Google Meet Updates & Release Notes

We know that balancing active participation with note taking during face-to-face discussions can be a challenge. You shouldn't have to choose between staying present in the moment and capturing critical context for later. We’re excited to start rolling out a new way to make Google Meet the home for all of your meetings, expanding beyond just video calls to support your in-person collaboration.

Start Taking Notes:

Launch a session directly from the Google Meet home screen on web or mobile by selecting the "Take notes" button. Once recording begins, Gemini actively captures notes for your in person meetings.

Review the Artifacts:

When your meeting finishes, press the button to conclude audio capture. Gemini automatically compiles a structured notes summary, action items, and complete transcript into a Google Doc, saved directly to Google Drive, and emails the link to you.

Getting started

• Admins: This feature will be controlled by existing Google Meet notes settings.
• End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains:
  • Android with extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on August 11, 2026
  • Web with extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting no sooner than August 14, 2026
  • iOS with extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting no sooner than August 31, 2026

Availability

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

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Use "Take notes for me" for in person meetings

We’re improving the ‘Take notes for me’ feature in Google Meet by giving you the ability to automatically capture and include screenshots of presented content directly in the meeting notes document.

While meeting transcripts capture what is said, they often miss critical visual context, like content that was presented. Without these visuals, notes can lack necessary detail or even be confusing if a speaker refers to a chart or diagram without describing it out loud.

Getting started

• Admins: You can configure this feature in the Admin console to either always allow screenshots of presented content or only allow them when a recording is enabled. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
• End users: When you begin presenting in a meeting where notes are being taken, you will see a notification alerting you that Gemini may capture screenshots of your presentation to add to the notes. This feature can be disabled from the notes panel.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on August 3, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Education: Google AI Pro for Education

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Let Google Meet AI take notes for my users
• Google Meet Help: Take notes for me in Google Meet (Optional customizable settings)

In the coming weeks, we’re starting the rollout of visual screenshots for the ‘Take notes for me’ feature in Google Meet.

Visual screenshots automatically capture presented content (such as slides, diagrams, and charts) directly into the generated meeting notes document, ensuring critical visual context is preserved alongside spoken summaries and transcripts.

Ahead of the general availability rollout, admins can decide whether visual screenshots of presented content are allowed in meeting notes for their users and pre-configure their preferred setting in advance. Admin controls can be configured to either always allow screenshots of presented content (default) or only allow them when a meeting recording is enabled.

We’ll share another update on the Workspace Updates blog with more details when visual screenshots begin rolling out to end users.

Visual Context in Meeting Notes

While meeting transcripts accurately capture what is said during a call, they don’t currently include visual context—such as presented slides, financial charts, or architecture diagrams. Visual screenshots will soon be automatically embedded into the Google Doc created by “Take notes for me”.

Data Protections and Privacy Controls

• Presenter Notifications: When a user begins presenting in a meeting where Take Notes for me is active, an on-screen notification will alert the presenter that Gemini may capture screenshots of the presentation to include in the meeting notes document.
• In-Meeting End-User Control: Presenters and end users can manage or disable visual screenshot capture at any time directly from the Google Meet notes panel.
• Enterprise Data Protections: Visual screenshots captured during meetings are covered by Google Workspace enterprise-grade data protections.

Getting started

• Admins: Admin settings are available starting today. You can configure visual screenshot settings in the Admin console at the domain, Organizational Unit (OU), or group level. Navigate to Apps > Google Workspace > Google Meet to choose between allowing screenshots always or only when recording is enabled.
• End users: There is no end user action required at this time. When the feature officially rolls out, presenters will receive a notification when presenting during a meeting with note-taking enabled and can manage setting preferences from the notes panel.

Rollout pace

Admin Console Settings

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now.

End-User Feature Rollout

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) in Q3 2026. We’ll share another update on the Workspace Updates blog with more details when visual screenshots begin rolling out to end users.

Availability

• Business: Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Education: Google AI Pro for Education

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Let Google Meet AI take notes for my users

We’re making it easier for users to find meeting notes, transcripts, and recordings in Google Drive with the following improvements:

• After a meeting, we’ll automatically upload these files to a new folder in the host’s My Drive called “Google Meet.”
• Within that “Google Meet” folder, these files will be automatically organized into subfolders for each meeting. Files from different instances of a recurring meeting will share one folder.
• Any meeting attendees with access to the meeting files will see shortcuts to these source files in their “Google Meet” Drive folders too..

Previously, these files were only uploaded to the host’s My Drive, not the attendees’, and the files weren’t organized by meeting.

Note: Shortly after we roll out this change, we’ll automatically move the existing “Meet Recordings” folder into the new “Google Meet” folder and rename it “Legacy Meet Recordings.” Users may see both “Meet Recordings” and “Google Meet” in their Google Drive for a brief period during this transition.

Getting started

• Admins: Existing "Meet Recordings" folders will be renamed to "Legacy Meet Recordings" and moved under the new "Google Meet" folder topology. Admins should audit any API scripts or automated workflows that rely on specific folder names or IDs.
• End users: Users will see their meeting artifacts automatically organized into meeting-specific sub-folders within the "Google Meet" folder, with shortcuts for easier findability.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on July 22, 2026
• Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on July 30, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers

Resources

• Google Meet Help: Record a video meeting
• Google Meet Help: Take notes for me in Google Meet

Finding the right notes or attachments for a meeting shouldn't feel like a scavenger hunt. We’re introducing a revamped Google Meet homepage on the web to help you stay organized and prepared throughout your entire meeting workflow.

The new homepage provides a centralized view of your meeting agenda and essential artifacts, allowing you to:

• Prepare effectively: Quickly access meeting descriptions and calendar attachments for upcoming calls.
• Follow through easily: Find meeting notes, recordings, and transcripts from past meetings without digging through your inbox or Drive.
• Manage your time: Use the new week and month navigators to look ahead at your schedule or revisit previous discussions.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. The new homepage experience will be available to all users with access to Google Meet on the web.
• End users: The new homepage experience will be available to all Meet users on the web. Visit meet.google.com to get started.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on July 21, 2026
• Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on August 17, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers and Workspace Individual subscribers

Resources

• Google Meet: Google Meet Homepage
• Google Meet Help: Use the Google Meet homepage

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