On your desktop or laptop computer, you can use Google Meet add-ons to enhance collaboration, productivity, and the overall experience of your meetings.
You can install add-ons during meetings from the Google Meet Activities panel, or outside of a meeting directly from the Google Workspace Marketplace.
Tip: Your Google Workspace admin may have pre-installed some add-ons for you.
About third-party add-ons
Important: The Google Workspace Marketplace includes third-party add-ons that are compatible with Meet but not made by Google.
Add-ons that require third-party authentication may not work as expected. If you use Meet add-ons in Google Chrome Browser and it isn't working:
- Change your cookie settings to temporarily allow third-party cookies.
- Reload and rejoin your meeting.
- Re-open the add-on.
For more help with a third-party add-on in the Google Workspace Marketplace:
- Go to the add-on's page.
- Scroll to the "Additional information" section.
- Under “Support,” click the link.
Eligibility
You can’t use an add-on if:
- Your Workspace Admin has blocked the add-on.
- You use Meet through a Family Link account.
- Your meeting host has set you in a “View only” role.
- You're not signed in with a Google Account.
- You're under the age of consent in your country.
Limitations & known issues
Use full screenWhen you use an add-on, full screen mode won’t work when you:
- Double click the screen to go full screen.
- Click More options
Full Screen
.
To use full-screen mode:
- At the top right corner of your Chrome browser, click Customize and control Google Chrome.
- From the drop-down menu, click Full Screen
.
At this time, you can't enable third-party apps for users under 18 on Google Meet.
Install a featured third-party add-on within Google Meet
Important: At the top of the “Activities” panel, you can find featured add-ons.
- At the bottom right, click Activities
.
- At the top of the “Activities” panel, click the featured add-on you want to install.
- On the add-on page that opens within Meet, click Install.
- You’ll notice a pop-up that asks you to select the Google Account you want to access the add-on in. Make sure that you select the same Google Account you used to join the meeting.
- When prompted to “Allow the app to access your Google Account,” click Allow.
Install other third-party add-ons within Google Meet
- At the bottom right, click Activities
.
- On the “Activities” panel, at the bottom, click + Get add-ons.
- On the “Google Workspace Marketplace” panel, click Search apps
.
- Tip: At the top right of the “Google Workspace Marketplace” panel, you’ll find the search bar.
- Enter and search your add-on.
- On the search results, click the add-on you want to install.
- When the add-on page opens, click Install.
- You’ll notice a pop-up that asks you to select the Google Account you want to use the add-on in. Make sure you select the same Google Account you used to join the meeting.
- When prompted to “Allow the app to access your Google Account,” click Allow.
Start a collaboration with a third-party add-on
- While in a meeting, at the bottom right, click Activities
.
- Click the add-on you want to use.
- Based on the add-on you select, follow the conditional steps:
- Depending on the third-party add-on you select, you’ll either be asked to sign in to the add-on app through your Google Account or you’ll be able to proceed without signing in. If the add-on app requires you to sign in, then follow the on-screen prompts to sign in to the third-party app.
- Depending on the add-on, you’ll notice a new screen within the add-ons panel which will require you to select or input a few options.
- Example: At this step, you can select a specific file to collaborate on with others.
- Depending on the add-on, you may be required to share file access with other meeting guests. To give access, follow on-screen prompts.
- After you complete the conditional steps, click Start activity.
- When the pop-up message “Others who have the add-on installed can interact with the content on their main screen” appears, click Continue.
- Other meeting participants can now collaborate with you while using the third-party add-on in Meet.
- Optional but recommended: To make sure that participants who don’t have the add-on can observe the collaboration:
- When a collaboration starts, on the banner, at the top of the ongoing add-on activity, click Screen share
Allow.
- When a collaboration starts, on the banner, at the top of the ongoing add-on activity, click Screen share
- To end the collaboration, on the banner, at the top of the ongoing add-on activity, click End activity.
Tip: You can only collaborate on one add-on at a time.
Join a collaboration on a third-party add-on
If you have the add-on installed:
- When the meeting host starts a collaboration, at the top right, click Join collaboration.
- Start to collaborate on the file directly.
If you don’t have the add-on installed:
- When a meeting host starts a collaboration, at the top right corner, click Install the add-on.
- From the pop up, click Install.
- You’ll notice a pop-up that asks you to select the Google Account you want to use the add-on in.
- Make sure you select the same Google Account you used to join the meeting.
- When the add-on is installed, at the top right, click Join collaboration.
- Based on the add-on you select:
- You’ll be asked to sign in to the add-on app through your Google Account. Follow the on-screen prompts to sign in.
- You can proceed without signing in.
- Based on the add-on you select:
Tips: You can’t use a third-party add-on if:
- Your Workspace Admin blocks you from using a particular add-on.
- You use Meet with a Family Link account. If you use a Family Link account, you can't install add-ons.
Leave a collaboration
- At the bottom right, click Activities
.
- Click Active add-on
Leave activity.