Meet Enhancement Suite is a Chrome Extension that adds new features and smart defaults to Google Meet – including grid layout, push-to-talk, auto-join, and more!
Thanks for posting @robjama!
Over the past week @keyfer and I have been working on this extension to make our WFH lives easier.
As we started working from home we quickly became frustrated with the lack of features and smart defaults Google Meet offered (especially in comparison to Zoom).
So we created Meet Enhancement Suite – a Chrome Extension for Google Meet that adds new features like:
• Grid Layout: see everyone in your Google Meet in one view, highlight speakers, and set it as your default layout
• Push to Talk: quickly mute and unmute yourself with the press of a key
• Auto Join: skip the join screen and get straight to the meeting
• Smart Defaults: automatically turn on captions, mute your mic, or turn your video off
We've got a lot more planned for our extension (dark mode anyone?), but we'd love to hear from you – what features would you like to see added to Google Meet?
@robjama@keyfer@cpollo01 This is a fantastic set of features. Push-to-Talk is brilliant.
Teachers using Meet for classes are struggling with students sending join requests from outside the school domain with offensive names. These pop up in the Meet, disrupt the class and there is no way to stop them.
Could you add Block Join Requests to your feature set?
@robjama@keyfer@cpollo01 I'd like to be able to see participants, screenshare and chat at the same time. It's kind of a pick-two situation right now.
Then, this starts to go beyond an extension, but I'd like some way to dump the chat contents so that I can paste into Slack or store somewhere for later
Additionally, a quick button to send the install link in chat would be helpful to spread the benefit.
@keyfer@cpollo01 I've been using it a bit this afternoon, there's a bit of a weird feeling when the white control bar overlays on the bottom grid participants. It often cuts off a lot of those video panes (several missing chins).
Is there some behaviour that could prevent that? maybe making that bar fixed underneath?
nice features!
How about:
- virtual background (even starting with green-screen which is easier to support, yet another extension failed misserably at implementing)
- break-out meetings (similar to zoom)
Actually as a teacher, we want to make sure that students can't upload a "background" which is a picture of themselves "listening". So if you do this, make sure that the teacher has a way to disable it!
@stef_kors I have the same problem. I always forget. Both Zoom and Uberconference offer an option to auto-record. It would be great if Google Meet could too!
@stef_kors record function in Google Meet, depends on the Google Suites administrator (for the domain). It has the option to 'let user record meetings'. If it's enable, then User of the domain can record the meeting.
this is a legitimately useful plugin, and i typically don't like plugins, much less leave comments about them. I'd shake the hands of the creators if it didn't potentially land me a $5,000 fine for violating social distancing bylaws. instead, you get a virtual fist bump. 👊
@dalton12624 Hey Ben! We're aiming to relaunch the extension really soon. Please signup for our newsletter on our website to get notified when we launch.
@aadrnn we have been taken down temporarily, but will be re-listing very soon! Please signup for our newsletter on our website to be notified when we're live!
@garywillmott@dalton12624 Hey Gary! We're aiming to relaunch the extension really soon. Please signup for our newsletter on our website to get notified when we launch.
My colleagues/friends and I have waited so long for these features on Google Meet (particularly Grid Layout!). Corey and Keyfer — well done for making it happen!
This is perfect- I'm joining so many meetings daily now, it's awesome to be able to set defaults so I don't have to make the selections every time. Great functionality.
Seems like they’ve taken down the original link to put it behind a patreon paywall with “extra features” on their website. EDIT: they were delisted. Patreon is just a donation
I know that this development takes time and energy, but the original grid view work was done open-source and free. Please communicate with your users that you just plan to add extra features and put it behind the paywall, but is there a need to remove the original extension (that you originally released for free)?
Wish you luck with development! I'll consider the feature upgrade in the future. In the meantime, I'll be using this one:
https://chrome.google.com/websto...
@aadrnn nothing has been put behind a paywall – supporting development is completely voluntary. We didn't choose to be delisted, and are now working to get it back on the store asap :)
Thank you so much! This will undoubtedly make my WFH life easier. Push to talk will be a game changer. I'd love to see a feature to highlight the person speaking while in grid view.
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