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Works for Google Meet and Zoom events organized with Google Calendar on macOS or Windows. Heads Up is available through Granola’s Google Calendar add-ons. It tells anyone attending a meeting you’ve organized that you’re using Granola. It requires attendees to click “Join meeting” to access the call, so you can be sure they’ve seen your heads up. An example confirmation page, showing "Test meeting" with some meeting details and a "Join meeting" link.

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How do I turn on Heads Up?

First, install the Granola Google Calendar add-on that matches the meeting provider you want to use: image (10).png Once it’s installed, you’ll have a new option under Add video conferencing when arranging a new meeting: Google Meet (with Granola) or Zoom (with Granola). Granola conferencing options:
  • Creates a Google Meet or Zoom meeting with your normal settings applied
  • Adds a heads up screen before your meeting
  • Asks participants to click “Join meeting” before they join a call (they’re redirected to your meeting after that)
Granola logs the fact that the Join meeting button was clicked, but doesn’t collect any personally identifiable information about the person that clicked it. When you use Google Meet (with Granola) or Zoom (with Granola), invitees will see Granola’s Heads Up screen. When you use the standard Google Meet or Zoom options, they won’t. Once installed, you can create meetings with Heads Up from Google Calendar.

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How do I create a Heads Up meeting?

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As a meeting organizer:

  1. Once you’ve installed the Granola add-on you want to use, create a new event in Google Calendar.
  2. You’ll see a new option in the dropdown under Add video conferencing: “Google Meet (with Granola)” or “Zoom (with Granola)”.
  3. Choose the Granola video conferencing option you want to use.
  4. Add your meeting participants and other details as normal.
  5. Save the event.
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  1. A Google Meet or Zoom link is created with all your normal settings applied
  2. A Heads Up page will be added to all participants, which they’ll see before they join your meeting.
You can choose to use the standard Google Meet or Zoom video conferencing options if you don’t want invitees to see a Heads Up page.

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How do I always show Heads Up?

If your workspace automatically adds the standard Google Meet option, turn that setting off so you can choose a Granola conferencing option instead. Go here, then turn Make Google Meet the default video conferencing provider when available to off. CleanShot 2025-12-11 at 12.16.59@2x.png

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What participants see

On your event, participants will see “Join Google Meet (with Granola)” or “Join Zoom (with Granola)”. image.png When a participant clicks the meeting link, participants will see a Heads Up page that includes:
  • Meeting details (title, time, organizer, the name of your company)
  • An explanation that Granola will be used for AI notes
  • “Join meeting” button to confirm and proceed
After clicking “Join meeting,” participants are redirected to the Google Meet or Zoom meeting. An example confirmation page, showing "Test meeting" with some meeting details and a "Join meeting" link.

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How to uninstall the add-on

  1. Navigate to the add-on page you installed:
  2. Click “Uninstall”.
Note:
  • We do not store any of your data after you uninstall.
  • More information on uninstalling add-ons here.