On August 31, 2026, we’ll start rolling out the ability to start, stop, and manage the “Take notes for me” feature directly from the Google Meet Hardware touch controller for eligible meetings. This ensures in-room participants have direct control over Gemini note-taking without being in Companion mode.

Controlling “Take notes for me” from the Google Meet hardware touch controller

Historically, managing AI features during a meeting required a user to join from a laptop in Companion mode. This new update surfaces the necessary controls directly on the touchscreen hardware, making it easier for team collaboration. In particular, it offers the following:

Easy visibility & control

We are surfacing a dedicated badge on the touch controller screen, mirroring the web experience. Users can easily see if Gemini is taking notes and toggle its state between active and inactive.

Active and inactive states of “Take notes For me” on the Google Meet hardware touch controller

Off-the-record capability

Users can confidently pause note-taking during off-the-record discussions, then resume with the tap of a button.

Pause and continue taking notes when needed with “Take notes For me” on the Google Meet hardware touch controller

Note: This feature will be available on the touch controller only for meetings where “Take notes for me” is available.

Getting started

• Admins: This feature is available on Google Meet hardware if “Take notes for me” is enabled for your organization.
• End users: During a meeting on a Google Meet hardware device, tap the “Take notes for me” icon on the touch controller to start or stop taking notes. Visit the Help Center to learn more about “Take notes for me” in Google Meet.

Rollout pace

• Early Preview devices: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on August 31, 2026 
• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on September 8, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Consumer: Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra
• Other Editions: Frontline Plus
• Education Add-Ons: Google AI Pro for Education

Note: The plans above include “Take notes for me,” but this feature only operates on Google Meet hardware, which requires a separate license. Some users on Google Meet hardware with licenses that do not include “Take notes for me” functionality may see this feature if they join a meeting that is “Take notes for me’“ capable.

Resources

• Google Meet Hardware Help: Get support for Google Meet hardware
• Google Meet Help: Use Take Notes for Me in Google Meet

On August 26, 2026, we are officially launching our updated user interface for Neat touch controllers and  the Poly TC8.

Overall, the design allows users to concentrate on their meetings rather than searching for controls, resulting in a more efficient and aesthetically pleasing experience.

Here's what you can expect:

• Simplified Access to Key Controls: The controls you use most frequently, like mute and hand raise, are more prominent and easily accessible, helping you cut down on time searching for features and spend more time focusing on your meeting.
• Intuitively Organized Features:
• In-meeting experience: If you need to access more advanced features, like camera controls or the meeting layout, you can find them under the “More actions” menu. This keeps the main interface clean while ensuring less frequently used features are still readily accessible.
• Pre-call experience: You'll also notice a refresh for the pre-call meeting UI, which prominently features the option to enter a meeting code or nickname, and a drop-down menu for Webex or Zoom meetings.
• A Familiar Interface: The touch controller UI will now look and feel similar to the Google Meet UI as seen on Laptop & Desktop devices, which will help navigating the menu more intuitively.

Pre-meeting experience UI refresh Neat/Poly touch controller will now have

In-meeting experience UI refresh featuring quick action controls

This launch brings the modern UI experience to an expanded lineup of hardware, ensuring visual consistency across your meeting rooms. These improvements are designed to reduce user friction and support tickets by mirroring the exact interaction layout users are already accustomed to on their individual workstations.

Expanding availability

With the addition of Neat Pad andPoly TC8, we are continuing our commitment to expanding support for the new UI across all Google Meet touch controllers, including various Android Open Source Project (AOSP) ecosystem devices.

Getting started

• Admins: This feature will be enabled by default for supported Neat Pad and, Poly TC8. You can visit the Help Center to learn more about managing settings and layouts for your organization's devices.
• End users: No action is required. You will automatically see the updated, intuitive interface the next time you interact with your in-room touch controller. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using the new Google Meet Hardware touchscreen features.

Rollout pace

• Early Preview devices: Gradual rollout (up to 7 days for feature visibility) starting on August 26, 2026
• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 3 days for feature visibility) starting on September 2nd, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers with supported Google Meet hardware devices.

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Using the new Google Meet Hardware touchscreen
• Google Help: Try the new Google Meet Hardware touch controller UI

Maintaining an enterprise-grade video conferencing environment requires visibility into the health of its devices. We're introducing new ways to see Google Meet hardware user-reported feedback directly in the Admin console.

We’ve also updated user-side feedback options to replace generic reporting with structured actionable feedback making it easier and more intuitive for room participants to report problems.

