Getting to a Hangout From a Calendar Invite on Your iOS Device

I ran into this problem yesterday with a Principal I was working with, she needed to be on a Hangout on her iPad (works on iPhone also) via a Google Calendar Invite. Here lies the problem: In the Calendar App on iOS, it will not give you the link to the Hangout Invite. Which is a problem as we are looking for more mobile solutions and a higher demand on our smartphones and tablets.   Using Hangouts is a great tool that brings people together over distances, as in the edtech world we cannot always be together.  

Getting to a Hangout is just a click away if you are the one starting or have someone video call you on your iPad in the Hangouts App. But again we have not solved the problem about getting to the Hangout from the calendar invite.

Your Solution:

If you have the Google Calendar and Google Hangouts App for your iPhone/iPad you can now get to the specific Hangout from the calendar invite.

Open the Google Calendar App; on your device find the event on your calendar, click on the event to open the full account details. You will see the full account details click on “Join Hangout”. Once clicked the app will switch you over to Hangouts, and place you directly into Hangout from the calendar invite.