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Moderators can use breakout rooms to divide participants into smaller groups during meetings. Breakout rooms must be started by moderators during a meeting on a computer. Breakout rooms currently can't be live streamed or recorded.

Anyone who schedules or starts a meeting will be the meeting host. If you transfer or schedule a meeting on someone else's calendar, the other person could become the meeting host. By default, there is only one meeting host per meeting but you can add up to 25 co-hosts once inside the meeting.

Eligibility

Requirements to use breakout rooms

You can participate in breakout rooms if:

You use a computer or the updated version of the mobile Meet or Gmail app .

You dial into the meeting with your phone.

You're invited through a phone call.

You're signed into a Google Account.

You're an anonymous user (not signed into a Google Account).

You can't participate in breakout rooms if:

You aren't using the updated versions of the mobile Meet or Gmail app .

You're using Meet hardware or Interop devices.

For meeting moderators

You can create Breakout rooms for meetings in Google Calendar when creating an event or editing it. You can also create breakout rooms while a meeting is in progress. Co-hosts can only be added from the main meeting.

Create breakout rooms in advance on Google Calendar

Create breakout rooms during a meeting

Tip: A notification will show at the bottom of the screen when participants ask for help from the moderator. To join that participant's breakout room, click Join. To return to that question later, click Later. On the breakout room panel, an "Asked for help" banner shows above rooms that ask for help.

Optional breakout room features

1. Optional: To remove participants who are currently not in the meeting or to redo your breakout rooms:

At the top of the breakout room panel, click Clear . At the bottom, click Clear on the "Clear disconnected users" notification that appears.

Tip: If you are reusing a meeting link where breakout rooms were previously set up, clearing disconnected users will move all participants into the main room and undo any previous breakout rooms.

2. Optional: You can set up a timer for your breakout rooms. Each room will display a 30 second countdown before the timer ends.

At the top of the breakout rooms panel, click Timer .

Set the timer amount then click OK.

Tip: You can edit or remove the timer at any time. On the breakout room panel, click Timer to edit.

Learn how safety features work in Breakout rooms

To keep meetings more secure, Google Meet users can use the following meeting safety features:

Quick Access: Quick Access is always on for Breakout rooms. Changes made to Quick Access in the main room only apply to the main room. Quick Access settings are not visible to participants in Breakout rooms.

All other locks: If Host Management is on before Breakout rooms are created, changes made to any locks apply to all rooms. If changes are made to any of these locks after Breakout rooms are created, changes only apply to the room they're set in.

If Breakout rooms are created while the Host Management setting is turned off, you can't turn Host Management on and meeting safety features inside the main room or Breakout rooms can't be used.

In such a scenario, Hosts need to:

1. End Breakout rooms.

2. Turn on Host Management.

3. Re-open Breakout rooms.

Edit, join, or leave breakout rooms

Once you've created breakout rooms, you can make changes to the rooms or join each breakout room to monitor and participate in discussions.

Tip: Moderators won't see chat messages that were exchanged between participants before they join or after they leave a breakout room.

To make changes to the participant groups or number of breakout rooms, click Edit rooms . Once you've made your changes, click Save.
Tip: Before moving to a different room, participants must click Join.

To join an individual breakout room, next to the breakout room number, click Join.

To leave all breakout rooms and return to the main room, next to the current breakout room, click Leave.

End breakout rooms

1. In the breakout rooms panel, at the top right, click Close rooms .

2. In the notification window that appears, click Close all rooms.

Important: Participants have 30 seconds to finish their breakout room discussion before they're automatically moved back to the main room.

To close all rooms before the 30-second timer runs out, go to the breakout rooms panel and click Close rooms .

For meeting participants

Join a breakout room

Your moderator will create breakout rooms and invite you to join one. Your moderator can join each breakout room at any time during the meeting.

1. On a computer or mobile device, sign in to your Google Account.

2. Join a meeting from your computer or the Meet mobile app. Learn the different ways to join a meeting if you're a student.

3. When your moderator invites you to join a breakout room, you'll see a prompt on your screen. Click Join. If you click cancel, you'll remain in the main room.
Tip: If you dialed in through your phone, tap *2 to go to your breakout room, move between breakout rooms, or return to the main room.

4. Once you're in a breakout room, you can speak to or send chat messages to other participants.

Tips for using breakout rooms

Return to the main room

During a meeting, you can choose to leave a breakout room and return to the meeting's main room.

On a computer: At the top, click Return to main call.

On a mobile device: At the top, tap to Return to main call.

When the moderator ends the breakout room session, you get an on-screen prompt to return to the main call. You can tap or click the prompt or wait to be moved automatically to the main call.

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Control your iPhone using your voice

Vlingo allows you to control your phone using only your voice. You can the app to call, send SMS and emails, and even perform Google searches, simply by speaking into it.

Using Vlingo couldn't be simpler. You just touch the Tap & Speak button and speak your command. The program comes with a guide of the kind of things you can say. For instance, you can say "Call" then speak the name of the contact, use the word "Find" to look something up on Google, and even update Twitter and Facebook vocally.

The speech recognition in Vlingo is pretty good, and it managed to pick up most of what we said during our tests. It doesn't matter too much if the matching isn't perfect because you are able to edit dictated messages before sending them.

It would be nice if the iPhone version of Vlingo came with the same InCar mode that's in the Android version, which allows you to control your phone safely while driving, without using your hands. The Android version of Vlingo also a SafeReader tool, which will speak SMS and email messages to you. It's a shame the iPhone version is lacking these tools, as they help to make Vlingo a useful program for people with sight or motor impairments, making the phone much more accessible to them.
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Vlingo allows you to control your phone using only your voice. You can the app to call, send SMS and emails, and even perform Google searches, simply by speaking into it. Using Vlingo couldn't be simpler. You just touch the Tap & Speak button and speak your command.

