Google Meet launches Ask Gemini AI for real-time meeting assistance

Google has introduced Ask Gemini, an AI assistant for Google Meet that can answer questions about meeting content and provide summaries of discussions participants may have missed. The feature initially launches for select Google Workspace customers and represents Google’s effort to integrate AI-powered productivity tools directly into its video conferencing platform.

What you should know: Ask Gemini can analyze meeting content in real-time and provide personalized assistance to participants without storing data after calls end.

• The AI assistant answers questions by referencing live captions, accessible Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, plus public websites.
• It can summarize what specific participants said, identify key decisions and action items, and catch up late-joining attendees on missed content.
• All responses remain private to individual participants, and meeting data including captions aren’t stored after calls conclude.

Key limitations: The rollout comes with several technical and availability restrictions that may limit initial adoption.

• Ask Gemini only works on desktop versions of Google Meet and currently supports English-language meetings only.
• The feature requires the host to activate Google Meet’s “Take Notes for Me” feature for full functionality.
• Additional language support is planned but no specific timeline has been announced.

Privacy and control features: Google has built in transparency measures and administrative controls for the AI assistant.

• All participants can see when Ask Gemini is enabled during a call, and hosts can disable it at any time.
• While the feature is turned on by default, administrators can configure meetings to start with it disabled.
• Google cautions that “Gemini in Workspace can make mistakes, including about people, so users should review its output.”

Rollout timeline: Google is taking a phased approach to make the feature available across different Workspace tiers.

• Initial availability targets Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Standard, Business Plus, and Business Standard customers over the coming weeks.
• Workspace Business Starter, Enterprise Standard, and Enterprise Plus customers will gain access in Q1 2026.
• The delayed rollout allows Google to “collect and apply critical user feedback to improve the feature” before broader deployment.