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Why it mattersNote-taking lived in a separate app. Now the same account that holds your work can join the call and keep writing after.
Anthropic now lets Claude join a Google Meet call as a visible participant. Claude takes notes. It writes documents in real time. It answers questions out loud or in chat. Anthropic published the feature on 12 November 2026. It is in beta on Team and Enterprise plans. Google Meet is the only platform it works on at launch. More platforms will follow.
What it does in a call
Anthropic says Claude "writes the notes and action items, so no one on the call has to". A participant can ask Claude a question by voice or in the chat. Claude answers in the chat. With the organiser's approval, Claude can look up information from connected tools during the call. It can build documents and whiteboards while the meeting runs. It shares a recap when the call ends. The feature does not work for three kinds of customer. These are organisations with zero data retention, HIPAA-ready setup, or customer-managed encryption keys.
Pricing and limits
During the beta, Anthropic says "Claude's notes and transcripts are free on Team and Enterprise plans". Answers in the chat are free too. A question that makes Claude use a connected tool is different. It counts against the plan's usage. The documents, whiteboards and other files Claude makes in a call are free through 10 February 2027. Anthropic has not said what they will cost after that date.
What is coming
Anthropic plans to add Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex and Slack Huddles. It also plans to read transcripts from other note-taking services. The services named are Gong, Attention, Granola, Fireflies.ai, Otter and Plaud. A meeting from one of those tools can then carry on inside Claude. No date is given for any of those.
A meeting note-taker is a crowded category. The point of this one is a shared account. The thing taking the notes is the same account that holds the rest of the work. A dedicated note-taker lives in its own tool. The output has to be moved. Here, the file Claude writes during the call stays in the plan. The same account can open it the rest of the week. A reader deciding whether to let it in now has to weigh a wider access question. A meeting bot that can also open the files is a bigger decision than one that can only listen. The free beta is a chance to measure the usage number before the price is set. A team that already pays for Claude Code on the same plan has the smallest step to take. The account is already there.
Source
Claude Meetings announcement from Anthropic.
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