Assign view-only roles in Google Meet

For the best experience, and to scale attendance for large meetings, enable all participants as viewers. When you enable view-only roles, you also get the option to designate some attendees as contributors.

Viewers can:

• Observe the meeting
• Raise their hand
• Participate in activities, such as Q&A and polls
• Use reactions

Tips:

• When you are in a view-only role, at the bottom, next to the meeting name, 'View only' is displayed.
• If there are any participants in the meeting that are in view-only roles, then all reactions sent by any participant are anonymous.

Viewers can't:

• Share audio or video
• Share their screen
• Chat

You can pre-set meeting attendees as viewers in the following Workspace editions:

• Google Workspace Business Standard
• Business Plus
• Enterprise Standard
• Enterprise Essentials
• Education Fundamentals
• Education Standard
• Teaching and Learning Upgrade
• Education Plus
• Enterprise Essentials Plus
• Enterprise Plus

Tip: In Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Essentials Plus and Education Plus, after 500 contributors join, the next 500 automatically join in viewer mode.

In a view-only role, when a viewer raises their hand, the host or co-host can make the viewer a contributor.

As a host or co-host:

1. In the meeting, at the bottom right, select People .
2. Select the viewer Make a contributor .