'Granola' Launches on Apple Watch

[MacRumors]

Granola, an app that can transcribe Zoom meetings and then create AI-generated notes with key points, is now available on Apple Watch models running watchOS 11 and later.

The app was already available on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, and now it has expanded to the Apple Watch for added convenience. You can start transcribing a meeting right from your wrist with one tap.

Article Link: 'Granola' Launches on Apple Watch

 

[ceo-of-apple]

Is this article sponsored?

 

[transpo1]

Is this article sponsored?

Sure feels like it.

I'm generally not a fan of recording people without their permission or knowledge, which seems to be what many people are doing these days.

 

[Joe Rossignol]

Is this article sponsored?

No, it is not sponsored or anything like that. It is an ordinary news story. An app update doesn't need 8 paragraphs.

 

[FoxyKaye]

Sure feels like it.

I'm generally not a fan of recording people without their permission or knowledge, which seems to be what many people are doing.

Yeeeeah... I was just thinking, "Is anybody else concerned here about, you know, consent to record?"

 

[dmnc]

Yeeeeah... I was just thinking, "Is anybody else concerned here about, you know, consent to record?"

Which you can already do with the iPhone or Apple Watch for almost 20 years now

 

[Tomhauber]

Yeeeeah... I was just thinking, "Is anybody else concerned here about, you know, consent to record?"

That only applies to sound or video recordings. If Granola transcribes, then I believe that would not apply. However IANAL.

 

[transpo1]

Which you can already do with the iPhone or Apple Watch for almost 20 years now

Which didn't make any more legal— but now people are incentivized to record more as they can have AI distill and summarize...

 

[Florpy]

Does anyone know what font Granola is using? It's not Century Schoolbook, but it's similar.

Ah: It's Clarendon Light of some type.

 

[TechieGeek]

No, it is not sponsored or anything like that. It is an ordinary news story. An app update doesn't need 8 paragraphs.

Could you do one on the Feast app? It's the only nutrition tracker that a) uses GPT 5.6 to analyze each meal photo, b) lets folks submit multiple angles of a single meal for analysis, c) cites its sources when brand makes are visible or brand is recognizable, d) runs statistical analyses on sleep <> meal to evaluate how things like caffeine or alcohol in your system at bedtime impacts sleep quality, e) promotes qualitative coaching rather than quantitative macro-chasing to build better habits.

 

[coolfactor]

Sure feels like it.

I'm generally not a fan of recording people without their permission or knowledge, which seems to be what many people are doing these days.

Zoom notifies all participants that a meeting is being recorded. The recording ability is not a feature of this app, but of Zoom.

As for Zoom... wha a heavy slog! I sure wish they had a more optimized and native Mac app. Zero excuse for these companies taking the "universal" approach to building apps that result in poorly-optimized builds. My M1 can fry an egg when on a Zoom call and screen-sharing. That should not happen.

 

[Robert.Walter]

Unless there is a way to know info is not leaking or being processed by the 3rd party without protections, I would be extremely uncomfortable using such an app for sensitive discussions.

 

[Jeeve Stubbs]

Is there a Muesli app too?

 

[bluecoast]

I’m really enjoying the dawn of the era when we all can expect to be recorded in any social or business interaction.

/s

 

[driekraaien]

People are starting to record every single meeting at my workplace. They will even sent you AI generated action lists which are inaccurate and useless most of the time. Same with slop that gets generated by people that have no actual knowledge on a subject. It just shifts the workload to the receiptant. Can you please review this document (I just generated in 5 seconds)? Sure, it will take me two days. It’s getting tiresome.

 

[1ppl3]

listening and recorded by AI , what can be creepier

 

[TheLinkster]

That only applies to sound or video recordings. If Granola transcribes, then I believe that would not apply. However IANAL.

Which you still need consent for in two-party states.