December 5, 2025
BYOD on Google Meet on Chrome OS touch controller rooms
What’s changing
We're launching an integration with Lightware peripheral switchers, so that you and your team can bring your own devices (BYOD) to Google Meet on Chrome OS touch controller rooms. Now, you can plug your laptop into a Meet room with a single USB-C cable and easily use the room's display, speaker, microphone, and camera—along with your laptop—for video conferencing. The integration is available with the following peripheral switcher devices:
- Lightware Taurus UCX 4x2 HC40
- Lightware Taurus UCX 4x3 HC40
Additional details
This offers the following benefits:
- Seamless transition: Rooms will automatically enter BYOD mode as soon as a user connects their laptop via a certified cable, enabling immediate use of the room's display and high-quality audio and video equipment.
- Meeting continuity: If a Google Meet call is already in progress, connecting a laptop will not interrupt the call or activate BYOD mode. The same cable for BYOD mode can be used during a Google Meet meeting for sharing your screen to the meeting, ensuring a unified meeting experience.
- Enhanced admin control: Administrators will gain new visibility within the Google admin console, allowing them to see when BYOD mode is active in a room and preventing erroneous missing peripheral alerts when a third-party device is in control.
Getting started
- Admins: Visit the Lightware website for more information.
- End users: Once the integration is installed, use a USB-C cable to use the room displays, audio devices, and camera.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) started on December 1, 2025 with expected completion by December 18, 2025
Availability
- Available to all Google Meet on Chrome OS devices
Resources
- Lightware site: Lightware landing page for Google Meet solutions