Joining a Meeting

Join via Link

The most common way to join a meeting:

1. Click the meeting link shared with you (e.g., https://intermind.com/abc-def-hij)
2. If you're signed in, you go directly to the pre-join setup
3. Configure your camera and microphone
4. Click Join

On a phone the link opens the InterMIND app — the browser only shows Open in the app, and the app's store when it is not installed yet. The link travels with the install: after the first launch the app opens this meeting. Tablets and computers stay in the browser.

Join via Meeting ID

If you have a meeting ID instead of a link:

1. Go to the Meetings page
2. Click Join Meeting
3. Enter the meeting ID or paste the full URL
4. Click Join
5. Configure your camera and microphone in the pre-join setup
6. Click Join to enter the meeting

Join as a Guest

If you don't have an InterMIND account, you can join ad-hoc meetings as a guest:

1. Click the meeting link — the Pre-Join Setup screen opens on the meeting page itself, with your camera and mic preview
2. Enter your display name; your browser remembers it for the next link
3. Optionally pick a translation language (defaults to your interface language)
4. Click Join — a host-approval request is sent and you enter the waiting room ("Waiting for approval")
5. Once the host clicks Admit, you enter the meeting

On a phone the link opens the app instead, and you join as a guest there — no account needed.

If the host clicks Deny, or does not respond within 5 minutes, the request is declined and you can leave.

Join Channel Meetings

For team channels:

1. Navigate to the channel from the Channels page
2. Click to join the channel meeting
3. You must be a member of the team that owns the channel — if not, the meeting URL returns a 404
4. No host approval needed — team members have direct access

Arrived first? You will be told when the next person joins

If you enter a meeting before the others, you do not have to sit and watch the empty room. Switch to another tab or app: when the next participant joins, you get a notification — a browser notification in the web app, a system notification in the desktop app, a push on the phone — and a tap on it brings you back to the room. The notification is only sent while the room is not on your screen; if you are looking at the meeting, the arrival is visible live. The web app asks for the browser's notification permission when you join.

Pre-Join Setup

The first time you join on a device — and again whenever your camera / microphone / speaker setup has changed since — you see the pre-join setup screen, where you can:

• Preview your camera — See how you look
• Select microphone — Choose from available input devices
• Select camera — Choose from available cameras
• Select speakers — Choose audio output device
• Start muted — Toggle microphone and camera off before joining

There is no switch for it — once you've joined with a given device setup, later joins go straight into the meeting. See Meeting Defaults.

Troubleshooting Joining