Important: This is an experimental feature rolling out through the Gemini Enterprise and AI Meetings and Messaging Alpha, and may not be available to you.
This feature is also available through our early access testing program, Google Workspace Labs.
In Google Meet, you can use artificial intelligence to run efficient and productive meetings. With this feature, you’re able to:
- Automatically capture meeting notes and share them using Google Docs
- Identify and create action items for meeting attendees
- Catch up during the meeting with “summary so far”
- Receive a summary of the notes after the call
Before you use take notes for me
If you turn on Host Management in Meet, only meeting hosts can turn take notes for me on or off. Learn more about host controls.
- For this feature to work, meetings must be conducted in spoken English.
- This feature is available on a computer or a laptop.
How to use take notes for me
- On a computer, open meet.google.com.
- Select a meeting.
- At the top right of your screen, click Take notes for me
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After you turn on this feature, let everyone know you use Gemini in Meet to take notes. Google Meet informs all meeting participants that notes are being taken and a blue pencil icon appears on all participants' screens.
- Select any of these actions:
- Click the option to create a new doc for meeting notes
- Select either an existing doc or a new doc.
- Tip: If a new doc is created by, it's subject to a Domain's Google Drive retention policies. Take notes for me doesn't follow Google Meet retention policies.
- The doc you choose will be the meeting notes for the entire meeting.
- Tip: If your meeting is recurring, you need to re-select the doc for meeting notes.
- The doc you choose will be the meeting notes for the entire meeting.
- Tip: If a new doc is created by, it's subject to a Domain's Google Drive retention policies. Take notes for me doesn't follow Google Meet retention policies.
- Select either an existing doc or a new doc.
- Edit or delete generated action items from within the "take notes for me" popup by clicking on them
- Manually refresh “Summary so far”
- Stop and restart taking notes: All meeting participants can stop taking notes at any time. You can ensure that any confidential or sensitive discussions are not part of the meeting summary.
- Click the option to create a new doc for meeting notes
After you end the meeting
- The meeting organizer and whoever turned on the feature will receive an email with the generated meeting notes.
- The meeting recap will not be available immediately. You will see a temporary notice in the meeting notes that says “Meet is taking notes and will produce a summary with action items and other meeting details.”
Troubleshooting issues with Gemini features
- Gemini for Google Workspace is constantly learning and may not be able to support your request.
- Sometimes, you may not be able to select the Take notes for me
- Sometimes, the meeting summary can be incomplete, inaccurate, or not generated. It can be due to reasons like:
- Meeting isn’t conducted in spoken English.
- Meeting participants use abusive or inappropriate language.
- Internet connectivity issues during the meeting.
- If you're having issues generating a meeting summary in Google Docs, try reloading your browser.
Learn about Gemini feature suggestions
- Gemini feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
- Don’t rely on Gemini features as medical, legal, financial or other professional advice.
- Gemini features may suggest inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Gemini more helpful and safe.
- Enterprise end users can submit feedback about their experience using this feature. End users are informed before they submit feedback that the feedback data shouldn’t contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information.