MeetingsAI 1.7: Start a Recording With Siri, iPhone Duo Support and More

Introduction

MeetingsAI 1.7 lets you start a recording with Siri. Say "Start a recording in MeetingsAI" and the app opens and starts recording, with no tapping. You can also add a to-do by voice, use the app on the foldable iPhone Duo, and set MeetingsAI up by talking. Below is everything in the update, and how to use it.

Most meetings start the same way: you sit down, someone starts talking, and you are still unlocking your phone. Version 1.7 is built around that moment. The headline feature is Siri, so we start there, with the exact phrases you can say.

After Siri come iPhone Duo support, a new spoken setup called Intro Meeting, and a long list of fixes that people asked us for.

Key Takeaways

• Say "Start a recording in MeetingsAI" to Siri, and MeetingsAI opens and starts recording.
• Say "Add a to-do in MeetingsAI". Siri asks "What do you want to add?" and saves your answer to a list called Inbox.
• On iPhone Duo, MeetingsAI fits the folded and the open screen, and its tabs move to the side bar.
• New users can set up the app by talking, or type, or skip.
• 1.7 also fixes Retry, timers, swipe back, to-do counts and dark mode, and translation now catches your first words.

Watch: MeetingsAI 1.7 in 34 seconds

Here is the short version of this post as a video: both Siri examples, iPhone Duo, Intro Meeting and the fixes list.

How to start a recording with Siri in MeetingsAI

Starting a recording used to take four steps: unlock, find the app, open the Record screen, tap the button. With 1.7 it takes one sentence.

1. Update MeetingsAI to version 1.7 on your iPhone.
2. Wake Siri the way you usually do: say "Siri" or "Hey Siri", or hold the side button.
3. Say "Start a recording in MeetingsAI".
4. MeetingsAI opens the Record screen and starts recording.
5. When the meeting ends, stop the recording as usual. You get the transcript and the summary like any other recording.

You do not need the exact words. MeetingsAI listens for a few versions of the same request:

When starting a recording with Siri helps most

• You walk into a meeting with your hands full. Coffee in one hand, laptop in the other. Say the phrase on the way to your seat, and the recording is already running when the first person speaks.
• The meeting starts before you are ready. A call that begins early, a client who skips the small talk, a manager who stops you in the hallway. You do not have to choose between listening and tapping.
• A lecture or a talk. Your phone can stay on the desk. Ask Siri as the speaker walks in, and you catch the first minutes that usually get lost.

Put it on the Action Button or the Home Screen

Both actions also show up in the Shortcuts app, as Start Recording and Add To-Do. That means you can do more than talk to Siri:

• Assign Start Recording to the Action Button, on iPhones that have one, and start a recording with one press.
• Add it to your Home Screen as a shortcut.
• Use it inside a shortcut of your own, for example one that also turns on Do Not Disturb before a meeting.

How to add a to-do with Siri

The second Siri action is for the small tasks that come out of a meeting, the ones you forget by the time you reach your desk.

1. Say "Add a to-do in MeetingsAI".
2. Siri asks: "What do you want to add?"
3. Say the task, for example "Send the slides to Sam".
4. MeetingsAI opens your Inbox list with the new item in it.

The first time you use it, MeetingsAI creates the Inbox list for you. After that, every to-do from Siri lands in the same place, so you can sort them later into the lists you already keep. Inbox works like any other MeetingsAI to-do list: you can check items off, reorder them or share the list.

MeetingsAI on iPhone Duo and resizable windows

iPhone Duo folds, so an app has to look right on two very different screens. In 1.7, MeetingsAI fits both.

• Folded: the app fits the narrow outer screen, and nothing gets cut off at the side.
• Open: the layout stretches across the large inner screen.
• Side bar: on iPhone Duo, Apple puts an app's tab bar in the system side bar on the right edge. MeetingsAI's tabs, Home and Settings, now move there too, instead of floating at the bottom of the screen.

