Tips For Work From Home By Using Google Hangouts Meet

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JAKARTA - The government has appealed to the public to undertake work from home, namely working from home to reduce the spread of the corona virus or COVID-19 in Indonesia. Of course, working from home is a challenging transition, right?

There are many ways to keep communication smoothly with your boss and coworkers without worrying about miscommunication. You can still interface with them. For example, using instant messaging services, video calls, and video conferencing via the Hangouts Meet application from Google.

This Google-made application is actually a premium alias paid. However, Google will make this service free until July 1, 2020 to help workers working from home to avoid COVID-19.

Want to know how to use Google Hangouts Meet tips? Let's take a look at the following tips so you can keep communicating smoothly while working.

1. Smooth Network

Make sure you have a smooth internet connection because Google Hangouts Meet consumes a large amount of data. So that when doing the video the interface does not occur lagging, and communication continues to run properly, try using WiFi instead of a mobile network. If you are in a pinch, you can use Google Hangouts from your cellphone.

2. Find a place that is not crowded

Pay attention to your surroundings when starting a video call. Do not choose a crowded place, try to stay away from noise, for example in the room. If it is indeed difficult to find the place, the solution is you can use a headset so that you can still hear the other person when using Google Hangouts Meet.

3. Group Call

Not only the two of you, Google Hangouts Meet can accommodate up to 250 participants in one video conference. Up to 100 thousand viewers can watch live teleconferencing with just one domain. Enough to help your job right?

Don't worry, Hangouts Meet can automatically generate a code so that people can make calls via a computer, cellphone or from any device with an internet connection.

4. Enable Text Feature

Although the advantage of Google Hangouts Meet is video conferencing, you can also type messages during the conference call, or when you are in a bad signal or a crowded place.

Not only that, Meet's auto caption feature also functions to display text in real-time (like subtitles on TV). Simply by looking at the bottom of the Meet window, turn captions on or off.

5. Show Realtime Presentation

Unlike other video conferencing applications, Google Hangouts Meet can display live presentations while you are doing a video conference. To do this, look in the lower right corner of the Google Hangouts Meet screen, select "Present now." You have the option to only display the part you want to display, present one window only.