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Create a custom background & enhance your meeting experience

You can use this feature only if your organization supports it. For help, contact your administrator.

This guide explains how to use Gemini for Google Workspace in Google Meet on your computer. 

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Before you use Gemini for Google Workspace
  • Gemini feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
  • Don’t rely on Gemini features as medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice.
  • Gemini features may suggest inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Gemini more helpful and safe.
  • Enterprise end users can submit feedback to Google Workspace regarding their experience using generative AI features. End users are informed before submitting the feedback that feedback data should not contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information and may be read by humans.

Gemini for Google Workspace is available when your Google account language is set to an English dialect. Additionally, some features are available in Spanish and Portuguese. Learn more about language availability.

System requirements for audio and video enhancements
To use enhanced video and audio, your computer needs to meet browser, hardware, and other system requirements. Learn more about requirements in the Meet Help Center

Generate a background image

Use AI to create a background image

GIF of "Generate a background" feature

Learn more about how to change backgrounds and apply visual effects in Google Meet.

Create a background image before a meeting

  1. On a computer, open meet.google.com.
  2. Select a meeting.
  3. At the bottom right of your self view, click Apply visual effects and then Generate a background .
  4. Enter a prompt. For example:
  • "Luxurious living room interior"
  • "A magical sunny forest glade"
    Tip: For better results, try including reference to a style or mood, a setting, and objects in the environment. For example: "A cozy coffee shop with flowers."
  1. (Optional) You can select a style to customize the background image you create.
  2. Click Create samples to see several suggested background images.
  3. (Optional) After you click Create samples, you can:
    • Edit your prompt: At the top of the panel on the right, click the prompt. Edit your prompt and click Create other samples.
    • See more suggested background images: Click Create other samples.
  4. Click one of the generated images to use as your background in your meeting.
  5. Click Close to exit "Generate a background" setup.

Create a background image in a meeting

  1. On a computer, open meet.google.com.
  2. Join a meeting.
  3. On the bottom, click More options More and then Apply visual effects and then Generate a background .
  4. Enter a prompt. For example:
  • "Luxurious living room interior"
  • "A magical sunny forest glade"
    Tip: For better results, try including reference to a style or mood, a setting, and objects in the environment. For example: "A cozy coffee shop with flowers."
  1. (Optional) You can select a style to customize the background image you create.
  2. Click Create samples to see several suggested background images.
  3. (Optional) After you click Create samples, you can:
    • Edit your prompt: At the top of the panel on the right, click the prompt. Edit your prompt and click Create other samples.
    • See more suggested background images: Click Create other samples.
  4. Click one of the generated images to use as your background in your meeting.
  5. Click Close to exit "Generate a background" setup.

Give feedback on generated background images

Gemini for Google Workspace is constantly learning and may not be able to support your request.

If you get an inaccurate or unsafe suggestion, you can submit feedback to us.

  1. Hover over the desired image.
  2. On the bottom of the image, click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
  3. If you click Bad suggestion , you can select the issue you found and enter additional feedback.
  4. Click Submit.

Provide general feedback on background images

  1. On a computer, open meet.google.com.
  2. Select a meeting.
  3. At the bottom right of your screen, click More options and then Report a problem .
  4. To describe your issue or suggestion, click Report an issue or Suggest an idea.
  5. To help identify the issue, click Capture screenshot and then Send.

To report a legal issue, create a request.

Learn more at the Meet Help Center

Enhance video and audio

Turn on studio look

To help improve your Google Meet video quality, studio look uses artificial intelligence to fix issues caused by low light or low quality webcams. This process automatically happens in the cloud to enhance video quality without any impact to device performance.

  1. On your computer, open meet.google.com.
  2. Select a video meeting.
  3. In the green room before you join or during the meeting, navigate to the Effects panel.
    • In the green room, click Apply visual effects  on the bottom right of your self view. During a meeting, hover over your self view and click in the center.
    • Alternatively click More options More and then Apply visual effects.
  4. Under “Appearance,” turn on "Studio look."

Turn on studio lighting

Important: In order to view and use this feature, you must have a processor that is equivalent or more performant than Intel Core i9-9880H (8C/16T), Intel Core i5-1235U (2P8E/12T), AMD Ryzen 5 5500U (6C/12T), and Apple M1 (4P4E/8T).

Studio lighting can be used to simulate studio-quality lighting. You’ll be able to adjust the lighting position, brightness, and color to look your best.

An animation showing how to turn on studio lighting in Google Meet

  1. On your computer, open meet.google.com.
  2. Select a video meeting.
  3. In the green room before you join or during the meeting, navigate to the Effects panel .
  4. Click More options More and then Settings .
    • In the green room, Click on the bottom right of your self view. During a meeting, hover over your self view and click in the center.
    • Alternatively click More options More and then Apply Visual Effects.
  5. Under “Appearance,” turn on "Studio lighting."
    • To have Google Meet automatically brighten your self view, select Auto.
    • To customize your lighting sources, select Custom .
      • The light intensity can be adjusted using the slider from the panel.
      • The light color can be changed from the panel by selecting the different colored circles.
      • The light position can be changed by dragging the Light 1 and Light 2 circles in your self view.

Turn on studio sound

Studio sound will automatically improve poor audio quality from typical bluetooth headsets and dial-in participants by using AI to recreate higher audio frequencies. Currently, this feature is available for meetings on the computer and dialing-in into a meeting by phone.

In order to use studio sound, you must meet all device requirements for Noise cancellation. Studio sound is automatically applied when noise cancellation is enabled.

Before a meeting

  1. Go to meet.google.com and then select a meeting.
  2. Before you join, in the top right-hand corner, click More options More and then Settings .
  3. Click Audio .
  4. Turn on Noise cancellation.
  5. Click Join now.

In a meeting

  1. At the bottom, click More options More and then Settings .
  2. Click Audio .
  3. Turn on Noise cancellation.

Learn more at the Meet Help Center 

Get translated captions

 
  1. On your computer, go to Google Meet.
  2. In your meeting, click More options More and then Settings Settings and then Captions .
  3. Turn on Captions .
  4. Select Language of the meeting.
  5. Turn on Translated captions .
  6. Select the language to translate into.

Learn more at the Meet Help Center

 

Take notes with Gemini

  1. On a computer, open meet.google.com.
  2. Select a meeting.
  3. At the top right of your screen, click Take notes with Gemini .
  4. Click Start taking notes.
    • Meeting notes are added to a new doc and shared with people on the calendar invite that are within your organization.
    • Manually refresh “Summary so far.”
    • Stop and restart taking notes: All meeting participants internal to the organization can stop taking notes at any time. You can ensure that any confidential or sensitive discussions aren't part of the meeting summary.
    • When host controls are enabled for the meeting, only the host and co-hosts can start and stop taking notes.

Learn more at the Meet Help Center


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