Google adds dual display support for Meet on Poly Studio X Series

Google has announced dual display support for Google Meet on the Poly Studio X Series. The new feature is available for compatible Poly Studio X Series devices running Poly OS 4.0.1 or higher.

Dual displays let you see more meeting participants, presentations, and documents at once, allowing you to stay focused and engaged in meetings.

"With a single display, shared content takes over a majority of the screen and minimizes the view of meeting participants. Minimizing the view of participants can affect meeting engagement by limiting conversation between those who are in the room and those who are not," Google wrote in a blog post.

During a video meeting, both displays will show the view of all the participants in the meeting, including the local room's view. When a participant presents, the presentation will enlarge onto one screen display and the participant views will reflect on the other screen display.

In addition, where supported, the controller or remote will also provide options like pinning participants, changing the layout of the participant tiles, and showing the meeting's chat history. 

To use dual displays with the Poly Studio X Series of video bars, all you need to do is plug a second display into the device's display port. The Poly Studio X Series will automatically recognize the second monitor and add it as a secondary display.

The feature is available to all Google Workspace customers with Poly Studio X50, X52, and X70 devices. It is worth mentioning that Poly Studio X30 only supports a single monitor while Studio X50, X52, and X70 devices support dual displays.