Redesigned user interface

The new feedback menu on Google Meet hardware now features responses that are tailored to the reporting context (In-Call, Out of Call, Live stream). These new feedback options collect better details, making it easier for admins to understand and troubleshoot the issue.

In-Call Feedback: Users are presented with call specific options to report a problem , like “Can’t see others” or “Poor audio or video quality.”

Out-of-Call Feedback: When filing feedback from the touchscreen landing page, users now see a new set of join-related problems, including “Can’t join Meet call” and “Can’t join Teams call.”

Livestream Feedback: Users viewing large-scale livestreams will see dedicated options to report a problem.

Admin console improvements

The Google Meet hardware section of the Admin console now features enhanced monitoring tools. Feedback is no longer proxied as a background telemetry event; it is now a primary, sortable “device information” column within the device list.

Enhancements include two new columns on the device list page, including:

• Last feedback submitted - A sortable column displaying the exact timestamp of a device’s most recent report, which can be filtered by 1, 3, 7, or 30 days. Clicking the timestamp opens a side panel containing specific feedback details.
• Feedback in the last 28 days - A cumulative count of reports filed for a specific device over a rolling 28-day period, allowing for the identification of recurring faulty devices.

The Google Meet hardware device list featuring new “Last feedback” and “Feedback in last 28 days” columns

Admins can get more information about a specific “Last feedback” by clicking on the date, a side panel will open providing the specific feedback details:

The feedback side panel on the Admin console now shows the new set of problems customers have reported

In addition, we’re introducing a new "With feedback in last 7 days" filter, which instantly prioritizes devices with recent reports and repositions the feedback columns to sit next to the device name for immediate visibility.

A new filter to glance at devices with feedback filed in the last 7 days.

Getting started

• Admins: Ensure the “Let users send feedback to Google” checkbox is selected in GMH Settings > Data Sharing > Feedback is ON  at the domain or organizational unit (OU) where the device is enrolled. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
• End users: Users can report feedback during or after a call or livestream via the “Report a problem” button. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility)  starting on July 14, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet hardware devices

Resources

• Google Meet Hardware Help: Get support for Google Meet hardware
• Google Meet Hardware Help: View & edit device information
• Google Meet Hardware Help: Monitor the health of devices
• Google Meet Hardware Help: How to report a problem from a meeting room device

Occupancy counting is now available for Android-based Neat room hardware to help measure how meeting rooms are used. This feature brings the same occupancy counting capabilities found on ChromeOS devices to Android-based hardware.

Understanding room occupancy helps organizations optimize real estate and room design based on user needs. For instance, organizations can track if rooms with older video hardware are being avoided in favor of rooms equipped with better tracking cameras and audio bars.

Admins can review occupancy data in the Google Admin console and optionally download it as a spreadsheet. This feature does not collect or store any personally identifiable information (PII). Because occupancy detection processes data locally on the device, the camera LED indicator may remain off during counting depending on the hardware vendor. Refer to vendor documentation for device-specific information.

Review room booking and occupancy in the Admin console

Getting started

• Admins: This feature will be off by default and can be enabled at the domain, organizational unit (OU), or group level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning on occupancy detection.
• End users: There is no end-user setting for this feature.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) started on July 6, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet on Neat AOSP hardware devices. 

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Turn on occupancy detection
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Track room and device usage with Meet hardware

You can now join video conferences on Google Meet hardware via SIP through a Pexip interop gateway. This brings universal connectivity for users to join meetings hosted on any SIP-compatible platform directly from their Meet rooms. The functionality is available for room hardware based on both Android and ChromeOS.

The SIP functionality for Meet hardware enables critical in-meeting interactions, such as DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency) capabilities that allow users to navigate meeting IVRs (interactive voice response systems), e.g., "Press 1 to raise your hand" and entering numeric meeting passcodes.

Distinct administrator settings are provided for managing SIP dial-out functionality separately from other Pexip-based integrations.

Join SIP calls with a single touch from the room agenda

SIP interoperability setting for administrators

Getting started

• Admins: This feature will be off by default and can be disabled or enabled at the domain, OU, or group level. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
• End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on July 6, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet hardware devices*

*Functionality requires a separate Pexip subscription

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Allow Meet hardware to join third-party video conferencing services
• Google Meet Hardware Help: Meet interoperability FAQ

Google Meet users can now connect to nearby conference room hardware by entering a 5-character room code on their personal device. Meet recently launched Connect Room using proximity-based detection to identify nearby hardware. This update provides a reliable manual fallback when ultrasound is unavailable or disabled. Users will see a "Connect with room code" button on their device’s pre-call screen, which allows them to enter the alphanumeric code displayed directly on the hardware’s screen.

