Like Zoom and Webex before them, Google Meet is improving safety features for hosts and participants. Hosts will have more control over who joins their meetings!

Google is giving hosts something called “Quick access,” which will be the default from now on in meetings.

“Quick access” makes it so that participants in the same domain as the host (i.e., using their @MiamiOH.edu email address to join) do not need to request to join the meeting. However, if the host turns “Quick access” off, every participant will need to request — it will essentially put everyone in a waiting room so that the host can determine who all can enter the meeting.

This feature will be gradually rolled out to our domain on Google’s timetable, but everyone should start seeing the option in their meetings within the next few weeks.

Read more about the update to Google Meet on the G Suite blog.