Google Meet tips

Google Meet Tips

It's been a few months already…

I wanted to play a video using Google Meet.

And I have no doubts… the audio will work. Because I go through this scenario at least three times a week, so there’s no need to test the entire scenario every time to see if it works.

That's fair enough, right?

And then…

Ouch. It's not working. (But it always works… it's so exhausting to hear myself say this.) How is this even possible?

I'm done with this and am going to investigate again…

Just as I'm about to finish writing the Google Meet Tips—because every centimeter makes a difference…—I see that our weekly meeting with Devoteam is about to start.

Silvia and Anu say they would like to discuss three points.

When we get to point 2, Anu says, “We weren’t able to play the Trust Mindset video trailer before our meeting. The audio wasn’t working, and I have no idea why. Don’t we do this every week with our scenarios?”

There's no such thing as coincidence…

Have you ever heard of heuristics?

Your brain goes into autopilot, and you think you recognize a situation, so you jump to conclusions way too quickly.
Almost right is completely wrong (a quote borrowed from Alon, by the way).

As it turns out…

The scenario we go through every week is just a little different from the one we both recognize.

What doesn't work with Google Meet?

Playing the audio from a video stored locally

What almost always works?

Playing an Audi video in the Google Chrome browser

What is the best practice?

It doesn't really matter which platform your organization uses.

It's the little details that make all the difference.

For example, Microsoft Teams has made great strides and works well for sharing audio from a local video, but there’s one feature that doesn’t work (yet)—sharing audio with AirPods.

“TIP: Only 100% works in a digital setting, so test the scenario as thoroughly as possible. Because almost right is completely wrong…”