2026 Google Meet Alternatives for Android TV: 2 AI Meeting Tools Tested and Compared

First, Figure Out: Are You Missing a "Calling Portal" or "Post-Meeting Notes"?

Google's official support page makes it clear: starting in early 2025, Android TV no longer supports making calls with Google Meet. Users on Reddit r/AndroidTV have also reported that even sideloading the APK is becoming increasingly difficult.

So the first step isn't rushing to find an app—it's asking yourself: what are you actually missing?

• Only missing video calls: Consider Jami (TV app available, but some users report microphone issues, requiring a phone for audio); or use the built-in browser on Google TV Streamer; or cast from a laptop or phone to the TV; some also connect a USB webcam to the TV.
• Missing the post-meeting transcript and notes: This is where AI meeting note tools like Tinrec and Granola shine.

Note: Tinrec and Granola are not video calling apps; they solve the "what happens after the meeting" problem. Below, we compare the two across 5 dimensions.

Tinrec vs Granola | Quick Overview

Tinrec: An AI meeting notes and collaboration tool for individuals and teams, supporting real-time recording, desktop system audio capture, audio/video file import, real-time translation, and automatic summaries, chapters, highlights, and action items.

Granola: A bot-free AI meeting note tool that uses desktop system audio and microphone for real-time transcription, combined with user handwritten notes to generate content.

Pricing: Tinrec offers a free version, weekly pass, Pro monthly/annual plans, and team plans at USD 29.80 per paid seat per month, or USD 199 per paid seat per year (about USD 16.58 per month). Granola Basic is free, Business is USD 14 per user per month, Enterprise is USD 35 per user per month. Prices, currencies, and benefits are subject to the official purchase pages.

Dimension 1 | Bot-Free Meeting Capture

Granola uses desktop system audio plus microphone for real-time transcription, no bot needed to join the meeting, similar to "taking notes while meeting."

Tinrec's desktop version also captures computer system audio, no need to invite an extra bot to the meeting, and can handle audio from Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex meetings played on the computer, while generating real-time transcripts. To be clear: this is user-initiated recording, not automatic joining of all calendar meetings, and does not imply official partnership with any platform.

→ This dimension: Tie, but Tinrec is clearer in its "real-time transcript" positioning.

Dimension 2 | Recording Retention and Old File Import

Granola's official documentation states it does not save meeting audio files and does not support uploading pre-recorded audio files.

Tinrec retains recordings and supports uploading audio and video files for organization, suitable for processing historical meetings, interviews, and course recordings. If you need to review later or have a backlog of old recordings, this difference is practical.

→ This dimension: Tinrec clearly wins.

Dimension 3 | Chinese and Bilingual Meeting Experience

Granola's product mindset leans toward English meeting notes.

Tinrec covers Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and multilingual meeting scenarios, supports viewing original, translated, or bilingual content during recording, and team plans include hotword management for maintaining common professional terms. Note: fixed accuracy rates should not be promised; actual performance depends on recording quality, background noise, accents, and overlapping speakers.

→ This dimension: Tinrec wins (Chinese meeting scenarios).

Dimension 4 | Post-Meeting Output and Export

Granola's strengths are note enhancement, Q&A, and third-party integrations.

Tinrec delivers a complete workflow: transcripts, AI summaries, chapter highlights, action items, mind maps, AI Q&A around meeting content, and Agent post-processing to generate reports, tables, and documents, with export to Notion, Google Docs, OneNote, Dropbox, and other tools for further editing.

→ This dimension: Tinrec wins.

Dimension 5 | Team Knowledge Retention and Governance

Granola offers shared folders, user and enterprise management capabilities.

Tinrec's team plan is a standalone team space: create and switch between multiple teams, invite members via join link, set owner/admin/member roles, assign or revoke seats, centrally store meeting data, view team usage trends, member rankings and details, query and export audit logs, and use audio recycle bin.

Distinguish roles and seats: roles govern governance, seats govern usage. Valid members without a seat can still view, play, and read team data, but cannot record, upload, edit, or import/export. Team resources belong to the team; when a member leaves or is removed, resources must be handed over to other valid members.

→ This dimension: Tinrec wins (clearer governance granularity).

What Are the Unique Advantages of Each?

Tinrec's advantages:

1. Retains recordings and supports audio/video file import, handling historical meetings and old recordings.
2. Chinese, Traditional Chinese, multilingual meetings with real-time translation and bilingual comparison.
3. Action item extraction, AI Q&A, Agent post-processing, and multi-format export—end-to-end post-meeting delivery.
4. Team space with seats, usage, audit, and recycle bin, suitable for long-term retention by departments or project teams.

Granola's advantages:

1. The "handwritten notes enhanced by AI" experience is smooth, suitable for those who already take notes.
2. Leans toward English meeting notes and cross-meeting context organization.

Conclusion: Which Should You Choose?

• Want to make video calls on Android TV → Look at Jami, browser, or cast solutions; not the scope of these two tools.
• Need to retain recordings, organize old files, hold Chinese meetings → Tinrec.
• Want to jump from transcript to action items, reports, and third-party tools → Tinrec.
• Team needs to manage members, seats, usage, and audit → Tinrec team plan.
• Only English meetings, no need to save audio, just want instant notes → Granola is enough.

In one sentence: Android TV losing Meet is a calling portal problem, but the real pain for workers is the post-meeting record. For most Chinese meeting users, Tinrec is the more complete choice. We suggest starting with the free version, trying it with a real recording, then deciding whether to pay.

References

• r/AndroidTV on Reddit: Alternative for Meet on Android TV
• r/AndroidTV on Reddit: Temporary Solution to Using Google Meet on Later Models of Google TV and Android Streaming Devices
• r/AndroidTV on Reddit: Video meeting app in replacement for Google Meet?
• Set up Google Meet Calling on your Android TV - Google Meet Help
• r/AndroidTV on Reddit: Meet on Google TV