Fact Check: Can Google Meet and Zoom hosts now know which apps you’re using in the background? 

A message circulating on social media claimed that Google Meet will soon introduce a feature that will allow the host to know which apps the participants are using in the background. India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) checks the claim.

Young or old, school students or corporate professionals, the pandemic has made us dependent on video communication platforms such as Google Meet and Zoom. In almost every house, while the adults are busy on video call with their colleagues, the kids are attending online classes. However, if a message circulating on social media is to be believed, Google Meet will soon introduce a feature that will allow the host to know which apps the participants are using in the background. The screen grab of what appears to be a tweet by Google India gives out this information. Another purported tweet by Zoom says the service has already introduced this feature.