Last Updated: February 14, 2024, 09:10 IST
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Google Meet is getting new options.
Google is beginning to roll out the companion mode function for Google Meet customers on Android and iOS. Here’s the way it works.
Google has rolled out its second display screen “companion mode” to the Meet app on Android and iOS. Companion Mode permits customers to take part in a Meet name utilizing an in-room audio/video conferencing system reasonably than their very own PC. The function was initially launched for the net.
“Beginning today, you’ll be able to use companion mode with your Android and iOS devices,” Google mentioned in a blogpost.
“Using Companion mode from your mobile device is a quick, light-weight way to participate in meetings without opening a laptop. This can be particularly useful in meeting spaces where room for a laptop is limited,” it added.
The function means that you can entry “interactive features and controls” when you’re in a convention room or giant assembly house.
Users can use companion mode to — verify-in to the room to be recognized by identify, share an emoji response with out interrupting the speaker, increase their hand to point that they’d like to talk, activate captions to view subtitles as everybody speaks throughout a gathering, and extra.
Meanwhile, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has introduced that the corporate has reached 100 million subscriptions to Google One service that permits further storage free of charge providers like Gmail, Drive and Photos, in addition to entry to extra options.
