[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-en-\u002Fhow-to-share-your-screen-in-a-video-meeting":3},{"page":4,"surround":539},{"id":5,"title":6,"authors":7,"badge":10,"body":11,"date":522,"demo-cta":523,"description":524,"extension":525,"genre":526,"heroOrder":527,"icp":528,"image":531,"meta":532,"navigation":533,"no-translate":523,"path":534,"rank-country":527,"rank-keywords":527,"rank-tag":527,"seo":535,"stem":536,"updated":527,"video":537,"__hash__":538},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-share-your-screen-in-a-video-meeting.md","How to share your screen in a video meeting: screen, window or tab, from a phone, with a laser pointer (2026)",[8],{"name":9},"The Mind.com Team","Guide",{"type":12,"value":13,"toc":508},"minimark",[14,18,31,34,39,86,93,96,100,111,121,170,176,180,183,186,189,193,202,206,209,212,216,224,230,280,287,291,294,397,400,404,410,416,422,428,434,440,444,490],[15,16,6],"h1",{"id":17},"how-to-share-your-screen-in-a-video-meeting-screen-window-or-tab-from-a-phone-with-a-laser-pointer-2026",[19,20,21,22,26,27,30],"p",{},"If you searched \"how to share your screen\" the short answer is: click ",[23,24,25],"strong",{},"Share screen"," in the control bar, pick what to show — the entire screen, one window, or a single browser tab — and click ",[23,28,29],{},"Share",". That is the whole procedure in InterMIND, in the browser, with nothing to install. Everything else in this guide is what happens next: what the room sees, how you point at things, how it works from a phone, what stays after the call, and where the same job stops in Google Meet and Microsoft Teams — quoted from their own documentation, checked September 2026.",[19,32,33],{},"The room can be in any mix of languages. That is a property of every InterMIND meeting, not a setting of screen sharing: whatever you say over your slides, each participant hears in their own language, and it is in the recap afterwards in theirs.",[35,36,38],"h2",{"id":37},"share-your-screen-in-three-steps","Share your screen in three steps",[40,41,42,53,80],"ol",{},[43,44,45,48,49,52],"li",{},[23,46,47],{},"Click Share screen"," in the meeting control bar. On a narrow window the button moves into the ",[23,50,51],{},"More"," menu.",[43,54,55,58,59],{},[23,56,57],{},"Pick what to show."," The browser opens its own picker with three choices:\n",[60,61,62,68,74],"ul",{},[43,63,64,67],{},[23,65,66],{},"Entire screen"," — everything visible on your display.",[43,69,70,73],{},[23,71,72],{},"Application window"," — one application, nothing else.",[43,75,76,79],{},[23,77,78],{},"Browser tab"," — one tab. A tab brings its audio along, which is what you want when you play a video or a recording.",[43,81,82,85],{},[23,83,84],{},"Click Share."," You are presenting.",[19,87,88,89,92],{},"To stop, click ",[23,90,91],{},"Stop screen sharing"," — one click, your camera is back where it was.",[19,94,95],{},"There is no extension and no plugin: sharing runs in the browser, on Chrome, Edge and Firefox. The desktop app adds a native picker and, on macOS, system audio for whole-screen shares.",[35,97,99],{"id":98},"what-everyone-sees","What everyone sees",[19,101,102,103,106,107,110],{},"Participants see your shared screen as the main display; your camera moves to a smaller tile. Viewers keep their own zoom — ",[23,104,105],{},"Zoom to fit"," or ",[23,108,109],{},"Original size"," — because the content is never re-encoded on the way to them: it stays as sharp as what you captured.",[19,112,113,114,116,117,120],{},"While you share, the arrow next to ",[23,115,29],{}," opens ",[23,118,119],{},"Presenter mode"," — how your camera sits with your content on everyone else's screen. You pick it once, and every participant sees the layout you chose, including the person who joins in the middle of your talk.",[122,123,124,136],"table",{},[125,126,127],"thead",{},[128,129,130,134],"tr",{},[131,132,133],"th",{},"Mode",[131,135,99],{},[137,138,139,150,160],"tbody",{},[128,140,141,147],{},[142,143,144],"td",{},[23,145,146],{},"Content only",[142,148,149],{},"Your content fills the stage; your camera stays in the filmstrip with everyone else. This is the default.",[128,151,152,157],{},[142,153,154],{},[23,155,156],{},"Standout",[142,158,159],{},"Your camera floats over the content in the bottom-left corner.",[128,161,162,167],{},[142,163,164],{},[23,165,166],{},"Side by side",[142,168,169],{},"The stage splits: content on the left, your camera on the right. On a narrow phone