Granola launches Apple Watch app for meeting notes on the go

Granola’s Apple Watch app lets users start meeting notes from their wrist, with recordings captured on the watch and managed alongside Granola on iPhone. The feature extends a product that Granola already markets as an AI notepad for back-to-back meetings across macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.

The watch release fits a broader push beyond desktop meeting capture. Granola added phone-call note taking on September 15, 2025, and its mobile docs include transcription and syncing guidance, all part of a steady move toward taking notes wherever work happens. Granola’s iPhone listing describes the app as free and says it is built for AI notes with Google Calendar, aimed at coffee catch-ups, phone calls, conference days and distilling thoughts on the go.

That expansion still sits on the same core pitch Chris Pedregal introduced when he founded Granola in 2023: an AI-powered notepad meant to replace meeting bots, screen recorders and handwritten notes. Granola says it uses computer audio so it does not invite a bot, and it describes the product as private by default, two claims that speak directly to the etiquette and privacy concerns that have trailed AI meeting tools since they became mainstream.

The company has also attracted heavy investor interest as it has widened the product surface. TechCrunch reported on May 14, 2025 that Granola raised $43 million at a $250 million valuation and launched collaborative features. By March 25, 2026, Sifted reported a $125 million Series C that valued the company at $1.5 billion. Granola’s pricing page now lists a free Basic plan and a Business plan at $14 per user per month.

The Apple Watch version shows where the market is heading. Note-taking vendors are no longer trying only to improve the hour spent in a scheduled meeting; they are trying to capture the moments around it, from a quick coffee conversation to a phone call to a conference hallway exchange. A wrist tap lowers friction for users who do not want to open a laptop or launch a bot, but it also makes the technology more ambient and harder to ignore. That raises the same question for workplaces that keep adopting AI assistants: whether the win is convenience, or a new expectation that every exchange should be captured.