How to view people in the meeting

Change your view #

• Auto—Allows Meet to choose the layout for you.
• Tiled—Shows up to 16 people when there is no presentation.
  • Move your mouse to see participant names. 
  • If someone joins after the meeting starts, their image is at the bottom of the screen. 
  • Presentations appear in a large tile, with the most active participants to the side.
• Spotlight—The presentation, active speaker, or pinned feed fills the window. 
• Sidebar—You see the active speaker or presentation with additional participants on the side.

Tip: When you choose a new layout, your preference is automatically saved. To return to the default layout, click Auto.

View yourself in a video meeting #

You can choose whether or not you would like to see yourself appear alongside other participants in a meeting. You will not see yourself among participants if you select the “Spotlight layout” or have pinned another participant.

Enable self view in a video call:  #

Important: Your self view is off by default and your preferences are saved for later calls.

• On the top right corner of your screen, hover over your self preview  click  .
• On the People panel, click  .

Turn off self view in a video call:  #

• On the top right corner of your screen, hover over your self preview  click .
• On the People panel, click  .
• Hover over your tile in the video grid  click .

Tip: When your self view is turned off, you can still see yourself in a small preview in the top right corner of the screen.

Change the layout #

1. Join a video meeting on a computer.
2. In the lower-right corner of the Meet screen, click More Change layout.
   
3. In the Change layout box, select the layout that you want to use on your computer.

Tip: Click a participant’s image to pin them to your screen. Pinning a participant only applies to your screen.