Awaneesh Verma, who oversees Google Meet and Google Voice, told reporters he continually beta-tests conferencing tools used by roughly 3 billion users and 11 million companies, positioning the product as core infrastructure for remote and hybrid instruction. Verma described integrating meeting notes into Google Drive and testing features that affect classroom workflows. His remarks underscore Big Tech’s ongoing influence on campus teaching tools, accessibility options, and data-management practices. Universities should expect feature rollouts and privacy-policy changes to ripple into LMS integrations, lecture capture, and digital-record retention policies. IT leadership and faculty developers must coordinate on rollout windows, privacy compliance, and training to ensure new Meet features support pedagogy without disrupting course delivery or violating institutional data-protection rules.