Start or Join a Google Meet Video Meeting from Gmail
The Google Meet feature recently introduced in Gmail, using which you can directly schedule meetings from your Gmail inbox. Now the end-user can schedule and join meetings using this new feature.
Google Meet service is now available in the user’s Gmail inbox, using which you'll start and join meetings directly from your Gmail inbox, making it easier for you to stay connected. With more and more people working and learning from home due to the COVID-19 situation, Google wants to make it convenient for users to connect and keep things moving forward in such conditions. With Google Meet in Gmail, users can easily start or join a meeting in seconds. The goal is to help users follow the flow of the day, seamlessly switching between email and video meetings whichever form of communication you need.
When you start a meeting, a new window pops up with a secure, unique meet.google.com URL. Choosing a meeting option, you need to enter a meeting code (provided by the organizer) or use a meeting nickname to quickly get everyone into a meeting. Simply choose a nickname, share it with anyone inside your domain, and type it into “Join a meeting” to get everyone in your meeting.
Once in the meeting, you can invite more people to join. This feature is currently only available in Gmail on the web and for mobile, it’s coming soon.
This feature will be ON by default for all domains with video calling enabled. You can disable Meet by turning off video calling in the Admin console. Alternatively, you can turn it off by turning off the Hangouts Meet and Google Hangouts service, but this will turn off classic Hangouts as well.
