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Google has improved its video conferencing platform Meet to be able to compete with other platforms. One new feature is that users can now see 16 people on their screen. Previously, there were only four people on their screen at one time. Meet's new gallery view comes at a time when more people around the world are using video conferencing services. Many people are speaking to family and friends during lockdown; companies are having meetings online; and schools and universities changed from classroom teaching to online teaching.Google said Meet would help millions around the world in lockdown. It wrote: "Remote work has become increasingly necessary for public safety and well-being - which makes staying connected, even while we're apart, more important than ever." Rapidly growing numbers of people are using Meet. Google says they now have the features they need "to share and be productive". Google will introduce more features like blocking out background noise from keystrokes when people type. Users will also be able to improve video quality if the lighting in their room is not good enough.

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Google has improved its video conferencing (1) ____________ Meet to be able to compete with other platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams. A new (2) ____________ of Meet is that users can now see the faces of 16 people on their (3) ____________. Previously, people could only see four people on their screen at one time, but with Meet's new tiled (4) ____________, people can now see 16 participants at once. Meet's new gallery view comes at a (5) ____________ when more and more people are using video conferencing (6) ____________ across the world. Many people are contacting family and friends (7) ____________ lockdown; companies are holding online meetings; and schools and universities have changed their (8) ____________ to be able to teach online.

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Google said the improved Meet platform would help millions around the world in (9) ____________ of lockdown. It wrote: "Remote work has become increasingly necessary for public (10) ____________ and wellbeing - which makes staying connected, even while we're (11) ____________, more important than ever." It added: "Each day, a rapidly growing number of people (12) ____________ on Google Meet, and we want to make sure they have the features they need to share and be (13) ____________." Google said it would introduce more new features such as the ability to (14) ____________ out background noise. This will end the noise of keystrokes as other people (15) ____________ while online. Users will also be able to improve video quality if the lighting in their room is not (16) ____________.

1. Which two platforms will Meet compete with?
2. How many participants can fit on one screen with Google Meet?
3. How many faces could be seen on the older version of Meet?
4. What services did the article say people were using more of worldwide?
5. Who did the article say was holding online meetings?
6. What did Google say was increasingly necessary?
7. What did Google say it wants to make sure people have?
8. What did Google say it would introduce more of?
9. What kind of background noise will be blocked out in the future?
10. What will users see improvements in despite insufficient lighting