Improve your video and audio experience

You can change your video and audio settings so that 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

  1. In a web browser, open meet.google.com/.
  2. Click Settings Settings and then Video.
  3. Choose a setting that 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.
  4. Click Done.
Learn about resolution setting options

Send resolution (maximum)

  • Full High Definition (1080p) – Option is only available on computers with a 1080p camera and enough processing 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.
Learn what you need to send 1080p video

Important: 1080p isn't supported in Firefox and Safari.

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 2 TB or more storage space
  • Google Workspace Individual
  • Teaching and Learning Upgrade

Learn how video framing works

Learn what you need for video framing

You need:

Enable hardware acceleration

Enable on Windows or Mac:

  1. At the top right of a Chrome window, click Menu and then Settings .
  2. On the left, next to 'Advanced', click the down arrow Down arrow.
  3. Click System Wrench.
  4. If available, enable Use hardware acceleration.
  5. Restart Chrome.

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.

You can use Meet's video-framing feature to automatically centre or reframe your video. This feature helps others to see you clearly, even if you're too close or too far from the camera, or not centred in the frame. Video framing is turned on by default if you're using a desktop or laptop.

If you use a virtual background, Meet always keeps you framed and centred, even if you move around. When you join a call without a virtual background, Meet frames you initially and doesn't centre you again. You can manually reframe at any time if you've drifted.

To turn video framing on or off:

  1. On your computer, open Google Meet.
  2. Select a video meeting.
  3. Before you join or during the call, click More and then Backgrounds and effects .
  4. Click Appearance.
  5. Scroll to 'Framing'.
  6. Turn Framing on or off.

Recentre the video

To reduce distractions, Meet doesn't automatically recentre the user after the initial framing (unless you are using a virtual background). There are two ways to recentre yourself while in a meeting:

On your self-view tile

  1. Hover over your self-view tile.
  2. Click Reframe .

In the More options menu

  1. Click More options and then Backgrounds and effects .
  2. Click Appearance and then Reframe.

Turn on automatic video lighting adjustment

Important: This setting is only available on desktop, iPhone and iPad. If you have access to Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Business or Google AI plan, or if you are a Trusted Tester through Workspace Labs, use studio lighting instead.

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 optimises video meeting quality.

Learn what you need to apply visual effects on a computer
  • A browser version that supports WebGL and automatic video lighting adjustment:
  • Turn on graphics acceleration.

Enable graphics acceleration 

To turn on graphics acceleration on Windows or Mac:

  1. At the top right of a Chrome window, click Menu More and then Click Settings.
  2. On the left, click System .
  3. Turn on Use graphic acceleration when available.
  4. Restart Chrome.

Check WebGL support

Web Graphics Library (WebGL) enhances web browsers with interactive elements. To apply visual effects, some browsers require WebGL.

To check if your browser supports WebGL, go to webglreport.com. Then, verify that 'Major Performance Caveat' is marked as 'No'. Your browser might disable WebGL if the device:

  • Is unstable
  • Causes 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 and cloud-based processors

Adjustments between device and cloud-based effect processors are automatically done by Meet. It prioritises cloud-based effect processing for devices:

  • With a four-core CPU or lower (fewer than eight 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 lighting

Automatic recommendation is only available to participants on a device with dual core or higher with hyper-threading. 

Learn what you need for cloud-based effect processing

Adjustments between device and cloud-based effect processors are automatically done by Meet. It prioritises cloud-based effect processing for devices:

  • With a four-core CPU or lower (fewer than eight 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:

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
  • Southeast Asia

Support for additional regions is being added.

  1. On your computer, open meet.google.com.
  2. Join a video meeting.
  3. Before you join or during the meeting, click More and then Backgrounds and effects .
  4. Click Appearance and then Adjust video lighting .

Enabling light adjustment may slow down your device. You may want to turn off this feature to allow other apps to run faster on your computer.

Turn on Portrait touch-up

You can lightly touch-up your appearance before or during a meeting. You can select:

  • Subtle: Skin smoothing, eye-bag lightening and eye whitening to a lesser degree.
  • Smooth: Skin smoothing, eye-bag lightening and eye whitening to a more obvious degree.
  1. Before you join a meeting, at the bottom of your self view, click Backgrounds and effects .
    • During a meeting, hover over your self view. In the centre, click Backgrounds and effects .
  2. Click Appearance and then enable Portrait touch-up
  3. Select an option from the drop-down:
    • Subtle
    • Smooth

Apply makeup

To enhance your appearance before or during a meeting, you can use the AI-powered Makeup feature. It's designed to look realistic and adapt to everyday movements, such as sipping coffee or touching your face.

For a personalised appearance, you can combine these styles with other effects.

  1. On your computer, open meet.google.com.
  2. Before you join a meeting, at the bottom of your self view, click Backgrounds and effects and then Appearance.
    • During a meeting, hover over your self view. In the centre, click Backgrounds and effects and then Appearance.
  3. Under 'Makeup', select the looks that you want to apply.

    An image showing different makeup effects that users can apply during a meeting.

  4. To select or remove the stacked effects, at the bottom right of your self view, click Turn off visual effects .
    • The number in the green bubble indicates the number of effects that you've applied.
    • Select the effects that you want to remove.
      • Or, to remove all effects, click Remove all.
  5. To close the 'Backgrounds and effects' panel, click Close .
Learn which editions support Portrait touch-up and Makeup
  • Google One
  • Google Workspace Individual
  • Enterprise Essentials
  • Business Standard
  • Business Plus
  • Enterprise Starter
  • Enterprise Standard
  • Enterprise/ESKU (legacy)
  • Enterprise Plus
  • G Suite ESKU
  • Teaching and Learning Upgrade
  • Education Plus
Learn what you need to apply visual effects on a computer
  • A browser version that supports WebGL and automatic video lighting adjustment:
  • Turn on graphics acceleration.

Enable graphics acceleration 

To turn on graphics acceleration on Windows or Mac:

  1. At the top right of a Chrome window, click Menu More and then Click Settings.
  2. On the left, click System .
  3. Turn on Use graphic acceleration when available.
  4. Restart Chrome.

Check WebGL support

Web Graphics Library (WebGL) enhances web browsers with interactive elements. To apply visual effects, some browsers require WebGL.

To check if your browser supports WebGL, go to webglreport.com. Then, verify that 'Major Performance Caveat' is marked as 'No'. Your browser might disable WebGL if the device:

  • Is unstable
  • Causes 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.

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