9+ AMAZING Google Meet Tips You Should Know
About this video
Jeff shares seven Google Meet tips plus bonus Google Chat tips. When presenting media, present a tab instead of a window or entire screen so video and audio play smoothly without lag and your browsing history stays hidden. Type meet.new in the browser to start a new call quickly, and note that guests do not actually need a Google account to join — in an incognito window they can enter just their name and wait for the host to admit them. For a custom background beyond the built-in blur and presets, create a 1920 by 1080 image and upload it to Meet. When presenting Google Slides or Docs, use the present button inside Meet, and for Slides use presenter view with speaker notes closed to present full-screen while still seeing the audience. You can also demo a phone screen by connecting an iPhone to a Mac and presenting the QuickTime Player window in Meet, with a similar approach possible for Android and PC with PC-specific software. Turn on captions when audio is poor — they are described as surprisingly accurate and available in five languages, though speakers must actually speak the selected language. Finally, use the whiteboarding feature under Activities, favoring shapes and text boxes over freehand drawing with a mouse, and when hosting, choose ‘just leave the call’ rather than ending it for everyone if others want to stay. Bonus Chat tips cover enabling Chat and Meet inside Gmail, setting a custom status, forwarding a message to your inbox, pinning conversations, and turning on chat history.
Key takeaways
- Present a tab in Google Meet for smooth, lag-free media playback and to hide your browsing history
- Start a call with meet.new; guests can join without a Google account by entering only their name
- Create a custom Meet background as a 1920 by 1080 image and upload it
- Present Slides full-screen via presenter view to keep the audience visible, and demo a phone via QuickTime Player
- Use captions in one of five languages for poor connections, whiteboard with shapes and text boxes, and choose ‘just leave the call’ so others can continue
Episode details: published March 1, 2022 · 6:43 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Jeff Su’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.
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