Google Meet can now also take notes during in-person meetings without a screen, no longer just during video calls. A Google Doc is automatically created from the conversation with a summary, complete text, and task list. The feature is tied to a paid Google account and is initially rolling out on Android devices.
Gemini now also listens in during meetings in the same room
Until now, the note-taking feature of Google Meet only worked during video conferences. If colleagues were sitting together in the same office, the conversation went unrecorded. As Google states in the Workspace blog, this is changing now: if you open the Google Meet app and tap “Take notes for me,” Gemini can also take notes during spontaneous, in-person meetings, completely without a video call. You simply place the smartphone near the speaking individuals, and Gemini automatically recognizes the spoken words and converts them into text. For many teams, this was previously a disadvantage: important agreements made while standing often went unnoticed because no one typed up a summary.
According to the Google help page on the in-person feature, the process runs in a few steps:
- Open the Google Meet app and tap “Take notes for me.”
- Select “Create notes.”
- Place the device near the conversation group.
- Pause or resume during the meeting if necessary.
- Tap “End” after the meeting.
The conversation becomes a finished summary with tasks
An example from everyday accounting work shows the benefit: four colleagues discuss open invoices and who will send which reminder for ten minutes at the desk. Instead of typing an email with tasks from memory afterward, a Google Doc is already available once the talk is over: with a summary, complete wording, and a list of who is responsible for which point. The link is automatically sent via email. The document itself is saved in the Drive folder of the person who started the recording.
Google had already expanded its AI notes for virtual meetings at the beginning of August with automatically displayed screenshots of shown slides, and now the in-person format is following suit. The feature can be used for all short meetings that were previously never recorded, such as handovers between shifts or spontaneous team huddles. One limitation remains: Gemini understands only one language per conversation, so switching between German and English in the same round is not supported.
The feature is only available with a paid account
Free Google accounts are excluded. A Google Workspace account of the Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, or Enterprise Plus tiers is required. Alternatively, a personal subscription to Google AI Pro or Google AI Ultra is enough. The rollout is staggered: according to Google, the feature has been available on Android devices since August 11, 2026, and starts in web browsers no earlier than August 14, 2026. It is expected to follow on iPhones and iPads no earlier than the end of August 2026, a timeframe also cited by the industry outlet 9to5Google. Access is managed through the same settings that already exist for AI notes in video calls. A separate upgrade solely for this feature is usually not worthwhile if the existing plan does not already include it.
What will matter most is whether companies set clear rules for when Gemini may listen in the room. Google’s help pages do not require explicit consent from those present, but anyone enabling the feature should announce the recording openly, out of consideration for colleagues and clients. Companies with a works council can hardly avoid coordinating the use in advance, since automatically generated meeting notes can count as performance or conduct monitoring under German labor law.
