How to Use Granola AI (Tutorial for Beginners)

About this video

Nick presents Granola, an AI-powered notepad that transcribes computer audio during a call regardless of meeting platform, in partnership with Granola. You download it from granola.ai and sign in with a Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 account — Granola now supports Microsoft sign-in and linking, so Teams or Outlook calendar can be primary. It connects to your calendar, shows meetings for the next 3 days as note pages, and sends a notification 1 minute before each meeting. You can prep notes or agenda items in advance, create quick notes unrelated to meetings, and leave Granola running in the background in the Mac menu bar or Windows system tray. During a meeting it transcribes in real time, shows or hides the transcript, and offers AI chat and slash-command recipes such as suggest topics and suggest questions. Your manual notes are integrated into AI-enhanced notes after you stop transcription, with your own text shown darker, optional templates for different meeting types, and links back to transcript sections. Afterwards you can ask the AI for to-dos or what is falling behind, share notes by email or link with privacy options, and organize notes into folders. Granola also detects unscheduled browser meetings and can transcribe in-person meetings via laptop or mobile app microphone. A free 30-day trial includes everything shown.

Key takeaways

• Granola transcribes computer audio directly, so it works across Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, and other platforms
• Sign in with Google Workspace or Microsoft 365; it shows upcoming meetings for the next 3 days and notifies 1 minute before
• Use slash recipes during a meeting for suggested topics and questions, and toggle the live transcript on or off
• After a meeting, AI-enhanced notes merge the transcript with your manual notes, with templates and source links to the transcript
• You can also capture unscheduled and in-person meetings via quick notes on laptop or the mobile app

Episode details: published February 10, 2026 · 8:32 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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