About Pexip's Google Meet integration

The Pexip Service allows any standards-based video conferencing systems on SIP or H.323, and Skype for Business clients, to seamlessly connect to Google Meet meetings. When using Pexip's interop service:

  • You can schedule or set up meetings in Google Calendar or Outlook (with the Google Outlook add-in for Office 365) as normal, and all additional joining information is added automatically.
  • Any standards-based video conferencing systems on SIP and H.323 can seamlessly connect to Google Meet meetings.
  • Presentation content can be sent from a VTC endpoint to Google Meet at 1080p resolution.
  • Meeting participants that normally use Skype for Business can simply click the join link and use Skype for Business in the meeting, keeping that client’s native user experience, layout, and content sharing abilities.
  • You can join Google Meet meetings where that meeting is being hosted by an external third-party organization (even if the host’s organization has not enabled Pexip interoperability themselves) — this is referred to as "SIP Guest Join".

This article covers:

Calling domain

When using Pexip's Google Meet integration you have to decide on a Calling domain — this is the domain that is used in the meeting invitation address. It can be either:

  • Your own domain e.g. addresses in the style <meeting id>@example.com. This option provides addresses that are fully self-branded. If you already use your own domain for Pexip VMRs and registered endpoints, then you can continue to use this for the Google Meet gateway. We do not limit to one domain per company — the Pexip gateway service supports multiple domains (e.g. eu.example.com, us.example.com, and so on). If you also have Teams CVI integration you must use a different domain for your Google Meet integration.
  • Your own subdomain on onpexip.com e.g. addresses in the style <meeting id>@mydomain.onpexip.com.

The following table describes which features are offered by the two domain options:

Requirement Own domain
(e.g. example.com)		 Own subdomain on onpexip.com
(e.g. mydomain.onpexip.com)
Fully self-branded dial-in URI

 
Self-branded Virtual Reception (IVR)

Skype for Business support

Endpoint registration & Pexip VMRs

No costs for domain hosting  

No DNS records to administer  

When configuring your Google Workspace you should use long meeting IDs. These provide a permanent address in the style <13 digit number>@customer-specific-domain. This address always stays the same for a meeting, and enables the SIP join details to be embedded in the actual invitation, making it clearer for the users being invited.

Note that early adopters may still be using short meeting IDs, which is a deprecated method, and/or Pexip's shared domain gmeet.pexip.me.

Using a Virtual Reception (IVR) on Google Meet

Third-party systems can connect to Google Meet conferences either by dialing the conference directly or via a Virtual Reception (IVR).

The URI for the Virtual Reception (IVR) depends on whether you are using your own domain or your own subdomain on onpexip.com:

  • Own domain: gmeet@[example.com]
  • Own subdomain on onpexip.com: gmeet@[mydomain.onpexip.com]

We recommend adding this URI to the video directory for easy access!

Note that the Pexip apps cannot join meetings via the Virtual Reception (but they can be used to call directly into the meeting).

Trusted devices for direct entry to the meeting

Soft clients and video endpoints can be considered "trusted parties" and can enter a Google Meet meeting without the need for a meeting manager to manually admit/deny entry if:

  • They are registered on the Pexip Service under the same company as the Google Interop service. (If you are on the Pexip Service, all your devices will most likely be in the same company as the Google Interop service. If in doubt, please ask your Pexip partner.) This is independent of whether you use your own domain or the shared domain (gmeet.pexip.me).
  • They are configured as Trusted Devices on the Pexip Service.

Skype for Business clients are not on the Pexip Service and hence are not trusted.

Google meeting layouts

By default, the 1+7 layout is used for VTCs connecting to Google meetings. However, you can choose to use any one of the following alternative layouts as your default layout:

  • 1+7 (1 large main speaker and up to 7 other participants) — the default
  • Adaptive Composition (real-time automatic face detection and framing)
  • 1+0 (full-screen main speaker only)
  • Equal 2x2 (4 speakers)
  • Equal 3x3 (9 speakers)
  • Equal 4x4 (16 speakers)
  • Equal 5x5 (25 speakers)
  • 2+21 (2 main speakers and up to 21 other participants)

Also see Using endpoints to control the layout and manage meetings for information about dynamically changing the layout during a meeting. Note that Adaptive Composition and the 1+0 layouts are not included in the dynamic layout cycling feature, even if it is configured as the initial/default layout.

Please contact your account manager at your local certified Pexip Partner if you would like to request a different default layout (instead of 1+7).

1+7 layout

Adaptive Composition layout

1+0 layout: full-screen main video

Equal 2x2

Equal 3x3

Equal 4x4

Equal 5x5

2 main speakers and up to 21 other participants

Recording, streaming, transcribing and AI

If a Google Meet conference is recorded, streamed or transcribed, or AI features are enabled, then an in-conference indicator is displayed and audio prompts indicating that streaming/recording/transcribing/AI has been started/stopped are played to callers who are gatewayed via the Pexip Service into the conference. Distinct messages are used depending on whether the conference is being recorded, streamed, transcribed or AI-enabled, and when streaming, the audio prompts also vary according to whether the stream is public or not.

Federating for Skype for Business environments

To call from a Skype for Business client into a Google Meet meeting, the Skype for Business environment needs to be set up with one of the following federations:

  • Open Federation, or
  • Enhanced Federation (towards gmeet.pexip.me and pexip.me)

This applies for all calling domain scenarios.

The Skype for Business joining instructions are available from a "More joining options" link in the calendar event or invite.

More information

For more information on setting up your integration, see:

For more information about joining Google Meet meetings, see: