Start a video meeting

You can start a video meeting from Google Chat.

Important: If your organization 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 you don't join a meeting with an expired code and to better plan for the future meetings you create, check when meeting codes expire. Learn about Google Meet meeting codes.

Start a video meeting from Chat or Gmail

1. Open the Chat app  or Gmail app .
2. Tap Chat or Spaces .
3. Open a chat message.
4. In the reply area, tap Action menu Meet link Send .
5. To join a video meeting, tap Join video meeting Join now.

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

 

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. Open the Chat app or Gmail app .
2. At the bottom, tap Chat .
3. Open a 1:1 chat message.
4. At the top, click Start voice call or Start video call .
5. 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.