You can change your video and audio settings so others can hear you and view your video better.
Tip: Before you join a meeting, you can also instantly check which of your peripheral devices are available and connected. Learn how to check your video and audio in Google Meet.
Change your computer’s camera or video quality
You might also want to decrease the quality of your video if you experience:
- Video or audio delays
- Poor network connection
- Low battery
- Limited data available
- Other quality issues
Change the camera or video resolution
- In a web browser, open meet.google.com/.
- Click Settings
Video.
- Choose a setting you want to change:
- Camera—Select your camera device. If your camera is working, to the right of Video, you’ll see your video feed.
- Send resolution— The image quality from your device that others see.
- Receive resolution— The image quality that you see from other participants.
- Click Done.
Video.Send resolution (maximum)
- Full High Definition (1080p)— Option is only available on computers with a 1080p camera and enough computing power. Uses the most data, but your camera sends the highest quality picture.
- High Definition (720p)— Uses more data, but your camera sends a high quality picture.
- Standard definition (360p)— Uses less data, but your camera will send a lower quality picture.
Receive resolution (maximum)
- Full High Definition (1080p)— Uses the most data, but you receive the highest quality picture.
- High Definition (720p)— Uses more data, but you receive a high quality picture.
- Standard definition (360p)— (single feed) To save more data, the other participants' thumbnails turn off.
- Audio Only— To use the least amount of data, you won't see any video.
Anyone with a compatible device can receive 1080p video. Only these editions can send 1080p video:
- Business Plus
- Business Standard
- Education Plus
- Enterprise Essentials
- Enterprise Plus
- Enterprise Standard
- Enterprise Starter
- Google One subscribers with 2TB or more storage space
- Google Workspace Individual
- Teaching & Learning Upgrade
- Business Standard
- Business Plus
- Enterprise Starter
- Enterprise Essentials
- Enterprise Standard
- Enterprise Plus
- Education Plus
- Teaching and Learning Upgrade accounts
- Workspace Individual
- Google One Subscribers with 2TB or more storage space
You need:
- A browser version that supports video framing:
- On Windows, Mac or Linux: Chrome version M91 or up. Learn how to check your browser version.
- On Chrome OS: Version M91 or up. Learn how to upgrade your Chromebook.
- On Windows or Mac: Edge (Chromium) 91 or up.
- A browser that supports WebGL.
- Hardware acceleration turned on.
Enable hardware acceleration
Enable on Windows or Mac:
- At the top right of a Chrome window, click Menu
Settings
.
- On the left, next to "Advanced," click Down Arrow
.
- Click System
.
- If available, enable Use hardware acceleration.
- Restart Chrome.
Settings 
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.Check WebGL support
Check if your browser supports WebGL at webglreport.com. Verify that “Major Performance Caveat” is marked as “No.”
If your device is unstable or crashes, your browser might disable WebGL. You can’t enforce WebGL on unstable WebGL devices. In some cases, it may help to update graphic card drivers or restart your browser. Learn more about WebGL support.
Automatic recommendation for video framing and lighting
Automatic recommendation is only available to participants on a device with 2 cores or higher with hyper-threading.
When the call starts and framing is on, Meet reframes or centers your video if you’re:
- Too far from the camera.
- Not centered. If you're not centered, you can also recenter yourself.
If your device supports automatic recommendation:
- Meet will prompt you to enable this feature.
- If you don't want Meet to adjust the framing, you can disable the feature.
To turn on video framing:
- On your computer, open Google Meet.
- Select a video call.
- Before you join or during the call, click More
- On the left, click Video
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.Recenter the video
To reduce distractions, Meet doesn't recenter the user after the initial framing. To recenter yourself while in a meeting:
On your self-view tile
- Hover over your self-view tile.
- Click More options
Reframe.
Reframe.In the More options menu
- Click More options
- On the left, click Video
Turn on automatic video lighting adjustment
Important: This setting is only available on desktop and iOS devices.
When video lighting adjustment is on, Meet is able to detect if you are underexposed and can automatically enhance brightness to improve your visibility. Meet will prompt you to turn this feature on if you're underexposed and your device supports automatic recommendation. If you don't want Meet to automatically adjust the light, you can turn off video lighting adjustment.
To help devices better run real-time video, you can process background lighting adjustments in the cloud. This feature saves battery and processor power and optimizes video meeting quality.
- A browser version that supports WebGL and automatic video lighting adjustment:
- Windows, Mac, or Linux: Chrome version M91 or up. Learn how to check your browser version.
- ChromeOS: Version M91 or up. Learn how to upgrade your Chromebook.
- Windows or Mac: Edge (Chromium) 91 or up.
- Turn on Hardware acceleration.
Enable Hardware acceleration
Turn on hardware acceleration on Windows or Mac:
- On the top right of a Chrome window, click Menu
- On the left, next to "Advanced," click Down Arrow
- Click System
- Turn on Use hardware acceleration when available.
- Restart Chrome.
Check WebGL support
Check if your browser supports WebGL at webglreport.com and verify that “Major Performance Caveat” is marked as “No”. Your browser might disable WebGL if the device is unstable or cause crashes. You can’t enforce WebGL on unstable WebGL devices. In some cases, it may help to update graphic card drivers or restart your browser. Learn more about WebGL support.
Meet adjusts between device & cloud-based processors
Adjustments between device and cloud-based effect processors are automatically done by Meet. It prioritizes cloud-based effect processing for devices:
- With a 4-core CPU or lower (fewer than 8 logical cores)
- That use Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Tip: If you use VDI, but no GPU is available, cloud-based effect processing is used. This may result in limited effect feature availability. Learn how to prepare your network for meetings.
Automatic recommendation for video framing and lighting
Automatic recommendation is only available to participants on a device with 2 core or higher with hyper-threading.
Adjustments between device and cloud-based effect processors are automatically done by Meet. It prioritizes cloud-based effect processing for devices:
- With a 4-core CPU or lower (fewer than 8 logical cores)
- That use Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
This feature is currently available for Windows, ChromeOS, and Linux machines that comply with device-based processing requirements.
Cloud-based effect processing is currently available for:
- Curated static background images (not available with VDI)
- Blur
- Lighting adjustment
Important: Visual effects that use cloud accelerator are available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, and Workspace Individual users in eligible regions:
- Central Asia
- Europe
- Northern Africa
- North America
- Southeastern Asia
Support for additional regions is being added.
- On your computer, open meet.google.com.
- Join a video meeting.
- Before you join or during the meeting, click More
- On the left, click Video
Enabling light adjustment may slow down your device. You may want to turn this feature off to allow other apps to run faster on your computer.
Turn on studio look on your computer
Important:
- This refers to a feature available in Duet AI for Workspace Enterprise, an add-on that embeds the power of generative AI across Workspace.
- This feature is also available through Google Workspace Labs, our early access testing program.
Studio look uses Google’s AI to help improve your Google Meet video quality and fixes issues caused by low light or low quality webcams. This process automatically happens in the cloud to enhance video quality without an impact to device performance.
