On your computer or Android device, you can use Google Meet add-ons to enhance collaboration, productivity, and the overall experience of your meetings.
Tip: For Meet users who have a Workspace Admin, your admin may pre-install or restrict the usage of certain Add-ons for you. Learn how Admins can control your Add-ons experience.
All users will find pre-installed 1P apps from Google by default on their device.
Eligibility
You can’t use add-ons if:
- Your Workspace Admin has blocked the add-on.
- You use Meet through a Family Link account.
- Your meeting host has assigned you a View only role.
- You're not signed in with a Google Account.
- You're under the age of consent in your country or region.
About third-party add-ons
Important: The Google Workspace Marketplace includes third-party add-ons that are compatible with Meet but not made by Google.
Add-ons that require third-party authentication may not work as expected. If you use Meet add-ons in Google Chrome Browser and it isn't working:
- Change your cookie settings to temporarily allow third-party cookies.
- Reload and rejoin your meeting.
- Re-open the add-on.
For more help with a third-party add-on in the Google Workspace Marketplace:
- Go to the add-on page.
- Scroll to the 'Additional information' section.
- Under 'Support', click the link.
Limitations and known issues
Use full screenWhen you use an add-on, full-screen mode won't work when you:
- Double-click the screen to go full-screen.
- Click More controls Full-screen .
To use full-screen mode:
- In the top right-hand corner of your Chrome Browser, click Customise and control Google Chrome.
- From the drop-down menu, click Full screen .
At this time, you can't enable third-party apps for users aged under 18 on Google Meet.
All add-ons don't work across every platform.
- When you're on an unsupported platform, you'll get this pop-up notification: 'Can't join the activity'.
- If you have an add-on installed on mobile that doesn't currently work on a desktop device, it'll be greyed out in the activities panel and listed as an unavailable add-on.
Install a featured third-party add-on within Google Meet
Important: At the top of the 'Activities' panel, you can find featured add-ons. When you install an add-on from the featured add-ons panel, the add-on will move to the 'Installed add-ons' section.
- At the bottom right, click Activities .
- At the top of the 'Activities' panel, click the featured add-on that you want to install.
- On the add-on page that opens within Meet, click Install.
- You'll notice a pop-up that asks you to select the Google Account that you want to access the add-on in. Make sure that you select the same Google Account that you used to join the meeting.
- When prompted to 'Allow the app to access your Google Account', click Allow.
Install other third-party add-ons within Google Meet
- At the bottom right, click Activities .
- On the 'Activities' panel, at the bottom, click +.
- On the 'Google Workspace Marketplace' panel, click Search apps .
- Tip: At the top right of the 'Google Workspace Marketplace' panel, you'll find the search bar.
- Enter and search for your add-on.
- In the search results, click the add-on that you want to install.
- When the add-on page opens, click Install.
- You'll notice a pop-up that asks you to select the Google Account that you want to use the add-on in. Make sure that you select the same Google Account that you used to join the meeting.
- When prompted to 'Allow the app to access your Google Account', click Allow.
Start a collaboration with a third-party add-on
- While in a meeting, at the bottom right, click Activities .
- Click the add-on that you want to use.
- Based on the add-on that you select, follow the conditional steps:
- Depending on the third-party add-on that you select, you'll either be asked to sign in to the add-on app through your Google Account or you'll be able to proceed without signing in. If the add-on app requires you to sign in, then follow the on-screen prompts to sign in to the third-party app.
- Depending on the add-on, you'll notice a new screen within the add-ons panel which will require you to select or input a few options.
- Example: During this step, you can select a specific file to collaborate on with others.
- Depending on the add-on, you may be required to share file access with other meeting guests. To give access, follow the on-screen prompts.
- After you've completed the conditional steps, click Start activity.
- When the pop-up message 'Others who have the add-on installed can interact with the content on their main screen' appears, click Continue.
- Other meeting participants can now collaborate with you while using the third-party add-on in Meet.
- Optional but recommended: To make sure that participants who don't have the add-on can observe the collaboration:
- When a collaboration starts, on the banner, at the top of the ongoing add-on activity, click Screen share Allow.
- To end the collaboration, on the banner, at the top of the ongoing add-on activity, click End activity.
Tip: You can only collaborate on one add-on at a time.
Join a collaboration on a third-party add-on
If you have the add-on installed:
- When the meeting host starts a collaboration, at the top right, click Join.
- Start to collaborate on the file directly.
If you don't have the add-on installed:
- When a meeting host starts a collaboration, in the top right-hand corner, click Install the add-on.
- From the pop-up, click Install.
- You'll notice a pop-up that asks you to select the Google Account that you want to use the add-on in.
- Make sure that you select the same Google Account that you used to join the meeting.
- When the add-on has been installed, at the top right, click Join collaboration.
- Based on the add-on that you select:
- You'll be asked to sign in to the add-on app through your Google Account. Follow the on-screen prompts to sign in.
- You can proceed without signing in.
- Based on the add-on that you select:
Tips: You can't use a third-party add-on if:
- Your Workspace admin blocks you from using a particular add-on.
- You use Meet with a Family Link account. If you use a Family Link account, you can't install add-ons.
Leave an activity
Important: When you leave an activity, you'll be sent back to the meeting. Hosts can also end an activity for all participants.
- At the bottom right, click Activities .
- Click Active add-on Leave activity.