Google Duo, Google Meet and Jami on the Nokia box

by _marcoos

Setup: Nokia Streaming Box 8000 + Logitech C920 webcam + a Bluetooth mouse.

I wrote about it previously on this subreddit, but now I played with this a bit and have more data points, maybe it will be of interest to some of you.

  • Google Duo - (from Play Store) works, but people see me like in a mirror (flipped left-to-right)
  • Jami - (from Play Store) works, people see me normally (but nobody uses this except Linux geeks, right?)
  • Google Meet
    • native (sideloaded) - no camera and no sound, pretty much useless
    • website opened in sideloaded Firefox ( the real one for Android, not the deprecated Fire TV one) - like Duo, works, but people see me mirrored (flipped left-to-right)
    • website opened in sideloaded Microsoft Edge - works, people see me normally

Note that in Firefox and Edge you need to use the "Request desktop site" option after opening meet.google.com, initially you'll get the mobile page which only promotes the native phone app. Also, the browsers are unusable without a mouse.

Caveat: seems the video quality suffers a bit in Meet opened in browsers, but it may be bearable for some.

If anyone has any idea why Edge and Jami don't flip the image, but Duo and Firefox do and what can be done about this, let me know. :)

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In the case of Duo, those people probably have "mirror mode" turned on