Updated access controls for Google Meet

Google has introduced simplified controls for managing meeting access in Google Meet. These replaced the previous “Quick access” meeting settings.

From a Google Calendar invite or Google Meet itself, meeting organizers can now pick from the following three levels of access:

• Open
  • Anyone with a meeting link will be able to join your meetings.
  • No one will have to ask to join.
  • Anyone can dial in.
• Trusted
  • The following individuals can join without having to ask to join (or, as Google calls it, “knocking”):
    • Anyone within the meeting host's organization (i.e., the University of Michigan, using their @umich.edu Google account).
    • Anyone outside the organization but invited via a Google Calendar event or anyone invited from within the meeting.
  • Anyone can dial in.
  • Everybody else will have to ask to join.
• Restricted
  • Only someone who is invited via a Google Calendar event or someone invited from within the meeting by a host will be able to join.
  • Everyone else will have to ask to join, including participants inside a host’s organization (i.e., the University of Michigan) who aren’t included on the invite and those dialing in.
  • Additionally, meeting hosts can configure whether guests can join the meeting before the hosts.

The table below provides information regarding how the new settings are applied to new and existing meetings:

According to Google, this update should be available and fully visible in U-M Google now.