February 20, 2021: Google has now blocked all Meet extensions that helped with grid view, including the ones listed below. These extensions no longer work and the only workaround appears to be the native tiled view within Google. However, this tiled view is reduced to 12 viewers when someone is presenting in your meeting, regardless of your current settings. There does not appear to be a workaround to enable all 49 participants in grid view while someone is presenting. If you would like to use this feature, you can always submit a feature request to Google using this link.

In the race to be the best video conferencing and collaboration solution, Zoom has been a leading force since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Google Meet has closed the gap considerably. In line with Zoom’s offerings, Meet has started rolling out the ability to see up to 49 participants on a single screen during meetings, but we haven’t gotten a glimpse of it yet.

Now, if you want to see as many people on the screen as possible, you’ll have to rely on third-party extensions that you can install on Google Chrome. One such tool is the Google Meet Grid View (Fix) extension that you can use if the older Google Meet Grid View extension no longer works for you.

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