Google Meet will get extra expressive with in-meeting reactions, 360-degree backgrounds

What you have to know

• Google is updating Meet with new options because it completes its transition with Duo.
• Google Meet is gaining new in-meeting reactions on cellular units and the net.
• Customers on iOS and Android will be capable of add 360° backgrounds for a extra immersive expertise.

Google has introduced just a few new options coming to Meet, together with an replace on the transition between the previous Meet and the brand new mixed app.

The corporate revealed on Wednesday that it’s bringing a collection of emoji reactions to the in-meeting expertise. This can give customers a strategy to silently specific themselves throughout a gathering, utilizing the next emoji:  💖👍🎉👏😂😮😢🤔👎. Google says these reactions “burst based mostly on engagement, creating extra emphasis when a number of individuals use the identical emoji in succession.” You will additionally be capable of choose from totally different pores and skin tones.

These will likely be out there on cellphones, the net, and Meet {hardware} units.

Along with reactions, Google Meet can also be gaining new immersive 360° backgrounds on Android phones and iOS units. The primary new background to be made out there would be the seashore, which can shift as you progress round through the use of your telephone’s gyroscope. Different backgrounds coming will embody an oasis, sky metropolis, and mountain temple.

The brand new emoji reactions begin rolling out at present, and customers ought to begin noticing them arrive all through the month. The brand new 360° backgrounds ought to begin showing within the coming weeks, though Google says it’ll present extra data upon launch.