Client-side encrypted Google Meet meetings now support co-hosts

Google has added co-host support for client-side encrypted meetings in Meet. With this update, meeting organizers can now plan and book these secure video meetings on behalf of other users and assign them as co-hosts, allowing them to join and open meetings independently, a functionality that greatly enhances the utility of client-side encrypted meetings.

The rollout of this feature commenced on March 6, 2023, and is expected to be available to all Rapid and Scheduled Release domains within 15 days. The feature is only available on the web.

The co-host feature in client-side encrypted meetings will be available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers.

"Client-side encrypted meetings are now getting support for using the co-hosts feature. This means that an organizer can plan and book client-side encrypted video meetings on behalf of other users and assign those as co-hosts to allow them to join and open the meetings independently from the organizer. This feature is only available on the web as planning meetings with co-hosts can only be done on a computer," Google wrote in a blog post.