When you create a meeting invitation using Google Calendar and add a specific meeting room, the meeting is displayed on the Google Meet hardware or Chromebase touchscreen in that room. You can use the touchscreen to join meetings, control audio and video, and more.
Optionally, you can attach a keyboard and mouse to a Chromebase device to use with the touchscreen.
Use the touchscreen to join a meeting and add participants
To join a scheduled meeting, just tap the meeting name on the touchscreen.
If you don’t see the name on the touchscreen:
- In the event invitation, get the meeting code or name.
- On the touchscreen, tap Enter a code or nickname,enter the code or name, and tap Join.
- Tap Enter a code or nicknameand tap Join.
- Share the meeting code with the people you’re meeting.
Tip:Meeting codes generated by the Meet touch controller, will expire when all users leave the meeting. Learn about Google Meet meeting codes .
- Tap More actions People.
- Tap Add people.
- Enter the email of the new participant and tap Send invite.
To add someone by phone, your administrator has to enable the Call Phones feature in the Google Admin console. For more information, go to Change settings for all devices .
Also:
- Your hardware must be located in specific countries .
- Calls can only be to the U.S. and Canada.
- Calls to emergency services are not supported.
If you add someone by phone, they join as audio-only attendees.
To add someone by phone to a video meeting:
- More actions People.
- Tap Add people.
- Tap Call .
- Enter the phone number.
- (Optional) To open the keypad to enter additional numbers, such as an extension, select the phone number from the participant listtap Dial .
- If you need to hang up, select the phone number from the participant listtap End call.
Participants can join using a meeting code, dial-in phone number, or PIN. To see this information for the current meeting, tap View meeting details.
Use the touchscreen to control audio and video
During a video meeting, you can see the list of participants on the touchscreen. To control their participation and who you can see, tap the participant, and then choose an option:
- More actions People.
- Tap the participant, and then choose an option:
- To mute a participant, tap Mute .
If you mute someone, you cannot unmute them. They need to unmute themselves. - To see a participant on the display in a room, regardless of who is speaking, tap More Pin .
- To remove someone from the video meeting, tapMore Remove . If you want them to rejoin, you have to reinvite them to the meeting.
- To mute a participant, tap Mute .
- To adjust the speaker volume in the room, tap the volume buttons to increase or decrease the volume. drag the volume control.
- To mute or unmute the room, tap Microphone
.
Turn the room camera on or off
On the home screen, tap Camera.
Automatically frame participants
Use Dynamic tiles to automatically frame meeting participants and adjust the layout. It gives up to 3 people their own video tile, so everyone is easier to see.
For details, see Learn about Dynamic layouts, Dynamic tiles & Face match .
- On the touchscreen, tap More actions Camera controls.
- Select Dynamic tiles .
Enable device-based automatic framing
If you are connected to a pan tilt zoom camera from the Google Meet qualified peripherals list, then you can enable its device-based framing capability to automatically frame all the people in a room.
- On the touchscreen, tap More actions Camera controls.
- Select an option such as Logitech automatic framingor Huddly smart framing.
For Poly devices, go to Poly Studio Support .
Manually control the camera
You can manually move the camera view if connected to a pan tilt zoom camera from the Google Meet qualified peripherals list. Manual PTZ controls are not available when using automatic framing.
- On the touchscreen, tap More actions Camera controls.
- Select Manual controland use the following options.
| Camera options |
Option controls |
| Pan left and right |
Tap the Left arrow and Right arrow . |
| Tilt up and down |
Tap the Up arrow and Down arrow . |
| Zoom in and out |
Tap Zoom in and Zoom out . |
| Recenter the camera |
Tap . |
The administrator or the meeting coordinator must turn on recording in the Google Admin console. For details, go to Turn recording on or off for Meet .
- Start the meeting.
- Tap More actions Record.
- Get consent from all participants and tap Start Recording.
- Tap Closeto see the meeting participants or a presentation.
- When the meeting is over, tap Stop recordingand Stop recordingagain to confirm.
A link to the recording is emailed to the meeting organizer.
- In a meeting, tap More actions Activities Live streaming.
- In a meeting, tap Start streaming Start live stream.
- To stop streaming, tap Stop streaming Stop live stream.
For details, go to Set up a live stream .
Collaborate from the touchscreen
Supported on Poly and Logitech devices.
You can use the display in the room to present content, such as slides, animations, video, and audio, from your laptop computer using the green HDMI cable attached to the touchscreen.
To share content, connect the HDMI cable to your device. The HDMI connector will immediately present your screen and audio to people in the room.
If you're in a meeting, tap More actions Present to present to everyone in the meeting.
You can present in Zoom calls using Meet hardware in interoperability mode. Turning on interoperability also turns on presenting with HDMI. For details, go to Allow Meet hardware to join 3rd party video conferencing services .
- New chat messages appear as notifications on the display (not on the touchscreen).
- Tap Chatto view a chat during the meeting.
- Tap Chat history to see the previous chat messages for the meeting on the display screen in the room. You can only see chat messages on the display. You cannot use the touchscreen to respond.
Manage your Meet hardware settings
Tap More actions to see the following options:
To turn live captions or spoken feedback on or off, tap On or Off next to the setting.
Tip: You can turn spoken feedback on and off at any time. Using 2 fingers, touch and hold any area of the screen for 2 seconds. To select specific items on the screen, such as a button, touch and hold the item with one finger and tap with another.
- To refresh the display and touchscreen, tap Refresh.
- To restart the Meet hardware kit, tap Restart.
- To view open-source licenses, tap View.
Send feedback
To send feedback about your experience, in the top-right corner of the screen, tapMore actions Feedback.
