You can display custom images and Appspace or digital signage content when your organization's Google Meet hardware devices are not being used. For example, you can use an image to communicate important announcements to employees or visitors. You can also customize when the screen saver appears if the device is idle. Meet hardware users cannot interact with the screen saver URL. Images are for display only.
Before you begin
- Currently, if you publish a slides presentation but restrict it to your domain, the slideshow won't work on the device. In order for the presentation to be accessible to the, public, the setting needs to remain unchecked.
- To display a published Google Slides file as a custom screen saver, in Slides,
- select File
Share
- Click the Embed tab.
- Select Start slideshow as soon as the player loads, and Restart the slideshow after the last slide.
- Click Publish and confirm.
The dialog will show an iframe HTML tag. Copy the src parameter and follow the instructions below.
- select File
- To display custom screen saver content, use a publicly-accessible URL with a domain that allows its site to be embedded in an iframe.
- Be sure that the content you’re publishing does not have any viewing restrictions or your Meet hardware device will be unable to load the content.
- Make sure the Meet hardware power-saving settings keep your displays on during working hours so people see the custom screen saver content. For details, see Manage power-saving settings.
- Use a URL that cycles through different images. A single image can cause a shadow image to burn into the screen over time on certain displays.
Display custom screen saver images
Before you begin: If you need to set up a department or team for this setting, go to Add an organizational unit.
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Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).
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Go to Menu
Devices
- Click Device settings.
- (Optional) To apply the setting to a department or team, at the side, select an organizational unit. Show me how
- Click Screen saver.
- Click Custom and enter the URL for your images or messages.
- For Start after this many minutes of inactivity, enter a number of minutes. The device is idle for this amount of time before the screen saver turns on.
- For Show the Meet home screen this many minutes before the next meeting, enter a number of minutes. The screen saver will turn off for this amount of time before the next scheduled meeting.
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Click Save. Or, you might click Override for an organizational unit.
To later restore the inherited value, click Inherit.
Display your Appspace content
Before you can use your Appspace content as a screen saver on your Meet hardware devices, you need to register the devices on Appspace. Then, configure the devices’ screen savers to point to the Appspace Progressive Web App (PWA).
Step 1: Register your Appspace content
If you don’t pre-register your devices before you change the screen saver, the screen saver will prompt you to pair each device manually using a code displayed in the room.
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Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).
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Go to Menu
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Filter the devices by organizational unit. For details, go to Choose devices by organizational unit.
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Click the device that you want to view or change.
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Click the Device information section to expand it.
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Copy the Integration ID.
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Paste the Integration ID into the Appspace console.
For details, go to Register a device with Appspace.
Step 2: Configure your Meet hardware devices’ screen savers
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Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).
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Go to Menu
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At the top of the Devices list, click Settings
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Click Device settings.
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To apply the setting to all of your devices, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit.
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Click Screen saver.
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For Content, select Custom.
For URL, depending on whether you use Appspace’s Public Cloud or Private Cloud, enter the URL:- For Appspace Public Cloud, enter
https://cloud.appspace.com/app/?registrationmode=passive - For Appspace Private Cloud, enter
https://<customer>.cloud.appspace.com/app/pwa/?registrationmode=passiv
- For Appspace Public Cloud, enter
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For Digital Signage Provider, select Appspace.
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Click Save.
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Click Save. Or, you might click Override for an organizational unit.
To later restore the inherited value, click Inherit.
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