Google Meet Updates & Release Notes

To help users remember to capture notes for meetings when it’s most valuable, we’re updating the admin and end user settings that let them pre-configure AI note-taking for Google Meet.

Admin settings

Previously, admins could only enable or disable automatic note-taking for all meetings. Today, we’re starting to roll out a third option, which will allow admins to enable automatic note-taking only for meetings with three or more people.

Customers on Business Standard and Business Plus plans will soon see this setting turned ON by default; the setting will be OFF by default for customers on Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, and Frontline Plus plans, as well as those with the Google AI Pro for Education add-on. There will be no impact to the end user experience on any plan before September 21, 2026. If you want to change your settings, you can do so in the Admin console.

If you currently participate in the Gemini Alpha program, and previously tested this setting, it may already be ON. Please review the current state of the settings for your organization in the Admin console before September 21, 2026.

End user settings

We’re also introducing a way for end users to enable note-taking only for meetings with three or more participants. Once the “For all meetings I host with 3+ guests” option rolls out, users should revisit their settings to confirm they’re configured as desired. This option will become available no sooner than September 21; stay tuned to the Workspace Updates blog to be notified when that rollout starts.

Getting started

• Admins for Business Standard and Business Plus organizations: This new setting is ON by default. If you wish to change your settings, you should do so before September 21, 2026, to avoid any impact for end users. Visit the Help Center for more information on how to adjust these settings.
• Admins for Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Frontline Plus, and Google AI Pro for Education organizations: This new setting is OFF by default. You can adjust this setting in the Admin console once it appears, but it will not affect the end user experience before September 21, 2026. Visit the Help Center for more information on how to adjust these settings.
• Admins for organizations participating in Gemini Alpha program: Your settings may be impacted by previous configurations. Please review your settings before September 21, 2026, to ensure they’re configured correctly.
• End users on all plans: The default set by admins will go into effect for end users no sooner than September 21, 2026. Users can override this default in the Meet user settings after that date. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Meeting settings for “take notes for me”.

Rollout pace

Admin setting

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Rolling out now, with expected completion by August 3, 2026

End user setting

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting no sooner than September 21, 2026*

*We’ll post an update on the Workspace Updates blog when the end user setting rollout begins.

Availability

• Business: Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Other Editions: Frontline Plus
• Education Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education

Resources

• Google Meet Help: Take notes for me in Google Meet
• Google Workspace Updates Blog: New user controls for Take notes for me

In April 2026, we updated Meet to improve video quality on high-resolution displays. We’re now updating the way the Admin console setting that limits video bandwidth works to reduce data usage and improve call quality.

Previously, the ‘Limit video bandwidth’ setting only limited video bandwidth on the uplink; it now limits bandwidth on the downlink as well. In addition, we’re improving quality for two-person calls by increasing the uplink bandwidth usage in this scenario.

Updated setting for Meet default video quality

Getting started

• Admins: Your existing settings will remain applied. Visit the Help Center to learn more about configuring default video quality.
• End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 29, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers

Resources

• Google Admin Help: Manage Meet settings (for admins)
• Google Admin Help: Configuring default video quality

Prior to this update, iOS users without the Gmail or Meet apps were unable to participate in Google Meet sessions on their mobile devices. Now, iOS mobile device users can join meetings directly through Safari, without needing to install an app. The process is now seamless; individuals without a Google account can simply provide their name to request entry into the call.

In this animation, an iPhone user has received a link to join a Meet call. They click on the link and immediately join via their Safari browser.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
• End users: If an iOS user attempts to join a Google Meet call and doesn’t have the Gmail or Meet app installed, they’ll be automatically directed to join via Safari.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 23, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google accounts

We’re bringing the power of Google Meet to your vehicle's display with our new integration for Android Auto. This update makes it easy to safely stay connected and handle important meetings hands-free from behind the wheel.

Users can now access Google Meet directly from their car's dashboard. This integration ensures your productivity doesn't pause when you start your engine. From your vehicle's display, you can check your upcoming meeting schedule and join discussions with a single tap.

You also have the flexibility to make and receive direct audio calls, with a convenient History tab that lets you quickly dial colleagues or clients without taking your eyes off the road.

Please note that when you join a meeting or call, your camera is turned off and you won’t see the incoming video content. You’ll hear the audio from the meeting and have audio input access from your microphone.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
• End users: This feature is ON by default for users with the Google Meet app installed on their Android phone. To use it, simply connect your phone to an Android Auto-compatible vehicle. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Meet on Android Auto.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Available now
• Scheduled Release domains: Rolling out now, with expected completion by June 26, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts

Resources

• Google Meet Help: Use Meet on Android Auto
• Google Workspace Updates Blog: Google Meet is now available on CarPlay

We previously launched support for sending full HD video (1080p) in Meet on the web, and we’re now extending that capability to Google Meet room hardware based on ChromeOS.

