Notion is quietly making its AI Meeting Notes feature much more practical and much harder to break. In a recent update shared by the company, AI Meeting Notes can now run in the background, so users can switch apps, minimize Notion, or even lock their screen without interrupting transcription.

This is a small change on paper, but a big one in day-to-day usage, especially for people juggling meetings, notes, and multitasking workflows. Until now, most AI note-taking tools required users to keep the app active or visible, which often defeated the whole purpose of “hands-free” note-taking.

Why does this change actually matter?

At its core, Notion’s AI Meeting Notes is designed to automatically transcribe conversations, summarize them, and extract

Notion is quietly making its AI Meeting Notes feature much more practical and much harder to break. In a recent update shared by the company, AI Meeting Notes can now run in the background, so users can switch apps, minimize Notion, or even lock their screen without interrupting transcription.

This is a small change on paper, but a big one in day-to-day usage, especially for people juggling meetings, notes, and multitasking workflows. Until now, most AI note-taking tools required users to keep the app active or visible, which often defeated the whole purpose of “hands-free” note-taking.

Why does this change actually matter?

At its core, Notion’s AI Meeting Notes is designed to automatically transcribe conversations, summarize them, and extract