Google Meet can now take AI notes for in-person meetings

In short: Google is expanding its Gemini note taking feature so it can summarize in-person meetings, and meetings held on Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

What happened

Google Meet already has a feature that can listen to a meeting and write up notes using Gemini, Google’s AI assistant. Now, Google says this feature can also be used when people are sitting in the same room, not just on a Google Meet video call.

The idea is simple. You start the tool, it records the conversation, and it produces a written summary and a transcript, which is a word-for-word text version of what was said (like subtitles, but saved as a document). It also creates “action items,” which are the tasks people agreed to do.

Google says you can start this from the Google Meet home screen on mobile or desktop by selecting “take notes for me.” The notes are saved in a Google Doc and placed in Google Drive for the person who started the recording.

Google also says the same note taking feature can work even if the meeting is happening on another service, including Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

Support for in-person meetings was previously limited. It was only available to a small test group and only on Android phones.

Why it matters

Many people spend a lot of time writing down what was decided in meetings, or trying to remember who agreed to do what. Tools like this aim to act like a shared notepad that listens for you, so you can focus on the conversation. It also raises practical questions for workplaces, like when it is appropriate to record, and making sure everyone in the room knows it is running.

Source: The Verge AI