Starting Meetings

Instant meetings let you start a call immediately without scheduling. They're perfect for quick discussions, ad-hoc calls, or when you just need to meet now.

Starting an Instant Meeting

Go to Home in the sidebar

Click the Start Meeting or Quick Meeting button

Optionally enter a meeting title

Optionally select a room (if your organization uses rooms)

Click Start to launch the meeting

Go to Meetings in the sidebar

Click the Quick Meeting button in the top action bar

Enter a meeting title (optional)

Click Start to begin immediately

Quick Meeting Options

When starting an instant meeting, you can configure:

Meeting Title

Give your meeting a descriptive name. If you don't provide one, a default name will be used. The title helps participants identify the meeting and appears in:

The meeting interface
Your meeting history
Any recordings

Room Selection

If your organization has created rooms, you can start the meeting in a specific room:

Select a room from the dropdown
The room link can be shared alongside the meeting link
Room settings may apply to your meeting

Don't have rooms?

Rooms are optional and created by admins. If you don't see a room option, your organization either hasn't created rooms or you can simply start without one.

See Understanding Rooms for more information.

What Happens When You Start

Meeting is created — An instant meeting is generated with a unique ID
You enter the pre-join screen — Configure your audio/video
You join as host — You have full control of the meeting
Meeting link is available — Share the link to invite others

Inviting Others

After starting, you can invite participants by:

Copying the meeting link — Share via chat, email, or any messaging app
Copying the meeting ID — Others can join using the ID
Sharing from the meeting interface — Use the share button in the meeting toolbar

Instant vs Scheduled

Feature	Instant Meeting	Scheduled Meeting
Start time	Now	Specific date/time
Invitees	Add after starting	Invite before meeting
Email notifications	No automatic emails	Invitees receive emails
Calendar entry	No	Yes, syncs to calendar
Recurring option	No	Yes
Duration setting	No preset	Set duration in advance

When to schedule instead

If you need to:

Send invitations to participants in advance
Have the meeting appear on everyone's calendar
Set up a recurring meeting

Use Scheduling Meetings instead.

Starting a Scheduled Meeting

If you've already scheduled a meeting, you can start it before the scheduled time:

Go to Meetings or Home

Find the scheduled meeting

Click Start Meeting (available to host and Co-Host)

The meeting begins and invitees can join

Starting a scheduled meeting early doesn't change the scheduled time — it just makes the meeting active so participants can join.

Scheduling Meetings — Plan meetings in advance
Joining Meetings — How to join a meeting
In-Meeting Features — What you can do during the meeting