Start or schedule a Google Meet video meeting

You can set up or start a new Google Meet video meeting from:

• Meet
• Gmail
• Google Calendar
• Google Chat (mobile only)
• Another scheduling system

1. ​On your computer, go to Google Meet.
2. Click New Meeting 👁 Image
   .
3. Select an option:
   • Create a meeting for later:
     • To share the meeting details for a future meeting:
       1. Copy the meeting link.
       2. Share the link with participants.
     • To directly start the meeting with this link:
       1. Paste the link into a browser.
          • Or, you can enter the link into the “Enter a code or link” field.
       2. Click Join.
   • Start an instant meeting:
     1. Create a new meeting.
     2. Join the meeting directly.
   • Schedule in Google Calendar: To schedule a meeting, you’re directed to Google Calendar.
   • Video call options: To add extra encryption in your meeting, check Add encryption by google.com.

1. On your computer, open Gmail.
2. On the left sidebar, click Meet 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   New meeting.
3. To send the meeting invite through link or email, click Send invite 👁 Image
   .
   • To copy the meeting invite details, click Copy meeting invite 👁 Share link
     .
   • To send an email invite, click Share via email 👁 Image
     .
4. Click Join now 👁 Camera
   .
5. To end the call, click Leave call 👁 Call end icon
   .

Tip: Before you join your first meeting, grant permissions for your microphone and camera. Once you grant permission:

• To turn your microphone on or off, click Microphone 👁 Microphone
  .
• To turn your camera on or off, click Camera 👁 Video call
  .

Learn how to start or join a video call from Gmail.

When you create an event on Google Calendar, you can add a video meeting link.

• Google Workspace users: You can also add a dial-in number to the Calendar event.
• Google Workspace Essentials users: You can't schedule a meeting in Google Calendar.

Guests can forward the meeting link to other people.

• If an uninvited person tries to join, a meeting participant from your organization must accept their request before they can join.
• For meetings organized by a personal Google Account, only the meeting creator can admit these participants.

1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
2. To create an event, at the top left, select Create 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Event 👁 and then
   Add guests 👁 People Tab
   .
3. Select Save.
4. Optional: To notify guests, select Send.

Note: In-domain users who are not added to the calendar event need to knock when the access type of meeting is "Restricted"

To manage who can join your meetings and how they join your meetings, use Host controls.

Important: Settings are applied at the meeting level, so different meetings can have different meeting access options. Recurring meetings keep the same settings as the first meeting.

1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
2. To enable Host controls:
   • When you create a meeting:
     1. In your Google Calendar, create a new Calendar event.
        1. At the top left, click Create 👁 Image
           👁 and then
           Event 👁 and then
           Add Google Meet video conferencing 👁 Meet app
           .
        2. Next to "Join with Google Meet," click Video call options 👁 Image
           .
     2. In the side panel, click Host controls 👁 Image
        .
     3. Scroll to "Meeting access."
   • When you’re in a meeting:
     1. At the bottom right, click Host controls 👁 Image
        .
     2. Scroll to "Meeting access."
3. Choose a meeting access type:
   • Open: Anyone with a meeting link can join your meetings. No one has to knock.
   • Trusted: Anyone within the host’s organization can join without knocking. Anyone outside the organization, but invited through a Google Calendar event, can join without knocking. Everybody else must knock.
   • Restricted: Anyone invited through a Google Calendar event or from within the meeting by a host can join. Everyone else must knock.
     • Not available for consumer users.
4. Select Save.
   • Or, you can close the "Host controls" panel.

Tips:

• If you need to join a meeting before the participants, turn on Host must join before anyone else.
  • Workspace users with access to the Google Meet waiting room feature won’t find this option.
• Anonymous users or third-party bots, like note takers, that try to use "Ask to join" are automatically denied access without any action from the host.

1. On your computer, open Google Chat or Gmail.
   • If you're in Gmail, on the left, click Chat 👁 Image
     .
2. Open a conversation with a user or a chat group.
   • If in a 1:1 conversation:
     • To call someone directly, at the top right, click Start a video call 👁 Image
       .
     • To send someone a meet link, on the left of the chat compose box, click Google Workspace tools 👁 Image
       👁 and then
       Send a Meet link 👁 Image
       👁 and then
       Send message 👁 Image
       .
   • If in a group conversation:
     • On the left of the chat compose box, click Google Workspace tools 👁 Image
       👁 and then
       Send a Meet link 👁 Image
       👁 and then
       Send message 👁 Image
       .

1. On your computer, open Google Chat or Gmail.
   • If you're in Gmail, on the left, click Chat 👁 Image
     .
2. Open a conversation with a user or chat group.
   • If in a 1:1 conversation:
     • At the top right, click More options 👁 Image
       .
       • To call someone directly, click Call 👁 Image
         .
       • To send someone a Meet link, click Send a Meet link 👁 Image
         👁 and then
         Send message 👁 Image
         .
       • To start an audio huddle with someone, click Start a huddle 👁 Image
         .
     • On the left of the chat compose box, click Google Workspace tools 👁 Image
       👁 and then
       Send a Meet link 👁 Image
       👁 and then
       Send message 👁 Image
       .
   • If in a group conversation:
     • At the top right, click More options 👁 Image
       .
       • To share a meeting link with others so they can join, click Send a Meet link 👁 Image
         👁 and then
         Send message 👁 Image
         .
       • To start an audio huddle, click Start a huddle 👁 Image
         . Learn more about huddles in Google Chat.
   • On the left of the chat compose box, click Google Workspace tools 👁 Image
     👁 and then
     Send a Meet link 👁 Image
     👁 and then
     Send message 👁 Image
     .

To turn on Waiting room:

1. Scroll to “Waiting room.”
2. Toggle “Waiting room” on or off.

Use Waiting room in a meeting

1. Start a video meeting from the Gmail app 👁 Image
   or the Google Meet app 👁 Meet app
   .
   • Make sure the Waiting room is enabled.
   • Participants who want to join the meeting are listed under “in the Waiting room.”
2. To admit a participant into the meeting, next to their name, click Bring in.
3. To send a participant to the waiting room, next to their name, click More actions 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Send to the waiting room.

Learn about waiting rooms in Google Meet.

1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
2. To create a new video meeting, at the top left, click Create 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Event.
3. Add title and guests.
4. Click Add Google Meet video conferencing 👁 Meet app
   .
5. Next to "Join with Google Meet," click Video call options 👁 Image
   .
6. In the side panel, click Host controls 👁 Image
   .
7. Under "Meeting moderation," turn on Host management.
8. On the left, click Guests 👁 People Tab
   .
9. Turn on Everyone is a viewer by default.
10. Optional: Add co-hosts or contributors.
    • To add co-hosts or contributors, make sure to add the guests in the Calendar invite.
    • If the contributor's email doesn't display, make sure you add them to the invite first.
11. Click Save.

Learn how to assign View only roles in Google Meet.

Before a scheduled meeting begins, continuous meeting chats are on by default for Business and Enterprise users. If you’re the meeting host and want to turn off continuous meeting chat, you can edit the video call options within the Calendar event. Meeting hosts and organizers can also stop participants from sending chat messages. Learn how to moderate Chat with Google Meet.