Google Meet Can Hide Screen Display Without Videos

Google Meet users can hide tiles without videos (photo: dock. Google)

JAKARTA Google Meet launches a new ability to hide tilings or tiles that show empty screens. If you are annoyed with such a display, you can now get rid of them. Announced on Google Workspace's Update page, Google says that they have added a new button in Settings. This button will hide other rectangular-shaped user screen tiles or displays. "We have added options to the layout, so users can change the layout so that the screen doesn't fall apart if they are interested in simply looking at participants who are playing the video," Google said. Although the tiles will be hidden from the screen view because the video is turned off, the tile can still reappear if the account owner is talking. Google Meet will still provide highlight for the speakers. Google emphasizes that all changes made by users can only be seen by themselves. The settings, "does not affect what other participants see or regulate for their layout during the meeting."

To enable the hide screen display feature without video, you must open Settings when the meeting is in progress. After that, go to Settings and select Change Layout. Next, click the Hide UnVideo Lock button. This feature has been released since May 2 and is expected to end in the next 15 days. This feature is available for all Workspace subscribers and personal account users. Apparently, this feature can only be activated if you use the Google Meet website.