The company’s senior director of product & design, Sanaz Ahari, made the announcement on Twitter just a few hours ago. Thankfully, this is a server-side rollout, so you don’t need to manually update the app on your phone to enable this new functionality. 

— Sanaz (@sanazahari) March 27, 2020 Last year, the company added the ability for eight people to join a video call — same as competitor Houseparty — on the app. The limit has been increased right when more people are looking to connect with their friends through video calls. Good guy, Google!