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Google has closed one of the more frustrating gaps in its video platform. iPhone and iPad users without the Meet or Gmail app installed can now join Google Meet calls directly through Safari, with no download required and no Google account needed. If you’ve ever tried to join Google Meet on iPhone without the app and hit a dead end, that block is gone as of today.<\/p>\n

The before-and-after is stark. Until this update, iOS users without Meet or Gmail installed had no path into a call on mobile at all, 9to5Google reported today. Tap a link, enter your name, request access. That’s the entire flow now.<\/p>\n

Meet has positioned itself as a web-first service, but as 9to5Google noted today, it had been requiring a native app for iPhone users all along. Today’s update brings the product into alignment with that claim, at least for guests and anyone who keeps their iPhone clear of Google apps.<\/p>\n

What the change actually does on Safari for iPhone<\/h2>\n

The mechanics matter here, because this is not a blanket switch to browser-based calls for everyone. It’s a targeted fallback.<\/p>\n

If a Meet link is tapped on an iPhone or iPad where neither Meet nor Gmail is installed, the call opens in Safari automatically, 9to5Google confirmed today. Users who already have either app installed are routed through those apps as before. Nothing changes for them.<\/p>\n

For everyone else, the entry flow is minimal. Enter a name, request to be admitted, join. No Google account required, Android Authority confirmed today. Google describes the process as seamless, though the announcement does not specify which in-call features are available through the browser. Whether capabilities like background blur or noise cancellation carry over from the app is unconfirmed. Access is confirmed; feature parity with the app is not.<\/p>\n

Because iOS requires all third-party browsers to run on the same WebKit engine that powers Safari, support likely extends to other iOS browsers as well, 9to5Google noted today. That’s their read of the technical…<\/p>\n

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