Here's how to use Google Meet Live Sharing to co-watch a YouTube video or play games in a meeting - XDA Developers

Google Duo is present Google Meet, but you inactive get to usage the aforesaid features. Here's however to usage Google Meet unrecorded sharing connected your Android phone.

Google Duo's modulation to Google Meet is present yet complete, meaning each the Google Duo and Meet features are present combined into 1 azygous app. The combined app volition fto you marque some radical oregon one-on-one calls, and besides big meetings. You tin besides usage each the amusive Google Duo features successful Google Meet now, and that includes "live sharing" too. If you don't cognize what unrecorded sharing is and are wondering however to usage it successful Google Meet, past we're present to help. Read connected to find retired what is unrecorded sharing successful Google Meet and however you tin usage it to marque your meetings and video calls fun.

What is Google Meet Live Sharing?

The Google Meet Live Sharing diagnostic is fundamentally Google Duo Live Sharing that was announced arsenic a Samsung exclusive feature backmost successful February 2022 astatine the Galaxy Unpacked event. It was announced arsenic a collaborative effort from Google and Samsung to alteration dynamic surface sharing connected Galaxy smartphones — akin to Apple SharePlay successful the FaceTime app. This peculiar diagnostic was precocious rolled retired to Google Meet users arsenic a portion of the Google Duo-Meet transition, truthful each Google Meet users tin present bask this diagnostic connected their Android phones.

The Google Meet Live Sharing diagnostic allows each the participants successful a gathering hosted connected Google Meet to stock and interact with content. It lets you co-watch videos connected YouTube oregon perceive to a playlist connected Spotify. Additionally, you tin besides play immoderate amusive games similar "Heads Up!", "UNO! Mobile", oregon "Kahoot!" with different participants. This Live Sharing diagnostic present lives alongside the existing features connected Google Meet, similar polls and Q&A. It's located nether the "Activities" tab, which you tin uncover by opening the overflow paper connected Android. Also, this peculiar diagnostic is lone disposable successful the Google Meet app connected Android.

How to usage Google Meet Live Sharing connected Android?

The Google Meet Live Sharing diagnostic isn't exclusive to conscionable Samsung Galaxy phones, arsenic it was announced backmost successful February past year. You will, however, request an Android telephone to usage this diagnostic now, arsenic it's not disposable connected different platforms similar Google Meet web oregon connected iOS. You'll besides request to motion successful from a idiosyncratic Google relationship to entree the activities feature, arsenic they won't amusement up connected endeavor accounts. Here's a step-by-step usher detailing however to usage the Google Meet Live Sharing diagnostic connected your Android phone:

1. Open Google Meet connected your Android telephone and articulation oregon big a meeting.
2. Once you are successful the meeting, look for the three-dot icon successful the bottommost close country of the screen.
3. Select that to unfastened a caller leafage with a database of disposable activities.
4. Choose the 1 you privation to usage to unfastened a caller leafage successful which you'll spot a connection asking you to unfastened the required app for it. In this case, we're utilizing YouTube to co-watch a video.
5. Select the fastener to unfastened the YouTube app. You tin present browse and prime the video you privation to stock successful the meeting.
6. Once you play the video, you'll spot a pop-up asking if you privation to unrecorded stock with Meet. Select Start to stock the video with the participants successful the meeting.

The YouTube video volition commencement playing, and the Meet app volition participate PiP mode connected your screen. Google Meet volition besides automatically unfastened YouTube connected the participant's telephone astatine this constituent to play the aforesaid video connected their screen. You'll besides spot a highlighted connection that reads, "You are unrecorded sharing successful Meet", to fto you cognize erstwhile you're sharing. The participants of the gathering volition present beryllium capable to interact with the video playback to play/pause, skip to the adjacent video successful the playlist, oregon adjacent ticker it successful fullscreen arsenic shown below.

And that's it! That's however you tin usage the Live Sharing diagnostic successful Google Meet connected each the best Android smartphones. Similarly, you tin besides prime different activities and motorboat the respective apps to stock them with different participants. It is, however, worthy mentioning that you whitethorn request a premium subscription to the work you're trying to share. Both YouTube and Spotify, for instance, volition inquire you to get a premium subscription to let Live Sharing successful Meet.

The database of disposable activities for unrecorded sharing is reasonably slim close now, but we expect much things to beryllium added implicit time. This feature, arsenic we mentioned earlier, is lone disposable successful Google Meet connected Android, and you'll lone spot it connected idiosyncratic Google accounts, not endeavor ones. You tin download Google Meet connected your Android telephone utilizing the nexus below.

What are your thoughts connected Google Meet's live-sharing, and however often bash you spot yourself utilizing this feature? Tells america successful the comments below.