Google partners with USO to bring 3D family calls to 20 locations

Google’s promise is a video call that feels like sitting across from family. Its next step is a larger network of places to make those calls. On October 26, 2026, Google announced a USO partnership to bring HP Dimension with Google Beam to 20 USO locations worldwide, connecting deployed service members with loved ones.

Google describes Beam as a lifelike, three-dimensional video communication system that conveys body language and eye contact. Those are the qualities behind its claim that distant participants can feel as though they share a room. The announcement presents that experience through military families’ reunions; it does not provide a timetable for completing the full rollout.

Beyond the Poland–Texas pilot

The expansion follows a pilot earlier in 2026 that connected families between Trzebień, Poland, and Fort Bliss, Texas. Google now names Grafenwöhr, Germany, and Fort Hood, Texas, as additional locations in the program. The earlier connection gives the partnership a starting point: families separated by a deployment have already used Beam to meet across the Poland–Texas link.

Alongside the expansion, Google released a docuseries directed by military veteran and filmmaker Kyle Hausmann-Stokes. It follows four soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, known as the Iron Dukes, during their deployment in Poland. The series focuses on their contact with family members back home, showing the personal experiences Google is using to make the case for the program.

20USO locations worldwide

Google says its USO partnership will bring HP Dimension with Google Beam to 20 locations globally.

Promotions, stories and first steps

For Sergeant Amoy Brown and his wife, Tiyanna Orane, the separation also means navigating two military careers. Brown is a Bradley gunner deployed in Poland; Orane is an aviation logistics specialist at Fort Bliss. Google says an eight-hour time difference has complicated sharing milestones, including Orane’s promotion. Their Beam reunion let them celebrate that achievement together and gave Brown time to interact with their young son, Azeal.

Army Chaplain Roland Kassales had spent 15 months deployed during his first two years of service, according to Google. His family’s segment centers on a quieter exchange: his daughter, Blythe, reading stories she had written. Google describes Beam as letting him experience the reading in real time, including her body language and eye contact. The moment illustrates the kind of everyday interaction the company wants its system to convey.

The Jennings family’s account starts with the demands of daily life. Mayra Jennings manages a blended household of seven while working 12-hour shifts. Her deployed husband, Sergeant First Class Matthew Jennings, found standard phone calls made connecting with family difficult, Google says. During their Beam session, he saw how much his newborn daughter, Lilly, had grown and watched one of his sisters play guitar. Google describes the call as giving Mayra a feeling of sitting across the table from him.

Major Michael Rodriguez, an armor battalion operations officer with 12 years of service, appears with his wife, Jessica, and their family. Jessica works as a pediatric physical therapist while parenting their four young children during his deployment. Google says Beam let Rodriguez watch his one-year-old daughter, Kathryn, practice taking her first steps. That family milestone is another example at the heart of the rollout’s pitch: being able to witness an event while physically far away.