Raise your hand to speak, please

Video conference service Google Meet is adding gesture recognition to make it easier to ask a question during a video call. | Image: Google

Google Meet can now recognize when your physical hand is raised on camera during group video calls and alert the host. This means you don't have to fiddle with clicking the hand raise" button on the screen and accidentally send a clapping emoji to everyone in the call (I speak from experience).

In a blog post published today, Google announced the feature is now rolling out to Google Workspace business and education users. It uses gesture detection to recognize when your hand is raised and alerts the meeting host that you want to speak. A hand-raised icon in your video window will also show to other participants. Essentially, it does the same thing as clicking the hand raise button, but in a more natural way.

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