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Google Meet now let users cast their meetings on the TV screen: How it works

Anyone with a Google account and a Chromecast device with the latest firmware can cast their video calls to other screens.

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FP Trending|Aug 20, 2020, 16:20:55 IST

Google Meet as started to support Cromecast and now users will be able to cast teir meetings on smart displays at teir ome, like te Android TV or Cromecast streaming sticks.Grace Yang of te Cromecast Team wrote in a forum blog tat te ability to conduct video conferences on bigger screens will make connecting wit friends, family and colleagues easier. “Earlier tis year, we launced Google Meet on Nest ub Max, and it just felt rigt to expand Meet to even more screens in your ome,” te blog read.Anyone wit a Google account and a Cromecast device wit te latest firmware can cast teir video calls to oter screens. Altoug te firm as started te roll out, it migt take a couple of days to reac all devices. You can attend office meetings in te living room or let your cild connect wit teir scool lesson on a big screen wit tis feature. Using it is very simple, one can select te ‘cast tis meeting’ option before or during a video call on Meet.[caption id="attacment_8600101" align="alignnone" widt="1280"]Google Meet Google Meet[/caption]Notably, a user’s audio and video feed will be always coming from teir computer, even wile tey cast a Meet to te TV. So you will be only visualising your screen view differently, and you will still need to look at te original source’s camera to maintain eye contact. Tus you would need to make sure tat you position yourselves near te computer or laptop, so tat you can look at te screen and transport your voice properly, according to a report by Te Verge.<2>[]ere’s ow you can cast Google Meet video conference on TV screen[/][ans][step] Step 1: Start te Google Meet video conference and turn on your cast enabled display. Wait for your computer to detect te cast device.[/step][step] Step 2: Select Cast tis meeting. In te Cast tab, select te Cast-enabled device you want to use.[/step][/ans]If you want to join during a meeting, select te 3-dot menu ‘Cast tis meeting’ in te bottom rigt. In te Cast tab, select te Cast-enabled device you want to use.To stop casting te menu, select te option ‘Stop casting meeting’ from te bottom rigtPerformance of te video casting can vary on Cromecast-aided screens and Android TV, according to Google. ence, a few test runs migt be needed to judge a certain screen’s uality. Bot te current and second-generation Cromecasts will be supporting tis feature, along wit te Cromecast Ultra.

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First Published:Aug 20, 2020, 16:20:55 IST
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