Friday, August 23, 2024

New host controls for add-ons in Google Meet

What’s changing 

We’re giving meeting hosts and co-hosts the ability to control the use of add-ons during meetings* with a new setting. We hope this new setting helps keep meetings on task and productive by allowing hosts to control access to add-ons as they deem appropriate. Note that this setting does not impact single participant add-on experiences. 

The setting will be ON by default, which means all meeting participants can start an add-on activity.

To configure this setting, from the bottom right of your screen select Host Controls (lock icon) > Meeting Activities > Let contributors share add-on activities




When the setting is turned OFF, only the hosts can start an add-ons and ask meeting participants to join the add-on activity. If other participants try starting a collaboration with an add-on, they will get an error. 



*Soon you’ll be able to configure this setting from the Calendar event — we’ll share more information here on the Workspace Updates blog when that becomes available.


Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin impact or action required.
  • End users: 
    • This feature will be ON by default. It can only be configured from laptop and desktop devices, however it will apply to all meeting participants, including those using mobile devices. 
    • Your setting configuration will apply to all future instances of recurring meetings.
    • Visit the Help Center to learn more about using add-ons with Google Meet

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available for all Google Workspace customers

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