Sign into the same meeting on two devices

[alanterra]

I want to join meetings using my computer screen for video and my iPhone for audio. This allows me to walk away from the computer during the meeting and keep listening/talking, because my phone is in my pocket.

I can do this, though not very well, for meetings that I don't host: I join the meeting by iPhone with audio and no video, and I join the meeting by computer with video and no audio. Other than the confusion of being on the meeting twice, I can do this.

However, when I host a meeting, this is not an option. I can switch the meeting between devices, but as long as I am logged into my account on both devices, I can't join the same meeting at the same time.

The only solution I see is to create a free account, and log one device into that account, and host the meeting from the other account. This would be, clearly, a PITA.

Is there a better solution?

[WayneT · Accepted solution]

Have you tried joining audio by using the Phone Call or Call Me option instead of using Computer Audio?

This will let you join the meeting through your computer and use your iPhone as the speaker and mic

[alanterra]

That's a good idea, Wayne. I'll try it. It's not as good of a solution as Zoom making "the same person on a call using two different devices" a real thing, but until they do that (if ever) it is a good work-around. Thanks.