- Workspace users are getting the options to record and transcribe Google Meet calls by default
- Participants concerned about privacy can always turn the tools off.
- Accounts with Gemini AI can also use its note-taking feature on Meet calls by default.
Video meetings are the new normal for so many of us, and with easy access to them from our smartphones, it’s harder and harder to come up with a good reason why you can’t attend. For whatever reason, though, if you’re unable to make a call, all the major platforms support the ability to record video meetings for later reference. Of course, a feature like that is only useful if you remember to take advantage of it. Now Google Meet is making sure you’ll never miss a recording again, as it delivers the ability to automatically transcribe and record calls.
These new Google Workspace options offer three settings for controlling these defaults. You can automatically transcribe all meetings, generating a written record. And if you want to get the full visual experience, too, another setting lets you automatically record meetings by default. With both of these modes, either the host or the participants can still opt out and cancel the recording, but starting from this position of “on” should mean fewer meetings you accidentally forget to archive at all.