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Import recordings

Imports run in a local Codex chat on your Mac or Windows computer. See Requirements.

Import recent recordings

Ask: Import my recordings.

  • Your first import covers the last seven days. You can change this window in G-Records settings.
  • Later imports pick up from your last successful import, with a one-day overlap so late backups aren’t missed.
  • Recordings that are already imported are skipped, so nothing is duplicated.
  • If an import stops partway, the next one resumes the unfinished recordings.

Each recording is summarised using your default template, and its full transcript is saved with it.

Import a specific recording

Copy the recording’s link from recorder.google.com and ask: Import this recording: (link). This works for any date.

Start from your phone or the web

The Import recordings button in the library prepares the request. On a phone or the web, it shows Continue on your computer, because the import itself has to run there. If you use Remote to control your computer’s Codex from your phone, the import still runs on the computer.

When will a new recording appear?

A recording appears in G-Records once both of these have finished:

  1. Google Recorder has backed it up to your Recorder account on the web.
  2. An import has run on your computer.

After that, you can read it on any device, even with the computer off.

Imports on every plan

Imports keep working on the trial, Free and Pro, including imports of older recordings. On Free, recordings older than your most recent 14 days are stored but can’t be read until you upgrade. See Plans and billing.

One import at a time

Only one import runs at a time. If you start another while one is running, G-Records tells you, and the running import finishes its work.