The tab you start it on
activeTabChrome only lets an extension record a tab after you click its icon, or press its shortcut (⌥⇧R), on that tab. The access covers that one tab, from that click, and nothing else.
Chrome extension · No bot in the room
Record the call without putting a bot in the room.
Lynkk records Google Meet, Zoom and Teams from your own Chrome tab. Nothing joins the call, nobody has to admit a guest, and the participant list stays as it was.
Google Meet, Zoom in the browser, Microsoft Teams · Audio only · Works on the Free plan
The same call, twice
A notetaker joins the call
Weekly sync with AcmeInbox
Weekly sync with Acme5
SOSam (you)
DRDana Ruiz
MBMarco Bell
PNPriya Nair
Notetaker
Notetaker wants to joinAsking to be let into this call
DenyAdmit
DanaSorry, who is Notetaker? Is that one of yours?
10:02Leave
Lynkk records from your tab
Weekly sync with AcmeInbox
Weekly sync with Acme4
SOSam (you)
DRDana Ruiz
MBMarco Bell
PNPriya Nair
12:48both sidesMark ⌥M
10:02Leave
LynkkIdle
A call on this tab
Recording starts here and stops from anywhere.
Record this callSsam@northwind.comSettings
Four people on the call, four tiles in the grid.
What the room sees
Nothing joins the call, so nothing shows up in it.
No guest to admit, no extra name in the participant list, no tile in the grid. Lynkk records from your own tab, so the people on the call see the same meeting they would have seen anyway.
- No guest to admitNothing asks to join, so nobody has to let it in.
- No extra name in the listThe participant list shows the people on the call.
- No tile in the gridThe call looks the way it did before you pressed Record.
- A capsule in your own tabIt sits on your screen, above the call's own controls.
- The same note afterwardsTranscript with speakers, the Meeting Brief summary and tasks, like any Lynkk recording.
Weekly sync with Acme · People
People
Search for people
In the call4
SO
Sam Ortiz (you)Meeting host
DR
Dana RuizAcme
MB
Marco BellAcme
PN
Priya NairNorthwind
NotetakerGuest · admitted by Sam
Four people. Lynkk is in Sam's tab, not in the call
When a bot is welcome, Lynkk has one too.
Some calls are fine with a notetaker in the list and some are not. Both ways end in the same Lynkk note, so you can pick per call.
Lynkk's meeting bot
- How it starts
- Paste a Meet, Zoom or Teams link in Record, or turn on calendar auto-join.
- In the call
- It joins as a participant, so everyone can see it.
- What it records
- Audio on the Free plan. Meeting video is Pro.
- During the meeting
- A live transcript panel.
The Chrome extension
- How it starts
- You press Record in the Chrome tab the call is in.
- In the call
- Nothing joins. The participant list does not change.
- What it records
- Audio only: the tab and your microphone, on two channels.
- During the meeting
- On Google Meet with captions on, the last lines with names in its panel.
Two channels
Your microphone and the call's tab, recorded apart.
Press Record and Lynkk captures the sound of that one tab and your microphone on two separate channels. That is how the transcript knows which side is you.
Two channels, one transcript
Recording · Weekly sync with Acme
Your microphoneChannel 1 · You
This tabChannel 2 · meet.google.com
0:000:100:200:30
In your Lynkk note
Weekly sync with Acme
AI SummaryTranscript
Speaker A0:01
Thanks for making time. Can we start with the pilot?
You0:08
Yes. We can do forty seats the week of the sixth.
Speaker B0:15
That works if the security review closes first.
You0:23
Then I will send the pilot plan by Friday.
You still hear the call while it records
You still hear the call
The tab's sound is played back to you while Lynkk records it, so the call sounds the same.
Audio only
The sound of one tab and your mic. Your screen, your camera and your other tabs are never captured.
It knows when you're muted
Go on mute and the capsule says "you are muted", so you know your side has gone quiet.
Your half is never missing
Until the mic is allowed, Lynkk can record the others but not you, and the capsule says "Lynkk cannot hear you".
In your tab
One small capsule, above the call's own controls.
It is there for the whole call. It shows the clock while it records, takes a mark when something matters, and tells you when the note is saved. There are no settings in it; those live on lynkk.ai.
Recording · both sides
meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij
Weekly sync with Acme4
SOSam (you)
DRDana Ruiz
MBMarco Bell
PNPriya Nair
LynkkWeekly sync with Acme savedLynkk is writing it up now.
Livesam@northwind.com
Live
DanaThat works if the security review closes first.
MarcoAnd the pilot is still forty seats?
YouForty, the week of the sixth.
Your marks
4:12Marked
Settings live on lynkk.aiOpen
12:47both sidesMark ⌥M
10:14Leave
Stop from any tab
Use Stop and save in the toolbar popup from any tab, or press ⌥⇧R. Closing the tab stops it too.
Held if the upload can't go out
The recording stays on your machine and uploads the next time you record in that browser.
Captions stay on the page
On Google Meet with captions on, the panel shows the last lines with names. They are not uploaded, and the recording does not depend on them.
Quiet is not secret
Nothing announces Lynkk, so it asks you to.
