On your computer or Android device, you can use Google Meet add-ons to enhance collaboration, productivity, and the overall experience of your meetings.
Tip: For Meet users who have a Workspace Admin, your admin may pre-install or restrict the usage of certain Add-ons for you. Learn how Admins can control your Add-ons experience.
All users will find pre-installed 1P apps from Google by default on their device.
Eligibility
You can’t use add-ons if:
- Your Workspace Admin has blocked the add-on.
- You use Meet through a Family Link account.
- Your meeting host has assigned you a View only role.
- You're not signed in with a Google Account.
- You're under the age of consent in your country or region.
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You are in a Client Side Encrypted meeting or attending a Live Stream event.
About third-party add-ons
Important: The Google Workspace Marketplace includes third-party add-ons that are compatible with Meet but not made by Google.
Add-ons that require third-party authentication may not work as expected. If you use Meet add-ons in Google Chrome Browser and it isn't working:
- Change your cookie settings to temporarily allow third-party cookies.
- Reload and rejoin your meeting.
- Re-open the add-on.
For more help with a third-party add-on in the Google Workspace Marketplace:
- Go to the add-ons page.
- Scroll to the "Additional information" section.
- Under “Support,” click the link.
Limitations & known issues
Use full screenWhen you use an add-on, full screen mode won’t work when you:
- Double click the screen to go full screen.
- Click More controls Full Screen .
To use full-screen mode:
- At the top right corner of your Chrome browser, click Customize and control Google Chrome.
- From the drop-down menu, click Full Screen .
At this time, you can't enable third-party apps for users under 18 on Google Meet.
All add-ons don’t work across every platform.
- When you’re on an unsupported platform, you’ll get this pop-notification: “Can’t join the activity.”
- If you have an add-on installed on mobile that doesn’t currently work on a desktop device, it’ll be grayed out in the activities panel and listed as an unavailable add-on.
Install a featured third-party add-on within Google Meet
Important: At the top of the “Activities” panel, you can find featured add-ons. When you install an add-on from the Featured Add-ons panel, the add-on will move to the “Installed add-ons” section.
- At the bottom right, click Activities .
- At the top of the “Activities” panel, click the featured add-on you want to install.
- On the add-on page that opens within Meet, click Install.
- You’ll notice a pop-up that asks you to select the Google Account you want to access the add-on in. Make sure that you select the same Google Account you used to join the meeting.
- When prompted to “Allow the app to access your Google Account,” click Allow.
Install other third-party add-ons within Google Meet
- At the bottom right, click Activities .
- On the “Activities” panel, at the bottom, click +.
- On the “Google Workspace Marketplace” panel, click Search apps .
- Tip: At the top right of the “Google Workspace Marketplace” panel, you’ll find the search bar.
- Enter and search your add-on.
- On the search results, click the add-on you want to install.
- When the add-on page opens, click Install.
- You’ll notice a pop-up that asks you to select the Google Account you want to use the add-on in. Make sure you select the same Google Account you used to join the meeting.
- When prompted to “Allow the app to access your Google Account,” click Allow.
For Meeting Hosts
Start an activity with a third-party add-on
- While in a meeting, at the bottom right, click Activities .
- Click the add-on you want to use.
- Based on the add-on you select, follow the conditional steps:
- Depending on the third-party add-on you select, you’ll either be asked to sign in to the add-on app through your Google Account or you’ll be able to proceed without signing in. If the add-on app requires you to sign in, then follow the on-screen prompts to sign in to the third-party app.
- Depending on the add-on, you’ll notice a new screen within the add-ons panel which will require you to select or input a few options.
- Example: At this step, you can select a specific file to collaborate on with others.
- Depending on the add-on, you may be required to share file access with other meeting guests. To give access, follow on-screen prompts.
- After you complete the conditional steps, click your activity will begin.
- When the pop-up message “Others who have the add-on installed can interact with the content on their main screen” appears, click Continue.
- Other meeting participants can now collaborate with you while using the third-party add-on in Meet.
- Optional but recommended: To make sure that participants who don’t have the add-on can observe the activity:
- When an activity starts, on the banner, at the top of the ongoing add-on activity, click Screen share Allow.
- To end the activity, on the banner, at the top of the ongoing add-on activity, click End activity.
Tip: You can only collaborate on one add-on at a time.
Let meeting participants start add-on activities
All meeting participants can start add-on activities by default. Meeting hosts can choose to disallow other participants from starting an add-on activity. Presently, meeting hosts can only change this setting when using Meet on a desktop device:
- On your computer, go to meet.google.com.
- Join a meeting.
- At the bottom right, click Host controls .
- On the side panel that appears, toggle off “Let contributors share add-on activities” .
For Meeting Guests
Join an activity on a third-party add-on
If you have the add-on installed:
- When the meeting host starts an activity, at the top right, click Join.
- Start to collaborate on the file directly.
If you don’t have the add-on installed:
- When a meeting host starts an activity, at the top right corner, click Install and join.
- From the pop up, click Install.
- You’ll notice a pop-up that asks you to select the Google Account you want to use the add-on in.
- Make sure you select the same Google Account you used to join the meeting.
- When the add-on is installed, at the top right, click Join activity.
- Based on the add-on you select:
- You’ll be asked to sign in to the add-on app through your Google Account. Follow the on-screen prompts to sign in.
- You can proceed without signing in.
- Based on the add-on you select:
Tips: You can’t use a third-party add-on if:
- Your Workspace Admin blocks you from using a particular add-on.
- You use Meet with a Family Link account. If you use a Family Link account, you can't install add-ons.
Leave an activity
Important: When you leave an activity, you’ll be sent back to the meeting. Hosts can also end an activity for all participants.
- At the bottom right, click Activities .
- Click Active add-on Leave activity.
Start an activity with a third-party add-on
All meeting participants can start add-on activities by default. Meeting hosts can choose to disallow other participants from starting an add-on activity. If you click an add-on and see an on-screen notification that says “You can’t use this add-on with others. Only a host can share add-on activities in this meeting.” it means that the host has currently disallowed you to use this feature.
- While in a meeting, at the bottom right, click Activities .
- Click the add-on you want to use.
- Based on the add-on you select, follow the conditional steps:
- Depending on the third-party add-on you select, you’ll either be asked to sign in to the add-on app through your Google Account or you’ll be able to proceed without signing in. If the add-on app requires you to sign in, then follow the on-screen prompts to sign in to the third-party app.
- Depending on the add-on, you’ll notice a new screen within the add-ons panel which will require you to select or input a few options.
- Example: At this step, you can select a specific file to collaborate on with others.
- Depending on the add-on, you may be required to share file access with other meeting guests. To give access, follow on-screen prompts.
- After you complete the conditional steps, click your activity will begin.
- When the pop-up message “Others who have the add-on installed can interact with the content on their main screen” appears, click Continue.
- Other meeting participants can now collaborate with you while using the third-party add-on in Meet.
- Optional but recommended: To make sure that participants who don’t have the add-on can observe the activity:
- When an activity starts, on the banner, at the top of the ongoing add-on activity, click Screen share Allow.
- To end the activity, on the banner, at the top of the ongoing add-on activity, click End activity.
Tip: You can only collaborate on one add-on at a time.