screen the camera moves under the content instead.",[19,171,172,173,175],{},"The mode needs your camera on; with the camera off, everyone stays on ",[23,174,146],{}," until you turn it back on. Your camera is shown as it is — InterMIND does not cut you out of your background.",[35,177,179],{"id":178},"point-at-what-you-mean-the-laser-pointer","Point at what you mean: the laser pointer",[19,181,182],{},"\"Third row, on the left\" is how people point at a shared screen when the tool gives them nothing better. In InterMIND you hold the pointer over the shared view and draw. A comet trail follows your cursor; when you release, the whole stroke fades over a duration derived from how long you pressed — a deliberate circle lingers, a quick flick vanishes.",[19,184,185],{},"The trail is streamed to the room and drawn relative to the shared video, not to your monitor. So the same point is marked on a phone, a laptop and an ultrawide — it lands on the right pixel for each viewer, whatever their screen size. Each person draws in their own colour.",[19,187,188],{},"Drawing the pointer is a web and desktop feature today; on a phone you see everyone else's trails live, and you can share your own screen from the phone (next section).",[35,190,192],{"id":191},"from-a-phone","From a phone",[19,194,195,196,201],{},"The iOS and Android apps share your phone screen the way the browser shares a laptop screen: start sharing in the app, and the room sees it as the main display. On the receiving side a shared screen on a phone can be pinched to zoom and viewed in landscape. The step-by-step, with the apps' own share sheets, is in the ",[197,198,200],"a",{"href":199},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fapps","apps documentation",".",[35,203,205],{"id":204},"several-presenters-and-who-is-allowed-to-share","Several presenters, and who is allowed to share",[19,207,208],{},"More than one participant can share at the same time; each share carries the presenter mode its presenter picked. Screen sharing is a per-participant permission the host controls — you can hand it to one presenter and take it back afterwards, or leave it open for the whole room.",[19,210,211],{},"Guests join by the meeting link without an account and see the shared screen like everyone else. What they do not get is the part that comes after the call — the recap and the history go to signed-in members.",[35,213,215],{"id":214},"what-was-said-over-the-slides-stays","What was said over the slides stays",[19,217,218,219,223],{},"A screen share is the part of the meeting that disappears the moment you stop it. What was ",[220,221,222],"em",{},"said"," over it does not. After every transcribed InterMIND meeting the signed-in participants get the recap — the AI summary and the full transcript — and each of them reads the summary in their own language.",[19,225,226,227,229],{},"If you need the pixels as well, there are two recordings, both in the ",[23,228,51],{}," menu:",[122,231,232,245],{},[125,233,234],{},[128,235,236,239,242],{},[131,237,238],{},"Recording",[131,240,241],{},"Who can start it",[131,243,244],{},"Where the file goes",[137,246,247,260],{},[128,248,249,254,257],{},[142,250,251],{},[23,252,253],{},"Server recording",[142,255,256],{},"Moderators (the host and promoted moderators)",[142,258,259],{},"The team's cloud storage, against the host's storage plan",[128,261,262,267,270],{},[142,263,264],{},[23,265,266],{},"Local recording",[142,268,269],{},"Anyone whose browser supports screen capture",[142,271,272,273,106,277],{},"Downloaded to that person's device as ",[274,275,276],"code",{},".webm",[274,278,279],{},".mp4",[19,281,282,283,201],{},"A local recording captures your microphone, the tab audio — other participants' voices and translations — and the screen content, and never touches team storage. The full rules, including storage limits per plan, are in the ",[197,284,286],{"href":285},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fmeetings\u002Fscreen-sharing","screen sharing and recording documentation",[35,288,290],{"id":289},"where-the-same-job-stops-in-google-meet-and-microsoft-teams","Where the same job stops in Google Meet and Microsoft Teams",[19,292,293],{},"Two documented maps, quoted, with the check date. Nothing here is an evaluation; a feature a vendor's page does not mention is recorded as exactly that.",[122,295,296,311],{},[125,297,298],{},[128,299,300,302,305,308],{},[131,301],{},[131,303,304],{},"Google Meet",[131,306,307],{},"Microsoft