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This guide is for Enterprise plan admins who want to enforce transparency features for everyone in their workspace. On a Free or Business plan? See user guide to set it up just for yourself.
Granola gives you two ways to make it clear to meeting participants that notes are being captured. You can enable one or both options for your team.

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Comparing the two options

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Automated chat message

Granola posts a message in your meeting chat when it starts transcribing to let everyone know. It’s quick, automatic, and visible without interrupting the flow of conversation. On Google Meet, the message is pinned when the meeting’s chat settings allow it. A message in the meeting chat reading "Granola is transcribing this call. See who is transcribing at https://grano.la/shbmjn". When several people from your workspace are using Granola in the same meeting, only one message is sent to the chat. The link in that message opens the live page below, listing everyone in the meeting who is transcribing right now. The live page opened by the link, listing the people currently using Granola in the meeting. If someone joins a few minutes late, Granola sends a reminder in the chat. How the message gets delivered depends on the meeting app:
  • Google Meet — delivered by the Granola Chrome extension. Works on macOS and Windows. Requires Google Chrome or a supported Chromium based browser (Edge, Arc, Brave).
  • Zoom and Microsoft Teams — Granola sends the message in the meeting chat. Workspace admins can enforce this for the whole team on macOS and Windows. On macOS, this requires Accessibility permission, which can be granted via MDM or individually.

Set up for Google Meet

Install the Chrome extension, allow pinning, and enable the automated chat message.

Set up for Zoom and Microsoft Teams

Enable the automated chat message for your workspace.

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Granola Watermark

Adds a visible indicator (the “watermark” badge) to your video so other participants can see that Granola is transcribing. It works with any video app that lets you choose a camera source — Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and others — on both macOS and Windows. The watermark only appears while Granola is actively transcribing and disappears when you stop. Before workspace watermark setup can be enabled, you must first enable at least one automated chat message option (Google Meet, Zoom, or Microsoft Teams). This ensures Granola can still keep transcription compliant if a user later turns their camera off in the same meeting.

Set up Granola Watermark

Enable it for your workspace, then install the Granola camera on each device.
Questions about either feature? Contact hey@granola.so.