Anthropic has started letting Claude, its AI assistant, join video calls on Google Meet as a visible participant. The feature, Claude Meetings, began rolling out on Thursday, Nov. 12, as a beta, a test version that customers can use before it is finished. While people talk, Claude writes the notes and a list of who agreed to do what, answers questions and drafts documents. It is only for companies on Claude's paid business plans, called Team and Enterprise.
People on the call can ask Claude something by saying its name or typing in the call's chat, and by default it answers in writing in that chat. Asked to, it starts a document, slides or a whiteboard (a shared online drawing board) from what has been said, and teammates invited to the call can edit them while it goes on. Afterward, a page in Claude holds the notes, the transcript and everything Claude made, and invited colleagues from the same company get a recap email.
Claude can also do tasks during the call. If the company's administrator allows it, Claude can use the apps each person has linked to their Claude account, for example to send a Slack message, but only with that person's permission. It asks the first time, and a yes counts from then on. For now, when someone asks out loud, Claude asks each time to confirm who is speaking. Anything Claude posts in the call's chat can be seen by everyone on the call.
When it joins, Claude posts a notice in the call's chat. Anthropic says Claude saves a transcript, a summary and descriptions of what is shown on screen, but not the audio. The company tells users to make sure everyone on a call is OK with being transcribed. On Enterprise plans, Claude stays out of calls with people from outside the company unless the company's Claude administrator allows it. On Team plans it may join those calls unless an administrator turns that off. On any call with outside guests, Claude takes notes, including what the guests say, but doesn't answer in the chat. The guests don't get the notes page or the recap email. Where outsiders aren't allowed, Claude leaves if one joins partway through.
On Team plans the feature is on by default, and on Enterprise plans an administrator must switch it on. To add Claude to a call, a person links their Google Calendar, which an administrator must allow first. During the test, notes, transcripts and answers cost nothing extra on those plans. An answer that uses a linked app counts toward the company's usage and can add to its bill. Documents and whiteboards made in a meeting are free through Feb. 10, 2027. Some companies with stricter data and security settings can't use it during the test.
Only Google Meet works for now. Anthropic says other video calling services are coming soon, but gives no date. It also says people will soon be able to send a meeting's transcript to other companies' tools, such as Gong, Granola, Fireflies.ai and Otter. It has not said when Claude Meetings will leave testing, what it will cost after that, or whether it will reach Claude's plans for individuals.