Teams",[131,309,310],{},"InterMIND",[137,312,313,327,341,355,369,383],{},[128,314,315,318,321,324],{},[142,316,317],{},"What can be shared",[142,319,320],{},"\"A tab, a specific window, or entire screen\"",[142,322,323],{},"\"Present your entire screen or a window\"; PowerPoint Live, Excel Live, Whiteboard",[142,325,326],{},"Entire screen, a window, or a browser tab",[128,328,329,332,335,338],{},[142,330,331],{},"Audio with the share",[142,333,334],{},"\"If you present a Chrome tab, it shares that tab's audio by default\"; for a window or screen, \"Also share system audio\"",[142,336,337],{},"\"Select Share audio to stream audio from your device … All sound from your computer, including notifications, will be audible\"",[142,339,340],{},"A tab brings its audio; system audio on macOS via the desktop app",[128,342,343,346,349,352],{},[142,344,345],{},"From the phone app",[142,347,348],{},"The documented steps on the presenting page are the computer ones",[142,350,351],{},"Mobile sharing documented: \"Share PowerPoint, Share photo, Share video, Share screen, Share Whiteboard\"",[142,353,354],{},"iOS and Android apps share the phone screen",[128,356,357,360,363,366],{},[142,358,359],{},"Pointing at the content",[142,361,362],{},"Laser pointer not mentioned; \"presenters and appointed co-annotators can use annotation tools\"",[142,364,365],{},"Laser pointer not mentioned; \"Select Annotate to lock what's on your screen while you and other people draw or add notes\"",[142,367,368],{},"Laser pointer that lands on the same spot on every device, fades on release",[128,370,371,374,377,380],{},[142,372,373],{},"Several presenters",[142,375,376],{},"\"A maximum of 10 simultaneous presentations in a meeting at a time\"",[142,378,379],{},"Slide control can be given to \"up to 20 people\"",[142,381,382],{},"Several participants can share at once",[128,384,385,388,391,394],{},[142,386,387],{},"Who controls sharing",[142,389,390],{},"May be disabled by admin settings or host controls",[142,392,393],{},"\"Only people with the ability to share their screen can be given slide control\"",[142,395,396],{},"Per-participant permission the host controls",[19,398,399],{},"The rows are drawn from the two support pages listed in the footer; a row that says \"not mentioned\" means the page did not mention it at check time, not that the product lacks it.",[35,401,403],{"id":402},"faq","FAQ",[19,405,406,409],{},[23,407,408],{},"How do I share my screen with audio?","\nShare a browser tab: a tab brings its audio along, so a video playing in that tab is heard by the room. For a whole-screen share, the desktop app on macOS adds system audio.",[19,411,412,415],{},[23,413,414],{},"Can I share my screen from my phone?","\nYes. The iOS and Android InterMIND apps share the phone screen, and the room sees it as the main display. Drawing the laser pointer is a web and desktop feature; on a phone you see other people's trails live.",[19,417,418,421],{},[23,419,420],{},"Can two people share their screen at the same time?","\nYes. Several participants can share at once, and each share carries the presenter mode its presenter chose. The host decides who may share — it is a per-participant permission.",[19,423,424,427],{},[23,425,426],{},"Does everyone see the laser pointer in the same place?","\nYes. Pointer positions are stored relative to the shared video frame rather than to your monitor, so the same point is marked on a phone, a laptop and an ultrawide. The stroke fades on its own when you release; a long press leaves a mark that lingers.",[19,429,430,433],{},[23,431,432],{},"Do participants need an account to see my screen?","\nNo. Guests join by the meeting link without an account and see the shared screen like everyone else. The recap and the meeting's history after the call go to signed-in members.",[19,435,436,439],{},[23,437,438],{},"Is the shared screen recorded?","\nOnly if someone records. A moderator can start a server recording into the team's storage; anyone whose browser supports screen capture can start a local recording that downloads to their own device. Without a recording, what stays is the recap: the summary and transcript of what was said, in each member's language.",[35,441,443],{"id":442},"try-it","Try it",[60,445,446,455,464,473,481],{},[43,447,448,454],{},[23,449,450],{},[197,451,453],{"href":452},"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-share-your-phone-screen-in-a-video-meeting","How to share your phone screen in