Google Meet will use full HD when the additional bandwidth is needed for sharp video from the room, such as:

• On large screens: When others in the call are viewing the room on large monitors or TVs with a layout that makes 1080p necessary, such as full-screen views in Spotlight mode, 1:1 calls or dual-screen rooms.
• When someone pins your video: If a person in the meeting "pins" the room, Meet will send the highest available quality.
• When the meeting is being recorded: Recorded meetings use full HD from the room for the saved meeting video.

Full HD is available from devices that use a high-resolution camera and can handle the additional processing over a fast, stable internet connection. Meet will continue to automatically adjust video quality downwards if network constraints are detected to ensure a smooth meeting experience.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
• End users: There is no end user setting for this feature; the upgrade happens seamlessly in the background when conditions are met.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet hardware devices

Resources

• Google Meet Help: Learn how to view people in Google Meet
• Google Meet Help: Pin or mute Google Meet participants
• Google Meet hardware Help: Adjust your view of meeting participants in a Meet hardware room
• Google Meet hardware Help: Google Meet hardware certification program for ChromeOS peripherals & devices
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Prepare your network for Meet meetings & live streams
• Google Workspace Updates Blog: Google Meet now supports high definition video for meeting recording and devices

In September 2025, we launched Ask Gemini in Meet, which brings the power of Gemini into your organization’s meetings. Today, we’re excited to announce that we’re making the feature more easily accessible by moving the Ask Gemini prompt box into the bottom left-hand corner of the Google Meet web interface:

Previously, Ask Gemini in Meet was available only by hovering over the icon in the top right corner. This change makes it much easier to discover and use this feature in Google Meet calls. Other than the entrypoint change, there are no changes to the Ask Gemini in Meet functionality itself.

As a reminder, you use Ask Gemini in Meet to:

• Get a quick brief on the goals and topics for the meeting you’re in
• List key takeaways, decisions, and action items mentioned in the meeting
• Catch up on what you missed if you joined late (as long as Take Notes for Me was enabled)

Getting started

• Admins: These features will be on by default for organizations with Ask Gemini in Meet enabled. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Ask Gemini in Meet on or off.
• End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Ask Gemini in Meet.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) started on May 26, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus

Resources

• Google Workspace Updates Blog: Ask Gemini in Meet: Your Personal Meeting Assistant
• Google Meet Help: Ask Gemini in Meet
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Turn Ask Gemini on or off

We're making it simpler to join large Google Meet events. When an adaptive meeting reaches its maximum capacity for meeting contributors (those with camera, microphone, and screen sharing privileges), any additional users attempting to join the main call are automatically redirected to join the live stream instead. In the live stream they can still interact using reactions, chat, polls and Q&A. What interactive features are available depends on what the host allows in the Host controls settings. Users that try to join the main call while only invited to the live stream will also be redirected automatically.

This means a smoother, seamless viewing experience for everyone attending your largest meetings. It doesn't change access settings to meetings or live streams. The host still remains in control over who can take part in meetings and live streams, and which features are available for them to use. The new redirect will be working for any meetings hosts make adaptive under Meeting Access. Participants can still also join the live stream directly by clicking the separate live stream link in calendar events.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
• End users: This feature is automatically turned on for any meeting hosts make adaptive in Meet Settings > Host controls > Meeting access. There is no setting for meeting attendees. Visit the Help Center to learn more about adaptive meeting settings.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting May 6, 2026
• Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting May 20, 2026

Availability

• Enterprise: Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
• Education: Education Plus
• Education Add-ons: Teaching and Learning

Resources

• Google Help: Start or schedule a Google Meet meeting - Adaptive meetings
• Google Help: Live stream a video meeting
• Google Workspace Updates Blog: Launching a new Adaptive meeting type

We’re introducing a new feature that allows administrators to require explicit consent from meeting participants before automatic note-taking, recording, and/or transcription begins. With this update, admins can ensure that participants on supported devices must actively agree to be recorded, be transcribed, or have notes enabled.

Getting started

• Admins: This feature will be OFF by default and can be enabled at the domain, OU, or group level. You can find these settings in the Admin console Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Dialog showing consent required for meeting attendee

• End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 5, 2026

Availability

These editions include consent for notes, recordings, and transcripts:

• Business: Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Other Editions: Frontline Plus
• Education Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education

These editions include consent for transcripts and recordings:

• Enterprise: Enterprise Starter
• Education: Education Plus
• Education Add-ons: Teaching and Learning

These editions include consent for recording:

• Other Editions: Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Manage participant consent for Meet features
• Google Help: Take notes for me in Google Meet
• Google Help: Record a video meeting
• Google Help: Use transcripts with Google Meet

We are giving users more control over "Take notes for me" in Google Meet with new customization options and an improved Decisions section.

“Take notes for me” recently introduced customizations for meeting artifacts, such as the option to set your preferred level of detail for your notes. Now, users can tailor their notes to be more actionable and easier to digest by choosing exactly which sections they want to include.

