Google is making it easier to keep track of Google Meet calls — which can easily get buried in your tabs — while you’re using desktop Chrome. The company is now rolling out a feature that automatically opens a Google Meet call in picture-in-picture mode when you switch tabs in Chrome, according to a blog post.
Google Meet will stay onscreen when you switch tabs
If you’re using desktop Chrome, Google Meet will automatically turn on picture-in-picture mode when you tab away from the call.
If you’re using desktop Chrome, Google Meet will automatically turn on picture-in-picture mode when you tab away from the call.
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As shown by Google in a GIF, when you click away from the Google Meet call, a new Meet window pops up elsewhere on the screen so that you can keep an eye on who’s speaking. This might be handy when you’re definitely looking at the document somebody shared around and definitely not checking your Threads feed.
GIF: Google
The automatic picture-in-picture feature isn’t gated to paid accounts; Google says that it’s available to “all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts.”
You can manually turn on picture-in-picture during a call if you need, too.
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