Description


Schedule and host video meetings with people anywhere in the world.


Examples

  • Conduct remote interviews to save resources and find a wider range of candidates.
  • Work with an international team? Schedule team meetings with video calls to save money and time on travel, but still get all the benefits of face-to-face contact.
  • Conduct training sessions for employees in distant locations.
  • Hold online office hours for students or colleagues who live far away.


Hangouts Meet instructions


Schedule a video meeting

  1. Go to Google Calendar and create an event.
  2. On the Guests tab, click Add guests and enter the email addresses.
  3. (Optional) You can also copy an existing conference from one event to another by clicking View details > Edit create. Paste or type an existing Hangouts Meet URL, and then click Done.
    Note: You can only paste a Meet link (not a classic Hangouts link) from another Calendar event.
  4. Click SAVE.
  5. Click Send to send the invites.

Guests receive an email with the event information and a link to the video call.


Join a video meeting

From Calendar

  1. In Calendar, click the event you want to join and click Join Hangouts Meet.
  2. In the Hangouts Meet window, click Join.


Classic Hangouts instructions


Schedule a video meeting
  1. Go to Google Calendar and create an event.
  2. On the Guests tab, click Add guests and enter the email addresses.
  3. Click SAVE.
  4. Click Send to send the invites.

Guests receive an email with the event information and a link to the video call.


Join a video meeting

From Calendar:

  1. In Calendar, click the event you want to join.
  2. Click the Video call link.
  3. In the Hangouts window that opens, click Join.

From Gmail or Inbox:

  1. In Gmail or Inbox, open the email with the meeting invitation.
  2. Click the Video call link (Gmail) or the Join video call link (Inbox).
  3. In the Hangouts window that opens, click Join.