Co-present Slides in Google Meet

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When you use Google Meet on an eligible work or school account, you can control Google Slides presentations from within a video meeting. You can also make other people in the video meeting co-presenters.

Important: To control a Google Slides presentation from a Google Meet video meeting, you must use a computer with a Chrome or Edge browser.

Become a main presenter

A main presenter is someone who starts presenting their Google Slides presentation from inside a Meeting.

On your computer, open a Chrome or Edge browser.
In the browser, open the file you want to present in Slides.
In a different tab, join a video meeting on Google Meet.
At the bottom of the meeting screen, click Present now A Tab.
- Tip: For co-presenting to work, your presentation has to be shared as a tab. If you share a window or your entire screen, co-presenting won't work.
Click the tab with the Slides presentation Share.
In Google Meet, hover over the presented tile.
Click Start slideshow.
- You can only control a presentation and co-presenters in Google Meet when you're in slideshow mode.
- If another presenter starts presenting a new presentation, then they become the main presenter and all current co-presenters are cleared.

Choose co-presenters

To choose co-presenters, you have 3 options:

From the presented slide

In the meeting, hover over the presented slide and click Add a co-presenter .
In the box that appears, select one or more participants as co-presenters.

From the People panel

In the meeting, at the top right, click the People panel to open the panel.
Next to the participant you want to make a co-presenter, click More actions .
Click Add as co-presenter.

From an automatic suggestion in Ask Gemini in Meet

Important: This feature is only available if you:

Are in the Gemini Beta Program.
Have access to Ask Gemini in Google Meet.
Are using a Chrome or Edge browser.

If you're the main presenter, you might get an automatic suggestion to add a co-presenter via Ask Gemini in Meet. This suggestion might appear if another participant says something in English like: "Can you please add me as a co-presenter?" or "Next slide please."

In the meeting, the Ask Gemini panel in the bottom left might automatically suggest a co-presenter based on meeting activity.
A suggestion will appear in the bottom left corner of the screen. Example: "Let [Name] co-present."
Click the suggestion to make them a co-presenter.

Main presenter role

You can control the presentation with the control panel at the bottom of the presentation tile and designate co-presenters.

To change the current slide, click to the Next or Previous slide with the arrow buttons.
To jump to a specific slide, click the slide number then choose from the list of slides.
Click Show/Hide speaker notes to toggle the speaker notes panel.
- Keep in mind that a co-presenter will need edit access to the Google Slides file to see speaker notes while presenting.
To open links or play media embedded in the presentation:
- If the slide has media, click Media controls . A list of the links and media for the current slide will appear.
- If the slide has links, click Share link to open the link.
- If the slide has both media and links, click Media Link and choose which action you want to do first.
To end the slideshow, click Exit slideshow .
- Once you exit the slideshow, co-presenting functionality also ends.
  - Tip: Co-presenters only can control the presentation while in slideshow mode.
To send the presentation link in the Meet chat, click Share .

Important: When someone is promoted to a co-presenter, they get access to the presentation file's link as well. If the co-presenter isn't meant to get access to the presentation file, make sure to switch off link sharing before promoting someone to be a co-presenter. Keep in mind that a co-presenter will need edit access to a file to see speaker notes while presenting.

Become a co-presenter

Who is a co-presenter?

Anyone who’s appointed by the main presenter becomes a co-presenter. The co-presenter must be inside the meeting to be designated.

Co-presenter role

Once you’re made a co-presenter, you get a visual notification inside Meet.

You can control the presentation with the control panel at the bottom right of the presented tile.

To change the current slide, click to the Next or Previous slide with the arrow buttons.
To jump to a specific slide, click the slide number then choose from the list of slides.
Click Show/Hide speaker notes to toggle the speaker notes panel.
- Keep in mind that a co-presenter will need edit access to the Google Slides file to see speaker notes while presenting.
To open links or play media embedded in the presentation:
- If the slide has media, click Media controls . A list of the links and media for the current slide will appear.
- If the slide has links, click Share link to open the link.
- If the slide has both media and links, click Media Link and choose which action you want to do first.