Indicate whether you’ll join a meeting virtually or in person, now on Gmail
Monday, November 15, 2021
In July of this year, we introduced new RSVP options for Calendar invitations to make Google Calendar more flexible in the hybrid workplace. We’re now adding this same functionality to RSVPs in Gmail.
| New RSVP options in Gmail |
With these RSVP options, you can indicate how you plan to join a meeting—in the meeting room, or virtually. Then, both the organizer and guests will be able to see how attendees are planning to attend the meeting in the event detail. This will help meeting attendees know what to expect when joining a meeting, and prepare accordingly.
Note that if you select the new RSVP options, the join method details (e.g. “joining virtually”) are not shared with contacts on other platforms, such as Microsoft Outlook.
- Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
- End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about responding to event invitations.
- Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on November 15, 2021
- Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on November 29, 2021
- Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers