Start a meeting

Start a scheduled meeting

After opening and signing in to the Meetings app, you can:

  • Swipe left to My Meetings and tap Start on the meeting entry

  • Use Siri voice commands to start scheduled Webex meetings

Cohosts can't start a meeting from the mobile app.

Start an instant meeting

You can start an instant meeting by opening the Meetings app and tapping Start Meeting.

Join a meeting
You can join a Webex meeting from your iOS device in any of the following ways:
1

Sign in to your Webex account.

2

Do one of the following:

  • Swipe left to My Meetings and tap Join on the meeting entry.
  • Tap Join Meeting, enter the meeting number, Personal Room URL, or host's username, and then tap Join.
  • If you don't have a Webex account, open the Meetings app and tap Join Meeting. Enter the meeting number or host's Personal Room URL, enter your name and email, and then tap Join.
  • From your iOS search, search for your own or recently joined Personal Rooms. Tap the meeting from the search results to join.
  • From your iOS calendar, tap Join on the meeting entry.

    If you don't have the app installed, you can still join the audio portion of the meeting.

  • Use Siri voice commands to join a meeting.
  • From the meeting invitation email, tap the linked video address to join the meeting.

    If you don't have the app installed, you can still join the audio portion of the meeting.

  • If you're using Ford Sync 3 AppLink with Meetings, you can now see the active speaker’s name (not the actual active speaker) in the car dashboard while attending a meeting. Use your steering wheel or dashboard controls to turn on AppLink, and then use voice commands.

If your site administrator configured your site to send notifications, the app alerts you before or when the host starts the meeting.

When hosts schedule meetings, they can allow attendees to join before them. The host's name isn't shown in the meeting information until the host joins.

When you join a meeting in someone else's Personal Room, you wait in a lobby until the host enters or admits you. When the host enters the room or admits you, you can then join the meeting. You can tap Notify Host to alert the host that you're waiting in the lobby.

Connect to the audio conference

Connect to a meeting's audio conference by receiving a call to your device, using VoIP through the Internet, or entering a video address.

Tap the Audio Connections Options menu to choose an audio option.

  • Use Internet for Audio—you use your 3G or 4G data plan unless you're on a Wi-Fi connection. When you join an audio conference that's using Webex Audio or VoIP only, you use wide-band audio.

    If a participant who doesn't have wide-band audio joins a meeting that's using wide-band audio, audio for everyone is downgraded. Meetings gives no warning message before the downgrade.

  • Call Me—enter your phone number.

    If you enabled Auto Call Me in your app's settings, you receive calls automatically.

  • Call In—enter the call-in number that appears. Tap Global Call-In Numbers to view a list of call-in numbers from other regions.

    Make a note of the access code or meeting number and the attendee ID. You'll need to enter these numbers to join the meeting.

    Select one of the available numbers to join the meeting and when prompted, enter the access code or meeting number and the attendee ID. If you don't have your attendee ID, press # to wait in the lobby until someone in the meeting lets you in.

    Your attendee ID connects your name in the meeting to your audio. If you don’t enter your attendee ID, your audio connection appears as a call-in user in the Participants list, separate from your name, and you can’t control audio from the application.

  • Disconnect Audio—listen to the call.

In Settings > Audio & Video, you can turn on Skip Audio and Video Preview to save default join options.

You can also set your preferences so that your device automatically mutes for meetings that you join. In your app's settings, turn on Mute on Entry.

You can switch between your connected audio during a meeting. For example, you can use a Bluetooth headset, Bluetooth speaker, or your device's speaker.

Connect to meetings using an Apple Watch
Use audio-only meeting join links

If your site administrator configured your site to allow it, you can include audio-only meeting join links that attendees can use to join the audio portion of the meeting with a single tap. Your meeting must support call-in users and have the Exclude password from invitation option turned off when you schedule your meeting.

If you’re an attendee, tap the call-in number link to join the meeting. If you’re the host, you need to start your meeting from your Webex site, the desktop app, or the mobile app.

