Google Meet is the new video conferencing service released by Google that offers a completely free package along with premium features including end-to-end encryption and HD audio and video. Google Meet also gives you the option to join via a phone call as well as the option to present your screen instead of your video stream.
Like other services in the market, Meet also offers the option to record your meetings, which will allow you to save them and share them later and help you review the subject discussed.
This allows other members who were unable to attend the meeting to keep up to date with the ongoing discussion. Let’s see how you can record meetings in Google Meet.
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Note: Although the ability to record your meetings with other advanced features is completely free at this time, this offer will only last until September 30, 2020. After that, you will need to have a G Suite Enterprise account with a paid license to access these features. Your recordings that you save during this time will still be available after September 30.
What do you need
A Google G Suite account
Free space in your Google Drive account
You must be the meeting organizer or have an account in the same organization as the meeting organizer
How to start recording
Starting a recording in Google Meet is a fairly simple process and doesn’t require much. Use the guide below to get you started.
Step 1: Join a meeting in Google Meet via invite link, calendar event or meeting code. Once registered, click on the ‘ 3-dot ‘ menu icon in the lower right corner of your screen and select ‘ Record Meeting
Step 2: Confirm your selection by clicking ‘ Accept ‘ in the ‘ Ask for consent ‘ dialog box. Once confirmed, a notification will be sent to all meeting members that a recording has been initiated by you and the recording will begin.
You should now be able to record all of your meeting events which you can use to review later at your own convenience.
How to stop a recording
Step 1: While in a meeting, while it is being recorded, click on the ‘ 3-dot ‘ menu icon in the lower right corner of your screen and select ‘ Stop Recording ‘.
Step 2: Confirm your selection by clicking ‘ Stop Recording ‘ in the confirmation dialog that appears next.
Your recording will now be stopped and an email containing a link to the recorded file will be sent to the meeting organizer as well as to you. If a calendar event was created for your meeting, a link will also be attached to the calendar entry.
Where are the recordings saved?
Your meeting recordings are saved in a folder named ‘ Meet Recordings ‘ in the organizer’s Google Drive. If the meeting was initiated outside the organization, it is saved to the event organizer’s Google Drive under the same name.
If you’re from the same organization as your host, a link to the recording will be automatically emailed to you after you stop recording. It will also be sent to your organizer, as well as being attached to a calendar event if it has been created.
What is recorded?
When recording on Google Meet, only the active speaker and presentations are recorded. All other participants remain off the record, regardless of who was pinned to the top. Also, any other windows or notifications you may receive or open during the meeting are not recorded.
Google Meet sends a notification about the check-in to people outside your organization in the meeting, mobile app users, and users who may have called into the meeting in progress using a phone number.
Can you record Google Meet sessions from mobile?
According to the official Google Meet statement, mobile users are only notified when a recording is started or stopped, but cannot control them. So, in simpler terms, mobile users — Android or iOS — cannot record Google Meet sessions. This feature, at the time of writing, is only available for the desktop iteration of the app.
Can free users record a meeting?
It depends on what kind of free user you are. If you have a free Google account, no, the recording function will not be available to you. On the other hand, if you have a free G-Suite account, then yes, the registration function will be available to you.
All recorded meetings will be stored in your hosts’ Google Drive and the link will be emailed to you. If the meeting was initiated using a Google Calendar event, the link will also be attached to the event in your calendar, making it available to all meeting members.
We hope this guide helps you easily learn everything you need to know about recording meetings in Google Meet. If you run into any issues or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us using the comments section below.
Are meeting recordings encrypted?
Google Meet is touted as one of the most sophisticated software solutions out there. Google says its offering is much more secure than Zoom, the undisputed leader in the segment. Meet, for all intents and purposes, is indeed a secure service. However, it doesn’t offer the gold standard of encryption — end-to-end encryption — in Meet sessions or recordings. Videos are secured by TLS or Transport Layer Security, while recordings are stored in Google Drive and are encrypted at rest by default.
This level of encryption ensures that even when your data is inactive, no intruder has access to your unprotected data. This way, Meet recordings are converted into an encrypted form that can only be decrypted using the correct key – something the intruder won’t have.