many of us have our phone or tablet with
us when we're away from our desks
you may have a working lunch or your kid
needs to borrow your laptop for
schoolwork
whichever the case you can still video
call to get work done
using the google me mobile app to begin
you'll need to download the app to your
smartphone or tablet
and log in using your google account in
our example
we're using an iphone so there may be
some subtle differences for those using
an
android phone at the top of the screen
there are two buttons to choose from
if you've already received a code you
can enter it in by tapping the join with
a code button
type it in the field then tap join
if you prefer to host the meeting tap
the new meeting button a pop-up menu
appears with a few options
first let's tap get a meeting link to
share the dialog box appears with a link
that you can copy and share with those
you want to invite to the video chat
it's best to save the link so that you
can return to it later
depending on the device you're using the
share invite button will have different
options
in this example we can text email or
share it via social media
the schedule and google calendar option
will take you to the google calendar app
if you have it on your device to set up
a future google meet video call
let's tap start an instant meeting since
you're the host of the meeting
you'll be the only one in the meeting
until others join
if someone tries to join the meeting
that wasn't invited
a dialog box appears giving you the
option of deny
entry or admit for our example we'll tap
admit because we know the person within
the video call
there are features to explore looking at
the top of the screen
tap the video calls code the people tab
lets you know
who is in the call as the organizer of
the meeting you can tap the three
horizontal dots next to the
participant's name
to mute a particular person in order to
talk
the person will have to unmute
themselves you can also tap the three
vertical dots
a menu appears giving you another way to
mute them pin their video tile to your
main screen
and remove them from the video call
pinning their video tile lets you
only see that person tap cancel to exit
out of the menu
next tap the info tab the joining info
can be found here as well
to exit this menu tap the down arrow in
the top left corner of the screen
in the top right corner there is a flip
camera icon to switch between the front
camera and the back camera
in this example the audio icon lets you
choose either iphone
or speaker if you don't want to have the
phone near your ear
you can choose the speaker option which
amplifies the sound for you
and those near you to hear if you want
to see yourself on the main screen
instead of the little screen tap the
three dots on the little screen
the person you're talking to will now
become the little screen
looking at the icons at the bottom tap
the three vertical dots
a pop-up menu appears showing you more
google meet mobile features
if you want to invite more people to the
call you can tap
add others to message people within the
video call
tap in-call messages
type your message in the field then tap
the arrow button to send it
keep in mind that only people in the
call can see the message
and they are deleted when you end the
meeting if someone sends an attachment
you can also find it here to close out
of in-call messages
tap the x to show guests in the video
call your screen
tap share screen this is a helpful
feature if you're presenting via a
tablet
or smartphone it's different from the
desktop process because you can't choose
a browser tab in the mobile app
the whole screen is shown before
selecting this option
make sure your phone or tablet is
presentation ready
two features that are not available on
mobile is the ability to change your
background
and the ability to change the layout of
your screen
if you're talking to more than two
people you can tap each person's little
screen at the bottom to change who you
see
on your main screen looking at the
bottom of your screen
the microphone icon helps you turn on or
off your microphone
while the video icon turns on or off
your video camera
you can change these features as you
carry out your video call
finally when you're done video chatting
simply tap the end call button
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