Google Meet will be able to recognize gestures such as raising your hand thanks to AI

March 29 (Portaltic/EP) –

The Google Meet video call platform will have the ability to recognize gestures such as raising your hand to ask for the floor thanks to the implementation of the artificial intelligence (AI).

Currently, you must press a button to request the time, which is included at the bottom of the screen of this video call service. The icon ‘Raise your hand’ it appears in the participant’s own view and is moved to the main conference grid so moderators can see that participants have picked it up.

The company has recently been working on new features for Google Meet, who has commented within the framework of the international educational technology fair BETT, which is being held these days in London.

Along with the updates to its browser, Google Chrome, the company has shared some new features in Workspace for customers in the field of education in its Google Docs, Slides and Classroom services.

Another of the applications that the company has been working on is Google Meet, where speaker notes will begin to appear during presentations and recordings. will receive support for adding subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.

Likewise, Google has commented that all users of Google Workspace for Education will benefit from a novelty based on AI. Specifically, its technology will be able to activate the ‘Raise hand’ option automatically when it detects that they have their hand up to ask for passage.

First, the user who raises their hand will see a screen with a hand in the center of the Meet interface next to the indicative ‘Raising your hand’ and, in turn, the icon located at the bottom of the panel will appear as activated, just as reports 9to5Google.

Other innovations for its educational service are the ability to add questions to YouTube videos through Google Classroom, as well as a function to sort grades and student assignments by quarters and semesters, among other classifications.