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Check your equipment and setup
Make sure Meet is using the correct camera, microphone, and speakers. Check your audio and video settings and options.
Learn how
Have Meet call your phoneAvailable only if your phone number is in the U.S. or Canada
Dial in by phoneAn administrator needs to turn on this feature. See the supported countries. If you’re in a different domain than the meeting owner, and you were not invited to the Google Calendar event, someone in the meeting might need to approve you before you can join the conference meeting. Tip: An administrator needs to turn on dial-in by phone. Go to the supported countries and regions.
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Quickly schedule or start a meeting
Use Gmail, Meet, Calendar, or a browser window to quickly start or schedule a video meeting. Learn how
Start a video meeting from Meet
Tip: Google Workspace Essentials users can't schedule a meeting in Google Calendar. Start a video meeting from GmailImportant: To start a video meeting from Gmail, you must turn on Meet in Gmail.
Start a video meeting from CalendarWhen you create an event on Google Calendar, you can add a video meeting link.
Important: Guests can forward the meeting link to other people. If someone tries to join who was not invited to the Calendar event, a meeting participant from your organization must accept their request. For meetings organized by a personal Google Account, only the meeting creator can admit these participants.
Start a video meeting from another scheduling system
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Choose the best presenting option for your needs
Have the content you want to present open and ready for people to see. You can choose from 3 presenting options. Learn how
Meeting organizers with Google Workspace for Education can prevent participants from sharing their screen.
Tip: If you're not using Chrome Browser (which automatically hides any pop-up notifications), mute or turn off notifications so they don’t appear when you’re presenting. |
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Change your background
To help limit distractions or make video meetings more interesting, you can change your background with a preset image or replace it with your own image. Learn how
Change your background before a video meeting
Change your background during a video meeting
Note: Sensitive information might be visible when you change your background during a video meeting. Your camera turns on when you click to change the background. If you don’t see the change background option on your computer, see Change your background in Google Meet. |
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See as many participants as possible in a meeting
When you’re in a video meeting, Meet automatically switches the layout to display the most active content and participants. You can also choose a different screen layout. For example, if a lot of people are sharing ideas, you might want to use the tiled option so you can see as many participants as possible. When you or others are presenting, you can unpin shared content to see more people in the grid. Learn how
Change your layoutYou can change the number of participants you see on your screen. Your changes are automatically saved and appear in future meetings. The number of participant tiles may change depending on the size of your browser window.
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Let participants know the meeting will be recorded
As a best practice, before your video meeting starts, inform participants that you’ll record the meeting. You can add a note to the Calendar invite or announce it before you start recording. Learn how
Record a video meetingYou can use this feature only if your organization supports it. For help, contact your administrator.
When the recording file is ready, it’s saved to the meeting organizer’s My Drive in the Meet Recordings folder. An email with the recording link is also sent to the meeting organizer and the person who started the recording. |
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Use live captions to show conversation text
Make video meetings more accessible for users who are deaf and hard-of-hearing by using captions in Meet. When you turn on captions, they’re visible only on your device. If other participants in the meeting want to see captions, they have to turn them on for their devices as well. Learn how
You can use captions in:
Tip: If you record a call, captions will not appear on the recording. Turn captions on or off
Change the language
Important: The language you select becomes the default until you change it.
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Create a live-stream event
When you need to present to a large audience, use Calendar or Meet to create a live-stream event. Up to 250 participants can attend. Or, you can add up to 100,000 view-only guests. You can’t see or hear view-only guests in the meeting, and they can’t present, record, or control streaming. Learn how
Create a live stream event
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Join to present at a meeting
If you’re making a presentation, you can join a video meeting to only present. No audio or other video is sent or received to other people in the meeting. Learn how
Meeting organizers with Google Workspace for Education can prevent participants from sharing their screen. Join only to presentWhen you join a video meeting to present, only your computer's window or application is displayed in the meeting.
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Raise a hand to chime in
You can indicate if you have a question or want to speak without disrupting the flow of the meeting by using the raise hand feature in Meet. |
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Conduct a poll to capture people’s attention
Whether it’s identifying topics that need more discussion or testing comprehension, polls in Meet are a great way to break the ice in a video meeting. If you’re the meeting moderator, join the meeting a few minutes early and set up poll questions to gather reactions and engage the group throughout the meeting. Learn how
Create a poll as a moderator
Polls you save appear under Polls for the duration of the video meeting. After the meeting ends, all polls are permanently deleted. Meeting moderators are emailed a polling report after the meeting. |
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Use a whiteboard
With Meet, you can create or collaborate with Jamboard during a video meeting. Jamboard is a virtual whiteboard where you can brainstorm ideas with others. Learn how
Start or open a jam during a video meetingImportant: To start or open a jam, you must join the video meeting from a computer.
The jam opens in a new tab. Everyone in the meeting gets a link to the jam in the Meet chat. Jams are saved in My Drive. |
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Organize breakout rooms for smaller discussions
If you’re a meeting moderator, you can use breakout rooms to divide participants into smaller groups during video meetings in Meet. Participants can then easily rejoin the original meeting after their smaller group discussion. Learn how
Create breakout rooms during a meetingOnly moderators can create breakout rooms. If needed, you can transfer the meeting to another moderator.
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Use Q&A to submit questions
During a video meeting, you can use Q&A in Meet so participants can submit and upvote questions without disrupting the flow of the meeting or an important presentation. If you’re the meeting moderator, you’ll get a detailed report of all the questions and responses. Learn how
Ask a question
Find, upvote, or delete a question
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Reverse your camera during a video meeting
With the Meet app, you can reverse the camera on your mobile device during a video meeting. For example, you might want to show a whiteboard or notes in the room you're in. Learn how
Reverse your camera in the Meet appOn Android:
On iOS:
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