[jwells89]

If this is using Chrome it’s likely because Meet uses non-hardware accelerated codecs there. Under Safari it’ll use accelerated h.264 and be much easier on battery.

[herodoturtle]

This comment caught my eye - because I'm using Chrome too.

Is there a way to enable hardware accelerated codecs in Chrome + Meet?

(I have no idea what that means, I'm just quoting you)

I checked my Chrome settings and "Use hardware acceleration when available" is enabled for what that's worth.

[jwells89]

Not sure. There’s extensions that force YouTube to serve h.264 so it seems like something similar should be possible with Meet.