Rule examples: contains, starts with, and regex
How Pick Background matches meeting titles, with examples of each rule type and what happens when more than one rule matches.
Every rule has a type, a pattern, and a background. When you open a Google Meet meeting, Pick Background checks the meeting title against your rules and applies the background of the rule that matches.
- Matching ignores upper and lower case, so
acmeandACMEare the same. - Rules also check the meeting code (like
abc-defg-hij), which is how meetings without a title get matched.
Contains
The most common choice. The rule matches if the pattern appears anywhere in the title.
AcmeStarts with
Matches only if the title begins with the pattern. Useful when a word shows up in many titles but you only care about one kind of meeting.
InterviewRegex
A regular expression, for when one rule needs to cover several different titles. If you haven't used regex before, the patterns below cover most needs. Use | to mean "or" and ^ to mean "starts with".
standup|daily|scrum^(acme|globex)1:1|one on oneA pattern that isn't valid regex never matches anything. If a regex rule never seems to work, try it as a contains rule first to rule out a typo.
When more than one rule matches
The rule you created first wins. If you want a newer, more specific rule to take priority, delete the older, broader one and create it again so it comes after.
When nothing matches
Pick Background applies your default background if you've set one. If you haven't, it leaves Google Meet's background as it is.