{
  "slug": "google-meet",
  "name": "Google Meet",
  "maker": "Google",
  "category": "calls",
  "verdict": "n",
  "answer": "No. Google can read Meet meetings and recordings. One-to-one calls between personal accounts are the exception: they're sealed if you turn on Additional encryption before the call.",
  "title": "Is Google Meet encrypted? Calls, meetings and recordings",
  "description": "Google holds the keys to Meet meetings and recordings. One-to-one calls between personal accounts are sealed only if you turn on Additional encryption.",
  "parts": [
    {
      "key": "call",
      "status": "o",
      "words": "Only you, once you turn it on",
      "note": "Meet calls are cloud encrypted by default, so Google holds the keys, unless both of you use personal accounts and you turn on Additional encryption.",
      "sources": [
        1,
        2
      ],
      "label": "One-to-one calls"
    },
    {
      "key": "people",
      "status": "n",
      "words": "Google can read it",
      "note": "Meetings are always cloud encrypted, and Google's help pages don't clearly say whether Additional encryption works in group calls.",
      "sources": [
        1,
        2
      ],
      "label": "Group calls"
    },
    {
      "key": "video",
      "status": "n",
      "words": "Google can read it",
      "note": "Recordings are saved to Google Drive with cloud encryption, which means Google holds the keys.",
      "sources": [
        1
      ],
      "label": "Recordings"
    },
    {
      "key": "pq",
      "status": "x",
      "words": "Not yet",
      "note": "Since 12 October 2026, Google has been adding post-quantum protection to Meet traffic, starting on computers, but Google can still read cloud-encrypted calls, and none was announced for Additional encryption calls as of 25 October 2026.",
      "sources": [
        6
      ],
      "label": "Post-quantum"
    }
  ],
  "extra_parts": [],
  "keys": "Google, except in calls with Additional encryption on, which Google says only the people on the call can unlock.",
  "can_see": "Meetings, calls and recordings that use the default cloud encryption, plus performance and crash data and some location information; Google says Meet doesn't use your information for ads.",
  "business": "On business plans, admins on Enterprise Plus and Education Standard or Plus can turn on client-side encryption, so only the people in a meeting can decrypt it.",
  "fix": {
    "title": "Turn on Additional encryption for a call",
    "steps": [
      "In Google Meet, start a call to someone who uses a personal Google Account.",
      "On the pre-call screen, turn on Additional encryption.",
      "In the call, look for the shield with a lock and the blue lock badge."
    ],
    "after": "It only works when both of you use personal accounts. In-call messages, reactions, polls and add-ons are turned off while it's on. Check for the lock before each call."
  },
  "fix_line": "Seal a one-to-one call: turn on Additional encryption on the pre-call screen.",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "is-google-meet-end-to-end-encrypted",
      "q": "Is Google Meet end-to-end encrypted?",
      "a": "Not by default. Google says all meetings are cloud encrypted: your data is encrypted on the way and at rest in Google's data centers [1]. That means Google holds the keys. Meet calls are cloud encrypted by default too [2].\n\nFor calls between personal accounts, you can add end-to-end encryption by turning on Additional encryption on the pre-call screen. In-call messages, reactions, polls, add-ons and abuse reporting turn off while it's on [1]. Work and school accounts can't use it [2]."
    },
    {
      "id": "meet-legacy-calls",
      "q": "What happened to end-to-end encrypted Meet calls?",
      "a": "Older Meet calls, which Google calls legacy calls, were always end-to-end encrypted [2]. Google has been replacing them with new Meet calls, which are cloud encrypted unless you turn on Additional encryption [2].\n\nThe switch was first planned for September 2025, and a March 2026 report said it was complete [5]. One older Google privacy page still says calls in the Meet app are end-to-end encrypted [4], but Google's encryption help pages say new Meet calls are cloud encrypted by default [1][2]."
    },
    {
      "id": "can-google-see-meet-recordings",
      "q": "Can Google see my Google Meet recordings?",
      "a": "Yes. Recordings are saved to Google Drive with cloud encryption, so Google holds the keys [1]. Google says Meet doesn't use your information for advertising [4].\n\nOn business plans with client-side encryption, recordings and transcripts aren't available at all, and Google never gets the keys [3]."
    },
    {
      "id": "is-google-meet-quantum-safe",
      "q": "Is Google Meet quantum safe?",
      "a": "Only for the trip. On 12 October 2026, Google started adding post-quantum protection to Meet calls, beginning in web browsers on computers and on meeting room hardware, with phones to follow [6]. Google says it protects today's Meet traffic from being recorded now and decrypted by a future quantum computer [6].\n\nIt doesn't keep Google out, because cloud-encrypted calls are still open to Google. As of 25 October 2026, Google hadn't said whether it covers calls with Additional encryption."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Learn about call & meeting encryption in Google Meet",
      "publisher": "Google",
      "url": "https://support.google.com/meet/answer/12387251?hl=en",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Transition from legacy calls to the new Meet call experience",
      "publisher": "Google",
      "url": "https://support.google.com/meet/answer/15226792?hl=en",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Learn about Meet client-side encryption (CSE)",
      "publisher": "Google",
      "url": "https://support.google.com/meet/answer/11605714?hl=en",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Understand the basics of privacy in Google Meet",
      "publisher": "Google",
      "url": "https://support.google.com/meet/answer/10382037?hl=en",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Google Meet fully replaces legacy Duo calling",
      "publisher": "9to5Google",
      "url": "https://9to5google.com/2026/03/13/google-meet-duo-legacy-gone/",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Google Meet now uses post-quantum cryptography",
      "publisher": "Google (Workspace Updates)",
      "url": "https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/10/google-meet-now-uses-post-quantum-cryptography.html",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    }
  ],
  "changes": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-25",
      "text": "First published."
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "zoom",
    "microsoft-teams",
    "facetime",
    "google-messages"
  ],
  "url": "https://isitencrypted.com/google-meet/",
  "checked": "2026-10-25"
}