Record Google Meet on a Mac.

A local copy, with no bot in the call

echo99 is not a meeting bot. It never joins the Meet call and never appears as a participant. It records two things directly on your Mac:

• Your microphone — saved as mic.wav and always labeled “Me”.
• Your Mac’s audio output — everything Meet plays, saved separately as system.wav; on-device diarization labels the other voices “Them-1”, “Them-2”, …

Because it captures what your Mac plays, you get your own local recording and transcript for any Meet call you can hear. Transcription runs on-device afterwards; the audio never leaves your machine.

How this differs from Meet’s own recording

Meet’s built-in recording is a separate, cloud-based feature: it’s available only on eligible Google Workspace plans, an administrator has to turn it on, and the finished file is stored in the organizer’s Google Drive. echo99 works differently by design — it keeps a private copy on your own Mac for people who want their own reference recording and transcript rather than a cloud file in someone else’s Workspace. Think of it as a complement to Meet’s recording, not a way around it.

Your responsibility: notice and consent

Because echo99 doesn’t join the call, it doesn’t announce itself the way a recording bot or Meet’s own recording notice does — so telling people you’re recording is on you. Many jurisdictions require the other side’s consent, and the meeting host or your organization may have their own rules. Say it out loud at the start, and keep your recording within the law and the meeting’s terms.

Set it up, then record

echo99’s one-time setup — granting the two permissions and downloading the on-device models — is covered step by step, with screenshots, in getting started. After that, recording a Meet call is two clicks from the menu bar: Start Recording, then Stop when it ends, and your transcript plus both WAV tracks are waiting in ~/Documents/echo99/.

Google Meet tips

• Headphones help. Through speakers, your mic also catches the other side’s voice; echo99 has an optional “remove speaker echo” transcription filter for exactly that, but headphones keep the tracks cleanest.
• Browser or app, same result. Meet usually runs in a browser tab; echo99 captures its audio either way, because it records your Mac’s output rather than the app.
• Audio only. echo99 records sound and produces transcripts; it does not capture the video grid or shared slides.

Meet’s recording features and plan requirements change; the notes above were last reviewed July 2026. See Google’s “Record a video meeting” documentation for current details.

Related guides: Record Zoom calls, Record Teams calls