Join a meeting

As a personal account user, you can join the following:

• All meetings that you're invited to by personal account users, Workspace Individual subscribers and Google One subscribers.
• Some meetings that you're invited to by other Google Workspace account users.
  • Tip: Admins of certain Workspace users can restrict you from joining meetings.

As a Google One subscriber, you can join the following:

• All meetings that you're invited to by personal account users, Workspace Individual subscribers and Google One subscribers.
• Some meetings that you're invited to by other Google Workspace account users.
  • Tip: Admins of certain Workspace users can restrict you from joining meetings.

As a Workspace Individual subscriber, you can join the following:

• All meetings that you're invited to by personal account users, Workspace Individual subscribers and Google One subscribers.
• Some meetings that you're invited to by other Google Workspace account users.
  • Tip: Admins of certain Workspace users can restrict you from joining meetings.

As a Google Workspace for Education user, your Google Workspace admin controls which meetings you can join. By default, you can join any meeting organised by a Google Workspace user who isn't a Workspace Individual subscriber, but your admin can change it to one of the following:

• Only join meetings organised by someone in your organisation.
• Join meetings organised by all users.

As a Google Workspace user, your Google Workspace admin controls which meetings you can join. By default, you can join any meeting organised by a Google Workspace user, personal account user, Workspace Individual subscriber or Google One subscriber, unless your admin restricts it to one of the following:

• Only join meetings organised by someone in your organisation.
• Only join meetings organised by Google Workspace users.
  • Tip: This does not include Workspace Individual subscribers.

As a personal account user, anyone can join your meetings. This includes anyone:

• Signed in to a personal, Google One or Workspace Individual account.
• In a chat room where the meeting link was created.
• In a Google Workspace organisation whose admins allow them.
  • Tip: Some Workspace admins might restrict their users from joining meetings organised by you.
• Not signed in to a Google Account.
  • Tip: They must knock to be let in to the meeting.

As a Google One subscriber, anyone can join your meetings. This includes anyone:

• Signed in to a personal, Google One or Workspace Individual account.
• In a chat room where the meeting link was created.
• In a Google Workspace organisation whose admins allow them.
  • Tip: Some Workspace admins might restrict their users from joining meetings organised by you.
• Not signed in to a Google Account.
  • Tip: They must knock to be let in to the meeting.

As a Workspace Individual user, anyone can join your meetings. This includes anyone:

• Signed in to a personal, Google One or Workspace Individual account.
• In a chat room where the meeting link was created.
• Who dials in by phone.
• In a Google Workspace organisation whose admins allow them.
  • Tip: Some Workspace admins might restrict their users from joining meetings organised by you.
• Not signed in to a Google Account.
  • Tip: They must knock to be let in to the meeting.

Important: By default, only users in your organisation or anyone who dials in with a phone can join your meetings.

Your Google Workspace admin can change who joins your meetings to one of the following:

• [Default] Only users in your organisation or anyone who dials in with a phone.
• Anyone signed in with a Google Account or anyone who dials in with a phone.
• Everyone, even users not signed in with a Google Account.

Important: By default, all users can join your meetings. This includes users not signed in to a Google Account.

Your Google Workspace admin can change who joins your meetings to one of the following:

• Only users in your organisation or anyone who dials in with a phone.
• Anyone signed in with a Google Account or anyone who dials in with a phone.
• [Default] Everyone, even users not signed in with a Google Account.

1. In Google Calendar, click the event that you want to join.
2. Click Join with Google Meet.
3. In the window that opens, click Join now. 

If your Google Workspace administrator allows it, you can also join from other video conferencing systems. Learn more about setting up interoperability.

In Google Meet, you can select a scheduled event or you can enter a meeting code or nickname.

1. In a web browser, enter https://meet.google.com/.
2. Select the meeting from your list of scheduled events. Only meetings scheduled through Google Calendar appear on Google Meet.
3. Click Join now.

Tip: A chime sounds as the first five people join. After that, you receive a silent notification for new participants.

