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Speaker tags in Google Meet are available in the Granola desktop app on macOS and Windows. They require the free Granola browser extension.

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Overview

Speaker tags identify who is speaking in a Google Meet call by showing each participant’s Google Meet display name above their transcript sections. Instead of generic Me and Them labels, you may see each person’s name, including your own. This works through the Granola browser extension. While Granola is transcribing a Google Meet call, the extension uses the speaker activity and participant names shown in Google Meet to match speech to transcript sections. It does not record audio or video.

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Before you start

You will need:
  • The Granola desktop app on macOS or Windows, updated to the latest version
  • A Google Meet call opened in a supported Chrome or Chromium-based browser, such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Arc, or Brave
  • The Granola browser extension installed in the same browser profile you use for Google Meet
Speaker tags only apply while Granola is actively transcribing a Google Meet call. They do not add names to older transcripts.

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Set up speaker tags

  1. Open the Granola desktop app.
  2. If needed, manually refresh Granola by pressing Cmd+R on macOS or Ctrl+R on Windows.
  3. Go to Settings > Preferences and click Speaker tags, in the Features section.
  4. Next to Google Meet, click Install browser extension. Your browser opens the Granola browser extension page on the Chrome Web Store.
  5. Add the extension to the browser profile you use for Google Meet calls. If your browser asks you to choose or switch profile, select that profile before installing.
  6. Return to Granola. The Google Meet row shows Enabled once the extension is detected.
Once the extension is connected, speaker tags are on — there is no separate toggle to enable.

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Use speaker tags in a meeting

Start your Google Meet call in your supported browser and start transcription in Granola as normal. When Granola can identify someone speaking through Google Meet, their display name appears above their transcript bubbles — including your own Google Meet name. See the Speaker tags overview for speaker identification limitations and privacy details.

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Troubleshooting

The Speaker tags entry is in the Features section in Settings > Preferences. If you cannot see it there:
  1. Make sure Granola is updated to the latest version.
  2. Press Cmd+R on macOS or Ctrl+R on Windows to refresh Granola.
  3. Check Settings > Preferences again. The Speaker tags entry in the Features section in Settings > Preferences
  1. Make sure the Granola desktop app is open.
  2. Check which browser profile has the Granola extension installed. Extensions are installed separately for each browser profile.
  3. Switch to that browser profile, then open a Google Meet page in it.
  4. Return to Speaker tags in Settings > Preferences and wait for the status to update to Enabled.
  5. If it remains disconnected, restart Granola and your browser, then try again.
If your browser is managed by your organization, your admin may need to deploy the extension for your team.
Check that:
  • You are meeting in Google Meet in a supported Chrome or Chromium-based browser, rather than another meeting app or browser.
  • The Google Meet row under Speaker tags in Settings > Preferences shows Enabled.
  • The transcript was captured after speaker tags were set up; names are not applied retrospectively.
Some transcript sections may not have a speaker name if Google Meet did not show a clear active speaker at that moment, or if participants were speaking through a shared meeting-room device.
Speaker tags rely on the participant name and current-speaker signal shown by Google Meet. If a participant uses a different display name, multiple people use one room device, or people speak over each other, the label may not identify the individual correctly.