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 Chat
or Gmail
.
- In Gmail:On the left, click Chat.
- Open a conversation.
- In the reply area, click Add video meetingSend.
- To join a video meeting, click Join video meeting Join now.
Tip:To learn more about Meet video meetings, go to the Meet Help Center .
Call someone directly from Chat or Gmail
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. The call opens in a small window.
- To end the call, click End call
.
Tip:If you want to adjust the call window:
- To move the call to a new tab, click Move to a tab.
- To move, click and hold the window.
