while checking your email you see an
invitation to join a google meet at
first glance you ask yourself what is a
google me and why did i receive the
invite
google meet is a video chatting app that
lets you virtually connect face to face
when you can't meet in person some
reasonable examples for why you receive
the invite could be for a job interview
or to simply catch up with family or
friends
in this video we will walk you through
how to join a meeting and show you the
basics of a video call
in our example we're using chrome as our
web browser but you can use the one
you're most comfortable with since
google meet works with most web browsers
once you've logged in using your google
account click the link to the google
meet from the email invitation
if it was a google calendar invite click
the event to see more information then
click the join with google meet button
before entering the meeting you can
decide the settings you want to use
if you haven't already approved the use
of your microphone and camera a couple
browser pop-ups will occur
the first pop-up appears asking you to
allow google meet to use your microphone
and camera
click allow
another pop-up appears asking you to
allow notifications click allow
you can choose to join the meeting with
your microphone and camera on or off by
clicking their icons some people turn
off their microphone to mute themselves
when they're not talking or have too
much background noise so that no one can
hear them others keep their microphone
on
but may turn off their camera so that no
one can see them
you can make changes to these choices
inside the video call too
click ask to join
the meeting will open and you can carry
out your video call you'll notice your
video tile as well as the video tiles of
the people you are video chatting with
on your screen
if at any point you need to turn on or
off your microphone or camera move your
mouse to have the bottom toolbar appear
on the screen
there you can click on or off the icons
for the microphone and camera
if you need to send a written message
click the message icon located at the
top right of your screen
you can type your message in the field
then click the right arrow button to
have it sent to anyone in your video
chat
click the x to close out of it
looking at the bottom toolbar
click the three dots icon
a pop-up menu appears showing more
features
click settings
within settings you can make changes to
your audio and video to make sure you
have the correct equipment selected
within audio you can test your speakers
to make sure they are working properly
the settings are helpful if you find
yourself unable to hear who you're
talking to or they say they can't hear
or see you click the x to close out of
it
when you're done with your video call
click the leave call icon
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