When you install it, Lynkk opens one page. It says what the extension reads, asks for your microphone, and asks you to tell the people on a call that you are recording it.
- The sound of one tab, and your micOnly after you press Record in a call.
- Your lynkk.ai session and emailSo recordings reach your account without a second login.
- The meeting's name and how many are in itOn Google Meet, Zoom and Teams pages. On Meet with captions on, the caption text for its panel.
- Your screen, your camera, your other tabsNever captured.
- CaptionsThey stay on the page and are not uploaded.
Recordings are uploaded over HTTPS to your own Lynkk account, where they are transcribed and summarised. They are not sold and not used for advertising.
Opens once, when you install it
Permissions
Every permission it asks for, in plain words.
An extension declares what it needs in one file, and Chrome holds it to that list. This is the whole of Lynkk's, and what each line is for.
The list from the extension's manifest, the file Chrome checks. The highlighted line is the one you are reading about.
Not on the list
- Reading the address of every tab
- Your browsing history
- Any other website
- Capturing your screen
The sound of that tab
tabCaptureThis is how it hears the other people on the call. It starts when you press Record and ends when you stop it or close the tab.
A recorder that lasts the meeting
offscreenA hidden page holds the recording so it survives a long call. It opens when a recording starts and closes as soon as it is done.
Its own notes to itself
storageWhether a recording is running, when it started, the moments you marked, your account email, and that you agreed on install. No page content.
Your Lynkk sign-in
cookiesIt reads your lynkk.ai session and no other cookie. That value is only ever sent to Lynkk.
A one-minute clock
alarmsKeeps the recording time on the toolbar icon up to date while a call runs.
One message when it is done
notificationsTells you when a recording has finished uploading, or is being saved because you closed its tab. Only ever about your own recordings.
Four meeting sites
meet · zoom · teamsGoogle Meet, Zoom's web client, and Teams on teams.microsoft.com and teams.live.com. There it notices a call and shows the capsule. It also notices when the page turns on the microphone, which is how it tells a live call from a tab sitting on a meeting link.
Your Lynkk account
lynkk.aiWhere it reads your session, sends the recording, and tells your settings page that the extension is installed.
No other site is accessed. Everything it runs ships inside the extension; it downloads no code.
How it works
Add it, click once, get the note.
There is no separate login. The extension uses the account you are signed into on lynkk.ai, and signing out there signs it out here.
Before Lynkk records anythingRecording needs your microphone as well as the tab. Chrome asks for that once, for Lynkk itself.Agree and allow the microphone
01
Add it to Chrome and allow the mic
Add Lynkk from the Chrome Web Store. A page opens once, says what it reads, and asks for your microphone.
or press ⌥⇧R
02
Click the Lynkk icon on the call
The first time on a tab, Chrome needs one click on the Lynkk icon in the toolbar, and that click starts recording. After that, Record in the capsule works for as long as the tab is open.
Saved to LynkkOpen the note
03
Stop, and the note comes back
The recording uploads to your account and comes back as a note like any other: transcript with speakers, the Meeting Brief with decisions and action items, and tasks.
Works on
Google Meet
Zoom in the browser
Microsoft Teams
Google MeetZoom in the browserMicrosoft TeamsIn Chrome, and in Edge, Brave and Arc, which install from the Chrome Web Store. Not Firefox or Safari.
Questions
Questions about recording without a bot
The short answers. The rest is in the help center.
Will the other people on the call know it is recording?
Nothing joins the call and nothing appears in the participant list, so they will know if you tell them. Please do. The page Lynkk opens when you install it asks you to tell the people on a call that you are recording it.
Does it record video or my screen?
No. It records audio only: the sound of the one tab the call is in, and your microphone. Your screen, your camera and your other tabs are never captured.
Which calls does it work on?
Google Meet, Zoom in the browser (the web client) and Microsoft Teams on teams.microsoft.com and teams.live.com. It runs in Chrome and in Chromium browsers that install from the Chrome Web Store, such as Edge, Brave and Arc. Firefox and Safari cannot capture a tab's audio, so it does not work there.
Does it start recording by itself?
No. It notices the call and shows Record, and nothing is captured until you press it. The first time on a tab, Chrome needs one click on the Lynkk icon in the toolbar, and that click starts the recording. ⌥⇧R (Alt+Shift+R) starts or stops it too.
How does the transcript know which lines are mine?
Your microphone and the tab are recorded on two separate channels, so your side is kept apart from everyone else's. Your lines are labelled You, and the other people get the usual speaker labels, such as Speaker A and Speaker B. Until you allow the microphone, Lynkk can record the others but not you.
Do I see the summary in the extension?
No. When the upload finishes, the capsule says Saved to Lynkk and offers Open the note, which takes you to the note on lynkk.ai: transcript, Meeting Brief and tasks.
Do I need Pro?
No. Recording, transcription and the summary work on the Free plan. If you are on Pro, the note gets everything Pro adds, such as Ask Lynkk, Summary Shapes and per-note chat, the same as any other recording.
Chrome extension
Record your next call from the tab it is already in.
Add Lynkk to Chrome, allow the mic once, and press Record when the call starts. Nobody has to let anything in.
Google Meet, Zoom and Teams in Chrome · Audio only · Works on the Free plan