Limelight
Highlight your cursor in Google Meet on a Mac
Unlike Zoom, Google Meet has no built-in cursor highlight or annotation. When you share your screen to teach, students just see the tiny default pointer. Limelight adds a glowing spotlight that follows your cursor over Meet.
Google Meet gives you no spotlight, pointer, or drawing tool of its own — and there is no official extension that adds one. On a compressed video stream, the 12-pixel macOS cursor is nearly impossible for students to track while you present.
Limelight fills the gap at the system level. Press ⌃⌥1 and a soft glowing spotlight follows your cursor everywhere, on top of Meet or any app you share. Because it is a screen overlay, Meet captures it on the shared screen automatically — no Chrome extension, nothing to enable inside Meet.
Add ⌃⌥2 to show the keys you press and ⌃⌥3 to draw on screen, and a Google Meet class becomes far easier to follow — live or recorded.
Why Limelight
- ▸A glowing spotlight follows your cursor over Google Meet
- ▸No Chrome extension and nothing to set up inside Meet
- ▸Also shows your keystrokes (⌃⌥2) and lets you draw (⌃⌥3)
- ▸One-time purchase, free to start, native and notarized
Cursor spotlight free · from $2.99/mo or $34 lifetime · macOS 14+
Or get Pro — from $2.99/mo · See how it works →
free to start, then go Pro from $2.99/mo or a $34 one-time lifetime license. macOS 14+, notarized by Apple.
FAQ
- Does Google Meet have a cursor highlighter?
- No. Google Meet has no built-in cursor spotlight or annotation. Limelight adds a glowing spotlight that works over Meet at the system level.
- Do I need a Chrome extension?
- No. Limelight is a native macOS overlay — Meet simply captures it on your shared screen. Nothing to install in the browser.
- Is it free to try?
- Yes — free to start with no credit card, then a one-time purchase.