Learn about huddles in Google Chat
Important: Only users with a work account can access huddles in Chat, which aren't available for personal or school accounts.
- You can start a huddle instantly as a voice chat from a 1:1 conversation, group conversation, or space in Google Chat without ringing.
- You can share your screen or turn on your camera in a huddle.
- You can also choose to start a video meeting or call someone directly from Chat or Gmail. Learn more about how to start a video meeting or call someone.
Start a huddle in Chat
- On your computer, open Google Chat or Gmail.
- In Gmail: On the left, click Chat.
- Open a direct message or space.
- At the top right, click the dropdown 👁 and then
click Huddles 👁 Image
. - To end the call, click End call 👁 Call end icon
.
Tips:
- If participants are in a huddle, it remains active.
- Someone can join a huddle anytime through a huddle invitation chip as long as the person who started the huddle is in it.
Join a huddle
- On your computer, open Google Chat or Gmail.
- In Gmail: On the left, click Chat.
- You can join a huddle from your list of conversations or from a direct message or space:
By default, the huddle opens as a voice chat.
- To change the voice chat to a video chat, click Turn on camera 👁 Image
.- Tip: If someone in the huddle turns on their camera, a video badge 👁 Start a video meeting
displays next to their profile picture.
- Tip: If someone in the huddle turns on their camera, a video badge 👁 Start a video meeting
- To share your screen, click Present now 👁 Image
.
To resize a huddle, at the bottom left, drag the handle 👁 Image
.
.
To switch from a Chat huddle to Google Meet, at the top right, click Open Meet in tab 👁 Image
.
.
To use a background effect in a huddle, hover over your video, then click Apply visual effects 👁 Image
.
.
To send an emoji reaction in a huddle, click More 👁 Image
👁 and then
Send a reaction 👁 Image
.