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Speaker tags in Google Meet are available in the Granola desktop app on macOS and Windows. You can set them up with accessibility in Google Chrome or the Granola Chrome extension. Both methods are supported. Speaker tags use Google Meet’s participant names and active-speaker information to show who said what in your transcript. Names appear when Granola can identify the speaker.

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Set up with accessibility

Accessibility supports speaker tags across Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams, so the same setup works across all three meeting apps. For Google Meet, you need the latest Granola desktop app and a call in Google Chrome.

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macOS

  1. Open Granola. Click your workspace name in the bottom-left corner, then select Settings. Open Settings > Preferences, then select Speaker tags.
  2. If the row already shows Enabled, you’re ready to go. Otherwise, click Set up beside the row that includes Google Meet.
  3. Follow the prompts to turn on Granola in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility.
  4. Return to Granola and check that the row shows Enabled.
If you have already granted Granola Accessibility access for Zoom or Teams, you do not need to grant it again. On a managed Mac, your admin can pre-grant access via MDM.

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Windows

Open Settings > Preferences > Speaker tags in Granola and check that the row including Google Meet shows Enabled. No separate Accessibility permission is needed on Windows.

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Set up with the Chrome extension

The Granola Chrome extension supports Google Meet speaker tags on macOS and Windows in Google Chrome and supported Chromium-based browsers such as Microsoft Edge, Arc, and Brave.
  1. Open Settings > Preferences > Speaker tags in Granola.
  2. If you see Install browser extension, click it. Otherwise, open the Granola Chrome extension page directly.
  3. Add the extension to the browser profile you use for Google Meet. Keep Granola open, then open Google Meet in that profile.
  4. Return to Speaker tags in Granola. The extension’s Google Meet row shows Enabled once it connects.
Once the extension is connected, speaker tags are on — there is no separate toggle to enable. Either setup method is enough for Google Meet speaker tags.

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Use speaker tags in a meeting

Start your Google Meet call and transcription in Granola as usual, then open the transcript panel. Speaker tags apply while Granola is transcribing; they do not add names to older transcripts. See the Speaker tags overview for accuracy 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.
  1. Open System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility and check that Granola is switched on.
  2. Return to Granola and reopen Settings > Preferences > Speaker tags.
  3. If the row still shows Set up, fully quit and reopen Granola.
If access is already on but not detected, switch it off and on again, then reopen Granola.
  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:
  • For accessibility, you are using Google Meet in Google Chrome. For the extension, you are using a supported browser with the extension installed in the same profile as your call.
  • The row that includes Google Meet 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.