Use Google Meet to make calls with your Pixel Tablet

Make calls with friends and family on your Pixel Tablet with Google Meet . Call your contacts or join a meeting in Hub Mode, or from anywhere in your home. During a call, use video effects and features like continuous framing, which keeps you focused and in the frame, or Clear Calling, which enhances your voice and reduces background noise.

Important:

Some of these steps work only on Android 15 and up. Learn how to update your Android version.
Some features aren't available in all countries or languages.

Set up and manage contacts on Google Meet

Sync your contacts

Before you start a call, sync your contacts:

Invite your contacts to use the Google Meet app .
Start or join calls with contacts who use Google Meet.

Add contacts to your home screen

If you call someone regularly, you can add their contact to your home screen, then tap it to open the call screen.

Open your device's Google Meet app .
Tap New tap a contact More .
Tap View contact More Add to home screen.

Make a call on your Pixel Tablet

Open your device's Google Meet app .
Tap New under 'Connect on Meet', tap a contact.
Start a call or leave a message:
- To make a video call, tap Call .
- To make a voice call, tap Voice call .

Leave a message

Open your device's Google Meet app .
Tap New under 'Connect on Meet', tap a contact.
Tap Send tap the message that you want to leave:
- Voice: Record a voice message.
- Photo: Take a photo and send it to your contact.
- Video: Record a short video message.
- Note: Type a note on the screen.
When you're done, tap Send .

Answer a call on your Pixel Tablet

When someone calls you with Google Meet , you'll receive a notification on your tablet's screen.

To answer the call, tap Answer.
To decline the call, tap Decline.

Start, share or join a meeting on your Pixel Tablet

Start a meeting and invite people to it

Open your device's Google Meet app .
Tap New Create a new meeting .
Share and join the meeting.
1. To share the meeting link, tap Share choose how to share it.
2. To join the meeting, tap Join meeting .
3. Choose your options tap Join.

Note: Some personal information, such as your name and email address, are available to everyone in the meeting.

Join someone else's meeting

When someone sends you a meeting invite and you accept it, you'll receive a notification on your device when the meeting starts. To join the meeting, tap the notification and follow the instructions.

If you leave a meeting by accident:

Open your device's Google Meet app .
Under "Meetings", find the meeting you want to rejoin.
Next to the meeting, press Rejoin.

Change meeting settings

Open your device's Google Meet app .
Tap Menu Settings Meeting settings.
Tap a setting to toggle or change it.

Change Google Meet settings

Use video and background effects

During a video call, at the bottom of your self view, tap Effects tap the effect that you want to use.
Tap Close .

Learn more about background and video effects in your calls.

Reduce background noise with Clear Calling

Pixel Tablet Clear Calling reduces background noise and enhances your voice, making it easier for the other party to hear you on calls. It's automatically enabled for video calls on apps like Google Meet that use your Pixel Tablet's microphone. It's also supported for some third-party calling apps like Zoom and Skype.

Open your device's Google Meet app .
During a meeting or call, tap Menu Settings .
Verify that Noise cancellation is turned on.

Use continuous framing

Continuous framing, also known as auto-frame, reframes your video to keep you in focus and centred on the screen during a video call.

During a video call, tap Continuous framing to turn it on.
To turn it off, tap the icon again.

Note: Continuous framing can only be applied when you aren't using background effects.

Adjust ring and call volume

To change the ring and call volume on your Pixel Tablet:

Open your device's Settings app
Tap Sound.
Slide the volume left or right to decrease or increase:
- Call volume: Volume of the other person during a call
- Ring volume: Volume for calls, such as incoming Meet calls

Tip: To quickly access volume settings, press either side of the volume button. When the volume slider displays, tap More .

Share your screen in a call or meeting

When you're in a call or meeting, you can share your entire screen or just a single app.

Share your screen when you're in a call

During a call or meeting, tap More Share screen .
From the menu, choose an option:
- A single app: Only the app that you choose is shared.
- Entire screen: Your entire screen is shared.
If you select a single app, tap on an app to start presenting it.
Your entire screen (or a single app) is shared with people in the meeting.

Stop sharing your screen

To stop sharing your screen, choose from the below options:

In the Meet app, tap Stop sharing.
Swipe down from the top of the screen and tap Stop sharing or Leave the call.
Close the app that you're sharing (if you're sharing a single app).
End the call or meeting.

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