Taking meeting notes is crucial for making sure everyone’s on the same page with decisions and actions. Collaborating on them as the meeting progresses can work well but can also be a distraction.
Now you can simply let AI do the work by using Gemini in Google Meet. Give this a go in your next meeting to save time and effort.
How to use Gemini to take meeting notes for you
Open a meeting in Google Meet, or start a new one at meet.new
Click on the ‘pen spark’ icon at the top right of the screen
Check the box if you want a full transcription of everything said during the meeting (in addition to summary notes)
Gemini will follow up after the meeting with separate documents for notes and transcript. It’ll even attach them to the original calendar event for you, too.
Bonus tip
If you’re worried about forgetting to enable this at the beginning of a meeting, you can do it from the calendar invite ahead of time.
Go to a calendar event and click the edit button
Click on the settings gear next to the video call details
Choose ‘Meeting records’ on the left side
Select which records you’d like to be taken automatically when the meeting starts
Don’t see this feature?
On work accounts, your business must have a Business or Enterprise Standard or Plus Workspace subscription. Your administrator must also enable Gemini. Unfortunately, this feature isn’t available in personal Google accounts yet.
Upcoming livestream
Join me live for 45 minutes of the latest Google Workspace updates to Gemini, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Meet at 4pm UK time (8am PST, 11am EST, 5pm CET, 8:30pm IST) on Thursday 30th April.
Learn three of my favourite tips for using Google's tools for work through live demonstrations. I'll be interacting with chat and take dedicated time at the end of the stream to answer your questions.
As always, I hope this week’s tip helps save you time. I’ll see you in a week for your next Workspace Boost!
Dean
