How it works on a Chromebook
Chrome is one of the two browsers that can share a tab's audio, which is the piece that makes call capture work without a bot. A Chromebook has it by default.
Open meetingsidekick.ai in Chrome
Sign in free, or use the 5-minute trial with no account. Nothing to download from the Play Store, no Linux container.
Tick the box, press Start
You confirm you will handle consent, then Chrome asks for the microphone once. For an in-person meeting or a lecture, that is the whole setup.
On a call, share the meeting tab
Right after the mic prompt, Chrome shows a share picker. Pick your Google Meet, Zoom or Teams tab and tick the audio box. Now it hears the other side too.
Press Stop for the notes
A summary with decisions and action items, an email recap, a share link, and a chat box scoped to that meeting. Everything is saved in your account.
Chromebook meetings that need notes
Lectures and classes
With the instructor's permission, set the Chromebook on the desk and press Start. Afterwards, ask the lecture what the three main points were.
Google Meet calls
Meet runs in a tab, and MeetingSidekick shares that tab's audio. No extension, no bot on the participant list, no host approval.
Zoom and Teams in the browser
Both have web versions that work on a Chromebook. Join in a tab, share that tab's audio, and the call is captured the same way.
Study groups and club meetings
An in-person meeting is just the microphone. Tell the group you are taking notes, press Start, and share the summary afterwards.
What to know before you rely on it
Managed Chromebooks can block the microphone. On a school or work device, an administrator policy can turn off microphone access or screen sharing in Chrome. If the mic prompt never appears, or the share picker has no audio checkbox, that is the policy, and no web app can get around it. Ask your administrator, or use your phone instead.
Share the tab, not just the screen. Call audio is captured from the tab you pick in the share dialog. If the audio checkbox is missing, go back and pick the meeting tab. Run the call in a browser tab so the tab option exists. On any desktop, call audio needs Chrome or Edge; Safari and Firefox cannot share system audio and show an error.
Audio only. You get a transcript, a summary and the saved audio (replay on Pro and Max). There is no video recording. There is also no calendar auto-join; you open the tab and press Start yourself.
Tell the room. Recording rules differ by place and by school or workplace. Nothing joins the call, so nothing announces itself, and you say you are taking notes. The app asks you to acknowledge that before Start is enabled.
Not the only option. Bot-based tools such as Otter, Fireflies and Read AI also work from a Chromebook, because their bot joins the call rather than running on your device. If a bot on the attendee list is fine with you, they are worth a look.
Chromebook meeting notes, answered
Does MeetingSidekick work on a Chromebook?
Yes. It is a web app, so it runs in the Chrome browser every Chromebook already has. There is no Android app or Linux container to set up. Open meetingsidekick.ai, press Start, and you have a live transcript.
Can it hear the other people on a Zoom, Meet or Teams call from my Chromebook?
Yes. Chrome can share the audio of a browser tab. When you press Start during a call, choose the meeting tab in the share picker and tick the audio box. Your microphone and the call audio are captured together, and nothing joins the call.
Will it work on a school or work-managed Chromebook?
Usually, since it is just a website. Two things can block it: an administrator policy that turns off the microphone or screen sharing in Chrome, or a web filter that blocks the site. If the microphone prompt never appears, ask your administrator; no web app can get around that policy.
Can I use it to transcribe a lecture or class?
Yes, with the instructor's permission. Open it, press Start, and the Chromebook microphone records the room. Afterwards you get a transcript, a summary, and a chat box where you can ask the lecture questions.
How much does it cost?
Free is 2 hours of recording a month with no credit card. Pro is $15 a month or $120 a year for 30 hours, speaker names, search across all your meetings and audio replay. Max is $50 a month or $400 a year for unlimited hours plus screenshot chat. A 5-minute trial needs no signup.
Try it on your Chromebook in your next meeting.
Free to start, no credit card. Open a tab, press Start.
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