Google Meet will take AI notes for in-person meetings too

Google has significantly expanded the capabilities of its AI-powered meeting assistant, breaking it free from its own video conferencing platform. The feature, called 'Take notes for me' and powered by the Gemini AI model, can now generate transcripts, summaries, and action items for in-person meetings as well as meetings hosted on rival platforms Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Previously limited to alpha testers on Android, this rollout makes the tool widely available on both mobile and desktop. Crucially, it also works for impromptu gatherings; users don't need to be in a meeting room or have a pre-scheduled call.

To use it, a participant simply navigates to the Google Meet homescreen in the app or on the web and selects 'take notes for me' to begin recording the audio of the discussion. After the meeting concludes, Gemini processes the audio and automatically creates a structured document containing a summary and a list of action items. This document is saved as a Google Doc in the Drive of the user who initiated the recording, providing a seamless workflow from conversation to archived notes. Google's support documentation notes that if someone needs to join remotely, the in-person session can easily transition to a standard Google Meet video call.

This move represents a strategic play by Google to position its AI as a ubiquitous workplace tool, agnostic to the meeting platform. By making the note-taker work anywhere—from a formal Teams call to a quick stand-up at a desk—Google is embedding its ecosystem deeper into daily workflows. It directly competes with similar AI summary features native to Zoom and Teams, but by being cross-platform, it offers a unified solution for professionals who use multiple services.