How Do I Use Google Meet?

Google has taken steps to make enterprise-grade video communication services available for everyone. With Google Meet, anyone with a Google account can start online meetings with up to 100 participants and meet for 60 minutes per meeting. Schools, businesses, non-profit organizations, and many other corporations can take advantage of live streaming features to 100,000 viewers at most in a domain. Moreover, advanced features enable users to schedule meetings that include up to 250 internal or external participators.

Google Meet allows users to sign up for accounts depending on use, personal, business, or G Suite admins. And to use the platform, all you need is a modern web browser on your computer (with no download requirements) or the mobile app on your phone or tablet (download required.) For more on how to use Google Meet, read the following write-up.

Understanding Google Meet; here's what you need to know

The primary goal of using Google Meet is the ability to host or join video meetings/conferences. To create a new meeting:

1. Log into your already existing Google account (or sign up for one if you don't have an account.) You can use Google Apps such as Gmail to sign in to your account
2. On the left side of your computer screen (for Gmail users,) you should see the Meet icon with the options to Start a meeting or join one below it. Click on Start a discussion. (You can also use login with your mobile using the mobile app)
3. Send a meeting code or a link to the people you want to join the meeting (For Google Meet's free version, your guests will have to sign into existing Google Accounts or create one to join.)
4. Wait for members to join the meeting, and you can now start the video conference.

If you want to join an already scheduled Google Meet meeting:

1. Sign in to your Google account (including Gmail) or create one if you don't have an account
2. From the invite, click on the meeting link.
3. Key in the meeting code that your host sent. Alternatively, you can call into the meeting using the PIN and dial-in number in the invite.
4. You should now be able to view other participants. Navigate to the settings section to turn on your microphone and speakers as well as adjust the camera resolution

Google Meet works on any device, whether laptop, desktop, iPad, iPhone, or Android. You can enjoy an unlimited number of meetings and live captioning (by clicking the three dots on the bottom right corner of your Meet screen to show the option.) You can also make discussions more lively and engaging by live messaging during calls simply by clicking on the chat icon.

While the DIY guide above attempts to help you understand how to operate Google Meet, you can always seek more insight from Google's customer care reps. Below is how to go about it.

The alternatives

Google offers customer service assistance specifically for Meet users. Clients can seek help via the company's online help pages. All you have to do is go through the multiple help topics in the platform, choose one that relates to your issue, and a service agent will contact you and help with the problem at hand.