Google has made it easier for its Workspace customers to present during meetings.

The company has introduced the ability to view speaker notes within Google Meet while presenting Google Slides directly on the platform.

The feature is designed to improve users’ presentation quality while using Google Meet.

A post on the Google Workspace blog said: “In October of 2022, we introduced the ability to present Google Slides directly in Google Meet. To build upon this, you can now view your speaker notes within Google Meet.

“Simply click the new speaker notes button in the Slides controls bar in Meet to display your speaker notes within the call.

“Present with greater confidence and engage with your audience without having to context switch between notes and slides.”

To use the feature, customers need to select the “present a tab” in Google Meet, choose a Google Slide presentation and then click the speaker notes button in the controls at the bottom corner of the display.

Google has confirmed that the feature is available to users with Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Education Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Nonprofits.

The ability to view speaker notes will not be available to customers with Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Education Fundamentals, Frontline, legacy G Suite Basic and Businesses and personal Google accounts.

According to the Workspace blog, the feature is currently being rolled out to customers in rapid-release domains and will begin to be rolled out to customers in scheduled-release domains at the end of the month.

Adding speaker notes to Meet is the latest update to its Google Slides platform.

In October at Google Cloud Next ’22, the company revealed that it was adding a ‘speaker spotlight in Slides’.

The feature means that when a user presents using Google Slides, the speaker’s video feed is placed directly within the content.

Google designed the feature to “collapse the boundary” between the story and the storyteller within the hybrid workplace.

The company has been making many updates to its Workspace platform in recent months, and in December 2022, it confirmed that it was introducing client-side encryption for Gmail.

Google released a beta of the feature, which is only available to Google Workspace customers with Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers until January 20, 2023.

The company stated that customers would keep control over their encryption keys to ensure the service is secure.

 

 



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