However, this spring, Zoom to be a critical tool for working from home, taking lessons online, and hosting virtual meetings. The Zoom app has all of the features you will need but sometimes you might not need all the features that the Zoom app provides and might prefer to use Zoom without having to download that on your Android Phone. It could be because you don’t have enough space on your device, or you might just really like web-based apps more.
How To Use Zoom On Your Android Phone Without Using the App
Here’s How to Use Zoom on Android Phone Without the App The good news is that you can join meetings from your Android phone’s web browser without the app. In this guide, we’ll take a look at how to do this in three different ways.
Method 1: Join via Meeting Link
- Find and open the email or message that contains the invitation to the Zoom meeting.
- Click on the meeting link residing in the invitation.
- It should open your default web browser.
- Tap on the three-dots icon. Select Desktop site.
- If you have the Zoom app installed you’ll be prompted to open or join the Zoom app in the browser. Choose Join from Your Browser.
- You may be asked to permit Zoom to use your camera and microphone.
- Allow change of the structure of your sentence.
- Type your name on how you want it to appear in the meeting.
- Once you tap on Join, you’re in the Zoom meeting.
Method 2: Join via Zoom Web Client
- Then, open your favorite web browser on your Android phone.
- On the Zoom website go to Zoom web client.
- Click on the three dots icon and choose Desktop site.
- Provide the meeting ID (or personal link name) provided by the host in the field supplied.
- Tap Join.
- Sometimes you will be asked to permit Zoom to obtain your camera and mic. Give the right permissions.
- Type your name, the way you want it to sound, in the message box.
- Enter Zoom meeting –> Tap Join to join.
- You may enter the meeting ID or the personal link name
Method 3: You can join via the Google Meet Integration (for G Suite Users)
For G Suite users, you’ll be able to use the integration between Zoom and Google Meet to join Zoom meetings directly from your Google Calendar.
- Go to the Google Calendar app on your Android phone.
- Open up your calendar and find the Zoom meeting event, tap on it.
- You can either tap on the Join with Google Meet button.
- You will be redirected to the Google Meet web client.
- Allow us to receive camera and microphone permissions.
- Put in how you would like your name to come up in the meeting.
- To enter a Zoom meeting, tap Join Now.
- tap on Join with Google Meet
Take note that you can enter Zoom meetings from your web browser but you may face problems or minor limitations over the official Zoom app. Less well might some tools work with things like virtual backgrounds, and screen sharing.
