What is the best meeting notes app?

A good meeting notes app writes the notes from the meeting itself, so you don't have to. Wave AI records Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and in-person meetings and delivers a speaker-labeled transcript plus notes with decisions and action items within minutes, on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows. It is free for 30 minutes a month.

Does everyone in the meeting know I'm recording?

It depends on how Wave records. The Wave calendar bot joins as a visible participant. Wave for Mac and Windows and the Chrome extension record from your own device, with nothing shown in the meeting, so telling participants is up to you. Follow the recording consent law where you and they are.

Which video conferencing tools does Wave support?

The Wave calendar bot joins Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. Wave for Mac and Windows records any call your computer plays, and the Chrome extension records browser-based meetings.

How quickly are Wave meeting notes ready?

Wave's transcript and AI notes are usually ready within a few minutes of the meeting ending.

Can I share meeting notes with my team?

Yes. In Wave you can invite people to a session by email, publish a share link, export the notes, or copy the transcript.

What does Wave cost for teams?

Wave Teams is $7.50 per user per month with a five-user minimum, with centralized billing and a team console; every person keeps a private account. Individuals can start free (30 minutes a month) or go Pro for $15 a month, or $80 a year on the web, for unlimited recording.

Meeting Notes, Written by AI, From the Actual Meeting

Last updated: November 3, 2026

Wave AI is a meeting notes app that records your meeting and writes the notes for you: a speaker-labeled transcript plus a summary of decisions and action items, usually ready within minutes. It works for Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and in-person meetings on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows, free for 30 minutes a month.

Meeting minutes generator

How AI meeting notes work

What are AI meeting notes?

AI meeting notes are written from a recording of the meeting instead of typed by a participant. Wave records the conversation, transcribes it with speaker labels, and turns it into structured notes: topics, decisions and action items with owners.

How do I get meeting notes from Wave?

Choose how Wave captures the meeting, then let it write the notes.

For Zoom, Google Meet or Teams: connect your Google or Outlook calendar and the Wave bot joins as a visible participant, or record bot-free with Wave for Mac and Windows.
For a meeting in the room: open the Wave mobile app, tap record and set the phone on the table.
When the meeting ends, Wave transcribes it and writes the notes in the summary template you picked.
Share a link, export the notes, or ask Wave a follow-up question about the meeting.

Already have a recording or transcript?

Wave's free meeting minutes generator turns an uploaded recording or a pasted transcript into formatted minutes you can download, with no account needed.

Try the free meeting minutes generator

The problems you know too well

Nobody Wants to Be the Note Taker

Whoever takes notes can't fully participate. Wave removes this tradeoff: everyone stays in the conversation and the notes write themselves.

Meeting Notes Are Always Incomplete

Even careful note takers miss details. Wave captures the full conversation verbatim, so the notes reflect what was actually said, not someone's interpretation.

Action Items Get Lost

Decisions made in meetings vanish by the next day. Wave's summary pulls out action items, owners and next steps, and keeps every open item in one list so follow-through happens.

Features

Everything you need to capture every conversation

Three Ways to Capture a Meeting

A calendar bot that joins Zoom, Google Meet and Teams; Wave for Mac and Windows, which records your mic and system audio with no bot; and the Wave mobile app for meetings in the room. A Chrome extension covers browser meetings too.

Structured AI Notes

Wave doesn't just hand you a transcript. You get a structured summary of topics, decisions, action items and follow-ups, in a built-in template or one you save yourself.

Speaker-Labeled Transcripts

Every word is attributed to the person who said it, so you can see exactly who committed to what. Voice ID learns the people you meet often.

Chat With Your Meetings

"What did the engineering team say about the launch date?" Ask Wave about one meeting or all of them and get answers that cite the session.

In-Person Meeting Recording

Not everything happens over Zoom. Record in-person meetings from your phone, Apple Watch or Wear OS watch and get the same transcript and notes.

Searchable Meeting History

Search across all your meeting transcripts by keyword. Find that one decision from last month in seconds.

Perfect for

Weekly team standupsClient status callsAll-hands meetingsBoard meetings1-on-1s with direct reportsCross-functional project syncs

FAQs

Common questions

Meeting Recording Laws: What You Need to Know

Understand meeting recording laws across the US and abroad. Learn one-party vs two-party consent rules and how to record meetings legally.

The Wave Guide to Meeting Recording

Four ways to record any meeting with Wave — meeting bots, desktop app, phone calls, and mobile. Pick your method and never miss a detail.

All The Ways to Wave: Every Device, Every Scenario, One App

The complete guide to recording with Wave — iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS, Desktop, Chrome Extension, Meeting Bots, Phone Calls, Web App, and Import. Every way to capture, transcribe, and summarize your conversations.