Anthropic Launches Claude Meetings Beta for Real-Time Collaboration
Anthropic has introduced Claude Meetings, a new feature currently in beta, designed to enhance workplace collaboration by integrating its AI assistant, Claude, into video calls. This development allows Claude to participate as a visible attendee, take notes, answer questions, and assist with tasks in real time.
Key Features of Claude Meetings
Claude Meetings enables teams to interact with the AI during video calls, either through spoken commands or chat. By default, Claude responds in writing and can access connected tools with user permission. The AI is capable of creating documents, whiteboards, and other collaborative artifacts live during the meeting, which participants can refine in real time.
For example, if a team is planning an event, Claude can draft a document based on the discussion, retrieve historical data such as last year’s event costs, and compare it to the current plan. It can also create and update timelines on a whiteboard, facilitating seamless collaboration. Before the meeting concludes, Claude can generate a recap, including notes and action items, which are saved to a dedicated page on claude.ai for future reference.
Platform Availability and Beta Rollout
Claude Meetings is currently available on Google Meet for users on Team and Enterprise plans. Support for additional video conferencing platforms is expected soon. On Team plans, the feature is enabled by default but can be turned off by an administrator. For Enterprise plans, administrators must activate the feature for all or part of the organization.
During the beta phase, Claude Meetings is not accessible to organizations with specific configurations, such as zero data retention (ZDR), HIPAA-ready setups, or customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK). The beta also offers free access to notes, transcripts, and collaborative artifacts created during meetings until February 10, 2027, although usage of connected tools may count toward plan limits.
Security and Privacy Features
Anthropic has implemented several privacy safeguards for Claude Meetings. By default, Claude does not join calls with external participants unless explicitly allowed by an administrator. In such cases, Claude provides notice in the meeting chat but refrains from responding there. The AI saves transcripts, summaries, and screen descriptions, but not audio recordings. Users are advised to ensure all participants consent to transcription before enabling Claude.
Each meeting’s data, including notes and artifacts, is stored on a dedicated page within claude.ai. Access is restricted to individuals from the organization who were part of the meeting, with options to share or edit the content internally.
Future Integrations and Partnerships
Anthropic is collaborating with partners such as Gong, Attention, Granola, Fireflies.ai, and Otter to enable seamless integration of meeting transcripts with existing workplace tools. This initiative aims to further streamline workflows and enhance productivity.
Claude Meetings represents a significant step in Anthropic’s efforts to position its AI as a central tool for workplace collaboration, competing with similar offerings from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta.