Use add-ons with Google Meet

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.

• You are in a Client Side Encrypted meeting or attending a Live Stream event.

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:

1. Change your cookie settings to temporarily allow third-party cookies.
2. Reload and rejoin your meeting.
3. Re-open the add-on.

For more help with a third-party add-on in the Google Workspace Marketplace:

1. Go to the add-ons page.
2. Scroll to the "Additional information" section.
3. Under “Support,” click the link.

Limitations & known issues

Use full screen

When 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:

1. At the top right corner of your Chrome browser, click Customize and control Google Chrome.
2. From the drop-down menu, click Full Screen .

Use add-ons with Google Workspace for Education

At this time, you can't enable third-party apps for users under 18 on Google Meet.

Use add-ons on different platforms

All add-ons don’t work across every platform.

• When you’re on an unsupported platform, you’ll get this pop-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 grayed 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.

1. At the bottom right, click Activities .
2. At the top of the “Activities” panel, click the featured add-on you want to install.
3. 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 you want to access the add-on in. Make sure that you select the same Google Account you used to join the meeting.
4. When prompted to “Allow the app to access your Google Account,” click Allow.

Install other third-party add-ons within Google Meet

1. At the bottom right, click Activities .
2. On the “Activities” panel, at the bottom, click +.
3. 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.
4. Enter and search your add-on.
5. On the search results, click the add-on you want to install.
6. When the add-on page opens, click Install.
   • You’ll notice a pop-up that asks you to select the Google Account you want to use the add-on in. Make sure you select the same Google Account you used to join the meeting.
7. When prompted to “Allow the app to access your Google Account,” click Allow.

For Meeting Hosts

Start an activity with a third-party add-on

1. While in a meeting, at the bottom right, click Activities .
2. Click the add-on you want to use.
3. Based on the add-on you select, follow the conditional steps:
   • Depending on the third-party add-on 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: At 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 on-screen prompts.
4. After you complete the conditional steps, click your activity will begin.
5. 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.
6. Optional but recommended: To make sure that participants who don’t have the add-on can observe the activity:
   • When an activity starts, on the banner, at the top of the ongoing add-on activity, click Screen share Allow.
7. To end the activity, 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.

Let meeting participants start add-on activities

All meeting participants can start add-on activities by default. Meeting hosts can choose to disallow other participants from starting an add-on activity. Presently, meeting hosts can only change this setting when using Meet on a desktop device:

1. On your computer, go to meet.google.com.
2. Join a meeting.
3. At the bottom right, click Host controls .
4. On the side panel that appears, toggle off “Let contributors share add-on activities” .

For Meeting Guests

Join an activity on a third-party add-on

If you have the add-on installed:

1. When the meeting host starts an activity, at the top right, click Join.
2. Start to collaborate on the file directly.

If you don’t have the add-on installed:

1. When a meeting host starts an activity, at the top right corner, click Install and join.
2. From the pop up, click Install.
3. You’ll notice a pop-up that asks you to select the Google Account you want to use the add-on in.
   • Make sure you select the same Google Account you used to join the meeting.
4. When the add-on is installed, at the top right, click Join activity.
   • Based on the add-on 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.

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.

1. At the bottom right, click Activities .
2. Click Active add-on Leave activity.

Start an activity with a third-party add-on

All meeting participants can start add-on activities by default. Meeting hosts can choose to disallow other participants from starting an add-on activity. If you click an add-on and see an on-screen notification that says “You can’t use this add-on with others. Only a host can share add-on activities in this meeting.” it means that the host has currently disallowed you to use this feature.

1. While in a meeting, at the bottom right, click Activities .
2. Click the add-on you want to use.
3. Based on the add-on you select, follow the conditional steps:
   • Depending on the third-party add-on 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: At 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 on-screen prompts.
4. After you complete the conditional steps, click your activity will begin.
5. 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.
6. Optional but recommended: To make sure that participants who don’t have the add-on can observe the activity:
   • When an activity starts, on the banner, at the top of the ongoing add-on activity, click Screen share Allow.
7. To end the activity, 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.