Updates include

• Customizable notes sections: Users can now toggle specific sections on or off via the in-call menu, including Summary, Decisions, Next steps, and Details. These changes only affect your current meeting and will not impact your default view for future calls.
• New “Decisions” section: This section explicitly captures outcomes and tracks their status, such as Aligned, Needs further discussion, Disagreed, or Shelved. Note that the Decisions section will initially be available in English only.
• Improved summary: The summary section has been improved to be more concise and scannable, allowing you to quickly catch up on key points.

These improvements will help make your meeting notes more actionable and scannable, and reduce the need to manually reformat notes after a call.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no specific admin control for this feature. It will be available to all users who have access to "Take notes for me."
• End users: To use this feature, turn on “Take notes for me" in any of your meetings. Within the menu, try customizing which sections are included in your notes. In particular, explore the new summary and decisions sections. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 30, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Other Editions: Frontline Plus
• Education Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education
• Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra

Resources

• Google Help: Take notes for me in Google Meet

We have certified additional Lightware peripheral switchers, so that you and your team can bring your own devices (BYOD) to Google Meet on ChromeOS touch controller rooms. The new devices bring improvements for video processing, networking, connectivity and security.

Plug your laptop into a Meet room with a single USB-C cable and easily use the room's display, speaker, microphone, and camera—along with your laptop—for video conferencing.

The integration is extended with the following peripheral switchers:

• Lightware Taurus UCX 4x2 HC60
• Lightware Taurus UCX 4x3 HC60
• Lightware Taurus UCX 4x2 HC60D
• Lightware Taurus UCX 4x3 HC60 BD

This offers the following benefits:

• Seamless transition: Rooms will automatically enter BYOD mode as soon as a user connects their laptop via a certified cable, enabling immediate use of the room's display and high-quality audio and video equipment.
• Meeting continuity: If a Google Meet call is already in progress, connecting a laptop will not interrupt the call or activate BYOD mode. The same cable for BYOD mode can be used during a Google Meet meeting for sharing your screen to the meeting, ensuring a unified meeting experience.
• Enhanced admin control: Administrators will gain new visibility within the Google admin console, allowing them to see when BYOD mode is active in a room and preventing erroneous missing peripheral alerts when a third-party device is in control.

Getting started

• Admins: Visit the Lightware website to learn more.
• End users: Once the integration is installed, use a USB-C cable to use the room displays, audio devices, and camera.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 13, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet ChromeOS hardware devices

Resources

• Lightware site: Lightware landing page for Google Meet solutions
• Google Workspace Updates Blog: BYOD on Google Meet on Chrome OS touch controller rooms

Following our recent general availability launch for web, we are excited to announce that speech translation is now rolling out to the Meet Android and iOS apps. The feature allows audio to be translated to other languages in near-real-time, helping global teams communicate more naturally and removing language barriers.

More details

• Language support: The feature supports bidirectional translation between English and Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Italian.
• Single language pair per meeting: Currently, only one language pair (e.g., English <-> Spanish) can be active in a meeting at a time.
• Meeting room hardware: Users in conference rooms can hear translations but their own speech will not be translated.
• Ongoing improvements: Users can expect visual updates to the user interface, as well as refinements to translation accuracy and nuance.

Getting started

• Admins: Speech translation will be ON by default and can be disabled/enabled at the organizational unit (OU) level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Speech translation on or off for Meet.
• End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Speech Translation.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 8, 2026
• Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 23, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Other Editions: Frontline Plus
• Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra
• AI Add-ons: AI Ultra Access, Google AI Pro for Education

Resources

• Google Help: Learn about Speech Translation
• Keyword: How AI made Meet’s language translation possible

We’re excited to announce Google Meet for Apple CarPlay, allowing on-the-go professionals to stay connected hands-free and join meetings safely while on the road.

With this update, users can now access Google Meet directly from their car's dashboard. This feature is designed to provide a seamless transition from your mobile iOS device to your vehicle, ensuring you never miss an important discussion. Whether you are commuting or traveling between appointments, you can now join meetings with a single tap, view your upcoming schedule, and participate in audio-only calls to maintain focus on driving.

Please note that when you join a meeting, your camera is turned off and you won’t see the incoming video content. You will hear the audio from the meeting and have audio input access from your microphone.

Android Auto users can expect a version of Meet for Android Auto soon.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
• End users: This feature will be ON by default for users with the Google Meet app installed on their iPhone. To use it, simply connect your iPhone to a CarPlay-compatible vehicle. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) started on March 23, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts

Resources

• Google Help: Use Google Meet with Apple Carplay

Announcement

Meet API

Generally Available: The get and list methods on the smartNotes resource can now retrieve smart notes files in a conference record. For details, see Work with artifacts.

Additionally, subscriptions are now generally available for the following smartNotes events:

• google.workspace.meet.smartNote.v2.started
• google.workspace.meet.smartNote.v2.ended
• google.workspace.meet.smartNote.v2.fileGenerated

For details, see Subscribe to Google Meet events and Respond to events from Google Meet.