Claude Meetings vs limelit: two AI agents for your video calls
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The short answer
Claude Meetings and limelit are both AI agents that make visuals for your video calls. The difference is where the visuals appear and what the call is for. Claude Meetings joins a Google Meet call as a participant and builds docs and whiteboards with the group: it is for collaborating. limelit puts the agent’s visuals on your own camera, next to your face, in Zoom, Teams or Meet, with nothing joining the call and no screen sharing: it is for presenting.
Key facts
- Claude Meetings is Anthropic’s AI agent that joins Google Meet calls as a participant, announced in November 2026.
- limelit is an AI agent for your camera: a virtual camera for macOS and Windows that shows visuals beside your face.
- Both make visuals for a call: Claude Meetings builds docs and whiteboards, limelit builds charts, agendas, numbers and slides on your video.
- As of November 2026, Claude Meetings works in Google Meet only; limelit works in Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and any app that takes a camera.
- Claude Meetings is for collaborating during the call. limelit is for presenting, prepared before the call or following along live.
- limelit connects to Claude, so work you did in Claude can appear on your camera in any call app.
AI agents are changing how we present and collaborate on calls
Until now, showing something on a call meant making it yourself, then sharing your screen. AI agents change that: you describe what you need, and an agent builds the visual. Claude Meetings and limelit are both built on that idea. Both help you create visuals for a call, before it or during it.
What differs is where the agent’s work lands. Claude Meetings puts the agent in the call as a participant and its work in shared artifacts, so a group can build something together. limelit puts the agent’s work on your camera, so the visual and the person explaining it are in the same picture, which is what presenting needs.
What is Claude Meetings?
Claude Meetings is a feature of Claude, by Anthropic, announced in November 2026. Claude Meetings adds Claude to a video call as a visible participant. People ask Claude questions out loud or in the call’s chat, and Claude answers in writing. Claude can build docs, whiteboards and other artifacts during the call that the group edits together. After the call, the notes, action items, transcript and everything Claude built are on the meeting’s page in Claude.
As of November 2026, Claude Meetings works in Google Meet, with other platforms announced as coming soon, and is rolling out in beta on Claude Team and Enterprise plans. Source: Anthropic’s Claude Meetings article.
What is limelit?
limelit is an AI agent for your camera. limelit is a virtual camera for macOS and Windows: you ask its agent for a chart from a CSV, an agenda, three numbers, your logo or a slide, and the visual appears on your video beside your face as a small card called a cue. In your call app you pick “Limelit Camera”, so limelit works in Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and any other app that takes a camera. Nobody else on the call installs anything.
limelit’s agent works before, during and after the call. Before: prepare cues in limelit, or in Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Grok through limelit’s connector. During: show a cue with one click, or turn on Listen and limelit follows the conversation. After: every cue stays in your library for the next call.
Claude Meetings vs limelit: side-by-side comparison
| Feature | Claude Meetings | limelit |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Anthropic | limelit |
| What the agent is | A participant in the call | Your camera, with an agent that writes what’s on it |
| What the agent makes | Docs, whiteboards and other artifacts | Cues: charts, agendas, numbers, name tags, slides, logos |
| Where the visuals appear | In Claude: chat replies, and artifacts people open or share | On your video, next to your face, for everyone on the call |
| Best for | Collaborating: workshops, brainstorms, planning sessions | Presenting: pitches, sales demos, team updates, client reviews |
| Before the call | Add the meeting from your calendar | Prepare cues by asking limelit, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Grok |
| During the call | Answers questions; builds artifacts with the group | Shows your cues with one click; with Listen on, follows the conversation |
| After the call | Notes, action items and transcript on the meeting’s page in Claude | Cues stay in your library; bring any back on the next call |
| Joins the call as a bot | Yes, as a visible participant | No. You pick “Limelit Camera” in your call app |
| Screen sharing needed | To show an artifact to everyone, someone shares it or people open it | No |
| Zoom | Not yet (announced as coming soon) | Yes |
| Microsoft Teams | Not yet (announced as coming soon) | Yes |
| Google Meet | Yes | Yes |
| Who can use it | Claude Team and Enterprise plans, in beta | Anyone on macOS or Windows, in early access |
| Others on the call install anything | No | No |
Claude Meetings details as of November 12, 2026, from Anthropic’s announcement.
