Google Meet (formerly Google Hangouts)

Google Meet v Zoom

While Zoom is our default video meeting service, there are a few use cases for using Google Meet.

If your Zoom meeting is being used by another team member when you want to video meet with someone else, you can create a Google Meet call
Some clients can access Google products but cannot use Zoom, so your team may default to Google Meet in those cases
There is no time limit length for Google Meet calls (wheres as Zoom has limits for the basic users)
With both Google Meet and Zoom, you can share the meeting info (link and dial in info), but with Google Meet you can dial someone into the call yourself
In Zoom, only the meeting host (or co-hosts) can mute others, but in Google Meet anyone can mute anyone

Use Google Meet video chats in the browser (no download needed
You can add a Google Meet to a meeting invite by clicking "Add conferencing" on the event management page.
You can also start or share a Google Meet from Slack by typing /hangout
You can dial people into a Google Meet call.
A Google Meet invite dialog can generate a phone number that people can call

There are a lot of great accessibility features in Google Meet
Learning how to set up live captions can help you engage with a client trouble hearing. This could be either because of a disability or because of a hardware malfunction.

/to, /msg [user][message] - Sends an inline private message to the specified user.
/shortcuts - Open keyboard shortcut help screen
/help, /? - Displays a list of command descriptions and usages.
/goto [user] - Opens the profile of the specified user in a new tab.
/mute - Mutes the audio of the caller.
/unmute - Unmutes the audio of the caller.
/vmute - Mutes the video of the caller.
/unvmute - Unmutes the video of the caller.
/users - Displays a list of participants in the video call.

Hangouts shortcuts

This page was last updated on August 8, 2023.