Google Chrome can share but Chromium cannot share screen

[Pankaj Jangid]

For a few work related meetings, I have to use Google Meet. But the
screensharing doesn't work in the Chromium installed from stable APT
repository. Clicking on the share-screen icon and then selecting any of
the three options - Tab, Windows, Entire Screen - shows this error
message,

"Your browser can't share your screen"

But if I install and use Google Chrome, then the screen sharing works in
Google Meet.

[Corentin Bardet]

Hi,

That doesn't surprise me much.

Google removed the majority of its APIs from Chromium :
[here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)#Differences_from_Google_Chrome)
and
[here](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/01/chromium-sync-google-api-removed)

Maybe screen sharing was a Google thing. Especially screen sharing to
Google Meet.

I think you have no other option than using Google Chrome for your
meetings.

Cheers,

Corentin Bardet
core...@noxnet.eu

[David]

If that's truly the case, they don't appear to be living up to licencing agreement.

Cheers!

[Steve Litt]

O r u s e J i t s i !

SteveT

[Pankaj Jangid]

Corentin Bardet <core...@noxnet.eu> writes:

> I think you have no other option than using Google Chrome for your
> meetings.

Screen sharing works in Firefox ESR on Wayland. So I still have
options. Just that few features - like blur background etc. doesn't
work in FF.