Change your computer's video & audio settings

Created by Johnny Campbell, Modified on Wed, 20 Jul, 2022 at 12:17 PM by Johnny Campbell

Change your speakers and microphone for Google Meet


  1. On your computer, open meet.google.com.
  2. Join a video call.
  3. Before you join or during the call, click More "" and then Settings "".
  4. On the left, click Audio and thenthe setting you want to change:
    • Microphone
    • Speakers
  5. Optional: To test your speakers, click Test.
  6. At the top right, click Close .


Change your computer’s camera or video quality


On a computer, you can change the camera used for a meeting. You might also want to decrease the quality of your video if you experience:

  • Video or audio delays
  • Poor network connection
  • Low battery
  • Limited data available
  • Other video or audio issues

To change the camera or the video resolution when using Meet on your computer:

  1. In a web browser, open Meet.
  2. Click Settings ""and thenVideo.
  3. Select the setting you want to change:    
    • Camera—Your device
             (If your camera is working, to the right of Video, your video feed appears)
    • Send resolution—The image quality from your device that others see
    • Receive resolution—The image quality that you see from other participants
      Note: You can only change Send resolution and Receive resolution settings when you're in a video meeting.
  4. Click Done.


Send resolution (maximum)

  • High definition (720p)—Uses more data, but your camera will send a better quality picture
       (available on computers with a quad-core CPU or higher)
  • Standard definition (360p)—Uses less data, but your camera will send a lower quality picture.

Receive resolution (maximum)

  • High definition (720p)—Uses more data, but you see a higher quality picture
       (available on computers with a quad-core CPU or higher)
  • Standard definition (360p)—Uses less data, but you see a lower quality picture.
  • Standard definition (360p), one video at a time—To save more data, the other participants' thumbnails turn off.
  • Audio only—To use the least amount of data, you see no video.

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