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Learn how to view people in Google Meet

On the Meet or Gmail app, tile view shows: 

  • Up to 8 tiles on your iphone screen. 
  • Up to 48 tiles on the ipad sceen. 

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

View someone in full screen

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

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

Pin any participant

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

If the participant's tile 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 More and then tap Pin Pin (keep).

Full screen someone who’s auto-pinned

At the bottom right of the pinned participant’s tile, tap Full screen .

Tip: Any time 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 who you want to zoom out.
  2. Pinch the screen to zoom out.

Minimize self-view video

If your floating self-view video obstructs your view or prevents you from following a presentation, you can minimize your self-view.

1. In a meeting, tap your Floating self-view video.
2. At the bottom right of your floating video, tap MenuMoreand thenMinimize your video .

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