Google Meet to add Q&A, polls for G Suite paid users

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Google Meet is adding two highly-requested features on October 8: Q&A and polls. The functionalities will be available to G Suite Essentials, G Suite Business, G Suite Enterprise, and G Suite Enterprise for Education customers. Both are useful to help facilitate smooth meetings and classes held on the video conferencing platform. 

Q&A will allow attendees or students to submit questions that hosts, moderators, and teachers can answer without interrupting the discussion flow. Or to give those, as Google describes, "who may be soft-spoken, joining from a noisy environment, or need more time to process their thoughts" an opportunity to ask or share their insight. Participants can also upvote their favourite questions.

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Google wrote in its blog post that polls could give hosts and moderators a chance to gain instant feedback from attendees. Teachers can use it to quiz remote students to make sure they understand the material. And it can even help sales teams make their presentations more engaging. 

Moderators and hosts will receive a report of the poll's results when they complete it. And there's an option to share the answers with the attendees. An email will also be sent with the poll date exported to Google Sheets.

Source: 9to5Google