Claude can now join Google Meet calls and work alongside teams

Anthropic is expanding its Claude artificial intelligence assistant with a new set of workplace tools designed to allow AI to participate more directly in meetings, planning, data analysis and collaborative work.

The company has introduced Claude Meetings, alongside new Claude Whiteboards and Claude Sheets features, while also making Claude Data generally available across paid plans.

The tools were announced on November 10 as part of Anthropic’s wider effort to make Claude an active collaborator in everyday office work.

Claude can join Google Meet calls

Claude Meetings allows teams to add the AI assistant to a video call as a visible participant.

During a meeting, Claude can follow the discussion and begin working on tasks in real time rather than waiting until the call has finished.

It can draft plans being discussed, create timelines on a whiteboard, answer questions through the meeting chat and retrieve information from connected workplace applications.

For example, participants could ask Claude to retrieve figures or information from previously connected company systems while the discussion is taking place.

After the meeting, notes, action items and other materials created by Claude remain available through Claude.

Claude identifies itself during meetings

Anthropic has introduced safeguards around how Claude participates in calls.

Claude identifies itself as a meeting participant and posts a notice in the meeting chat.

It will not join a meeting involving external guests unless an administrator has authorised that behaviour.

If an unauthorised external participant joins a meeting while Claude is present, the AI assistant is designed to leave the call automatically.

Claude Meetings is currently available in beta for Team and Enterprise customers and initially works with Google Meet.

New Claude Whiteboards

Anthropic has also introduced Claude Whiteboards, a collaborative visual workspace that teams and Claude can use together.

Users can discuss an idea or project and ask Claude to organise the conversation into a visual board containing elements such as timelines, responsibilities, deadlines and workflows.

Team members can edit the board together in real time.

Once the brainstorming process is complete, Claude can also convert the whiteboard into a document or presentation.

Claude Whiteboards is available in beta across paid plans on web, desktop and mobile.

Claude Sheets adds collaborative spreadsheets

Claude Sheets allows teams to create and edit spreadsheets together with the AI assistant.

Users can ask Claude to generate tools such as campaign trackers, project schedules or hiring budgets.

The resulting spreadsheets can contain multiple tabs, formulas, formatting and drop-down menus, while Claude can make edits directly alongside team members.

Claude Sheets is also available in beta across paid plans on web, desktop and mobile.

Claude Data becomes generally available

Anthropic has also expanded Claude Data, previously known as Claude Dashboards.

The feature allows organisations to connect Claude to company data systems such as data warehouses and CRM platforms.

Employees can then ask questions in natural language and receive information through dashboards, written data stories or narrated videos.

Claude Data is available on Pro, Max, Ultra, Team and Enterprise plans, although some features, including certified queries and live sharing, remain in beta.

Interactive work apps inside Claude

Anthropic has also expanded its interactive connectors.

Supported applications can now open alongside a Claude conversation, allowing users to work directly inside external tools while also asking Claude to make changes.

Anthropic lists partners including Adobe, Atlassian, Box and Notion among the services supported through its growing connector ecosystem.

The latest features reflect Anthropic’s broader effort to move Claude from being primarily a conversational assistant towards becoming an active participant in workplace collaboration and task execution.

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