A new Google Meet update could spell the end to potentially embarrassing occasions when on a video call for good.
The video conferencing service will now let users to quickly mute themselves in a meeting by holding down the spacebar button. To unmute, users simply need to release the button.
“We hope this makes it even easier for you to participate in your meetings by quickly unmuting to say something,” the company wrote in a Google Workspace update blog post(opens in new tab), adding that it could also be helpful in situations where users forget to mute themselves again after unmuting in a group call.
