One year after making Google Meet available to everyone, the video conferencing application is proposing several new features to improve its platform. These changes will take place on the design of the interface, by creating animated backgrounds but also on the use of artificial intelligence to improve the quality of the video. The Autozoomtool and the low light mode are the new AI-based features.

Artificial intelligence to enhance video quality

Two tools have been developed using artificial intelligence. They will have the particularity to improve the quality of video conferencing as far as video is concerned:

• The first tool is the low light mode. This feature is based on a mode actually already present on Google Meet on phone. AI is used to automatically adjust the quality of the video to make our face and the environment around us, much more visible to our interlocutor. The feature is now available on computer, with the brightness automatically improving.
• The second tool is called Autozoom. This device uses AI to allow users to benefit from an automatic zoom when positioned in front of its camera if the decision algorithm considers that the user is placed a little too far from the camera and he can hardly advance further. This feature will nevertheless be paid for by those who wish to take advantage of it.

Another feature to improve the quality of video calls is the data saver. It helps to limit the use of data on mobile networks so that users can save on the costs that can arise from the use of 4G or 5G.

Other features to improve the user experience

Google Meet will now change the design of its platform to get more space on the screen to better view the video stream of our interlocutors, or content shared by them. In the coming months, it will be possible to pin the different windows that correspond to either the video stream of your interlocutors or the content they share. This will make it easier to highlight content that you want to prioritize, which will lead to better interaction with all participants.

Another feature will be based on backgrounds. If at the moment, it is possible to use a static background (by importing a personal image or via the options offered by Google Meet) or even to blur the environment. It will soon be possible to have access to video backgrounds making video calls more fun if the call frame allows it.

Translated from Google Meet utilise l’intelligence artificielle afin de proposer de nouvelles fonctionnalités