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Google Meet Adds Troubleshooting Menu to Let Users Analyse Network and Performance Issues
Google Meet aims to provide more visibility for users with the new tool. By Jasmin Jose | Updated: 13 January 2021 13:02 IST
The Troubleshooting menu gives real-time feedback on the effect of any action taken on the network
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You can select the Troubleshooting and Help option from three-dot menu
Google Meet has introduced host of new features in past few months
Google Meet is bringing out a new Troubleshooting menu to help users easily understand how their local desktop and network environments affect the quality of their video call. With the new launch targeted solely at the end users, Google Meet aims to provide more visibility into how a system is performing. Google Meet introduced some new features in the service in the past few months, including the expansion of breakout rooms availability and allowing users to virtually raise hands in meet
Google Meet adds new troubleshoot and help option to the menu
January 13, 2021
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Google has introduced a new troubleshoot and help menu in Google Meet to help users track network issues and real-time performance stats.
“We’ve added tools in Google Meet that make it easier for end-users to understand how their local desktop and network environments affect meeting quality,” Google said in a blog post.
Users can now access the new feature during a call by going to the three-dot menu and selecting “Troubleshooting and Help.”
The option will provide details such as CPU load and network stability over time. It will also show highlighted time segments when the local environment likely affects the call quality and will suggest actions to help improve call performance.
How to create breakout rooms in Google Meet for smaller group sessions
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Google Meet s breakout rooms feature can help your virtual classroom or work meeting be more efficient.MEDITERRANEAN/Getty Images
You can create breakout rooms in
Google Meet as a way to divide a conference call into smaller sessions.
You need a paid subscription version of the service to access this feature.
Once created, breakout rooms can be edited or ended at any time.
Breakout rooms in Google Meet allow moderators to divide the participants of a video conference into smaller groups.
This creates one or more separate video calls within the main video call, where each group cannot see or hear the other groups. Other video call services, like Zoom, also offer this feature, which is useful for breaking employees into teams or for classroom settings. When you want everyone to regroup, you can end the breakout rooms and everyone will rejoin the main call.