Google Meet will let you hide your identity when asking questions in a meeting or participating in a poll. You can put your question and answer polls anonymously. However, these features are handled by the meeting host and co-host. That's why you might not be able to remain anonymous at every Google Meet conference.
Anonymous questions, according to the company, will be available by default in all meetings. Meeting hosts and co-hosts, on the other hand, can turn off the feature by going to Meeting Activities > Allow Questions in Q&A > Allow Anonymous questions. So, before you post that question you won't ask publicly, double-check the settings.
By contrast, anonymous polls are disabled by default. If meeting hosts and co-hosts want participants to respond anonymously, they must manually enable it when sharing a poll. It's just a simple toggle on the screen, as shown below. It will make the respondents names and responses anonymous.
If you are the host or co-host, please keep in mind that the settings do not carry over from meeting to meeting. So, regardless of whether anonymous questions and polls were enabled or disabled for the previous meeting, the settings will be reset for the next meeting. You will have to configure them manually for each meeting.
According to Google, allowing meeting attendees to ask questions or respond to polls anonymously can "encourage greater participation." Maybe it was a "top request" from Google Meet users. These features also aid in the protection of privacy during public meetings.
While anonymous questions and poll responses will conceal your identity from other meeting participants, the hosts, and your Google Workspace Admin, Google will keep your questions and responses. The data will be anonymized or deleted at a later date by the company.
Google Meet Lets You Ask Questions And Respond To Polls Anonymously
The new Google Meet features are now becoming available to users on both rapid release and scheduled release domains. The rollout began this Tuesday, July 19, and it may take up to 15 days for features to appear for all eligible users. There is no admin control for these features.
According to Google, most Workspace customers, including Workspace Essentials, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Education Plus, Nonprofits, and legacy G Suite Business customers, will be able to submit anonymous questions and poll responses. Google Workspace Individual users can also take anonymous polls. Customers with Workspace Business Starter, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Frontline, and legacy G Suite Basic will not have access to either.
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