Google Meet is finally getting a feature that will allow hosts to mute others: How it works

Google Meet is a common video conferencing software. But many people organize meetings and virtual events Google Software. However, during a meeting or class there are some people who are unable to turn off their mic after speaking or forget to do so. Google has a new feature that will allow hosts to mute all such participants on Google Meet at once. This feature is being rolled out for the Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals and Education Plus domains. it will launch for other google workspace version in the coming months.

“The meeting host is the only user in the meeting who can use the “mute all” feature. Once all participants are muted, the meeting host cannot unmute them. However, the user is able to unmute himself as needed The Mute All feature will be available only to hosts that are connecting with a desktop browser, but will launch on other platforms in the coming months,” Google said in a blog post. Users can mute a person by pointing to their image and clicking the Mute option. This feature will be enabled by default for hosts.