This feature ensures that meetings remain accessible particularly for private or ad-hoc sessions where automated detection might fail. To maintain security and prevent accidental connections, users must physically confirm their presence by tapping the room hardware screen after entering the code. The room code itself is designed for clarity and security, refreshing every few minutes to ensure only those in the room can initiate the connection.

For IT administrators, this update reduces troubleshooting overhead by providing a built-in alternative for rooms with complex acoustic environments or restricted proximity settings. By streamlining the connection process, organizations can ensure that employees spend less time managing hardware and more time collaborating effectively.

Note: This feature is only available to users in domains on the Rapid Release track attempting to connect to devices enrolled in Early Preview. We’ll provide an update on the Workspace Updates blog when we begin a broader rollout.

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We previously launched support for sending full HD video (1080p) in Meet on the web, and we’re now extending that capability to Google Meet room hardware based on ChromeOS.

Google Meet will use full HD when the additional bandwidth is needed for sharp video from the room, such as:

​Full HD is available from devices that use a high-resolution camera and can handle the additional processing over a fast, stable internet connection. Meet will continue to automatically adjust video quality downwards if network constraints are detected to ensure a smooth meeting experience.

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The Neat Board series (32, 50, and Pro) and the Logitech Rally Board 65 are now certified for Google Meet as the first Android-based all-in-one devices. They package up and deliver a modern Meet experience in stylish form factors ideal for simple deployment in traditional meeting rooms, open spaces, personal offices, phone booths, and even portable solutions.

Equipped with touch displays, these devices can be used for both traditional video meetings and interactive whiteboarding via the Figma, Lucid, and Miro add-ons.

Neat Board Series Pro, 50 and 32

Logitech Rally Board 65

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Third-party whiteboarding add-ons for Google Meet will be available for room hardware based on Android. As all-in-one devices with touchscreens become certified for Meet, users will be able to whiteboard on them to share ideas, brainstorm, and work on projects together in real-time meetings, wherever they are.

The following third-party whiteboard software will be available on these devices:

Participants who join Meet calls on the web or via the mobile app will be able to view and interact in whiteboard sessions by installing the corresponding add-on. Add-ons can be found in the Workspace Marketplace along with pricing and terms from each third-party vendor.

Add-ons for Google Meet are available from the Workspace Marketplace

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In December 2025, we introduced Connect room to organizations on the Rapid Release track enrolled in Early Preview Rooms. We’re excited to announce that this feature is now rolling out to all Workspace customers with Google Meet hardware. This feature allows users to start or join meetings from their personal devices without the need to manually type in a meeting code. It is especially useful for impromptu or private meetings.

By using ultrasound proximity detection, your personal device identifies a nearby Google Meet hardware system and prompts you to connect instantly. This launch includes several enhancements to ensure a frictionless experience in modern office environments:

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We’re making it easier to manage calendar assignments for your Meet hardware devices. You can now assign or unassign Google Calendars to your Meet hardware devices in bulk by uploading a CSV file. For organizations with a large number of devices, this eliminates the need to assign calendars one by one, saving you significant time and administrative effort.

The new “assignedCalendarResourceEmail” column in the bulk update CSV file.

Bulk update device dialogue mentioning the new bulk update calendar assign capability

We’re replacing the current Device ID (“Legacy ID”) for Google Meet hardware devices with a new Device ID. This new Device ID will be displayed everywhere you currently see the Legacy ID throughout the Google Admin console:

We’re introducing a “Video calling” setting for Google Meet hardware, allowing you to turn video calling on or off for a device. 

New device-level controls: On each device's settings page in the Admin console, admins will find a new Video calling setting with an ON/OFF toggle. This lets admins enable or disable a device's ability to join meetings at any time. When a newly-enrolled device has video calling turned off, it will display the device’s serial number or name and a short URL on the screen. We've also moved Calendar into its own distinct setting. 

Admin console > Google Meet hardware > [Select a device] > Video calling and calendar

New default enrollment policy for secure setup: To support large-scale or third-party installations, admins can now set a Google Meet hardware customer-level setting so all newly-enrolled devices have video calling on or off. By default, devices will continue to enroll with video calling ON.

Admin console > Devices > Google Meet hardware > Settings > Service settings > New device video calling

This feature enables a two-stage process when installers provision devices in insecure environments. First, installers with only the “Enroll Google Meet hardware” privilege enroll the device with video calling turned off. Later, admins with the “Manage devices” privilege can turn on video calling when the device is in a secure environment.

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We’re introducing video conferencing device interoperability for Google Meet with Microsoft Teams, which will allow you to:

What’s changing

We’re introducing more flexible control for administrators to reboot Google Meet hardware devices from the Admin console.

