Google Meet is getting an automated note-taker, and yes, it is powered by Gemini. The new ”Take notes for me” feature is rolling out to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, plus eligible Workspace business users, letting Meet capture meeting transcripts, produce live summaries, and flag action items while everyone else tries to sound concise.
The feature works on both web and mobile, runs in the background with user permission, and can save a summary to a Google Doc in the host’s Drive when the call ends. Participants also get an instant recap email, which is the sort of tidy admin that should save time in every team meeting that somehow turned into a project briefing, a hiring discussion, and a status update all at once.
How Google Meet note taking works
Hosts can switch it on during an active call by tapping the pencil icon at the top of the Meet window, or pre-enable it for future meetings from the ”Meeting records” section in Google Meet settings. Once enabled, all participants are told that note taking is active, which is a sensible bit of transparency in a product area where silence and consent matter more than slick branding.
- Available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers
- Also available to eligible Workspace business users
- Works on web and mobile
- Generates summaries and action items in real time
- Can save notes to Google Docs and send recap emails after the meeting
Languages and rollout
Google says the feature is currently available in select languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. That makes sense for a first wave: meeting notes are only useful if the transcription layer is reliable enough not to turn a budget discussion into modernist poetry.
The bigger story is that Google is pushing Gemini deeper into the everyday work apps where AI is easiest to justify. Microsoft has spent the past two years doing the same with Copilot in Teams and Office, and Google is clearly trying to make Meet feel less like a video app and more like a built-in assistant that quietly does the boring part for you. The question now is whether users trust the machine to capture the nuance, or still keep a human taking backup notes just in case.