It may be troublesome to concentrate in a gathering whereas additionally taking notes, however this new AI-powered Google Meet characteristic makes it simpler to do each.
In a weblog publish on Tuesday, Google introduced that it has begun rolling out its new “Take notes for me” characteristic in Google Meet for choose Workspace prospects. This new AI characteristic can mechanically transcribe assembly notes so you possibly can “concentrate on dialogue, collaboration, and presentation throughout your conferences.”
Google Meet’s “Take notes for me” attaches the notes doc to the calendar occasion, the place everybody within the group concerned can entry it internally after the assembly. It additionally sends an electronic mail with a hyperlink to the recap after the assembly to the assembly organizer and whoever has the characteristic turned on. Zoom added an analogous characteristic to its video conferencing platform final yr.
Google first introduced this characteristic at its 2023 Cloud Subsequent convention, and it shortly grew to become one of the anticipated options in Google’s AI rebrand. Sadly, the characteristic is barely out there to pick Google Workspace prospects with these add-ons: Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Training Premium, or AI Conferences & Messaging.
Additionally, for the characteristic to work, conferences should be carried out in spoken English, excluding most customers within the non-Western world.
For many who can use it, the characteristic could rework the assembly expertise by permitting workers to remain engaged and alert in conferences with out lacking or repeating main dialogue factors. They will additionally meet up with the “abstract thus far” possibility in the event that they’re operating late for a gathering.
To get began, admins should be certain that “Take notes for me” is enabled by default as a part of the Gemini AI add-on. To take action, go to the admin console and open Apps > Google Workspace > Google Meet > Gemini Settings. For finish customers, as soon as your admin allows the characteristic on their finish, you possibly can start utilizing it.
The characteristic could take as much as 15 days to completely roll out, with anticipated roll-out completion on September 10, 2024.
