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What is the Fugo player for Google Meet?
The Fugo player for Google Meet lets you display digital signage content on your meeting room screens whenever no meeting is in progress. When a meeting starts, Google Meet takes over. When it ends, Fugo resumes automatically.
Whether you're running Google Meet Hardware (certified room kits) or ChromeOS devices such as a Chromebox or Chromebase, you can use Fugo to keep your room screens active, on-brand, and useful between sessions.
Use it to:
Display room schedules and availability on idle meeting room screens
Show company announcements, KPIs, or dashboards between sessions
Keep meeting room displays on-brand at all times
💡 Note: Google Meet uses a virtual screen link from Fugo, not the plain https://player.fugo.ai address. Zoom Rooms and Microsoft Teams Rooms are set up differently, so if that's what you have, follow the Zoom Rooms guide or the Teams Rooms guide instead.
What you'll need
An active Fugo account (https://www.fugo.ai/app) with at least one available screen license. Sign up for a free trial here: https://www.fugo.ai/app/auth/signup
Content already set up in Fugo, such as a playlist, media file, or app
A Google Workspace account with admin access to the Google Admin Console (https://admin.google.com)
Google Meet Hardware or a ChromeOS device (Chromebox or Chromebase) enrolled in your Google Admin Console
A stable internet connection (minimum 3 Mbps per participant, latency under 50 ms recommended)
💡 Note: If you haven't enrolled your Google Meet Hardware or ChromeOS device yet, follow Google's official setup guides before continuing:
Set up Meet hardware devices: https://support.google.com/a/answer/4525672
Enroll and license Meet hardware devices: https://support.google.com/a/answer/6109380
How to connect Google Meet screens to Fugo
Create a virtual screen and copy its link
A Fugo virtual screen gives you a unique link that you plug straight into Google Meet as the screensaver source, so there's no PIN to pair. Each Google Meet device needs its own virtual screen and link.
1. Open Fugo CMS at https://www.fugo.ai/app and log in.
2. Go to the Screens page and click Add screen.
3. Choose Virtual screen.
4. Give your virtual screen a name, for example "Meet Room 1", and click Create.
5. Assign a playlist or content to the virtual screen.
6. Open the virtual screen's settings, find Virtual screen URL, and click the copy icon (Copy link) next to it.
⚠️ Important: Paste the link somewhere safe, such as a note or Slack message, before continuing. You'll need it in the next section. Each virtual screen link works on one device at a time, and using the same link on another device will disconnect one of them.
Set Fugo as the screensaver for Google Meet Hardware
Now that you have your virtual screen link, set it as the idle screensaver for your Google Meet device in the Google Admin Console.
1. Go to admin.google.com and sign in with your admin account.
2. Go to Devices → Google Meet hardware → Settings.
3. Find and select Screensaver.
4. From the device list on the left, select the device you want to configure. Each device needs its own virtual screen link, so don't apply the same link to several devices.
5. On the selected device, scroll down to Screensaver.
6. Under Content, apply these settings:
Set Content type to Custom
Set the Digital Signage provider to None
Paste your Fugo virtual screen link into the URL field
Set Start after this many minutes of inactivity. We recommend 1 minute
Set Show the Meet home screen this many minutes before the next meeting. We recommend 5 minutes
7. Click Save.
8. Wait for the Fugo player to appear on your Google Meet hardware screen. Changes in the Google Admin Console can take up to 5 minutes to reach your device.
That's it! Once your Google Meet device has been idle for the configured period, it will automatically display your Fugo content. When a meeting starts, Google Meet takes over. When the meeting ends, Fugo resumes.
Notes and limitations
Each Fugo virtual screen link can only be used on one device at a time. Using the same link on a second device will disconnect the first. Create a separate virtual screen for each Google Meet device.
Each virtual screen uses one screen license, the same as any other Fugo screen.
Dual-screen setups are not currently supported.
Changes made in the Google Admin Console can take several minutes to apply to your device.
Make sure your network allows access to Fugo services. Contact support@fugo.ai if you need a list of domains to whitelist.
Need help?
If you run into issues setting up Fugo with Google Meet, reach out to our support team at support@fugo.ai or send us a message via the chat box in the Fugo CMS.
Want to see what else Fugo can do for your meeting rooms and office screens? Book a free demo to chat with our team: https://calendly.com/fugo/fugo-digital-signage-software-demo