Google gave hosts the ability to mute everyone at one go on the Google Meet using laptop and desktop devices. With this, hosts would be able to ensure that rowdy and noisy participants do not disrupt the meeting continually, something which was not earlier possible since such participants could unmute themselves.
The feature is called Audio and Video Lock, and it would keep the audio or video of a participant off until the host decided to unlock them. This feature is available for main as well as for breakout rooms