A new Google Meet update aims to help users focus on their meetings more than ever with the ability to automatically take notes.
The new “Take notes for me” tool, powered by the company’s Gemini AI platform, first announced in August 2023, has finally started rolling out to Google Workspace users.
However, not all video conferencing users will be able to use the tool right away, as it will initially only be 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 difficult to stay on top of and participate in meeting discussions while also trying to keep track of the meeting and subsequent follow-ups,” said a Google Workspace Updates blog post announcing the launch.
“Take notes for me” is an AI-powered feature in Google Meet that automatically takes notes, allowing you to focus on discussion, collaboration, and presentation during your meetings.
The feature, which will be on by default but can also be activated by selecting the pencil icon in the top right corner of the screen, will automatically capture meeting notes into a Google Docs file and save it to the Google Drive account of the person who owns the meeting.
The notes document will also be attached to the calendar event, meaning your colleagues or coworkers within your organization will also be able to access them.
When the meeting ends, Google Meet will send an email with a link to the notes to both the meeting owner and anyone else who has the “take notes for me” option enabled.
Anyone who joins the meeting late will be able to quickly catch up with a “summary so far” that recaps what has already happened. For now, the feature will also only be available when using Google Meet on a computer or laptop, and meetings must be conducted in spoken English.
The launch is the latest step in Google Meet’s plan to become more effective and useful for customers around the world.
This includes the AI Meetings and Messaging add-on, a suite of AI-powered tools that it hopes will make workers more efficient and lead to more productive collaboration across companies.
The plan, which costs $10 per user per month on “most” Google Workspace plans, also includes an expanded “Translate for Me” feature, which will automatically detect and translate captions in Google Meet calls, and an expansion of Google Chat spaces to up to 500,000 members for company-wide chats.
Gmail is also getting improved voice prompts that allow users to easily send emails on the fly, as well as an instant polish tool capable of turning rough notes into a full email with a single click.
