meeting, view the participant list, communicate with participants via VoIP (over Wi-Fi), zoom in and out (up to 200%), and mute your audio if there's noise around you. GoToMeeting for Android is free and works on all smartphones running Android 2.2. A similar GoToMeeting mobile app already exists for iOS.


2011. GoToMeeting Adds Video Conferencing. Ditching Skype?



In March of this year, even before Skype was acquired by Microsoft, it was announced that GoToMeeting would be integrated into Skype to provide web conferencing capabilities (collaboration on applications, documents, online presentations, etc.). This would have been a logical partnership, as GoToMeeting and Skype are often used together for online meetings. But then Microsoft acquired Skype, and apparently plans changed. After all, Microsoft and Citrix (the owner of GoToMeeting) are more competitors than friends. Either way, yesterday GoToMeeting launched a new version of its service with its own video conferencing tool called HDFaces. Moreover, HDFaces could not only replace Skype for GoToMeeting users but also compete with Skype in the global corporate video conferencing market.