Google Meet - Video Quality
Please follow these instructions to improve your Google Meet video experience.
- Use Chrome (fully updated)
- Close unused tabs
- Avoid split-screening Meet with other high-CPU apps. These apps take up a lot of your computer's power ("CPU"). When that happens, Meet can slow down, freeze, or drop your video/audio.
- Don’t run too many heavy apps at the same time.
- Especially avoid splitting your screen with things like:
- YouTube videos
- Google Slides in Present mode
- Canva, Photoshop, or other design tools
- Big spreadsheets or documents
- Streaming music
- Use “Spotlight” view in large meetings. When you're in a large Google Meet, seeing everyone's video at once can make your computer work harder and slow things down. To keep things running smoothly, switch to “Spotlight” view — it shows just one speaker at a time instead of everyone's videos.
- While in the meeting, click the three dots (⋮) in the bottom-right corner.
- Select “Change layout.”
- Choose “Spotlight.”
- How to Manually Lower Video Resolution in Google Meet - MUST be configured for each Meet session.
- Join the Google Meet meeting.
- Click the three-dot menu (⋮) in the bottom right corner.
- Select “Settings.”
- Go to the “Video” tab.
- You’ll see two options:
- Send resolution (maximum)
- This is the quality of video you send (from your camera).
- Recommended setting for performance: Standard definition (360p) or Audio only
- Receive resolution (maximum)
- This is the quality of video you see from others.
- Recommended setting for performance: Standard definition (360p) or Audio only
- After making your selections, click the “X” or just return to the call — the settings save instantly.