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Google Meet tab sharing requires manual confirmation

🧭 workproduct problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 2/5

A Google Meet user reports that the 'Share this tab instead' button in the browser's native UI requires manual clicking every time they switch tabs during a presentation, which they frequently forget to do.

Who's affected: A Google Meet user who frequently shares specific browser tabs during meetings

⚠️ Single report. This is one person's account. We mark it so until more voices confirm it.

What people do today

🔧 Fix this

Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A browser extension that uses Chrome's tab capture API to programmatically switch the shared stream when the active tab changes
  2. A desktop automation script using tools like AutoHotkey or Selenium to detect the banner UI and trigger a click
  3. A browser-level setting or flag that allows users to enable 'follow active tab' mode for screen sharing sessions
I want to build this

Real voices

“when I switch to a different tab, I often forget to click the Share this tab instead button”

Source: Hacker News

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