Overview
Claude Meetings began rolling out on November 12, 2026, as a beta feature in Claude and Claude Desktop for Team and Enterprise. It joins Google Meet as a visible participant. Start by deciding which meetings your organization is comfortable transcribing and who should be able to add Claude. This guide uses Anthropic’s published documentation.
What Changed
- In the call: Claude can take notes, answer questions in Meet chat, and create artifacts such as docs and whiteboards. External guest calls have different chat behavior.
- After the call: The Claude meeting page keeps the transcript, notes, action items, and artifacts. Invited colleagues in your organization receive a recap link.
- For owners: Organization settings control Meetings access, external guests, and whether Claude can use members’ connected tools during calls.
Compared With Previous Version
The rollout adds an in-meeting workflow to Claude. Members can capture a call and work on shared artifacts while it happens, then use the meeting page to revisit the discussion. There is no model switch to make for this rollout.
Availability and Setup
| Setting | Team | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Meetings | On by default. An owner can turn it off. | Off by default. An owner can enable it for everyone or for selected custom roles. |
| Calls with external guests | Allowed by default. An owner can restrict them. | Internal calls only by default. An owner can allow external guests. |
Open Organization settings → Products → Claude Meetings (beta) to review the settings. An owner must enable Google Calendar for the organization before members connect their calendars. Members can then add Claude to a scheduled Google Meet. Each member controls their own auto-join setting.
Anthropic excludes some organizations from the beta, including those with zero data retention, a HIPAA-ready configuration, or customer-managed encryption keys.
External Guests, Data, and Cost
When external guests are allowed, Claude posts a notice in Meet chat and takes notes. It does not answer in Meet chat on those calls. Guest remarks can appear in the transcript, while guests do not receive the internal meeting page or recap email.
Anthropic says Claude saves a transcript, summary, and screen descriptions. It does not save audio. Check that participants are comfortable with transcription before adding Claude or enabling auto-join.
Notes, transcripts, and answers that do not use connected tools are included on Team and Enterprise. Anthropic lists in-meeting docs and whiteboards as free through February 10, 2027. Connector use counts toward the member’s usage and can lead to organization charges.
Who Should Enable It
Start with internal meetings if your team already uses Google Meet and wants meeting notes they can revisit after the call or live artifacts. On Enterprise, use a custom role for a small group first. On Team, review the default external guest setting before members use the feature.
Wait if your organization is excluded from the beta or if you still need to decide which meetings can be transcribed, who can access the meeting page, or whether members may use connectors during calls.
