Update (May 15, 2018): It is no longer necessary to enable Google Voice for users to access to this feature.
All G Suite domains call a US or Canadian phone number for free from Hangouts Meet.
With easy-to-join video calls, Meet helps your team stay connected. Sometimes, you may want to add participants to your meeting without needing to send them a link, like when you want to connect folks who are already dialed into a conference bridge, or if a team member is running late and is still on their commute. That’s why you can now call US or Canadian phone numbers, directly from your meeting, for free.
With this launch, G Suite users who are in the same domain as the event organizer, and who are accessing Meet through their
web browser, can add someone by phone using the instructions in the
Help Center.
To give their users access to this feature, G Suite admins will first need to
enable Google Voice in the Admin console.
Please note, this feature is currently supported from specific countries only. Please reference this
Help Center article for a list of countries that are currently eligible to use this feature.
Launch DetailsRelease track:Launching to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release
Editions:Available to all G Suite editions
Rollout pace:Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility)
Impact:All end users
Action:Admin action suggested/FYI
More InformationHelp Center: Add someone by phone to a video meetingHelp Center: Let users add people by phone to meetingsHelp Center: Enable Google VoiceLaunch release calendarLaunch detail categoriesGet these product update alerts by emailSubscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
