Bring Claude into your Google Meet calls to take notes, answer questions, and build plans and whiteboards while you talk
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A free Claude Meetings guide as of November 13, 2026: what Anthropic launched in beta on November 12, which plans can use it, Google Meet support, adding Claude to a call or turning on auto-join, what Claude does during and after the meeting, meeting pages, outside guests, connected tools and permissions, privacy and consent, what is free during the beta, partner note-takers, and tips for better meetings.
Claude Meetings lets Claude join a video call as a visible participant. It follows the conversation, answers questions, writes notes and action items, and builds documents and whiteboards with your team while the meeting is still going. Anthropic launched it in beta on November 12, 2026.
Leave the meeting with the plan already written, not just a list of things to do.
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Who can use it
Plans
Claude Team and Enterprise, in beta
Video platform
Google Meet only for now; other platforms are coming
Not yet available
Some organisations, including those using zero data retention, HIPAA-ready setups, or customer-managed encryption keys
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Add Claude to a call
Invite Claude to the meeting, like any participant
Or add it from your calendar in claude.ai
Or turn on auto-join so it joins your meetings automatically
On Team plans, inviting Claude is on by default; on Enterprise, an admin turns it on
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During the meeting
Ask Claude questions out loud or in the meeting chat; it replies in writing by default
Ask it to draft a plan, a document, or a whiteboard timeline
Teammates can edit what Claude builds in real time
Ask for a quick recap before the meeting ends
Claude, turn what we just agreed into a launch plan with owners and dates, and put the timeline on a whiteboard.
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After the meeting
Every meeting gets its own page in claude.ai
The page holds notes, action items, the transcript, and anything Claude created
Invited colleagues can view and edit it, and you can share it inside your organisation
Later, ask Claude about past meetings you attended
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Connected tools
Claude can use each person’s connected tools, such as documents or project apps, but only with that person’s permission. It asks the first time. For spoken requests it checks who is speaking each time. Remember that answers posted in the meeting chat are visible to everyone on the call.
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Outside guests
By default, Claude stays out of calls with people from outside your organisation
If an outsider joins later, it leaves
An admin can allow Claude on calls with guests; it then posts a notice but does not reply in chat
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Privacy and consent
Claude saves a transcript, summary, and descriptions of shared screens, but not audio
It posts a notice in the chat when it joins
Make sure everyone is comfortable being transcribed before adding Claude or turning on auto-join
Follow your local laws on recording and transcribing calls
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What it costs in the beta
Notes and transcripts
Free on Team and Enterprise
Answers in calls
Free, unless they use a connected tool, which counts toward plan usage
Docs, whiteboards, and other artifacts
Free through February 10, 2027
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Partner note-takers
Anthropic lists Gong, Attention, Granola, Fireflies.ai, and Otter as partners, with transcript sending to their tools expected soon.
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Tips for better meetings
Share an agenda so Claude knows the goal
Say decisions clearly so they land in the notes
Ask Claude to assign owners and dates before the call ends
Check the notes and fix anything that is wrong
The golden rule
Do not add Claude to a call without telling people. Get everyone’s consent, give it a clear agenda, and leave the meeting with a plan everyone has already seen and edited.
Google Meet
Team
Enterprise
Notes
Whiteboards
Guests
Consent
Add Claude to one internal team meeting this week and compare its notes with your own.
For research and ideas only. Results vary and nothing here is a promise of income. See our Disclaimer.
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