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title: 'Embedded Apps: Google Docs, Figma, Miro, YouTube Inside Meetings | Cosmos Video'
description: 'Embedded Apps in Cosmos Video let teams co-edit Google Docs, Figma, Miro, watch YouTube in sync, and play 15 built-in multiplayer games without screen sharing.'
url: '/product/features/embedded-apps.md'
lastModified: '2026-04-21'
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target_audience: 'remote product teams, design teams, facilitators, educators, community organizers, engineering managers'
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# Embedded Apps in Cosmos Video

Embedded Apps turn a Cosmos Video room into an interactive workspace by running web tools like Google Docs, Figma, Miro, and YouTube directly inside the room rather than over screen share. Every participant interacts with the embedded app at the same time instead of watching one person's cursor. The feature also includes 15 built-in multiplayer games for team-building moments.

## What Makes Embedded Apps Different from Screen Sharing?

Screen sharing is one person broadcasting their display while everyone else watches. Embedded Apps are shared live surfaces, so a team can co-edit a Google Doc, push shapes around a Miro board, review a Figma file, or watch a YouTube video with synced playback. Participation replaces passivity.

This removes the context-switching cost of jumping between a video tab, a doc tab, and a whiteboard tab, and it lets per-room configurations auto-launch the right apps when a recurring meeting starts. The live page notes 5-10 minutes saved per meeting on setup through pre-configuration.

## Which Apps Are Available and How Are Rooms Configured?

Any web-based tool that allows embedding can run inside a Cosmos Video room, with Google Docs, Figma, Miro, and YouTube called out specifically. Multiple apps can run simultaneously in the same room subject to device performance.

Rooms store their own app bookmarks, so a design-review room can auto-launch Figma and a doc, a classroom can auto-launch a slide deck, and a social room can auto-launch a co-watch YouTube playlist. This per-room configuration means the team does not rebuild setup every session.

## Embedded Apps vs Screen Share

| Capability | Cosmos Video Embedded Apps | Zoom / Meet Screen Share | Separate Browser Tabs |
|------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
| Every participant interacts live | Yes | No, presenter only | Yes, but no sync |
| Synced YouTube co-watching | Yes | No | No |
| Persistent per-room app bookmarks | Yes | No | No |
| Built-in multiplayer games | 15 included | No | No |
| Time saved per meeting on setup | 5-10 minutes | None | None |
| No context switching between tabs | Yes | No | No |

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Which apps can I embed in a Cosmos Video room?

The page highlights Google Docs, Figma, Miro, and YouTube as first-party supported apps, and web-based tools that allow embedding can be added too. Cosmos Video also includes 15 built-in multiplayer games for social and team-building moments.

### Do all participants interact with the embedded app, or just the host?

All participants interact live. Unlike screen sharing, which restricts control to the presenter, embedded apps are a shared surface where everyone can click, type, draw, or scrub playback simultaneously, matching how a real shared whiteboard or document works.

### Can I set up a room to auto-launch specific apps?

Yes. Per-room configuration stores app bookmarks so a recurring meeting opens its tools automatically when participants arrive. The live page notes this saves 5-10 minutes of setup per meeting compared to rebuilding the environment each time.

### How does YouTube co-watching work?

Playback is synced across all participants in the room, so pausing, scrubbing, or skipping updates for everyone at the same time. This is useful for learning sessions, film-club style social rooms, and onboarding reviews that include prerecorded video.

### How many embedded apps can run at once?

Unlimited apps can run simultaneously in a single room, subject to device performance. Teams commonly pair a document with a whiteboard, or a slide deck with a chat-adjacent tool, without hitting a built-in app-count limit.