The same work makes MeetingsAI fit resizable windows, so the screens follow when the window changes size.

Intro Meeting: set up MeetingsAI by talking

New users now meet MeetingsAI the way they will use it: in a short meeting. Intro Meeting is a spoken setup that runs the first time you open the app.

It has five short screens:

1. Tell me about yourself. Say your name, your job and what you work on, like you would at the start of a meeting.
2. How do you like your summaries? Say how long and how detailed you want them, and what to focus on.
3. Words we should spell right. Add the names, product terms and jargon that come up in your meetings.
4. Add documents. Add files that give the AI background on your work.
5. Here's what I captured. Check what the app understood, fix anything, and tap Confirm.

Your answers fill in your AI Profile. Your summary style, length and focus shape your summaries. Your name, role and documents give the AI chat context about your work. The words you add help the transcript spell them right, the same way custom vocabulary in MeetingsAI works.

Prefer not to talk? Tap "I'd rather type" and fill in the same screens by hand, or tap "Skip all for now" and set it up later.

Smaller improvements and fixes in MeetingsAI 1.7

Big features get the headlines, but this part of the release is the one most people will feel every day.

A few of these deserve a closer look:

• Translation catches your first words. In Translate Conversation, switching speakers no longer cuts off the start of the next sentence, and Cloud mode gives better translations.
• Failed recordings stay on Home. If a recording cannot be processed, it now stays on your Home screen so you can try again, instead of disappearing.
• Swipe back asks first. Swiping back during a recording now asks before it discards your session.
• To-do counts stay up to date, and dark mode is easier to read, with a status bar that follows the app's theme.
• Plus many smaller fixes and speed improvements.

A privacy note for this release

In Private Mode, reading a summary aloud now stays on your device: the phone's own voice reads it.

The Siri actions only tell MeetingsAI what to do. A recording you start with Siri is the same as one you start with a tap, and it follows the same settings, Private Mode included.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I start a recording with Siri in MeetingsAI?

Update MeetingsAI to version 1.7 on your iPhone, wake Siri and say "Start a recording in MeetingsAI". The app opens the Record screen and starts recording right away. "Start recording in MeetingsAI" and "Record a meeting in MeetingsAI" work too. You stop the recording the usual way and get a transcript and a summary.

Can Siri add a to-do to MeetingsAI?

Yes. Say "Add a to-do in MeetingsAI" and Siri asks "What do you want to add?". Say the task, and MeetingsAI saves it to a to-do list called Inbox and opens that list. The app creates the Inbox list the first time you use it, and every later to-do from Siri goes there.

Does MeetingsAI work on iPhone Duo?

Yes. Since version 1.7, MeetingsAI fits both the folded and the open screen of iPhone Duo. Its tabs, Home and Settings, move into the system side bar on the right edge, where Apple places tab bars on iPhone Duo, instead of floating at the bottom of the screen.

Is the Siri feature available on Android?

No. Siri and the Shortcuts app are part of iOS, so the voice actions in MeetingsAI 1.7 need an iPhone. The rest of the update, including Intro Meeting, the translation and Live Streaming improvements and the fixes, comes to Android as well.

I already use MeetingsAI. Can I try Intro Meeting?

Intro Meeting runs only the first time someone sets up the app, so existing users do not see it after the update. You do not lose anything: the details Intro Meeting collects live in your AI Profile in Settings, where you can edit your role, your summary style and the words the app should spell right.

Conclusion

MeetingsAI 1.7 is about getting to the recording faster. Ask Siri to start one, ask Siri to remember a task, and the app does the rest, on a regular iPhone or an iPhone Duo. New users can set it all up by talking, and everyone gets a long list of fixes.

Update MeetingsAI from the App Store or Google Play, or download MeetingsAI if you are new. The app is free to download, with a 3-day free trial on the monthly plan. Then try it: wake Siri and say "Start a recording in MeetingsAI".