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How to Unmute Presentation on Google Meet

One of the best features of Google Meet that makes it such a great collaboration app is that you can effortlessly share your screen with the meeting participants, allowing you to give Presentations just like you would in a conference room meeting in the office.

But lately, a lot of Google Meet users have reported trouble while using the Google Meet presentation feature that is just downright frustrating and defeats the whole purpose of using a Workstream Collaboration app.

Apparently, a lot of users are facing trouble in Google Meet presentations where the microphone would mute or stop working as soon as users switch to the presentation mode. There’s probably a bug somewhere in the system that Google developers will hopefully rectify pretty soon.

But until then, when you find yourself in this situation the next time, try this simple fix. Reset your microphone permissions for Google Meet in your browser and it should make the problem disappear. Almost like magic!

To reset your microphone permissions in a browser, let’s say, Google Chrome, click on the ‘lock’ icon on the left side of the Address Bar, and from the context menu, go to the drop-down menu next to the ‘Microphone’ option.

The setting should be on ‘Allow’ currently. Change it to ‘Block’.

The browser would ask you to reload the page to apply the settings. Click on ‘Reload’ and re-join the meeting.

Then, repeat the first step and go to the ‘lock’ icon again, and this time, select the option ‘Allow’ from the drop-down menu next to the microphone option. Reload, and re-join the meeting, and start presenting again. You should have the audio back in the presentation.

Losing the audio while you are presenting something in an online meeting is obviously very frustrating. But, this simple fix should help solve the problem if it’s happening for you in Google Meet.

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2 Ways to Share Video With Audio in Google Meet

Google Meet has become the go-to platform for anyone who is working or studying from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. While working from home has its merits, we are at the mercy of the technology to connect and share with our colleagues. 

One common issue faced by Google Meet users is that they can’t share audio along with the video. The video you present will be played without any sound by default which puts users in a rather frustrating situation.

Luckily there are ways you can bypass this issue and play the video with sound in Google Meet. And I am going to tell you about not one but two ways to share video with audio in Google Meet, read on to find out.

Method #1: Present a Google Chrome Tab

This is the official solution to share audio with the video made available by Google itself. You can use the Present a Chrome Tab option to present an online video and audio to other participants of a Google Meet.

While the official announcement from the Google team stated that only G Suite users can access this feature, it appears to be working fine for regular Google accounts. 

The basic benefit of this feature is that you can present a single Chrome tab that you have selected to the attendees of a meeting. However, you can switch between tabs to select a different tab at any moment. 

You can follow these simple steps to present a video and audio combination to your Google Meet attendees:

Step 1. Join a Google Meet or start a new Meet.

Step 2. Click on the Present Now button that usually sits at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3. Click on Choose A Tab option from the next menu and you will be taken to a list of current Chrome Tabs.

Step 4. Choose the tab containing the video you want to present and then click on the Share button at the bottom of the window.

Chrome will inform you that you are currently sharing a tab with Google Meet attendees.

Switching shared tabs

You can switch the tab you are currently sharing during Google Meet through these steps:

Step 1. Open the tab you want to switch to from the currently shared Chrome tab.

Step 2. Locate the prompt at the top of the page that says “Share this tab instead” and click on it.

Confirm that you are now presenting the tab you had selected from the prompt.

Method #2: Adjust your Windows 10 microphone settings

One way to share video and audio at the same time in Google Meet is by tweaking your Windows 10 microphone settings. You can do that with the help of these steps:

Step 1. Open the start menu and click on the Setting options.

Step 2. Open System settings and then click on the Sound option in the left panel.

Step 3. Click on Manage sound devices and find input devices.

Step 4. Enable the Stereo Mix option and while you are at it make sure that the microphone option is available along with the Stereo Mix option. 

Step 5. Now go to Google Meet and click on settings, open the audio option and set the Stereo Mix as your default microphone.

Play the video you want to present, and your Google Meet participants should be able to hear the audio from the video you are playing.

Bonus method: Use your mobile device to share audio 

There is another option to share audio along with the video by using your mobile phone’s mic to talk while the video is being played through your PC.

However, this feature is currently available for Google Workplace hosts only and normal users can’t access it. All you have to do is select the “Use a phone for audio” feature available to Google Workplace hosts and your phone will now serve as a mic so you can speak through it while presenting a video from your PC.

How can I stop presenting in Google Meet?

Once you have finished presenting the video or Chrome tab in Google Meet you will eventually have to stop presenting it. Stopping your presentation is easy and all you have to do is this:

Step 1. Find the You are presenting button at the bottom of the screen and click on it.

Step 2. Click on the stop presenting option to stop your presentation.

While Google Meet is a powerful tool, it still lacks some functionalities, such as the inability to share audio along with your videos. However, using the solutions I have shared with you in this article, you can easily overcome this issue and present clear audio with your videos.

My personal favorite is the share a tab method as it doesn’t require making any changes to settings and doesn’t require a special type of account to use.

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Karrar Haider

For over 10 years, Karrar has been writing about everything Google and Windows with a strict focus on improving security and finding ways to get more out of our devices.

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I'd like to be able to share a YouTube video during a Google Meet, with audio, high resolution, & minimal latency.

Is this possible / what's the best way to accomplish that?

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Google has released the ability to Present high-quality video and audio in Google Meet

You can now share higher-quality video with audio content in a Meet video call. You can do this through a new present a Chrome tab feature. Now, when you use this feature with video content playing, everyone in the meeting will see and hear the video and audio being shared.

Open Google Meet in one tab and the desired Video in another.

Select the present option and choose "A Tab"

Choose the tab you want to share and make sure "share tab audio" is checked

Note : The default view , theater mode , and even full screen mode leave a lot of extra unused and potentially distracting space. I'd recommend using the embed URL with extra query parameters instead:

• Default : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgC4b9K-gYU
• Embed : https://www.youtube.com/embed/VgC4b9K-gYU?modestbranding=1&rel=0

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Google Meet finally gets an unmute shortcut

Google Meet is finally catching up to Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

• August 30, 2022

Google Meet is rolling out a new feature that will allow you to unmute yourself using a simple shortcut. This is similar to Zoom’s push-to-talk feature.

Before most virtual meetings commence, participants are often required (or choose) to mute their mics. 

Then, in order to speak, they’d often have to go through a few clicks or presses to unmute. Now, Google Meet is about to change that with its new Unmute Shortcut feature.

The new Unmute shortcut feature will start rolling out in a few weeks.

Meet the new Google Meet Unmute shortcut

The new feature was announced via a Google blog post as part of the Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap for August 26, 2022. 

According to the tech giant, starting September 9th, the new feature will be available to all Workspace users and users with Google accounts on all web browsers. A complete rollout will continue over the next two or so weeks.

However, it should be noted that the new unmute shortcut is off by default. Users will have to enable it manually via their Google Meet settings to be able to use it.

How to use Google Meet’s new Unmute shortcut

To unmute yourself during a Google Meet meeting, simply press and hold the spacebar key. To return to mute, simply release your hand. 

By simplifying the process of unmuting yourself, this nifty little one-tap feature can help to improve participation during virtual meetings.

What’s more, it can automatically mute itself if you forget to do so after you’ve unmuted yourself. This way, you can focus more on the meeting than how to (un)mute yourself.

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The Unmute shortcut is similar to how walkie-talkies work and can be found on Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

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