Google Meet updates hand raising feature with an update. Hand raising feature will become easier for users to view and acknowledge raised hands with an improved visual icon and animation on the video tile.
The video conferencing app will now move people with their hands raise to a more visible position.
The update began rolling out on 16th June 2021.
This update for Google Meet, announced on Google Workspace blog which brings an improved hand-raising feature.
When app update it will provide audio notifications when the first hand is raise in a meeting, automatically lower the hand once the person has spoken, and move the tiles of the people with raised hands to a more visible position in the video grid.
There will also be an improve visual icon and animation when users raise their hands along with a clickable notification which shows the number of hands raise and queues them in the order of them being raise.
Google also mentions that there will be no special admin controls for this new feature and no end user settings as well.
This update will be roll out to users of Workspace Essentials, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Plus, Nonprofits, as well as G Suite Business customers.
This update won’t be available for Google Workspace Business Starter, G Suite Basic customers, and personal Google accounts.
Update will be release in a phase manner where users in the Rapid Release domain have started receiving the update from 16th June 2021.
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