[gallego2007]

One thing to call out is that this is true for consumer created Meet calls, but not for G Suite/Workspace created Meet calls. Users w/o a Google account can join those calls by “knocking” and being accepted to the call (by the organizer or a user on the same domain) [1]. There's also a dial-in by phone option.

[1] https://support.google.com/a/answer/7582940#top&privacy&encr...

[Edit to clarify wording and add citation to Workspace specific HC article]

[lima]

Wasn't this always the case?

[gallego2007]

AFAIK, yes this has always been the case with Meet.

[luto]

at least in the last three years, yes.

[jsnell]

I thought Meet was only made available to consumer accounts after Covid, not years ago? Here's the announcement blog post: https://blog.google/products/meet/bringing-google-meet-to-mo...

(But yes, it looks like the requirement was there from the start, and the editorializing in the title is incorrect.)