Last Updated: November 23, 2023, 08:30 IST
The gesture characteristic for hand increase is rolling out within the coming week.
Google Meet callers can use this characteristic to boost their hand with out fiddling by way of the controls of the platform. Here’s the way it works.
Google Meet calls have (fortunately) decreased these after the pandemic-induced digital conferences however the platform continues to evolve and get new options that the majority of you wouldn’t thoughts. The newest addition is the usage of gesture help that can assist you nearly increase the hand when you need to ask a query through the assembly.
In easy phrases, Google Meet now enables you to increase your arms to boost your arms through the name however solely one among them is seen by the host and different members on the decision.
The characteristic is rolling out within the coming weeks however solely to those that have taken the Google Workspace enterprise, enterprise or the training plan. The firm hasn’t stated if private Google accounts will get the help however we’re hoping it does occur.
The gesture-primarily based characteristic will probably be turned off by default however you’ll be able to manually go into the settings of Google Meet to allow the characteristic in the event you like its objective. To try this, Google says it’s essential go to More Options – Reactions after which choose Hand Raise Gesture.
So, how does this gesture characteristic work to assist customers increase their hand on Google Meet calls? Firstly, you allow the gesture choice as talked about above, and be sure to increase the hand on the degree of the laptop computer’s digicam.
You have to maintain the digicam turned on to make use of the characteristic however Google assures that in case you are the energetic speaker within the name, the hand increase characteristic will probably be disabled until the time you’re talking. Having stated that, most individuals take Google Meet calls with their mic and digicam turned off, in such instances, you’ll need to make use of the normal choice that’s clicking on the hand-increase icon to let others know you’ve gotten a query to ask.
Does this new but-to-launch characteristic make Google Meet greater in your record than Zoom or Teams? (sure, we needed to).
