What are the current meta description length?

I have seen long meta description in many websites in google search result. So confused what are the current meta description length to use?

 

After being increased to more than 160, it is back to 160

 

Yes, you are right. But Google really doing this all wrong like increase, decrease. Its hard to manage all page descriptions.

 

now it's 160 characters!

 

The length of a meta description is not fixed and can vary between search engines. However, keeping your meta descriptions between 120-160 characters long, including spaces, is generally recommended. This is because search engines often truncate shorter meta descriptions, and longer descriptions do not necessarily perform better. Writing clear, concise, and descriptive meta-descriptions that accurately reflect the page's content and are relevant to the user's search query is essential.