Learn about the Meet layout for your computer

Find your controls

You can find all controls in the bottom bar of the meeting window. The bottom bar is always visible.

Tip: When you point to a button, the name of the button appears. 

See what you're presenting

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Tip: For better presentations and to avoid mirroring, you should share your content from a different tab (strongly recommended) or window than the meeting window. If you need to share your entire screen, move your presentation to a different monitor if possible.

Change your self-view

To change between your self-view options

If you appear as a tile within the grid and want to switch to floating:

1. Hover over your tile.
2. Click More options 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Remove this tile 👁 Image
   .

If you appear as a cropped tile within the grid and want to view yourself uncropped:

1. Hover over your tile.
2. At the bottom right of your self-view tile, click Let Meet shrink my video for others 👁 Image
   .

If you appear as an uncropped tile within the grid and want to view yourself cropped:

1. Hover over your tile.
2. At the bottom right of your self-view tile, click Crop 👁 Image
   .

If you appear as a floating picture and want to switch to in-grid:

1. Hover over your tile.
2. Click More options 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Show in a tile 👁 Image
   .

Tips:

• Your self-view preference remains the same for all future meetings unless you change it.
• Uncropping your self-view in this way only affects your personal view of your video feed. Other users will find your video feed in the aspect ratio that works best for their screen. To ensure that you always appear uncropped on others’ layouts, follow the instructions here.
• Meetings with 3 or more participants: You can select between floating self-view or be part of the grid. The setting is saved for all your future meetings.
• Meetings with just 2 participants: You’ll see yourself as a floating picture when you join the meeting by default. You can still change your self-view to a tile, can be cropped or uncropped, within the grid. The setting is saved for all your future meetings.

Optimize your view with Dynamic Layouts

1. On a computer, join a video meeting.
2. At the bottom, click More 👁 Customize and control Google Chrome
   👁 and then
   Change layout 👁 Image
   .
3. Select an option:
   • Auto (dynamic) 👁 Image
     : This default layout maximizes available space and focuses on what’s most important. This layout allows for portrait tiles, where the backgrounds of participants might be automatically cropped out. It adapts your view and tile size in Meet based on the:
     • Size of your browser window
     • Number of participants in the call
     • Presence of active presentation
   • Tiled (legacy): This view shows users in a fixed grid without portrait cropping. It doesn’t use screen space as efficiently as “Auto (dynamic),” but is less likely to crop anyone out of view. If there’s no active presentation, it can show up to 49 people at the same time. By default, you find 16 tiles on your screen.
     • At the bottom, move the slider to the number of tiles you want to see on your screen. The number of tiles you choose becomes the default for future meetings until you change it. In some cases, you might see a message that your selection is not saved, this can be due to performance limitations on your computer’s processor.
   • Spotlight: The active speaker or shared screen fills the entire window.
   • Sidebar: The main image is the active speaker or shared screen. You’ll see thumbnails of additional participants on the side.
4. Optional: You can hide participants who turn off their video. This doesn’t affect how their screens look. To hide non-video tiles:
   1. At the bottom, click More 👁 Customize and control Google Chrome
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   2. Select Change layout 👁 Image
      .
   3. Turn on Hide tiles without video 👁 Image
      .