Where the agent’s visuals appear
Claude Meetings: in a separate artifact. A doc or whiteboard Claude Meetings builds lives in Claude. To see it, people open it in another tab, or someone shares their screen, and the faces on the call shrink to thumbnails. That works well when the group is editing the artifact together.
limelit: on your camera. A chart or agenda limelit builds appears on your video, beside your face. Nobody switches tabs and nobody shares a screen, so people keep looking at the person speaking. That works well when one person is presenting to the others.
Bots in the call. Claude Meetings joins as a visible participant. limelit does not join; it is your camera. On calls where a bot or notetaker would be unwelcome, such as sales calls or client reviews, the call with limelit looks exactly like a normal call.
Claude in Zoom and Microsoft Teams
As of November 2026, Claude Meetings supports Google Meet only. If your calls are on Zoom or Microsoft Teams, limelit is how Claude’s work reaches the call today: connect limelit to Claude, ask Claude to put the chart, numbers or summary on your camera, and show it with one click on the call. limelit runs on macOS and Windows and works in Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and any other app that lets you choose a camera.
When to use Claude Meetings, and when to use limelit
Use Claude Meetings for collaborating
- The group builds something together: a brainstorm, a plan, a workshop.
- You want notes, action items and a transcript without anyone taking them.
- Your team is on Claude Team or Enterprise and meets in Google Meet.
Use limelit for presenting
- You present: a pitch, a sales demo, a team update, a client review.
- You want your visuals next to your face, not in a tab or a screen share.
- You don’t want a bot or notetaker joining the call.
- The call is on Zoom, Microsoft Teams or any app other than Google Meet.
Using Claude Meetings and limelit together
Claude Meetings and limelit don’t exclude each other. Use Claude Meetings for working sessions in Google Meet, and limelit whenever you present. To present work you did in Claude, connect limelit to Claude and ask, for example: “Put the three numbers from this analysis on my camera for my 2pm.”
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Claude Meetings and limelit?
Claude Meetings and limelit are both AI agents that make visuals for video calls. Claude Meetings joins a Google Meet call as a participant and builds docs and whiteboards with the group, for collaborating. limelit is an AI agent for your camera: the visuals it makes (charts, agendas, numbers, slides) appear on your own video next to your face, in any call app, for presenting.
What is the best Claude Meetings alternative for presenting?
limelit is an alternative to Claude Meetings for presenting. Instead of adding Claude to the call as a participant, limelit puts the visuals you prepared, with limelit or with Claude, on your own camera. Nothing joins the call, nobody shares a screen, and it works in Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams.
Does Claude Meetings work in Zoom?
As of November 2026, Claude Meetings works in Google Meet only; Anthropic says support for other platforms is coming soon. To show Claude’s work in a Zoom call today, connect limelit to Claude and ask Claude to put it on your camera; limelit shows it on your video in Zoom.
Does Claude Meetings work in Microsoft Teams?
As of November 2026, Claude Meetings does not work in Microsoft Teams; it works in Google Meet, with other platforms announced as coming soon. limelit works in Microsoft Teams today, on macOS and Windows.
How do I use Claude in a Zoom or Teams call?
Connect limelit to Claude at limelit.ai/connect. Then ask Claude, for example, “Put the chart from this analysis on my camera using limelit.” The visual waits hidden in limelit until you show it on the call with one click, in Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet or any app that takes a camera.
How can I show a Claude artifact on a video call without sharing my screen?
Use limelit. limelit is a virtual camera that shows visuals beside your face. Ask Claude to put the chart, numbers or summary on your camera using the limelit connector, and everyone on the call sees it on your video, with no screen share and no extra tab.
Does limelit join my call as a bot?
No. limelit is a camera you select in your call app, like a webcam. No extra participant joins, and nobody else on the call installs anything. They see you, with your visuals beside you.
Can limelit follow the conversation during a call?
Yes. With Listen on, limelit follows the conversation: questions join a queue as they are asked and get checked off when you answer, and limelit offers a prepared cue when the conversation turns to it.
Who can use Claude Meetings?
As of November 2026, Claude Meetings is rolling out in beta on Claude Team and Enterprise plans. Organizations with zero data retention, HIPAA-ready configurations or customer-managed encryption keys are excluded during the beta.
Can I use Claude Meetings and limelit together?
Yes. Use Claude Meetings for working sessions in Google Meet where the group builds something together, and use limelit when you present: prepare with Claude or limelit before the call, and show the visuals on your camera in whatever app the call is on.