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.
Start a video meeting from Chat or Gmail
- On your computer, open Google Chator Gmail.
- In Gmail: On the left, click Chat.
- Open a conversation.
- In the reply area, click Add video meeting 👁 Image
👁 and then
Send 👁 Image
. - To join a video meeting, click Join video meeting 👁 and then
Join now.
Tip: To learn more about Meet video meetings, go to the Meet Help Center.
Important: You can call someone directly from Chat or Gmail in Chrome. If you make a call to a non-Chrome user, they can receive and join the call but they won't hear a ring.
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, open a direct message.
- At the top, click Start video call 👁 Image
. The call opens in a small window. - To end the call, click End call 👁 Call end icon
.
Tip: If you want to adjust the call window:
- To move the call to a new tab, click Move to a tab 👁 New window
. - To move, click and hold the window.