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You can use your voice to do actions like search, get directions, and create reminders. For example, to see if there's rain in the weather forecast, say, "Hey Google, do I need an umbrella tomorrow?"

Turn on voice search

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google app .

2. At the bottom right, tap More Settings Voice.

3. Under "Hey Google," tap Voice Match.

4. Turn on Hey Google.

Start a voice search

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google app .

2. Say "Hey Google" or tap the Microphone .

Change your "Hey Google" settings

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Delete "Hey Google" audio recordings

When you set up your Assistant to use Voice Match, the audio recordings created by your voice models are saved to your Google Account. You can find and delete these recordings from your Google Account.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, go to myactivity.google.com.

2. On the left, click Other Google activity Voice and Face Match enrollment View data.

3. At the top right, click More Delete all.

Ways you can use your voice

If voice search is available in your language and country, you can say most of these examples. Some aren't available in every language.

Account, privacy & search

Calendar, alarms, reminders & info

Set an alarm: "Set an alarm for 7 AM" or "Set an alarm for every Friday morning at 7 AM."

Set a reminder: "Remind me to call John at 6 PM" or "Remind me to buy Belgian chocolate at Ghirardelli Square."

See SMS (text) messages: "Show me my messages from Brian about dinner."

Create a Google Calendar event: "Create a calendar event for dinner in San Francisco, Saturday at 7 PM."

See your upcoming bills: "My bills" or "My Comcast bills 2013."

Communicate with friends & family

Call a friend: "Call Lindsay Hampson" or "Call Mom."

Text a friend: "Text Jason that I'm running 5 minutes late."

Send a Hangouts chat message: "Send a Hangouts message to Bob" or "Start a Hangouts chat."

Start a Hangouts video call: "Start a video call" or "Video call Jane using Hangouts."

Send an email: "Send an email to Kristin, subject new shoes, message, I can't wait to show you my new shoes, full stop."

Check your voicemail: "Listen to voicemail."

Entertainment (music, movies, TV, books & images)

Play music: "Play Macklemore" or "Play Can't Hold Us."

Identify a song: "What's this song?"

Find new music: "What songs do Mumford and Sons sing?"

Play a radio station from Google Play: "Play some music."

Watch a movie from Google Play: "Watch Frozen."

Learn about a TV show you're watching: "What's on TV?"

Read a book from Google Play: "Read Ender's Game."

Find a movie: "What movies are playing tonight?" or "Where's Hunger Games playing?"

Search for images: "Show me pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge."

Take a photo or video: "Take a picture" or "Record a video."

Directions & travel

Get directions: "Navigate to Safeway" or "Directions to 1299 Colusa Avenue Berkeley California."

Find nearby places: "Where's the closest coffee shop?"

Plan your trip: "What are some attractions in New York City?"

Look up travel plans: "Show me my flights" or "Where's my hotel?"

Book a table: "Book a table for 2 at Cascal on Wednesday night."

Facts & quick answers

Find the time: "What time is it in London?"

Check the weather: "Do I need a jacket today?" or "What's the weather like tomorrow morning?"

Answer trivia questions: "Where was Albert Einstein born?" or "How old is Beyonce?"

Get stock prices: "What's the Google stock price?" ( Disclaimer about financial data)

Calculate the tip: "What's the tip for 42 dollars?"

Translate words or phrases: "How do you say cucumber in Spanish?"

Define a word: "What does gluttony mean?"

Convert between units: "What's 16 ounces in pounds?"

Solve a math problem: "What's the square root of 2209?"

Track a package from your Gmail order confirmation: "Where's my package?"

Search within apps on your device: "Search for Thai food on Yelp."

Change your device's settings

Wi-Fi: "Turn on Wi-Fi" or "Turn off Wi-Fi."

Bluetooth: "Turn on Bluetooth" or "Turn off Bluetooth."

Flashlight: "Turn on my flashlight" or "Turn my flashlight off."

More apps you can use "Ok Google" with

You can say "Ok Google" to do voice actions with other apps on your device. This is currently available only on certain apps, and only certain phrases work.

More apps that work with "Ok Google"

Flixster: "Show me Inception on Flixster."

Instacart: "Show instacart availability."

iRobot Home: "Start mopping."

Lincoln: "Start my Lincoln MKZ."

NPR One: "Listen to NPR."

NextPlus : "Send a message with NextPlus."

Realtor.com: "Show rentals near me on Realtor."

Shazam: "Shazam this song."

Telegram : "Send a Telegram message to Mom."

Threema: "Send a Threema message to Kate."

TripAdvisor: "Show attractions near me on TripAdvisor."

Trulia: "Show homes for sale in Boston on Trulia."

TuneIn Radio: "Open TuneIn in car mode."

Walmart: "Scan my receipt on Walmart."

WhatsApp : "S end a WhatsApp to Joe."

Wink: "Activate home mode on Wink."

Viber : "Send a message with Viber."

Zillow: "Show me open houses nearby on Zillow."

More voice action examples.

Google learns some of your preferred apps

When you don't mention the app name for some requests (for example, you say only "scan my receipt"), you can open the app from the search results. After you do this a few times, Google learns that you want to open the app and won't ask again.

If you want to be asked each time before opening the app:

1. Say or type the voice action.

2. Cancel by tapping .

3. Repeat a few times.

The app will no longer launch automatically. It will appear in search results again; in some cases, it will appear after a few minutes.
Where you can use voice search

These actions are available in English in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Singapore, and South Africa.

Your device must have the Google app 4.0 or higher with Web & App Activity turned on.

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