Change the meeting layout

Grid and speaker#

Open the view options in the meeting's top bar and, under Layout, choose:

• Grid — everyone in equal tiles. With many people, the grid spreads across pages.
• Speaker — the person talking fills the stage, and everyone else appears in a strip beside it.

On the desktop apps, the View menu has the same choices.

Pin someone#

To keep one person on the main stage, open the menu on their tile and select Pin. Select Unpin to go back to following whoever is speaking.

Hide people without video#

Turn on Hide people without video to show only tiles with a camera on. Everyone is still in the meeting and you still hear them.

Pause incoming video#

Select Pause incoming video to stop receiving other people's video. This saves data and battery. Audio, chat and shared screens keep working. Select Resume incoming video to turn it back on.

To stop one person's video just for you, open the menu on their tile and choose to stop their video. They aren't told, and it doesn't affect anyone else.

Your own preview#

Your own preview is mirrored, so it looks the way you'd expect in a mirror.

When you're alone#

If you're the only one in the meeting, you'll see "You're the only one here". Share the link to invite people.