Start a meeting

Start a scheduled meeting

After opening and signing in to the Meetings app, swipe left to My Meetings and tap Start on the meeting entry.

Cohosts can't start a meeting from the mobile app.

Start an instant meeting

You can start an instant meeting by opening the Meetings app and tapping Start Meeting.

Join a meeting

You can join a Webex meeting from your Android device in any of the following ways:

1

Sign in to your Webex account.

2

Do one of the following:

  • Swipe left to My Meetings and tap Join on the meeting entry.
  • Tap Join Meeting, enter the meeting number, Personal Room URL or host's username, and then tap Join.
  • Enter a SIP URI in the following formats:

    • <meeting_number>@webex.com for a scheduled Webex meeting

    • <personal_room_id>@<sitename>.webex.com for an instant or scheduled Personal Room meeting

  • If you don't have a Webex account, open the Meetings app and tap Join Meeting. Enter the meeting number or host's Personal Room URL, enter your name and email, and then tap Join.
  • Search for your own or recently joined Personal Rooms. Tap the meeting from the search results to join.
  • Use Google Assistant voice commands to join a meeting.
  • Use a Google Home device and Google Assistant voice commands to join a meeting.
  • From the meeting invitation email, tap the linked video address to join the meeting.

    If you don't have the app installed, you can still join the audio portion of the meeting.

  • Scan a handwritten or typed meeting number or Personal Room ID to join a Webex meeting or Personal Room.
  • If you're using Ford Sync 3 AppLink with Meetings, use your steering wheel or dashboard controls to turn on AppLink, and then use voice commands.

If your site administrator configured your site to send notifications, the app alerts you before or when the host starts the meeting.

When hosts schedule meetings, they can allow attendees to join meetings before them. The host's name isn't shown in the meeting information until the host joins.

When you join a meeting in someone else's Personal Room, you wait in a lobby until the host enters or admits you. When the host enters the room or admits you, you can then join the meeting. You can tap Notify Host to alert the host that you're waiting in the lobby.

Connect to the audio conference

Connect to a meeting's audio conference by receiving a call to your device, using VoIP through the Internet, or entering a video address.

Tap the Audio Connections Options menu to choose an audio option.

  • Use Internet for Audio—you use your 3G or 4G data plan unless you're on a Wi-Fi connection. When you join an audio conference that's using Webex Audio or VoIP only, you use wide-band audio.

    If a participant who doesn't have wide-band audio joins a meeting that's using wide-band audio, audio for everyone is downgraded. Meetings gives no warning message before the downgrade.

  • Call Me—enter your phone number.

    If you enabled Auto Call Me in your app's settings, you receive calls automatically.

  • Call In—enter the call-in number that appears. Tap Global Call-In Numbers to view a list of call-in numbers from other regions.

    Make a note of the access code or meeting number and the attendee ID. You'll need to enter these numbers to join the meeting.

    Select one of the available numbers to join the meeting and when prompted, enter the access code or meeting number and the attendee ID. If you don't have your attendee ID, press # to wait in the lobby until someone in the meeting lets you in.

    Your attendee ID connects your name in the meeting to your audio. If you don’t enter your attendee ID, your audio connection appears as a call-in user in the Participants list, separate from your name, and you can’t control audio from the application.

  • Disconnect Audio—listen to the call.

In Settings > Audio & Video, you can turn on Skip Audio and Video Preview to save default join options.

You can also set your preferences so that your device automatically mutes for meetings that you join. In your app's settings, turn on Mute on Entry.

Use audio-only meeting join links

Depending on your device model, you may not be able to join meetings using the audio-only meeting join link. For for information, see Known issues and limitations (Android).

If your site administrator configured your site to allow it, you can include audio-only meeting join links that attendees can use to join the audio portion of the meeting with a single tap. Your meeting must support call-in users and have the Exclude password from invitation option turned off when you schedule your meeting.

If you’re an attendee, tap the call-in number link to join the meeting. If you’re the host, you need to start your meeting from your Webex site, the desktop app, or the mobile app.

Depending on the Android device and email app you use, you may still need to enter a password to join the meeting.