Google Meet is getting a brand new artificial intelligence (AI) characteristic that can permit customers to obtain AI-generated notes as soon as the assembly has concluded. On Tuesday, the tech large introduced the rollout of the characteristic to its Workspace customers. Dubbed ‘Take notes for me’, it makes use of the capabilities of Gemini AI to transcribe and summarise the primary speaking factors throughout a gathering. Notably, the characteristic was first previewed by the corporate final 12 months, nonetheless, it was solely obtainable in beta until now.
Google Meet Will get an AI Observe-Taker
The announcement was made by Google in its Workspace blog, the place the corporate highlighted that the characteristic was rolling out in a phased method beginning August 27. It’d take customers as much as 15 days earlier than they see it at their finish. The ‘Take notes for me’ characteristic is on the market for Google Workspace customers who’ve both Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Schooling Premium, or the AI Conferences & Messaging add-ons.
Take notes for me characteristic on Google Meet
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As soon as the AI characteristic is on the market, customers can discover it within the Gemini AI icon (pencil with sparkle) on top-right of the Meet interface. Clicking the icon will present a brief description of how ‘Take notes for me’ works, and a button to allow it. After enabling it, a brand new doc is created within the drive of the organiser of the assembly.
Whereas by default, the Gemini-powered characteristic will solely take notes and never transcribe every part that was mentioned, there may be an choice to activate transcription as nicely. Additional, the identical menu interface additionally exhibits an choice to document the assembly.
As soon as the assembly has concluded, the ‘Take notes for me’ characteristic will connect the doc with the AI-generated notes to the Calendar occasion of the assembly and share it with all members inside the organisation. It’s not clear whether or not any friends exterior of the organisation may also get entry to the doc by default.
Members can even faucet on the identical icon to verify abstract that has been generated up to now at any level through the assembly. Whereas the characteristic has been rolled out to Google Meet, at the moment it is just obtainable on a desktop or laptop computer and note-taking prompts solely when the members communicate in English.
