Sharing audio on a Google Meet call just got a lot easier

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TL;DR

• Google Meet is expanding audio presentation support during video calls on macOS and Windows.
• Previously, users could only share audio from the specific Chrome tab they were presenting.
• Google Meet can now share your system audio, allowing meeting participants to hear sound from any app or source on your computer.

Google Meet is a free and simple video conferencing program, but it’s not without limitations. The software supports sharing Google Chrome tabs, system windows, and even the presenter’s entire screen to create a collaborative experience with meeting participants. However, Google Meet was historically less versatile when it came to sharing system audio. In an update, Google is tweaking Meet to handle audio sharing better, adding support for sharing device audio with the group.

While presenting a specific app window or your computer’s entire screen, Meet can now share your device’s complete system audio with meeting participants. This makes it possible for users to play audio from an app that’s running in the background during a Meet call. Before the change, Google Meet users had to present a specific tab to share audio from a site with the group.




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