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Show video for all people in Video meeting

Currently when in a video chat it only shows the active video for the last 4 people that have spoken in the chat. On the bottom bar it shows icons for all those in the chat. If it could show small video for all those in the chat that have their cameras turned on it would be beneficial. Then everyone on the video conference can see the reactions of others, whether they were the last to speak or not.

This is a problem with most video chatting applications. Google Hangouts it the only one we have found that shows video of all the participants on the screen.

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Grady Hartman shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
partially done  ·  AdminAlex (Teams Engineering, Microsoft Teams) responded  · 

We are excited to announce the 3×3 video view has been rolled out 100% to for Windows and Mac Clients. If you aren’t seeing 3×3 yet, please logout and log back in to the client.

We realize 3×3 is a start, but not good enough… as mentioned, we are continuing to work to include more videos during a meeting, as well as enabling support for mobile devices. Hence, the “partially done” status.

Please see documentation here: https://support.office.com/article/using-video-in-microsoft-teams-3647fc29-7b92-4c26-8c2d-8a596904cdae

Enjoy!

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  • James Marshall commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please make this a priority. It is needed NOW during this crisis more than ever. I am tech director for a school district. My folks want to use Zoom because of this and I'm trying to promote TEAMS in our school district. We want to be proud that we are Microsoft users.

  • Nancy Frank commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Glad to hear. We ended up subscribing to Zoom to get this feature--seeing many more people in the main window not just four.

  • Barbara commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We need to see more than 4 students during the call. Expecially if we use it at primary school. Thanks

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please update, now that we're able to use Teams in DoD we're looking to use this heavily.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    More video windows for participants must be your main priority NOW! Stop worrying about the $$$ factor for just a moment!

  • Sustainable Energy commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This just killed our meeting to only view 4 people. We are about to switch to Zoom but then have to pay for another service. We are already paying for microsoft. Come on!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please implement this asap in this corona period. People in our organisation are using Zoom but we dont want that from IT. The only reason is Zoom shows allot more members. Teams only 4.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    it would be good to see your own view as the in screen box does not show what other participants see

  • Felipe Avalos commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Muchas gente opta por otra plataforma (Zoom) para poder incluir el video de mas de 4 personas ... Seria bueno que implementaran esta caracteristica a la brevedad.

  • Gabriel commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Our customers moving to Zoom, just because they need a meeting where they can see others

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It would be most beneficial for the education sector to be able to see all participants of the meetings held. During school closures it helps students as well as teachers to stay connected and assist in the overall wellbeing of all involved. We are in the process of trying out multiple platforms, and one of the features we most enjoy about Zoom. Anothetlr Zoom feature that would be beneficial for many is the virtual background options

  • Sunny Hong commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Many of my colleagues are maintaining both a Teams account and Zoom account because some meetings require having more than 4 people visible at once. With more people working remotely, we rely on Zoom calls to see our full teams and maintain at least a visible connection with each other while we cannot work together at the office. We can't afford to have two conference calling platforms and it seems like people like Zoom better.

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