# Reduce empty lead\-in and adjust scheduled Meet joining

Affected recordings could start with less empty\-room time, and scheduled Meet joining received a timing update\.

- Schema version: 1
- ID: meetso\-2026\-05\-25
- Slug: 2026\-05\-25\-less\-empty\-lead\-in\-and\-scheduled\-meet\-joining
- Period: 2026-05-25 to 2026-05-25
- Published: 2026-05-25
- Updated: None
- History: Development history

Dates describe development history and do not verify when changes became available.

- Banner asset: recording\-preamble
- Banner alt: An empty\-room preamble preceding the retained meeting recording

![An empty\-room preamble preceding the retained meeting recording](/_next/static/media/recording-preamble.00_0dw-zx1ty-.svg)

## Reduce empty time before meeting content

- ID: less\-empty\-room\-time
- Type: improved
- Area: recordings
- Availability: unverified

Reduced empty lead\-in time in affected recordings\.

Some lead\-in time could still remain\.

## Request Meet entry nearer the scheduled start

- ID: scheduled\-meet\-joining
- Type: improved
- Area: notetaker
- Availability: unverified

Adjusted Google Meet notetakers to request entry closer to the scheduled meeting start\.

Entry still depended on the host and the meeting’s rules\.