Present content from a camera in Google Meet

You can present live video from your camera in a Google Meet video meeting to showcase objects and create interactive presentations.

You can also connect to a document camera to share physical documents in a Google Meet.

Learn which Workspace editions can present from a camera

Turn on the present from a camera setting

Important:

• If this setting isn't enabled, you'll not be able to select a camera as a presentation option.
• Make sure you’re connected to an additional video-conferencing or virtual camera.

1. Join a Google Meet video meeting.
2. At the bottom, click More options Settings General.
3. In the “General” tab, turn on Share content from camera.
   • If the computer plays audio that the microphone associated with the camera captures, enable “Use Meet's audio signal processing for the audio associated with the camera content” to avoid an echo.
   • Recommended: If you’re not sure about how audio processing works, we recommend you to keep this option turned OFF.
4. At the top right of the dialogue box, click Close . You've now enabled the option to select a camera when you present.

Present from a camera during a video meeting

Important: Make sure you enable the present from a camera setting before you follow the instruction below:

1. In a video meeting, at the bottom of the meeting screen, click Present now Camera.
2. Select your document camera or other external camera and audio input (if necessary).
3. Click Share.

Ingest content from a video production tool

Important:

• Make sure you enable the present from a camera setting before you follow the instruction below:
  • You can present live video from your video production tool.
• This is recommended when you share a produced video material that has more dynamic content than the usual speaker webcam video.
• The content is always uncropped, and encoded with resolution of up to 1080p, and a frame rate of up to 30FPS.

1. In a meeting invite, click Join.
2. In the greenroom, under “Other joining options,” click Use Companion mode.
3. At the bottom of the meeting screen, click Present now Camera.
4. Select your connected hardware device or virtual audio and video source.
5. Click Share.

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