Help and FAQ

Chrome 116 or later on a computer, Google Meet open in the browser and a Google account. It doesn't work on phones, or on Zoom or Teams.

From psst.team, with "Add to Chrome", which opens the Chrome Web Store. Then sign in with your Google account from the welcome page or from the (psst)Psst icon.

In the dashboard, under "Your team", add each teammate's email. They get an invitation; once they accept and have the extension, you see each other in any Meet. Whoever creates the team is its admin, and only admins can invite.

Yes: each of them installs the extension, signs in with their Google account and accepts the invitation. "Your team" shows who is still missing the extension.

No, each person belongs to one team. Accepting an invitation to another team takes you out of yours; if you are its only admin and there are other people in it, name another admin first.

In the call, a grey (psst)Psst shows up next to the name of each teammate. Click their tile (or press Alt+P), pick one person or several, type up to 140 characters and press Enter. Shift+Enter adds a line and Esc closes without sending.

Your message over your camera, on their screen, for 7 seconds (it pauses while their mouse is over it). They answer with 👍, 👎 or "Reply", and you see their answer over their camera. No sound and no history: nothing is left afterwards.

A (psst)Psst only shows if your teammate has the Meet tab in view. If not, it is dropped and you are told: it is not kept for later.

If either of you presents a screen, window or tab from Meet, (psst)Psst hides before the stream starts, and nobody can write to whoever is presenting: their (psst)Psst turns off and says "presenting".

(psst)Psst can't detect it. Press Alt+Shift+P (safe mode): it hides everything at once and your teammates see you as "Presenting". The same shortcut turns it off; you can change it at chrome://extensions/shortcuts.

No. A (psst)Psst is drawn only on the recipient's screen: it is not part of your video, nor of Meet's recordings or transcripts.

No. They are end-to-end encrypted between browsers; the server only relays them and never stores them, not even encrypted.

It only runs on meet.google.com. It doesn't read the meeting's chat, audio, video or transcripts: only the names and position of the tiles, to know where to show a (psst)Psst, and whether you are presenting.

(psst)Psst icon → "Options", then untick "Send usage metrics". They never include message text, names or emails.

Dashboard → "My account" → "Delete my account". Access ends right away and your data is fully erased within 30 days.

Check, in this order:

1. You both installed (psst)Psst and signed in.
2. You are on the same team (the dashboard shows it).
3. You are in the same call, in Chrome on a computer.
4. Their camera tile is visible.
5. Reload the Meet tab.

(psst)Psst stays off in that call. Click "Copy diagnostic" and send it to help@psst.team so we can add that address.

At chrome://extensions → (psst)Psst → "Remove". A page opens that takes that browser off your team and asks why, if you'd like to tell us.

It's free during the beta. After that, USD 4.99 a month per team (or USD 49 a year), with unlimited people. We'll let you know before charging anything.

Yes, on Google Workspace: an admin installs it for the whole domain from the admin console, by the extension ID. It's optional: anyone can also install it on their own.

To coordinate with your co-interviewer, yes. To get help where you are expected to act alone (an exam, an interview where you are the candidate), no: the terms forbid it.