Start a video meeting or call someone
You can start a video meeting or call someone from Google Chat or Chat in Gmail.
If you have a work account, you can start a huddle in Chat. Learn about huddles in 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.
Important: For call notifications to work as intended, please make sure you have the latest version of the app installed.
Start a video meeting from Chat or Gmail
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chat app 👁 Image
or Gmail app ;👁 Image
.- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat 👁 Image
.
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat 👁 Image
- In Chat, open a conversation.
- In the reply area, tap Action menu 👁 Add
👁 and then
Meet link 👁 Image
👁 and then
Send 👁 Image
. - To join a video meeting, tap Join video meeting 👁 and then
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.
- In Chat, in the bottom navigation menu, tap Direct messages 👁 Image
. - Open a direct message.
- At the top, click Start voice call 👁 Image
or Start video call 👁 Image
. - To end the call, click End call 👁 Call end icon
.
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.