A new Google Meet update aims to help users focus on their meetings better than ever before by allowing them to take notes automatically.
First announced in August 2023, the new Take Notes for Me tool, powered by the company’s Gemini AI platform, is finally rolling out to Google Workspace users.
However, not all video conferencing users will be able to use the tool immediately, as it is initially only available to Google Workspace customers with the Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Education Premium or AI Meetings & Messaging add-ons.
Google Meet “Take notes for me”
“It can be challenging to keep track of and participate in meeting discussions while also trying to keep a record of the meeting and subsequent follow-up actions,” says a Google Workspace Updates blog post announcing the rollout.
“‘Take Notes for Me’ is an AI-powered feature in Google Meet that automatically takes notes so you can focus on discussions, collaboration, and presentations during your meetings.”
The feature is on by default, but can also be enabled by selecting the pencil icon in the top right corner of the screen. It automatically captures meeting notes in a Google Docs file and saves them to the Google Drive account of the person leading the meeting.
The notes document will also be attached to the calendar event so that your colleagues or collaborators in your organization can also access it.
When the meeting ends, Google Meet sends an email with a link to the notes to both the meeting owner and anyone else who has the Take Notes for Me feature enabled.
Those who arrive late to the meeting can quickly catch up on what happened with a “recap of what happened so far.” Currently, the feature is only available when using Google Meet on a computer or laptop, and meetings must be held in spoken English.
The launch is the latest step in Google Meet’s plan to be more effective and useful for customers everywhere.
This includes the “AI Meetings and Messaging” add-on, a suite of AI-powered tools designed to increase employee efficiency and lead to more productive collaboration between companies.
The plan costs $10 per user per month on “most” Google Workspace plans and also includes an enhanced “Translate for Me” feature that automatically detects and translates subtitles in Google Meet calls, as well as an expansion of Google Chat spaces to up to 500,000 members for those company-wide chats.
Gmail is also getting improved voice prompts to help users easily send emails on the go, as well as an instant polish tool that turns rough notes into a complete email with just one click.
