Google Meet will soon have an option to record, transcribe and keep notes for the meetings. But there is a catch!
Automate meeting recording, transcripts and notes for your Google Meet meetings
Google has a surprise update for you inside Google Meet. Hidden in the latest workspace updates, the tech giant now officially announced to release of a feature to let you record, transcribe and make notes of the meetings. There must have been many chances when joining a meeting in between pushed you away from the ongoing information. Now, finally the notes and transcribe will help you have a glimpse of the essential information of the meeting.
As per the Workspace update, the latest Google Workspace have three key settings to control these settings — you will see an option to automatically transcribe all the meetings; another will let you record the full meeting with visuals; and the third option will be for users for those who have access to Gemini Ai on Workspace accounts to let you summarise the meetings using a note-taking feature of the Gemini.
Who Can Use It?
Admins of the Workspace accounts will have these settings to record, get transcripts, and have notes by default for each meeting. However, Google has confirmed that these features will be limited to hosts and co-hosts of the meeting. It has already started rolling out on October 8 and will have 1-3 days for the visibility of the new feature. It will be available to Google Workspace, including:
- Business Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus
- Enterprise Standard and Plus
- Education Plus, and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade
How To Enable Auto-Record For A Google Meet?
Once enabled, the Workspace account will automatically record all the meetings. Here is how the admin can enable it:
- Open your Google Meet app
- Go to the Meet video settings
- Here, enable the automatic recording
- Similarly, you can enable automatic transcription if available.
Before everything else, the domain-level account admins will need to enable these settings. Later on, the hosts and co-hosts will have the option to edit the settings in invites. As soon as the meeting begins and the attendees start joining in, it will inform them about the automatic recording, transcription, and note-taking feature.
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