When you use stack or side by side view, the active speaker or shared content appears in a customizable area, called the stage. As the host or cohost, you can sync your stage with everyone else in the meeting, webinar, or event. When you sync your stage, what's in your stage appears for everyone else in the meeting and an indicator appears, letting you know that you're syncing. To learn more about the stage, see Video layouts in Webex Meetings, Webex Webinars, and Webex Events (classic).

Attendees can add or remove more people from their stage while you're syncing, but they can't remove any content or participants that you're syncing. To prevent attendees from changing their view or customizing their stage so they only see what's on your stage, lock the attendee view. Locking the attendee view also hides the video thumbnails of participants. If you add or remove people to the stage, update it so everyone in the meeting sees your changes. If you're using the Meetings desktop or web app, participants can also see when you resize the stage when you update it.

Your synced stage doesn't appear for participants who join using a video device, or from a live stream. If you sync your stage with everyone, the first person that you add to the stage appears in meeting, webinar, or event recordings instead of the active speaker. If you want to record the active speaker instead of the first person on the stage, contact support. For more information about the known issues and limitations of syncing your stage, see the known issues and limitations for video layouts.