Google Meet will transcribe your meeting notes now and catch you up if you’re late

It may be troublesome to concentrate in a gathering whereas additionally taking notes, however this new AI-powered Google Meet function makes it simpler to do each. 

In a weblog submit on Tuesday, Google introduced that it has begun rolling out its new “Take notes for me” function in Google Meet for choose Workspace clients. This new AI function can robotically transcribe assembly notes so you possibly can “concentrate on dialogue, collaboration, and presentation throughout your conferences.” 

Google Meet’s “Take notes for me” attaches the notes doc to the calendar occasion, the place everybody within the group concerned can entry it internally after the assembly. It additionally sends an e-mail with a hyperlink to the recap after the assembly to the assembly organizer and whoever has the function turned on. Zoom added an identical function to its video conferencing platform final 12 months. 

Google first introduced this function at its 2023 Cloud Subsequent convention, and it shortly turned one of the anticipated options in Google’s AI rebrand. Sadly, the function is simply obtainable to pick Google Workspace clients with these add-ons: Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Training Premium, or AI Conferences & Messaging. 

Additionally, for the function to work, conferences should be performed in spoken English, excluding most customers within the non-Western world. 

For individuals who can use it, the function could remodel the assembly expertise by permitting staff to remain engaged and alert in conferences with out lacking or repeating main dialogue factors. They will additionally meet up with the “abstract to this point” choice in the event that they’re operating late for a gathering. 

To get began, admins should be sure that “Take notes for me” is enabled by default as a part of the Gemini AI add-on. To take action, go to the admin console and open Apps > Google Workspace > Google Meet > Gemini Settings. For finish customers, as soon as your admin permits the function on their finish, you possibly can start utilizing it. 

The function could take as much as 15 days to totally roll out, with anticipated roll-out completion on September 10, 2024.