Benzinga | Sep 8, 2021 02:56PM EDT

Google Partners With Cisco For Videoconferencing

* Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google blogged its consent to support interoperability with devices from Webex by Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO).

* The collaboration marks the collaboration of videoconferencing rivals following the extension of remote work over the delta variant concerns, Bloomberg reports.

* Now customers can log into a Google meeting on a Cisco device and vice versa assisting businesses using multiple hosting platforms or undergoing platform migration. Google expects the general availability later this year.

* Google plans to give Meet users even broader calling interoperability with support for other conferencing services in the near future.

* Other major video conferencing providers include Zoom Video Communications Inc (NASDAQ:ZM) and Microsoft Corp's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Microsoft Teams.

* Google is also adding innovations to its Google Workspace by going live with spaces. Other features include streamlined navigation, discoverable Spaces, enhanced search, in-line topic threading, and security features.

* Price Action: CSCO shares traded lower by 0.39% at $58.66 on the last check Wednesday.