A week earlier, Google was mulling over possibilities to integrate Meet with Gmail, directly. Now, we have learned, the tech giant has officially rolled out the Google Meet for everyone. And it’s completely free. So, let us quickly walk you through the process to set up and use Google Meet inside Gmail.
How to join Google Meet inside Gmail for free
Google Meet was originally built for secure business meetings but in a likely effort to stop the videoconferencing powerhouse – Zoom, Google expanded the service for free to anyone with a Gmail account. Read along to find how to join Google Meet by sending an invite in Gmail.
- Open your Gmail account.
- Locate the Meet option in the left panel.
- Choose the desired option (Start a meeting or Join a meeting).
- Add people by entering their email ID.
- Send invites to join.
- Start or join face-to-face video calls from Gmail.
Before you start your first video call, check the system requirements, and make sure the service has access to your Camera and the Microphone is not turned off. So, when prompted to use your computer’s camera and microphone, click ‘Allow’.
How to send Google Meet invite in Gmail
If all things are in place, open your Gmail.
Click ‘Start a meeting’ Video call.
Instantly, your meetings window should open as a new screen.
To enter the call, click ‘Join now’.
Towards, the upper-right corner of the screen, you’ll find an option to add the people.
Click it and pick a name from the ‘Suggestions’ or simply add the name or email ID of the person.
When done, hit the ‘Invite’ link, under ‘Add People’ window.
Once the invitee receives the link, he can click it to join the meeting.
His image should become visible to you.
Now, you can invite more people in a similar way and conduct your business as usual. If required, you can switch to chatting. There’s an option for it!
In addition to the above, Google Meet has some advanced features like scheduling and sharing screen, real-time captions, and layouts that you can choose as per your requirement.
There’s also an expanded tiled view—that gives a better view of the people connected through the app.
If someone would like to access the Meeting Details, he must simply click near the bottom of the meeting screen and get the required info. For example, you can copy the joining info and send it to someone via chat. The person can then join the meeting using that link.
Similarly, there’s ‘Settings’ window that you can access via ‘More options’ menu (visible as 3 horizontal dots).
Here, you can adjust the screen resolution. By default, the video quality is set to ‘Standard Definition’. You can change it to ‘High Definition’ and improve the video quality.
The good part about using Google Meet is even Non-Gmail users can access Google Meet if they have a Google account. Moreover, you don’t need a Gmail account to create a Google account.
Hope it makes sense!
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