Looking for some honest opinions?

As of August 2022, you’ll need a Google Workspace accountto conduct a poll.

Choose Polls > Start a Poll.

Start a poll in the Polls section of Activities

Enter the question for the poll and the answer options.

To allow responses without names, turn on that toggle.

They simply hit the icon and then see the same indicator next to Polls in the Activity list.

Question and answer fields for a poll

They then answer the question by marking one of the options and selecting “Vote.”

A participant cannot change their answer once they’ve voted.

You’ll see the number of votes for each answer option in real-time.

Launch and Save options

They can then return to Activities > Polls and see the number of votes for each answer as well.

To wrap up the poll, select “End the Poll.”

It will no longer be available even if new participants join the meeting.

Launch a poll in Google Meet

You’ll see a tab for All Polls which shows you how each person answered each poll.

You also have separate tabs for the polls numbered in the order you created them.

Each one provides the name (unless you allowed anonymous responses), answer, and atimestamp.

Activities indicator

Related:The Beginner’s Guide to Google Forms

Poll indicator and poll

Responses to a poll in Google Meet

Show poll results toggle

End the Poll button

Google Meet poll results email

Results for All Polls

Results for one poll