TL;DR
Anthropic announced Claude Meetings on November 12, 2026, a beta that joins Google Meet calls to take notes, answer questions and create documents, whiteboards and slides. It is available to Team and Enterprise customers, with different default settings by plan; Anthropic has not specified record retention or pricing for some meeting artifacts after February 10, 2027.
Anthropic announced Claude Meetings on November 12, a beta feature that joins Google Meet calls as a visible participant to take notes, answer questions and create documents, whiteboards and slides during the meeting. The feature is available to customers on Team and Enterprise plans, but its recording practices and different default settings make consent and organizational controls central questions for teams considering it.
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According to Anthropic’s announcement and Help Center, users can add Claude to a meeting through Google Calendar or set a personal auto-join preference. An organization owner must first enable Google Calendar. Claude typically joins without asking; if it requests access, the host can admit or decline it. The assistant posts a notice in the meeting chat, and its tile shows its current state. Anthropic says the feature is limited to Google Meet for now, with support for other platforms “coming soon.”
During a call, participants can address Claude or type a request in Meet chat. Its written responses are visible to everyone on the call. Claude can maintain a live transcript and create materials attached to a meeting page. Afterward, that page can hold the transcript, summary, action items and artifacts; colleagues on the invitation receive a recap email, while outside guests do not. A meeting can last up to eight hours with Claude present.
Anthropic says Claude saves text, not audio: the transcript, summary and screen descriptions are retained, but the source says audio is not. The company also says Claude can use connected tools, such as Slack, with each person’s permission. It asks the first time, and an approval applies to later use. Notes, transcripts and answers are included in Team and Enterprise plans. Documents and whiteboards created during meetings are free through February 10, 2027; use of connected tools counts toward usage.
Consent and Controls Shape Adoption
Claude Meetings combines transcription with live assistance and document creation, so its output can become part of a team’s working record while the conversation is still underway. That may help teams capture decisions and turn discussion into plans, but it also means attendees should understand that a transcript and recap are being generated and that answers posted in Meet chat are visible to everyone present.
Control defaults differ by plan. Anthropic says the feature is on by default for Team, where calls with outside guests are allowed by default. On Enterprise, it is off until an owner enables it, and is limited to internal meetings by default. Anthropic places responsibility for making sure attendees are comfortable with transcription on the person who adds Claude. For organizations with policies on customer conversations, employee records or external guests, those settings and consent expectations could determine whether the beta is suitable.
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A Meeting Assistant With Broader Duties
AI note-taking in video calls is an established product category. The reported distinction in Anthropic’s description is that Claude can also answer questions, create shared artifacts during the call and use connected tools with permission. Those capabilities extend the assistant’s role beyond producing a record after the meeting.
Anthropic’s example describes a team planning a customer event: Claude drafts a plan when asked, then looks up a prior event’s cost after requesting approval and posts the answer in the meeting chat. This is a company example of how the feature may work, not evidence of independent performance testing. Gartner, as quoted by Computerworld, characterized Claude Meetings as “a beta entrant in a mature market.”
During the beta, the feature is unavailable to some organizations, including those using zero data retention, HIPAA-ready configuration or customer-managed encryption keys. These exclusions, along with the plan defaults, make availability dependent on an organization’s configuration as well as its subscription.
““It takes the notes, answers questions, and builds artifacts, such as docs, whiteboards, and slides, live during the call.””
— Anthropic Help Center, “Use Claude Meetings”
Retention and Future Pricing Unspecified
Anthropic’s cited Meetings materials do not state how long meeting records are retained. They also do not give a price for documents and whiteboards after February 10, 2027, or a date for support beyond Google Meet. The announcement and Help Center describe the feature as a beta, so capabilities and availability may change.
The source says Claude saves transcripts, summaries and screen descriptions, but does not provide further detail here about how those records are managed over time or what controls users have to delete them. Teams should check Anthropic’s current product and organizational settings before using the feature for sensitive calls. It is also not clear from the cited material how the beta’s restrictions may change.
Beta Availability Will Set the Pace
For now, eligible Team and Enterprise organizations can check with an owner whether Claude Meetings is enabled and review the plan’s defaults before adding it to calls. Anthropic says other meeting platforms are coming, but has not announced a release date. Teams weighing continued use will also need further details from Anthropic on retention and the cost of documents and whiteboards after the stated free period ends on February 10, 2027.
Key Questions
What is Claude Meetings?
It is an Anthropic beta that joins Google Meet calls as a visible participant to take notes, answer questions and create meeting materials such as documents and whiteboards.
Who can use Claude Meetings?
Anthropic lists the feature for Team and Enterprise plans, in Claude and Claude Desktop. Some organizations, including those with zero data retention or certain regulated and encryption configurations, cannot use it during the beta.
Does Claude record meeting audio?
Anthropic says the feature saves a transcript, summary and screen descriptions, not audio. The cited materials do not specify how long those saved records are retained.
Does Claude Meetings cost extra?
Anthropic says notes, transcripts and answers are included in Team and Enterprise plans. Documents and whiteboards created in meetings are free through February 10, 2027; pricing after that date is not stated in the source materials.
Does Claude respond to outside guests?
Anthropic says that if outside guests are allowed in a meeting, Claude takes notes but does not reply in chat. Team plans allow outside guests by default, while Enterprise meetings are limited to internal participants by default.
Source: Thorsten Meyer AI
