Have a video meeting on your smart display

With Google Nest Hub Max and Assistant-enabled smart displays, you can start or join video meetings with friends, family and colleagues. This feature is available in English (US, UK, Australia and Canada), French (Canada and France) and Japanese (Japan). Displays without cameras can receive video, but can't send video.

Tip: Google no longer provides software updates for these third-party smart displays: Lenovo Smart Display (7", 8" and 10"), JBL Link View and LG Xboom AI ThinQ WK9 Smart Display. This could affect the quality of video calls and meetings.

Video meeting providers

Video meetings are available through the following providers:

Note: For now, video meetings are not available on Nest Hub, Nest Hub (2nd gen), Lenovo Smart Display 7 or Smart Clock displays. Zoom meetings are only available on Nest Hub Max.

Before you start

You need a Google Account to create or join a meeting.
Download the latest version of the Google Home app and the Google Assistant app.
Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) accounts are currently only supported in beta. Google Workspace administrators can sign up at https://g.co/gSuiteAssistantBeta.

Host a meeting

You can create a meeting directly from your display or schedule a meeting in advance with Google Calendar.

To start video meetings with your Smart Display, you need to first link your video meeting provider account to your Google Account. Note: Google Meet is automatically linked to your display with your Google Account.

Start a meeting on your display

Create a new meeting

Say 'Hey Google, start a meeting', or tap the Meet or Zoom card on your display.

Invite people to a new meeting

There are two ways to share meeting info with others:
- Share the meeting code: Your display generates a new meeting code. You can write down this code and share it with people directly.
- Invite through the Google Assistant app: From the Google Assistant app , tap the notification.
Each person that you invite can request to join the meeting.
When someone requests to join the meeting, you can admit or block them on your display:
- To let them in, tap Admit.
- To block them, tap Deny entry or Remove.

Note: Meeting codes and meeting IDs expire when they are unused for a period of time. Check with your meeting provider for how long their meeting codes or meeting IDs last to avoid using expired codes. Find out more about Google Meet meeting codes.

Schedule a meeting with Google Calendar

When you schedule a meeting in advance, your guests get an email with the event info and a link to join the video meeting. Learn more about how to create events in Calendar.

Note: Guests can forward the meeting link to other people. If someone who wasn't invited tries to join your event, or an invited guest tries to join the meeting with a different email address, they can only enter if you accept their request to join.

Join a meeting

You can join a meeting when you type in a meeting code or through the calendar events on your display.

Join with a meeting code

Say 'Hey Google, join a meeting' or tap the Meet or Zoom card on your display.
If prompted, enter the meeting code.
Type in the meeting code or meeting ID and password given by the organiser.
Tap Join now or Join.

The meeting code is the string of letters and/or numbers at the end of the meeting link. You don't have to include dashes.

Join a scheduled meeting

Meetings on your Google Calendar are listed on your display.

On your display, swipe left to find events on your calendar.
Tap the calendar event that you want to join.
Tap Join with Google Meet or Join with Zoom.

During the meeting

When you use a Google Assistant voice command in a meeting while your mic is on, your mic will mute after you say 'Hey Google'. It will stay muted until you complete your request. If your video is on, your camera feed will continue to stream while your mic is muted.

Available features

Meeting controls vary, depending on the meeting provider and device that you use. If the following instructions don’t match the controls on your display, look for something similar or check with your meeting provider for additional details.

Mute or unmute your audio

Tap Turn off microphone

or Mute.

Tap Turn on microphone

or Unmute.

You can also say, 'Hey Google, mute me'.

Turn your camera on or off

Tap Turn off camera

or Stop video.

Tap Turn on camera

or Start video.

You can also say, 'Hey Google, start camera' or 'Hey Google, turn off camera'.

Features only available with Google Meet

Pin or unpin participants

With Google Meet, you can pin someone’s feed to keep them visible on your screen throughout the meeting. This switches your meeting layout from grid view to sidebar view. When you unpin, it switches your view back to grid view.

To pin a participant, double-tap their video feed. To unpin, double-tap their video feed again.

You can also pin or unpin participants when you tap a participant’s feed More options Pin or Unpin.

Remove participants

To remove someone from a call with Google Meet:

Tap More options About this call.
Next to the participant that you want to remove, tap Remove .

Note: Only the meeting organiser can remove participants from a call.

Check who's in your meeting and meeting info

With Google Meet, you can find a list of all callers and meeting info, such as the meeting link and dial-in numbers.

Tap Participants or More options About this call.

Check in-call messages

To check messages from others during a meeting with Google Meet:

Tap Chat or More options

In-call messages.

Note: Displays can receive messages, but can’t send messages.

Turn captions on or off

You can use automatic captions during a meeting with Google Meet.

Tap More options turn on/off captions .

Note: Captions are currently only supported for spoken English.

Change or blur your background

To change your background with Google Meet:

Swipe up from the bottom of your screen.
Tap Change background .
Select the background of your choice.

Leave a meeting

To leave a meeting, say 'Hey Google, hang up' or tap End call . If you leave your meeting with Google Meet and want to return to the call, tap Rejoin.

Link your video meeting provider

When you link your meeting provider account, you can use it with your display to create and join meetings.

Note: Google Meet is automatically linked.

On your mobile device, open the Google Home app .
Tap your account.
Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your Nest speaker or display. To switch accounts, tap another account or Add another account.
Tap to close the account window app.
Tap Settings Communication Video and voice apps.
Select an available meeting provider.
Follow the in-app steps for your provider to link your account.

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