The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a global digital transformation. 

Harris Iskandar, who heads the COVID-19 task force’s division for education and behavioral change, said we were currently in an era of great disruption as a result of the 5 Ds: digitalization, demographic bonus, decentralization, de-bureaucratization and the pandemic disease.

As people are forced to stay at home, video-communication services, such as Zoom or Google Meet, have become go-to tools to interact with others.

Google Cloud government affairs and public policy lead for South-East Asia Yam Ki Chan, speaking in a webinar hosted by Tenggara Strategics on Tuesday, said day-over-day growth for Google Meet had surpassed 60 percent, and as a result the daily usage was more than 25 times what it had been in January. 

“Today, over 3 billion minutes of meetings happen each day, [that’s] around 5,700 years of meeting per day,” he said.

Amid the adaptation to the digital world, it’s important to stay safe while using the technology.

Yam explained that Google Meet had undertaken various measures to ensure users’ security.

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