Make legacy video or voice calls with Google Meet

Important: In September 2025, Meet calling will replace legacy calling. Learn about the transition from legacy calls to the new Meet call experience.

When you communicate in Google Meet, you can use either:

Meetings: Create a schedule or join instant meetings with a link. All meetings are cloud-encrypted.
Calls:

Meet calls

Upgraded mobile calls that ring directly to a Google Workspace, personal account, or phone number that is cloud-encrypted.

End-to-end encryption is available for personal users. Learn about additional encryption.

Learn how to make Meet calls with Google Meet.

Legacy calls

You can call a personal account or phone number directly with end-to-end encryption.

In September 2025, Meet calling will replace legacy calling. Learn about the transition from legacy calls to the new Meet call experience.

To use the new calling experience as soon as it's available to you, keep your Meet app up-to-date. When everyone in the call uses the latest version of Meet, an in-app prompt shows that they're now using the new calling experience. Otherwise, your call defaults to the legacy calling experience. After you update the Meet app, legacy calling is no longer available.

Tips:

You need a mobile data plan or a Wi-Fi connection.
Calls made through mobile data plans don't use mobile minutes. Charges may apply.

Before you begin

Important: You can use Google Meet to make calls on your computer without your phone turned on or nearby. As we roll out Meet calling on meet.google.com, not all users are immediately eligible. To access legacy calling on the web with a personal account, go to meet.google.com/calling. After the rollout is complete, you can place calls at meet.google.com. Learn how to make calls at meet.google.com.

Start a video or voice call

On your computer, sign in to meet.google.com/calling/.
On the left, click Calls Camera.
- Tip: If the "Calls" tab doesn’t appear, you’re not registered with a calling account. Learn how to get started with calling in Google Meet.
Select an option:
- If the number is a saved contact:
  1. Select the contact.
  2. Click Voice call or Video callCamera.
- If the number isn't a saved contact:
  1. Click Start a call Camera.
  2. Enter a phone number or email.
  3. Click Voice call or Video callCamera.

Start a group video call

Important: You can only create group video calls on Google Chrome M86 and up, and Microsoft Edge version 79 and up.

Group video calls can have up to 32 participants.

Start a video call with multiple contacts

On your computer, sign in to meet.google.com/calling/.
Click Create group link.
- Tip: You can name the group. The name appears for everyone in the group.
  1. Next to the group name, click Edit .
  2. Enter a name.
  3. Click Save.
Click Add people and then Select contacts.
At the top right, click Add and thenStart callCamera.

Share a link to start a group call

On your computer, sign in to meet.google.com/calling/.
Click Create group link.
- Tip: You can name the group. The name appears for everyone in the group.
  1. Next to the group name, click Edit .
  2. Enter a name.
  3. Click Save.
At the bottom, click Copy or Send via email .

Leave a group

On your computer, sign in to meet.google.com/calling/.
Under "Recent activity," click the group.
At the top right, click More options and then Delete Meet calling history.

Suspicious groups

If you get a group invite that includes blocked accounts or people outside your contacts, Google Meet marks them as suspicious. Google Meet won't give you any information about group members you blocked.

You can join or decline the group. If you join, Google Meet won't unblock people you blocked.

Remove a group member

On your computer, sign in to meet.google.com/calling/.
Under "Groups," click a group.
At the top-right, click More options and then See group members.
Click the group member you want to remove.
On the right, click More options and then Remove.

Tip: You can also block the group member. If the person you blocked clicks the original link to rejoin the group, they get a message that the group doesn't exist. The group link refreshes for everyone else in the group. Learn about blocked numbers in group calls.