a video meeting"," — from iPhone or Android, pinch to zoom on the receiving side.",[43,456,457,463],{},[23,458,459],{},[197,460,462],{"href":461},"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-present-to-everyone-and-let-viewers-scroll-your-shared-tab","How to present to everyone and let viewers scroll your shared tab"," — one stage for the room, a tab every viewer moves.",[43,465,466,472],{},[23,467,468],{},[197,469,471],{"href":470},"\u002Fdemo","Try the live demo"," — a real InterMIND meeting in the browser, no signup needed.",[43,474,475,480],{},[23,476,477],{},[197,478,479],{"href":285},"Read the screen sharing docs"," — the step-by-step, presenter modes and both recordings.",[43,482,483,489],{},[23,484,485],{},[197,486,488],{"href":487},"\u002Ffeatures\u002Flaser-pointer","Screen share and laser pointer"," — how the pointer lands on every display.",[19,491,492],{},[220,493,494,495,501,502,507],{},"Sources: ",[197,496,500],{"href":497,"rel":498},"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.google.com\u002Fmeet\u002Fanswer\u002F9308856",[499],"nofollow","Google Meet Help — Present during a video meeting",", ",[197,503,506],{"href":504,"rel":505},"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.microsoft.com\u002Fen-us\u002Fteams\u002Fmeetings\u002Fpresent-content-in-microsoft-teams-meetings",[499],"Microsoft Support — Present content in Microsoft Teams meetings",". Vendors change their apps and documentation over time; check their pages for the current state. All facts checked September 2026.",{"title":509,"searchDepth":510,"depth":511,"links":512},"",2,3,[513,514,515,516,517,518,519,520,521],{"id":37,"depth":510,"text":38},{"id":98,"depth":510,"text":99},{"id":178,"depth":510,"text":179},{"id":191,"depth":510,"text":192},{"id":204,"depth":510,"text":205},{"id":214,"depth":510,"text":215},{"id":289,"depth":510,"text":290},{"id":402,"depth":510,"text":403},{"id":442,"depth":510,"text":443},"2026-09-10",false,"Sharing your screen in InterMIND takes one click and one choice: the entire screen, a window, or a browser tab that brings its audio along. Everyone sees it as the main display, the laser pointer lands on the same spot on every device, and the iOS and Android apps share a phone screen the same way. Presenter modes, several presenters at once, who is allowed to share, what stays after the call — and, quoted from their documentation, where Google Meet's and Microsoft Teams' sharing stops.","md","editorial",null,{"role":529,"spend":530},"team-lead","incumbent-subscription","\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-share-your-screen-in-a-video-meeting.svg",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-share-your-screen-in-a-video-meeting",{"title":6,"description":524},"blog\u002Fhow-to-share-your-screen-in-a-video-meeting","usecase-screen-sharing","FdpYr54Ip7_J0p4CaTT3iLH82Elzyr0QFViBiX8Ze48",[540,544],{"title":541,"path":452,"stem":542,"description":543,"children":-1},"How to share your phone screen in a video meeting from iPhone or Android (2026)","blog\u002Fhow-to-share-your-phone-screen-in-a-video-meeting","In the InterMIND iOS and Android apps you share the phone's screen the way a laptop shares its display: start sharing in the app, grant the system's screen-capture permission, and the room sees your phone as the main display. On the receiving side a shared screen can be pinched to zoom and turned to landscape, and the laser pointer someone draws on a laptop lands on your phone in the same place. What a phone can and cannot do in a share, what stays after the call — and, quoted from their documentation, what Google Meet and Microsoft Teams state about sharing from the phone app.",{"title":545,"path":546,"stem":547,"description":548,"children":-1},"How to start a call from a team chat: one click, the chat stays with you, the recap comes back (2026)","\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-start-a-call-from-a-team-chat","blog\u002Fhow-to-start-a-call-from-a-team-chat","Every InterMIND channel has its own meeting room. Click Join at the top of the chat, set camera and mic on the pre-join screen, and you are in — teammates join the same way, no approval needed. The channel chat stays in the meeting sidebar, and when you hang up the recap posts back into the channel, so the thread continues where the call ended. How it works, who can join, what stays — and, quoted from their documentation, what a Slack huddle and a Teams chat call do with the same job."]