Notion has entered the highly competitive market for AI-driven meeting transcription tools, taking direct aim at startups such as Granola. The productivity platform unveiled a new AI-powered notetaking feature designed to transcribe meeting content, produce concise summaries, and allow users to jot their own notes simultaneously.
This latest capability positions Notion to compete more directly with major productivity services like those from Google and Microsoft. Similar to existing services from ClickUp, Zoom, Circleback, Read AI, Granola, and Otter, Notion’s transcription tool records audio from system input and provides an automated summary following meetings.
Currently, the AI-driven transcription function is available exclusively on Mac desktop application version 4.7.0, with future support for Notion’s mobile apps confirmed but not yet available as of launch. Users access the feature simply by typing ‘/meet’ within any Notion page. Once activated, the software prompts organizers to obtain consent from all call participants prior to recording. Confirming consent initiates the transcription immediately, while stopping the recording automatically triggers the generation of an AI-generated meeting summary.
Notion offers several preformatted summary styles to select from—including default, sales calls, team standups, and general team meetings. Furthermore, the company states that its transcription tool already supports multiple languages, including English, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Dutch, and Swedish.
In addition to this feature launch, Notion introduced several enterprise-oriented enhancements, such as a new enterprise search tool allowing comprehensive searches across Notion documents as well as external productivity apps, and a research mode leveraging AI to generate shareable documents about various topics. These updates underscore Notion’s ambition to become an integrated productivity hub, expanding beyond its initial foundation in notes and collaborative documents.
The rollout further builds on Notion’s recent initiatives aimed at diversifying its productivity offerings. Earlier in the year, the company debuted its own calendar application, followed closely by the introduction of an AI-driven Gmail client.
