
Keep in-person participants (people in meeting rooms) in the main room of the Google Meet call, rather than assigning them to breakout sessions.Īsk an in-person participant in each meeting room to disconnect the meeting-room hardware from the meeting. To set up breakout rooms in hybrid meetings, choose an option: Important: People on Companion mode can’t speak or hear in breakout sessions and you can’t assign meeting-room hardware or Nest Hub Max to breakout sessions.

You can quickly share your laptop screen in Companion mode. Present with Companion mode on your laptop Self-View only shows on Google Meet hardware devices when you raise your hand.When video is on, your Self-View shows up to other Meet users, but does not show up on Google Meet hardware devices to users in a meeting room.

Change background and apply visual effects: From the bottom of the Companion mode screen, click More options Apply visual effects.By default, Self-View is always off and minimized.Turn off Self-View: click Turn off camera.Turn on Self-View: From the bottom of the Companion mode screen, click Turn on camera.When you turn off your camera, the Self-View shows your avatar. Audio isn’t shared and your personal video tile never shows as an active speaker. If you’re in a meeting room and join with Companion mode, you can turn on Self-View with your laptop camera to share your personal video tile with others on the call. Use Self-View to share your personal video tile with remote participants If you plan to use chat during the meeting, remind meeting-room participants to connect with Companion mode.Messages sent before you connect aren't included in your chat stream. To avoid missing chat messages, connect with Companion mode at the beginning of the meeting.On the Meet home screen, select a meeting, or enter a meeting code.On the meeting landing page, under Other joining options, click Use Companion mode.You can connect your laptop to a Google Meet meeting in Companion mode from a meeting invite or with a short link. When you're remote-Join a meeting with audio and video as normal.Ĭonnect with Companion mode on your laptop.To share your screen or use chat, polls, Q&A, and host controls, use Companion mode on your laptop.


In Companion mode, your mic and video are turned off to avoid any audio feedback. You can use companion mode to join a Google Meet video meeting on a second screen. Learn more about Google Workspace editions. Important: Some features, such as hand raising, require specific Google Workspace editions.
