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Googlelaunchedits helping hand gesture signal detection feature on Google Meet that recognise when your strong-arm manus is raise and triggers the script raise icon to notify participant in the video call that you have a question . The AI - powered feature film was initiallyannouncedback in March .
Google Meet only notice your helping hand when it is visible to the tv camera and must be aside from your face and torso , the company explains in its recent blog post . You may have to keep your hand up for a few seconds until the gesture detection is trip . The hired man raise icon will appear in your video windowpane , and then you ’ll be actuate to the main power system so moderators can see that you ’re quest to speak .
usable across most Google Meet Workspace plan , the gesture catching feature is off by default but can be enable in options . It ’s automatically turn off for active loudspeaker system , most likely to preclude people from turn on the hired hand elicit ikon every time they wave around their hand when talking .
The fresh feature is basically the same as clicking the hand raise release , but now it ’ll feel like you ’re in schooltime again . Nostalgic reasons away , there are various ways this feature could potentially be utilitarian . For instance , if you ’re standing by from the computer computer mouse and need to get call on by the legion without having to walk over . Or mayhap you hop on the call while eating dejeuner , and your hands are lousy . ( You get the idea . )
Last calendar month , Google Meet insert aportrait pinch - up modethat allows you to apply skin color smoothing , under - eye whitening and centre whiten effects .
Google Meet now lets you hold a skin - smoothing effect with its new portrait touch - up manner
