Google Meet PiP

Display a Google Meet video in a Picture-in-Picture window
What is Google Meet PiP?
'Google Meet PiP' is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your Google Meet experience. It enables you to display the video of a selected participant in a Picture-in-Picture window. This feature is helpful when presenting or navigating to other tabs while keeping an eye on the video stream. Please note, currently, only the participants visible in the main meeting layout can be displayed in the PiP window.

Extension stats

Users: N/A
Rating: 3.88 (26)
Version: 1.2.3 (Last updated: 2023-10-01)
Creation date: 2020-10-09
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 38.76K

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Extension summary

Display a selected Google Meet participant's video in a Picture-in-Picture window

USE CASES

  • Keep your video stream in display while presenting something else in your screen
  • Keep a selected participant visible while navigating to other tabs or applications

LIMITATIONS

  • In this version, only the participants that are displayed that are visible in the main meeting layout can be selected to be displayed in a Picture-in-Picture window

CHANGELOG v1.2.3

  • Fix participant name getting duplicated in the participants list
  • Support displaying participants with the same name as separate items in the participants list v1.2.0
  • Move user selection UI from extension page action into the Google Meet action buttons section
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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Simple and effective PiP extension
  • Ability to choose who to display in PiP
  • Useful for multi-tasking during meetings
Cons
  • Some users experienced it not working or stopping to work
  • PiP window disappearing instantly
  • Browser compatibility issues
Most mentioned
  • Useful for multitasking
  • Option to select who to put in PiP
  • Having to refresh the browser for it to work
Recent reviews
Pelos comentários no passado já funcionava, porém não é o caso atualmente.
by William Silva, 2023-03-31

Now it's not working for me anymore, it worked for some time, but now no names of participants are showing up so I can't activate the extension.
by Dayakar Ji, 2022-05-18

Reiniciei a página duas vezes mas até o momento não consigo usar, quando clico a aparece por um segundo e logo some, a tela não fica.
by Kamila Hemily, 2022-03-23
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Google Meet PiP requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Google Meet PiP has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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