Learn what requirements you need to use Google Meet (2024)

Google Meet access requirements

You'll need a Google account to use Google Meet.

For work or school Google Workspace users:

A Google Workspace administrator needs to turn on Meet for your organization. If you cannot open Meet, contact your admin.
You'll need to be signed into a Google Workspace account to create a video meeting.
Anyone inside or outside your organization can join with a link.

For Meet meetings, you’ll need:

The Meet mobile app or the Gmail mobile app or a supported web browser.
A compatible device with minimum system requirements.
A supported operating system.
A broadband connection to the internet. Learn how to prepare your network.
A built-in web camera or external USB camera.

Use a supported operating system

Meet supports the current version and the 2 previous major releases of these operating systems:

Apple macOS
Microsoft Windows
Chrome OS
Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions

Meet works with these mobile operating systems:

Android 5.0 and up. Learn how to check and update your Android version.
iOS 14and up

Meet meetings in the Gmail app are compatible with these operation systems:

Android 6and up
iOS 14and up

Use a supported web browser

We recommend using the current version of one of the browsers listed below:

Allow access the first time you use Meet

In a web browser, go to the Meet homepage.
Click Start a new meeting.
Click Allow.

Change the setting to allow access

If you aren’t asked to allow access or if you blocked access before, you can change your settings.

In a web browser, go to the Meet homepage.
Click Start a new meeting.
At the top right, click Camera blocked .
Click Always allow https://meet.google.com to access your camera and microphone.
Click Done. The video meeting automatically connects. If you don't see the meeting reload, exit and re-enter the meeting.

Hardware recommendations

To experience all of Meet’s features, we recommend using certain hardware. While you can join meetings with minimal system requirements, we recommend certain device requirements for Google Meet use cases like multitasking and high quality video.

To use Google Meet, the minimum system requirements are:

Dual Core processor
2GB memory

Meet user scenarios	Hardware system recommendations (equivalent or higher)
Small meetings (less than 5 participants) with Spotlight or Tiled layout Large meetings (5 or more participants) with Spotlight layout	Dual Core processor 2GB memory
Small or large meetings in any layout Using 1-2 open tabs or apps alongside Meet	Quad Core Intel Celeron N3000 series processor Dual Core Intel Celeron N4000 series processor Dual Core Intel Celeron 2000/3000/4000 series processor AMD 3000-series AMD Athlon 300 Mediatek 8173/8183 4GB memory
Small or large meetings in any layout Presenting to a meeting Using 5-10 open tabs or apps alongside Meet	Quad Core Intel Celeron N4000/N5000 series processor 7th Gen Intel i3 processor 6th Gen Intel i5 processor AMD Ryzen 3 3300U 4GB memory
Small or large meetings in any layout Presenting to a meeting HD video quality Using 10 or more open tabs or apps alongside Meet	Quad Core 6th Gen Intel i5 AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 8GB memory
Speaker Spotlight	Quad-core octa-core x86 laptops Intel Core i5-10210U (4C/8T) Intel Core i7-9750H (6C/12T) AMD Ryzen 5 3500U (4C/8T)

Fix problems with Meet

If you’re experiencing performance issues with Meet, try the following steps:

Make sure you only have one Meet tab open at a time. Close any open browser tabs, windows, or apps that aren’t currently being used.
Turn off any Chrome extensions, especially Meet-specific ones.
Put your device on a flat and elevated surface to prevent your device from overheating. Avoid using your device on the floor or bed for a long period of time.
Change your Meet layout to Spotlight view.
Change the quality of your device’s video to a lower resolution.

If your computer meets the requirements, but you're still experiencing trouble with meetings, try some of these additional troubleshooting steps.

Participant limits

For users with personal Google accounts: You can have a maximum of 100 participants in a meeting.

For Google One Subscribers with 2TB or more storage space: You can have a maximum of 100 participants in a meeting.

For work or schoolGoogle Workspace users:The maximum number of participants you can have in a meeting depends on yourGoogle Workspace edition.

Go toCompare Google Workspace editions.

Google Workspaceeditions	Number of participants
Business Starter, Frontline, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, G Suite Basic	100
Business Standard, Enterprise Essentials, Essentials, G Suite Business, Nonprofits, Workspace Individual	150
Teaching, Learning Upgrade, Essentials Starter, Enterprise Starter	250
Business Plus, Enterprise Standard	500
Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Essentials Plus,Education Plus	1,000 Tip:After 500, the next 500 join asView only.

Meeting length limits

If you don't have a Google Meet subscription

On a computer, you can host:

One-on-one meetings for up to 24 hours.
Meetings with 3 or more participants for up to 60 minutes.

Tip: At 50 minutes, everyone receives a chime and message notification that the meeting is about to end. To extend the meeting, the host can upgrade their Google account. Otherwise, the meeting will end at 60 minutes.

For Google Workspace Individual Subscribers

You can host one-on-one meetings and group meetings with 3 or more participants for up to 24 hours.

Learn more about Google Workspace Individual.

Need more help?

Try these next steps:

Post to the help community Get answers from community members

Get the new Meet app in the play store or app store

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