Key Facts

• Google Meet's Live captions feature automatically displays real-time captions at the bottom of the screen, allowing users to follow conversations more easily, especially in fast-paced meetings or noisy environments, and users can scroll back through recent captions if needed.
• The Picture-in-picture feature in Google Meet shrinks the meeting into a small, movable window that stays on top of other tabs and apps, enabling users to keep an eye on who's speaking while working on something else, and it even allows access to basic meeting controls.
• Companion mode in Google Meet allows users to join a meeting without activating their microphone and camera, while still providing access to meeting chat, hand-raising, and screen presentation, making it ideal for situations where users are in a conference room with existing Google Meet hardware.
• The "Take notes with Gemini" feature in Google Meet automatically creates a structured Google Docs file with a meeting summary, key discussion points, and action items, which is saved and shared with participants after the meeting, but requires an eligible Google Workspace edition or Google AI plan.
• Google Meet's audio settings, including the option to confirm the correct microphone, speaker, and camera, and enable Noise cancellation to filter out background sounds, can be accessed before or during a meeting, and Noise cancellation is available with eligible Google Workspace or Google One plans.