Google Meet Reactions extension in action

Reaction Latency: Why I fixed Google Meet's Emoji Bar

I use emoji reactions in Google Meet a lot, but I have a problem with its emoji picker: it is too slow for conversation. When someone drops a bombshell in a meeting, you have about 2 seconds to react. That is the “social window.” If you drop a 🤯 emoji 10 seconds later, it’s awkward. The native Google Meet picker is not built for speed or even convenience. You open it, scan 9 standard emojis, click “More”, and scroll… by the time you find 🚀, the topic has changed. I built Google Meet Reactions to fix this. I wanted the speed of “Type to react” (like Slack), but smarter - it should remember frequently used images and let me search by rough description. And so it does. Try it out: Install from Chrome Web Store: Google Meet Reactions Website: googlemeetreactions.com Project Page: Google Meet Reactions ...

Post · January 12, 2026 · 3 min · Artem Marchenko