Attending meetings

Join Bridge meetings as a participant. Preview your camera and mic, request to join from the lobby, and use the shared experience with People, Chat, Conversation, and Artifacts panels, and interact through chat, reactions, and screen sharing when the host allows it.

Attend a Bridge meeting

How you join a Bridge meeting depends on whether you are signed in to a Bridge account, joining as a guest without an account, or attending as the host.

Account type	At the lobby	Join outcome
Signed in to a Bridge account	If your email is on the meeting invite list, you skip the lobby. If you are signed in but not invited, you request to join from the lobby.	Invited participants join directly. Other signed-in participants wait for the host to admit them.
Not signed in (guest)	Enter a display name, preview your camera and mic, and request to join from the lobby.	The host admits you when ready.
Host	You do not go through the lobby.	You auto-join the meeting.

Learn more about joining as a guest or hosting a meeting.

Before you join

Use the meeting lobby screen to configure your devices and enter the meeting with the right settings.

Open the join link

Click the meeting link from your calendar or invitation. The meeting lobby screen opens in your browser.

Preview your camera and mic

The meeting lobby screen shows a camera preview and device settings. Toggle your microphone and camera, select devices from the dropdowns, and apply video effects if desired.

Join or request to join

If the meeting is open, select Join. If a lobby is enabled, select Request to join and wait for the host to admit you.

The meeting experience

At the top of the meeting

Meeting overview icon that includes information from the pre-meeting brief when available.
Meeting title pulled from the Host's calendar (hosts can edit the meeting title).
Recording, transcription, and notetaking badges when those meeting tools are active (visible to all users).
Participant avatars show who is in the call.
Session preferences menu to customize your in-meeting experience for the current session.
- Video:
  - Video effects:
    - Background blur
    - Background images (preset and custom uploads)
    - Video mirroring
  - Layout:
    - Dynamic, where tiles resize as people join
    - Sidebar, where the speaker is large and others appear beside them
    - Spotlight, which shows only the active speaker
- Host Controls (visible only to the host, see hosting meetings):
  - Meeting tools
  - Participant controls
  - Meeting access
- Panels:
  - Show or hide all or individual panels: Participants, Chat, Conversation, Notepad, Assistant, and Artifacts
  - Auto-hide meeting controls on hover
- Context:
  - Set your session context to Professional, Personal, or Academic, and choose a domain to personalize AI output for the current meeting

Session preferences apply only to the current meeting. Configure account-wide defaults in Account settings → Preferences.

Resizable panels

Video: participant tiles, screen shares, raised hands, profiles, talking indicator
Participants: people and agents visibility and profile access
Chat: for in-meeting messages (when enabled by host)
Conversation: shows the live transcript (when enabled by host)
Assistant: for live AI support
Artifacts: real-time structured notes (when enabled by host)
Notepad: for private thoughts

The bottom meeting control bar

Microphone toggles and settings
- Device selection
- Noise cancellation
Camera toggles and settings
- Device selection
- Background blur
- Background images and effects
Screen sharing (accessible when enabled by host)
- Share a browser tab (optionally share tab audio as well)
- Share an application window (optionally share system audio as well)
- Share entire screen (optionally share system audio as well)
Recording (accessible when enabled by host)
Reactions (emojis float on screen for all participants)
Raise hand
More options:
- Meeting tools (available to the host only)
- Participant controls (available to the host only)
- Hide/show all panels
- Adjust layout
- Open picture-in-picture
- Get support
Leave meeting (exits the call while other participants continue. only hosts can end the call for everyone)

After the meeting

If the meeting is still active, select Rejoin to return. If the meeting has ended and a participant recap was generated, select View recap to open it.