# Choose automatic desktop recording

The desktop app gained opt\-in recording for supported calls, alongside handling for empty attempts and a transcript\-timing fix\.

- Schema version: 1
- ID: meetso\-2026\-09\-17
- Slug: 2026\-09\-17\-opt\-in\-automatic\-desktop\-recording
- Period: 2026-09-17 to 2026-09-17
- Published: 2026-09-17
- Updated: None
- History: Development history

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

- Banner asset: desktop\-auto\-record
- Banner alt: Desktop recording preferences with one call source enabled

![Desktop recording preferences with one call source enabled](/_next/static/media/desktop-auto-record.0v3zuowy4welc.svg)

## Opt in to recording supported calls automatically

- ID: automatic\-desktop\-capture
- Type: added
- Area: desktop\-recording
- Availability: unverified

Added desktop controls for enabling automatic recording by call source, with permission and readiness information\.

The feature required opt\-in and the relevant computer permissions\. Manual recording remained available when a source was unsupported or automatic recording could not start\.

## Avoid keeping empty recording attempts

- ID: empty\-recording\-detection
- Type: fixed
- Area: notetaker
- Availability: unverified

Added handling to discard empty recording attempts, including attempts that never reached the meeting\.

## Keep transcript timing aligned when audio has gaps

- ID: transcript\-playback\-timing
- Type: fixed
- Area: transcripts
- Availability: unverified

Fixed transcript passages appearing too early in affected recordings with gaps in the captured audio\.

Missing speech could not be restored by this timing correction\.