Claude Meetings: what it is and how to set it up
2026-11-13 · 4 min read
Claude Meetings is a new Anthropic beta that adds Claude to a Google Meet call as a visible participant. It takes the notes, answers questions in the chat, and builds documents and whiteboards while people are still talking. It started rolling out on November 12 to Team and Enterprise plans.
@claudeai announced it with a one-minute video, saying Claude "builds docs, whiteboards, and other artifacts with you while you're still talking." A follow-up post confirmed the beta is "starting with Google Meet," with other video platforms promised later and no dates given.
What Claude Meetings does in a call
The details below come from Anthropic's announcement and its help article.
Claude joins when someone adds it to a meeting or has auto-join turned on, and it posts a notice in the chat when it arrives. From there you talk to it by saying "Claude" and asking a question, or by typing in the Meet chat. It answers in writing by default, so it does not talk over anyone.
The example Anthropic gives: someone asks what last year's event cost. Claude asks that person for permission to look it up in their connected tools, posts the number in the chat, and compares it with the current plan. You can also say "Claude, make a doc" or "Claude, make a whiteboard," and the result is attached to the meeting.
Afterward, each meeting gets its own page in claude.ai with the summary, action items, transcript and everything Claude built. Colleagues on the invite get a recap email with the link, and you can ask Claude about past meetings in a regular chat. If you already use Claude's interactive connectors or Claude Sheets, this is the same idea moved into the call itself.
How to set it up
- Go to claude.ai/meetings and connect your Google Calendar. An owner has to enable Google Calendar for the organization first.
- Pick a meeting on the calendar and click "Add Claude."
- To have Claude join without being added each time, go to Settings, then Capabilities, then Meetings, then Auto-join. You can choose all meetings or all except one-on-ones.
- In the call, open the link Claude posts in the chat to see the live meeting page.
To pause it, ask Claude to stop listening. To remove it, ask it to leave or click "Remove Claude" on the meeting page. Claude can stay in a call for up to eight hours.
Cost, limits and admin settings
| Item | What Anthropic says |
|---|---|
| Plans | Team and Enterprise, beta |
| Platform | Google Meet only for now |
| Notes and transcripts | Included during the beta |
| Answers in chat | Included, unless they use a connected tool, which counts toward plan usage |
| Docs and whiteboards | Free through February 10, 2027 |
| What gets saved | Transcript, summary and screen descriptions, not audio |
| Not available to | Organizations with zero data retention, HIPAA-ready setups or customer-managed keys |
Admins control it under Organization settings, Products, Claude Meetings. On Team plans it is on by default and an owner can switch it off. On Enterprise it is off until an owner enables it.
Outside guests are the part to check yourself. Anthropic's announcement says Claude stays out of calls that include someone from outside your organization and leaves if an outsider joins partway. The help article lists the guest setting as "internal meetings only" by default on Enterprise but allowed by default on Team. If you are on a Team plan, look at that toggle before your next client call. When guests are allowed, Claude takes notes and posts its notice but does not reply in chat, and what guests say still goes into the transcript.
My read
Otter, Fireflies and Granola have taken meeting notes for years, and Anthropic says it is working with those companies so transcripts can be sent to their tools soon. The part I would test first is the mid-call work: Claude can pull a number or start a document using the tools your team has already connected, and each person approves access to their own.
Anthropic has not said how long transcripts are kept, what the artifacts will cost after February 10, or when other video platforms arrive. It also leaves consent to you. Its own guidance is to "make sure everyone on your calls is OK with being transcribed." Illinois requires all-party consent to record a private conversation, so for a business here that is a legal question. Ask your attorney before turning on auto-join.
What this means for a small business
After most meetings, someone still has to type up the action items and remember who promised to send the quote. Claude Meetings writes the recap and drafts the document before the call ends. To use it you need a Team plan, meetings that happen in Google Meet, and attendees who know they are being transcribed.
If you are not sure which of your follow-ups are worth automating, New Face Design runs a free process audit that maps where the hours go and what a tool like this would cover.