Previously, admins could only trigger an immediate reboot, which required careful timing to avoid disrupting ongoing meetings or device activity. Going forward, we are adding a “Reboot when idle” option. This feature gives admins the ability to reboot devices without worrying about interrupting users, as the system intelligently waits for the device to become inactive before initiating the restart.

The device is considered “in use” if it is:

Admins will now see two options when initiating a reboot:

• Reboot when the device becomes idle: Queues the reboot to occur only when all user activity has ceased.
• Reboot now, even if the device is in use: Forces an immediate reboot, overriding current activities.

Admins can now choose to wait for device inactivity before rebooting.

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Google Meet is committed to helping organizations bridge the gap between distributed teams with hardware that is easy to deploy, manage, and use. Today, we’re excited to announce that Neat has joined the Google Meet hardware ecosystem as a certified partner, bringing more variety and specialized video conferencing technology to Google Workspace customers. Newly certified devices include:

This new partnership expands our portfolio of certified devices, ensuring that IT teams have the flexibility to choose the hardware that best fits their unique office layouts while maintaining the native Google Meet experience users expect.

[June 3, 2026 Update] “Connect Room” is now genererally available. See our updated post for more info.

[April 3, 2026 Update] “Connect Room” will become available to all Workspace customers in the coming weeks.  Please note that in preparation for the full launch, early preview users will lose access to this feature temporarily starting on April 8, 2026, until launch is complete. We will provide an update here as soon as the GA rollout begins.

What’s changing

In the coming weeks, we’ll introduce Connect room, a new way to seamlessly begin your meetings on Google Meet hardware directly from your personal device. This will be available in early preview.

Connect room streamlines how you start meetings in a conference room. Instead of manually typing a meeting code, this feature uses ultrasound proximity detection to identify a nearby, available Google Meet hardware device.

When you open the Google Meet green room on your laptop, it will automatically detect the room and present a simple option to connect to it. With a single click, the meeting starts on the room hardware, and your laptop transitions into Companion mode, getting you checked-in and ready to collaborate without missing a beat.

After clicking Connect room, your meeting is started on the room device while your laptop joins in companion mode and checks you into the room.

Google Meet updates the “Use Companion mode” to “Connect room” when it detects a nearby room to start a meeting.

This feature simplifies the meeting join experience. In particular, you can now:

Additional details

Users on the Rapid Release track will start seeing this feature for devices enrolled in our Early Preview Rooms (EPR) program starting on December 2, 2025. We’ll share more details on the Workspace Updates blog when we begin a broader rollout.

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What’s changing

In the coming weeks, we’ll roll out a streamlined user interface for the following Meet Hardware devices: Mimo Vue HD, Mimo Mist, Logitech Tap, Logitech Tap IP, and Lenovo Series One Touch controllers (with Android devices coming soon). This new experience will offer users a more efficient and intuitive way to manage their meetings. It includes:

1.Simplified access to key controls: The controls you use most frequently inside a meeting, like mute and hand raise, are now more prominent and easily accessible. This means less time spent searching for features and more time focusing on your meeting.

2. Intuitively organized features:

• In-meeting experience: If you need to access more advanced features, like camera controls or the meeting layout, you can now find them conveniently under the “More actions” menu. This keeps the main interface clean and uncluttered while ensuring less frequently used features are still accessible when you need them.
• Pre-call experience: A refreshed pre-call meeting design prominently features the option to enter a meeting code or nickname, and includes a clear drop-down menu for joining Webex or Zoom meetings, streamlining your connection process.

3. A familiar interface: The touch controller UI will look and feel more similar to the Google Meet UI on the web, making your transition more intuitive.

New touch controller in-meeting experience

What’s changing 

For more than seven years, Pexip has been a trusted interoperability partner for Google Meet, ensuring that participants can use their legacy meeting room systems to join Google Meet calls. We are excited to expand our relationship with Pexip Connect for Google Meet hardware – which will enable Google Meet hardware to seamlessly join Microsoft Teams from both Android and ChromeOS hardware. 

Additional Details 

Getting started 

Pexip Connect for Google Meet hardware 

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Admin Setting 

End User Availability (on Devices) 

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What’s changing 

To improve security and clarity, the Manage Google Meet hardware and calendars privilege will no longer grant broad access to all calendars in your organization. 

Who’s impacted 

Why it’s important 

This update lets you grant calendar access independently of Google Meet hardware privileges. It ensures that administrators who only manage Meet hardware can no longer access sensitive calendar data across the organization, minimizing security risks. 

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