Start a video meeting

You can start a video meeting from Google Chat.

Important: If your organisation allows external users to join rooms or group conversations, anyone in the room or group can join a video meeting without permission.

Tip: To make sure that you don't join a meeting with an expired code, and to plan better for the future meetings that you create, check when meeting codes will expire. Learn about Google Meet meeting codes.

Important: For call notifications to work as intended, please make sure that you have the latest version of the app installed.

Start a video meeting from Chat or Gmail

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chat app or Gmail app .
   • In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat .
2. In Chat, open a conversation.
3. In the reply area, tap Action menu Meet link Send .
4. To join a video meeting, tap Join video meeting Join now.

Tip: To learn more about Meet video meetings, go to the Meet Help Centre.

Call someone directly from Chat or Gmail

Important: To make direct Meet calls from the Google Chat app, you must have the latest version of the Gmail app.

You can start a voice or video meeting from Chat or Gmail. When the other person receives the call, they'll hear a ring.

1. In Chat, in the bottom navigation menu, tap Direct messages .
2. Open a direct message.
3. At the top, click Start voice call or Start video call .
4. To end the call, click End call .

Tip: If you call someone who uses the Chat app but doesn’t have the Gmail app:

• Their phone doesn’t ring.
• They receive a Chat notification that you started a voice or video call.