How to Share Your Screen on Google Meet and Google Hangouts

Teleconferencing platforms play a vital role in the current era of remote work and online learning. Google has provided individuals, organizations, and businesses with two excellent tools for chatting, collaborating, conducting meetings, and organizing online classes: Google Meet and Google Hangouts.

Tips for Screen Sharing on Google Meets, Google Hangouts

Among a plethora of useful features, Google Meet and Google Hangouts provide you with the ability to share your screen with others in the meeting. This way, members of your group can easily view documents, presentations, spreadsheets, or websites you're looking at for easier collaboration. Below, Mytour will guide you on how to share your screen on Google Meet and Google Hangouts.

I - How to Screen Share on Google Meet

1. How to Share Screen on Google Meet on Computer

1.1. Sharing your entire screen, a window, or a tab on Google Meet on your computer

To share your screen while participating in a Google Meet meeting or class from the web browser, follow these steps:

Step 1: Organize or join a Google Meet meeting from the web browser.
Step 2: On the toolbar at the bottom of the meeting screen, click on Present Now (a rectangular icon with an arrow inside). 

Step 3: In the menu that appears, you have 3 options to share your screen including Your entire screen, A window, and A tab in the web browser.

- Your entire screen: Clicking on this option will display a small screen containing all the content currently being displayed on your computer screen. Click on that screen and press the Share button to start sharing your entire screen.

- A window: Clicking on this option will display all the programs, tabs you have open. Select the window you want to share and click on the Share button to start sharing an application window.

- A tab: Clicking on this option will display all the open tabs on your web browser. Click on the tab you want to share and click on the Share button to start sharing a browser tab.

1.2. How to stop screen sharing in Google Meet

To stop screen sharing, click on the Stop Sharing button below the address bar of the web browser.

1.3. How to screen share on Google Meet when someone is presenting content

You can still share your screen when someone is presenting content. At this point, their presentation will pause. To screen share on Google Meet when someone is presenting, follow these steps:

Step 1: On the toolbar at the bottom of the meeting screen, click on Present Now (a rectangular icon with an arrow inside).
Step 2: Choose to share your entire screen, a window, or a tab.
Step 3: Click on Present instead.

1.4. How to share screen on Google Meet from Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides

You need to use a computer and Chrome browser to share screen on Google Meet from Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

Step 1: Organize or join a Google Meet meeting from the web browser.
Step 2: Open the Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides document.
Step 3: At the top right of the document window, click on the rectangular icon with an arrow next to the Share button and select Present tab to meeting.

Step 4: Select the screen displaying the document and click on the Share button.

2. How to share screen on Google Meet for Android

Step 1: Organize or join a meeting/class on Google Meet for Android and proceed to the following steps.
Step 2: Next, tap on the three-dot icon at the bottom right corner of the screen and select Share screen => Start sharing.
Step 3: On the privacy permission notification screen, tap on the Start Now button to share your phone screen.

To stop sharing your phone screen, tap on the Stop Sharing button.

3. How to share screen on Google Meet for iPhone

Step 1: Organize or join a meeting/class on Google Meet for iPhone.
Step 2: Tap on the three-dot icon at the bottom right corner of the screen and select Share screen => Start broadcast.
Step 3: Your phone screen will be shared with other members of the meeting. To stop sharing, tap on the Stop Sharing button.

II - How to share screen on Google Hangouts

Whether you're presenting a school report or providing your team with financial updates, you can always use Hangouts' screen sharing feature to display a live presentation directly on Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides, and here's how to do it.

Step 1: Ensure you've uploaded your presentation before starting the video call or screen sharing process. Keep the application minimized and running in the background whether it's Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides running in a new Chrome browser window or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Step 2: Start Google Hangouts through the browser or Chrome extension. When you're in your video call, to start screen sharing, hover over the browser window of your online meeting.
Step 3: A menu bar will appear at the top of the window, offering options like adding people, changing settings, or accessing other features. You'll want to click on the last option listed, indicated by the three horizontal lines menu located at the top right of the window.
Step 4: Click on Screen Share and a pop-up window will ask if you want to share your entire screen or just a single application window. If you're talking to a friend, are a tech expert, and need assistance from them to diagnose an issue occurring on your computer, you'll want to choose Your Entire Screen, but if you're giving a presentation, you'll want to select the Application Windows tab.

Step 5: If you're sharing an application window, after clicking on Application Windows, you'll be presented with a grid of open applications currently running on your PC. Click on the application you want to share your screen with, and then click on the Share button to start sharing.

Note that since this option selects from active applications, it means you'll need to open a new browser window with Google Slides loaded or have Microsoft PowerPoint running before you start screen sharing.

Additionally, alerts and notifications from your PC can cause distractions while you're presenting. Therefore, make sure you enable Focus Assist on Windows 10 or Do Not Disturb on Mac to mute notifications or sounds while conducting the video call.

Finally, you can refer to the article on How to add people to a meeting in Google Hangouts here.