1. In a web browser, enter https://meet.google.com.
2. Click Enter a code or link > click Join.
3. Enter a meeting code or nickname.
   • The meeting code is the string of letters at the end of the meeting link. You don't have to enter the hyphens.
   • You can only use meeting nicknames with people in your organisation. This feature is currently only available to Google Workspace users.

   • If your organisation has purchased and installed a Meet hardware device, you can also type the meeting code or nickname into that device.

   • Leave the field blank to start a new meeting with a new code. 

4. Click Join now.

Sometimes there isn’t enough time to schedule a meeting and book a room. With Google Meet, you can join an impromptu video meeting by clicking the meeting link URL sent to you in a text or email.

1. Click the meeting link sent to you in a chat message or email.
2. Follow the on-screen prompts to join the meeting.

Important: You can only dial into meetings with a phone if the meeting is organised by a Google Workspace user.

A phone number is added only if administrators turn on the dial-in feature.

If your Google Workspace administrator allows, you can dial in for audio-only access to a Meet video meeting up to 15 minutes before the meeting starts until it ends. If someone is already in the meeting and grants access, you can join sooner.

You can be in a different organisation or have a different Google Workspace edition from the event organiser. If you're in the organiser's corporate directory, participants find your name in the meeting. If not, they see only a partial phone number.

• Other participants should always verify that the person who dials in is the correct participant.
• Anyone who dials in counts toward the maximum limit.
• Regular call charges apply.

Tip:  If you try to dial in to a meeting before it starts, you might get an error that the PIN is not recognised.

You can dial in during the scheduled meeting time using one of the following methods:

• Enter the phone number that's in the Google Calendar event or meeting invitation.
  Then, enter the PIN and #.
• From the Meet or Calendar app, tap the phone number.
  The PIN is automatically entered.

All Google Workspace editions include a US phone number. G Suite Basic, G Suite Business, Google Workspace Essentials, Enterprise and Education Plus editions also support international numbers in Meet video meetings. 

If your organisation turns on Meet Global Dialling, more international numbers are available. Long-distance and usage charges from your phone operator may apply. 

You're muted if another meeting participant mutes you or if you:

• Press *6.
• Set your phone's volume to the lowest level.
• Join after the 5th participant.

Press *6 again or increase the volume to unmute.

For a complete list of countries, read Supported countries for dialling in.

• Select the meeting from the list of scheduled events with your Google meeting room hardware remote.
• Enter the meeting code or nickname into your Google meeting room hardware device.

If your organisation allows it, you can join meetings from third-party devices.

For administrator setup details, go to Allow third-party devices to join Meet calls.

Zoom Rooms devices

To join a Google Meet call from a Zoom Rooms device, choose an option:

• Tap the event on your device's calendar, if the meeting was scheduled ahead of time.
• Tap the Google Meet icon and enter the meeting code.

Cisco Webex devices

To join a Google Meet call from a Cisco Webex device, choose an option:

• Tap the event on your device's calendar, if the meeting was scheduled ahead of time.
• Tap the Google Meet icon and enter the meeting code.

Other third-party systems using Pexip

1. In Google Calendar, click the event that you want to join.
2. Select More joining options.
3. Select Third-party systems.
4. Follow the instructions to join from your system.

If you join from a third-party system, you can’t use Meet to control functions, such as your camera or microphone. Instead, use the third-party controls. For example, you can’t take the following actions from your third-party system:

• See or write in-meeting chat.
• Start or stop Meet recordings.
• Admit or block other participants.
• Mute or unmute other participants.

Other Meet participants cannot mute your room.

You don't need a Google Account to participate in Meet video meetings. However, if you don’t have a Google Account, the meeting organiser or someone from the organisation must grant you access to the meeting.

1. Open the chat message or email with the meeting link > click the meeting link.
2. Enter your name and click Ask to join.
3. When someone in the meeting gives you access, you’ll join it.

1. Go to meet.google.com.
2. Click Use a meeting code.
3. Enter the code and click Join.
4. Enter your name and click Ask to join.
5. When someone in the meeting gives you access, you’ll join it.