Google has announced a refreshed Google Meet desktop experience with updates to video feeds, the viewing and presenting experience, and the bottom bar.
Video tiles
- Your self-view now appears in the bottom right of the grid view.
- Hover over your self-view tile to choose between a tile in the grid view or a floating picture. You can also resize, reposition, and hide it.
- When someone speaks, their tile is outlined in blue.
- When there are more participants than can be shown on the grid, a tile is added to show you who’s on the call.
Viewing and presenting experience
- You can now see what you are presenting and other participants at the same time while in Google Meet.
- Unpin the content you or others share to see more participants..
- Participant names are always visible regardless of meeting size.
Bottom bar
- Meeting dial-in codes, attachments, the participants list, chat, and other controls are at the bottom right.
- Controls are consolidated in one place with descriptions upon hover.
- The “Leave call” button is on the right, away from the microphone and camera buttons.
Refer to Get to know the new Google Meet interface for more information on these changes.
Important: If you currently use any Chrome extensions that interact with Google Meet (including the Grid View extension), your experience could be impacted. Uninstalling these extensions could resolve any issues that may occur.
According to Google, this feature should have begun to show up in U-M Google on May 13, 2021, and could take 15 days or longer to become fully visible. You can expect to see a banner at the top of your screen before joining a Google Meet session when the new interface has arrived in U-M Google.
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