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Why aren't video feeds at the top of the screen?
About 90% of webcams are located at the top of monitors, whether the user is using a laptop or desktop monitors. Why was it decided to put user video feeds at the bottom of Teams video calls? Durin...
Hi AdamWright
Its by design - but there is a uservoice open for exactly this here
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/35475265-video-feeds-from-meeting-participants-should-be-at
Would vote to push up the agenda. I agree with this so voted myself. I would also recommend raising this in any future AMA's here in Tech Community too. We should at least have the option where to locate the video feedsHope this answers your question!
Best, Chris
Hi AdamWright
Its by design - but there is a uservoice open for exactly this here
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/35475265-video-feeds-from-meeting-participants-should-be-at
Would vote to push up the agenda. I agree with this so voted myself. I would also recommend raising this in any future AMA's here in Tech Community too. We should at least have the option where to locate the video feeds
Hope this answers your question!
Best, Chris
Thanks for that info, I voted for it. Can you confirm why this is by design?
- I don’t know the explicit reasons why. It’s been like that a a long as I can remember. The meetings bar changed about a year ago for a more instinctual feel.
Maybe it’s because the meeting view has been designed for room meetings where screens are wall mounted and at sitting height? I don’t know. I believe quite strongly that the visual meeting experience should be a lot more customisable than it is. For example instead of the four quadrants I would like to see a linear view of the speakers in the to half of the screen - for the same reason as your ask. Some people I know get around this by placing their laptops higher up. Others I know have a separate camera on the left next to the laptop as that’s where many people instinctively look.
I’ve voted for that UserVoice too as I would like to see this change.
I will feed it back during MVP summit if I have the opportunity
Best, ChrisChrisHoardMVP Zoom, is what you're describing. you're saying you want Zoom.
