Rants & rAVes — Episode 1488: Google Reflects on Meet Hardware, Interoperability and AI After ISE 2026

In this episode of Rants & rAVes, I sit down with Quintin Esterhuizen, product lead for Google Meet hardware, to reflect on Google’s presence at ISE 2026. We talk about the strong customer engagement at the show, why interoperability with platforms like Microsoft Teams continues to be a priority and how Gemini AI is being integrated into Meet to enhance productivity without disrupting the meeting experience.
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