'Meet' Google's new videoconferencing service for the enterprise

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The service appears to have been accidentally leaked a week before a major conference

Google appears to have accidentally revealed its new group videoconferencing service for businesses on Tuesday, a week before a big user conference.

The service, called Meet, appears to be its offering for businesses that want to do group meetings over the Internet. According to a saved iOS App Store listing captured by AppAnnie, it will support high-definition video meetings with up to 30 participants. That's an upgrade over the company's existing Hangouts instant messaging and video calling service, which only allows meetings of up to 10 people.

TechCrunch first spotted the listing for Meet, which has since been removed. It doesn't seem like Meet is going to replace Hangouts, considering that the app's name in the iOS App Store is \"Meet by Google Hangouts.\"

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