Troopa and Google Meet’s Gemini: what each does in your meetings
If your company runs on Google Workspace, Gemini already takes notes in Meet and puts them in Google Docs, in the meeting organiser’s Drive, with a summary, decisions, action items and next steps. It is good at it.
Every row was checked against Google’s own documentation. An earlier version of this page argued a difference in keeping decisions across meetings, which Troopa does only where it has been switched on, so the argument is gone.
Every row below was checked against Google’s own documentation on 29 September 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it and say when.
The comparison
| Troopa | Google Meet with Gemini | |
|---|---|---|
| Asked during the call | Yes. Anybody Troopa can hear may say “Hi Troopa” and ask. The answer appears on the screen of the person running Troopa, and the whole call sees it when they present Troopa’s window | Ask Gemini in Meet takes typed questions, and each person’s questions and answers are private to themGoogle Meet Help, Ask Gemini in Meet → |
| The notes after the meeting | Notes by topic, the next steps and the outcome in one line, kept in Troopa | A Google Doc in the meeting organiser’s Drive, with a summary, decisions, action items and next stepsGoogle Meet Help, take notes for me → |
| Where meetings are stored | In the region your organisation picks at sign-up: the UK (London), the EU (Frankfurt) or the US (Virginia) | Where your Workspace data regions say: the United States or Europe, on the editions that include themGoogle Workspace Admin Help, data regions → |
| Works if your organisation is not on Google Workspace | Yes | No, it needs an eligible Google Workspace subscriptionGoogle Meet Help, Ask Gemini in Meet → |
Notes in your Drive, or answers in the room
Google’s notes are the closest of the three to what we do: a document for each meeting with a summary, the decisions and the next steps, in the Drive where everything else lives. Ask Gemini in Meet answers typed questions during the call, privately to each person, from the captions, the Workspace files they can open and Google search.
Troopa is asked out loud. Anybody it can hear may say “Hi Troopa”, and the answer appears on the screen of the person running Troopa; presented and shared, the whole meeting reads it. It works the same way on Teams and Zoom, and keeps its notes in Troopa, in the region your organisation chose.
Where Gemini in Meet is the better choice
Be honest with yourself about this, because it is often the right answer.
The notes land in Google Docs in Drive, where everything else already lives, from a company you already use. That is a real advantage and we do not have an answer to it.Google Meet Help, take notes for me →
Ask Gemini in Meet keeps each person’s questions and answers to themselves. Troopa’s answers go to the person running it, and to the whole meeting only when they present Troopa.Google Meet Help, Ask Gemini in Meet →
Questions
Can Gemini answer questions during a Meet call?
Yes. Ask Gemini in Meet takes typed questions and answers from the meeting’s captions, the Workspace files the person can open and Google search, and each person’s questions and answers are private to them.Google Meet Help, Ask Gemini in Meet →
Do our attendees need a Google account to be in a Troopa meeting?
No. Your attendees need nothing at all: Troopa runs on your own computer.
Where are Troopa’s notes kept?
In Troopa, not in Google Drive, in the region your organisation picks at sign-up: the UK, the EU or the US.