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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 →
completed  ·  AdminAlex (Teams Engineering, Microsoft Teams) responded  · 

We are excited to announce large gallery view (7×7 videos) and Together mode are available to the public for desktop & mobile.

Large Gallery is an optional feature and can be turned on at any time during the meeting. The new large gallery has a flexible design and will deliver a network-optimized client video experience that works on multiple device categories.

For more information, please see: https://support.microsoft.com/office/using-video-in-microsoft-teams-3647fc29-7b92-4c26-8c2d-8a596904cdae?storagetype=stage#ID0EABAAA=Desktop

Note: For the status of this feature for Government Clouds, please visit https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/926545/suggestions/40000762.

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  • Nathan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    9 is a start yes, but we need the ability to see everyone in a meeting/class. Our school, that's 30, others 25, other 60... it just needs to be everyone.
    But, just as importantly, the Owner of the meeting needs the ability to control what all users see. If i want to just show 1 person to everyone, we need that ability. Right now, I can have a guest speaker and the students can pin another student on their screen and just watch them! The owner needs the ability to pick a template and apply that to everyone.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    omg... it's 2016 comments, and Microsoft only answer it on 2020...
    and only will increase from viewing 4 participants to 9 participants... while ZOOM or even WeChat video call able to do equal or more than 9 participants.
    Would appreciates for a quick response and update.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Definitely a step in the right direction, but I would agree with others in the thread, nine is still quite limited.

  • Kent commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Agree with others. Really? 9? I had a team virtual happy hour on Webex and had 19 on at once. Not sure what their limit is or if there is one. Sure it’s a start but it’s like saying you’re not broke because you have $1 in your pocket.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Finally progress but 9 is NOT enough - hustle!

    We need to view all users at once and have death to unsecure zoom meetings!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Being a teacher of the younger children, they miss their friends so being able to SEE all of their classmates at the same time brings such a smile to their face. I was using another provider, but now I was told I have to use Teams. Please make it available to see all of my students at one time.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Thank goodness!!! Was just about to switch to Zoom but will hang on for a couple more weeks.

  • Steve commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please update the linux version of Teams as well to include more videos.

  • Tina Leazer commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please update to at least 24 to allow classes to utilize your product in a more complete way, especially during this time where teachers need to rely on a forum like this, whether it be Teams, or Zoom, or another platform, in order for classes to connect with one another! Please proceed directly to the larger fix!!

  • David Jarboe commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Teachers have more than 9 students. Should jump straight to 36. After all, Grady has been waiting 3 and half years, I have never seen so many votes. Let's skip another Microsoft, too little, too late and go for it all!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I'm amused by the comments thanking MS for their magnanimous and gallant effort to get 9 (NINE!!) faces on a screen at once by the end of April. Stockholm Syndrome much amongst the rusted-on MS enterprise users. Even with 9 faces on screen, the user experience of Teams for videoconferencing will be decidedly sub-par, overly complicated and poor in comparison to its competitors - not least in terms of being able to see that 10th colleague...or all 30 students in a class. Poor show Microsoft.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hi Alex, If the teacher and the students are deaf they don't appear on the screen in a video as they are not making any sound, they are using AUSLAN sign. Question, how do we ensure that we can also see students and teachers that are AUSLAN signing and not speaking so they can interact.

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