# Starting instant meetings
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To start a meeting immediately instead of scheduling one in advance, you can start an instant meeting. You can start instant meetings from multiple places in the app. However, if you want to invite multiple attendees, you must start the meeting from the **Meetings** view.

Instant meetings provide the same controls as scheduled meetings. For more information about using those controls, see [Using the Amazon Chime mobile app during a meeting](mobile-in-meeting.md).

**To start in instant meeting in Meetings view**

1. On the navigation bar, choose **Meetings**.

1. From the **Meetings** page, choose **Instant**.

1. From the **Instant meeting** page's list of contacts, choose one or more contacts, or choose a chat room.

1. To call the chosen contacts and start the meeting, choose **Start** from the upper-right corner of the app window.

**To start an instant meeting in all other views**
+ Choose a contact, and on the menu that appears, choose **Call**.
**Note**  
You can also choose a chat room instead of a contact. When you do, the meeting calls all members of that room.