Improve your video & audio experience

You can change your video and audio settings so others can hear you and view your video better.

Tip: Before you join a meeting, you can also instantly check which of your peripheral devices are available and connected. Learn how to check your video and audio in Google Meet.

Turn your camera on or off

Important: You can't adjust the video resolution with the Meet mobile app.

To turn your camera on or off, tap Camera .

Reverse your camera on the Meet app

You can reverse the camera on your mobile device during a video meeting to show the room you’re in or your surroundings. The Meet app defaults to the selfie view.

Open the Meet app .
Join a video meeting.
On the top right, tap Switch camera .

Turn on automatic video lighting adjustment

Important: This setting is only available on desktop, iPhone, and iPad. If you have access to Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Business, or Google One AI Premium, or if you are a trusted tester through Workspace Labs, use studio lighting instead.

Meet is able to detect if you are underexposed and can automatically enhance brightness to improve your visibility. If you don't want Meet to automatically adjust the light, you can turn off video lighting adjustment.

Open the Meet app .
Join a video meeting.
On the bottom right, tap More .
Tap Settings Adjust video lighting .

Change your audio on mobile

When you’re in a Google Meet video meeting on your mobile device, you can switch between different audio devices.

Once in a video meeting, tap your screen.
On the top right, tap audio source .
Select the audio source:
- Wired headphones
- Phone
- Speaker
- Bluetooth

Turn on Portrait touch-up

You can lightly touch-up your appearance before you join or during a meeting. Specifically, you can select:

Subtle: Skin smoothing, eye bag lightening, eye whitening to a lesser degree.
Smooth: Skin smoothing, eye bag lightening, eye whitening to a more obvious degree.

Portrait touch-up is only available for certain Workspace editions.

Open the Meet app .
Before you join or during a meeting, at the bottom of your self view, tap Effects .
Select a touch-up setting:
- Off
- Subtle
- Smooth

You can also adjust these settings in the Effects panel

Learn which editions support Portrait touch-up

Google One
Google Workspace individual
Enterprise Essentials
Business Standard
Business Plus
Enterprise Starter
Enterprise Standard
Enterprise / ESKU (Legacy)
Enterprise Plus
G Suite ESKU
Teaching & Learning Upgrade
Education Plus