Learn how to view people in Google Meet

On the Meet or Gmail app, the tile view shows: 

• Up to eight tiles on your iPhone screen. 
• Up to 48 tiles on the iPad screen. 

If you use a Safari browser on an iPad, you can view up to 49 tiles.

View someone in fullscreen

1. In a meeting, tap the screen so that the call controls appear.
2. At the bottom right of the person's tile, tap More options .
3. From the menu that opens, tap Fullscreen .
4. After the participant is in fullscreen, to make the call controls disappear, tap the screen again.
5. Optional: To remove someone from fullscreen, tap their tile  More options   Exit fullscreen.

Tip: If a teacher points their camera to a blackboard or whiteboard but doesn't share their screen, students can make the teacher's tile fullscreen to follow along more effectively.

Pin any participant

1. In a meeting, tap the screen so that the call controls appear.
2. At the bottom right of the person's tile that you want to pin, tap More options .
3. From the menu that opens, tap Pin .
4. Optional: To unpin someone, in the bottom right-hand corner of their screen, tap Unpin .

If the participant's tile that you want to pin isn't visible, at the top, tap the meeting name. On the 'People' tab, next to the participant's name, tap More options   tap Pin .

Make someone who's auto-pinned fullscreen

At the bottom right of the pinned participant's tile, tap Fullscreen .

Tip: Any time that someone shares their screen, their tile is automatically pinned to your screen.

Zoom out to get a wider view of a participant

If someone isn't fully visible within their tile or they appear cropped, you can zoom their video out. 

1. Find the participant's tile that you want to zoom out.
2. Pinch the screen to zoom out.

Minimise self-view video