On: Google Meet premium video conferencing is now free...

[jimmcslim]

Yeah I'm only getting "Your account only lets you join meetings" as well... seems like there hasn't been a full roll out yet.

[byefruit → jimmcslim]

Are you both in the US?

It could be another "free for everyone" where everyone means "US only for now". Pretty frustrating when that happens.

[dragonwriter → jimmcslim]

The post says “beginning next week”; not only has there not been a full roll-out yet, the phased roll-out hasn't started. The HN headline is misleading and inserts and “is now” that is not in the source (which instead just has an em-dash)