Haven't messed with Zoom too much, but I find that in Webex and Hangouts, the default is to focus the main "camera" on whoever has been talking for the past few seconds. It doesn't engage immediately so there are no rapid cuts between feeds just because someone cleared their throat or clicked a mouse while someone was speaking.
Of course it isn't perfect. It depends on people taking turns to speak (as they should, but can't always do if latency causes two people to start talking at once). Still beats the "Brady Bunch" window I only see when I do social meetings with a handful of friends on Friday evenings.
With those it's less of an issue since we're often on the couch in front of the TV with a webcam mounted on top or in the kitchen making dinner with the laptop open on the table anyway.
Of course it isn't perfect. It depends on people taking turns to speak (as they should, but can't always do if latency causes two people to start talking at once). Still beats the "Brady Bunch" window I only see when I do social meetings with a handful of friends on Friday evenings.
With those it's less of an issue since we're often on the couch in front of the TV with a webcam mounted on top or in the kitchen making dinner with the laptop open on the table anyway.