What is 'Active Speaker' and How Does It Work?

Modified on Fri, 20 Nov, 2020 at 1:27 PM

Active speaker allows you to see exactly who is talking within the online meeting room.


  • The tile of the person talking will highlight yellow
  • In speaker view, their video/shared screen will be displayed large in the main window
  • Their icon will move to the top of the participant list on the right of the meeting room
  • Use the 'pin' feature to deactivate active speaker if you want to choose one person's video/shared screen to be always displayed, regardless of who is talking

  • Moderators can override active speaker using the Spotlight feature




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