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To schedule a meeting in Google Calendar, go to Get started with Calendar.
You can start a new video meeting on the fly from Google Meet or Gmail.
Before you begin
- Make sure you're signed in to a Google Account or Google Workspace account.
- Review the requirements for Google Meet.
Start a new video meeting
Schedule a video meeting from the Google Calendar app
- Open the Google Calendar app
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- Tap
Event.
- Add guests from inside or outside your organization. Tap Done.
- Tap Save.
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Event.Get the Meet app
- Go to the App Store.
- Download and install the Google Meet app
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- On your device, tap the Google Meet app
.Calls are synchronized across all devices so you can start a video call on one device and continue on another.
Start a meeting in the Meet app
- Open the Meet app
- Tap New meeting. Choose one:
Get a meeting link to share: This will generate a meeting link which you can share to meet now or later. Tap Share invite to invite others and copy the code into the "Join with a code" field to join the meeting.
Tip: Google Workspace users will see Get joining info to share. This works exactly like the "Get a meeting link to share".Start an instant meeting: Creates a meeting that you join now.
Schedule in Google calendar: To schedule a meeting, you will be directed to the Google Calendar app.
Get a meeting link to share: This will generate a meeting link which you can share to meet now or later. Tap Share invite to invite others and copy the code into the "Join with a code" field to join the meeting.
Start an instant meeting: Creates a meeting that you join now.
Schedule in Google calendar: To schedule a meeting, you will be directed to the Google Calendar app.Start a video meeting from Gmail
Start a video meeting from Google Hangouts
You can start a Google Meet video call from within Google Hangouts. Learn how to Start a video call.
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