Meet now automatically opens picture-in-picture when screen sharing

December 8, 2025

Meet now automatically opens picture-in-picture when screen sharing

What’s changing
Google Meet now supports automatically opening picture-in-picture when starting a screen share. This will allow you to see your audience while focusing on your presentation content. This feature is an enhancement to picture-in-picture opening automatically when you switch tabs.

In addition to this change, users can now control when picture-in-picture should open automatically from the General tab in Settings. You can choose to:

• Never use automatic picture-in-picture
• Only use automatic picture-in-picture for tab switching
• Only use automatic picture-in-picture for window and screen sharing
• Always use automatic picture-in-picture
  Note: Automatic picture-in-picture for tab switching requires you to grant permission in your browser once.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
• End users: This feature is ON by default on supported devices, but users can change their preferences in the Settings menu. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using picture-in-picture with Google Meet.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Available now
• Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on December 15, 2025

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers, Google Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts