The office was never about the building. It was about the people next to you.

Meet Knock turns Google Meet into an always-on virtual office. Mute yourself to focus. When a teammate needs you, they knock — and you're right there. No scheduling. No waiting for a Slack reply. Just the effortless proximity that makes teams actually work.

How It Works

Four steps. Zero friction.

1

Join your team's call

Open Google Meet like normal. Meet Knock activates automatically in the side panel.

2

Go heads-down

Hit Mute in the side panel. Your speaker and mic both turn off. You're focused — but your team can see you're still in the room.

3

Get knocked

A teammate needs you. They click Nudge (a polite chime) or Unmute (your speaker turns on so you hear them). Your mic stays off until you decide to speak.

4

Jump back in

Unmute with one click. You're in the conversation. When you're done, mute again and get back to work.

Why It Works

Presence without pressure

Ambient Presence

Work alone, together

Stay connected to your team on a shared Meet call. See who's heads-down and who's available — like glancing across the office.

Productive Interruptions

Tap, don't schedule

Need a quick answer? Send a Nudge or Unmute their speaker to pull them into the conversation instantly. No calendar invite. No context-switching. Just the kind of 30-second exchange that offices made easy and remote work made hard.

Privacy by Design

Your mic, your rules

Meet Knock never remotely activates anyone's microphone. A teammate can unmute your speaker so you hear the room, but only you can choose to talk. You're interruptible, not surveilled.

The Science

The office trick no one talks about

The best ideas didn't come from scheduled meetings. They came from overhearing a conversation two desks over. From a quick "hey, got a sec?" that saved an hour of back-and-forth. From knowing your team was right there.

Remote work killed that. Slack turned every question into a queue. Calendars turned every conversation into a 30-minute commitment.

Meet Knock brings it back — backed by the same science that explains why people focus better in coffee shops, libraries, and co-working spaces. It's called body doubling, and it works because your brain responds to the presence of others, even when they're not interacting with you directly.

Read the research

FAQ

Common questions

Yes. Meet Knock works on any Google Meet call, whether you're on a Workspace account or a personal Gmail account.

No. Never. A teammate can unmute your speaker so you hear the room, but your microphone stays off until you choose to turn it on. This is a core design principle, not a setting.

Just a self-chosen handle (like a nickname). No real names, no email addresses, no browsing data. All meeting presence data is deleted when you leave the call. Read our full privacy policy for details.

No. Meet Knock only activates on Google Meet pages. It doesn't run in the background, doesn't access other tabs, and doesn't do anything when you're not on a call.