Granola Launches Year In Review Feature Based on Meeting Notes Data.

Granola has rolled out a new year-in-review feature that turns a user's meeting notes into a visual summary of how they spent their time. The AI notepad now includes a dedicated view that aggregates meeting data from across the year, offering users a way to reflect on patterns and priorities without manually reviewing individual notes.

The feature, announced in a LinkedIn post, is called "Crunch" and appears directly inside the Granola app. It surfaces insights based on the meetings users attended and the notes Granola generated, creating a timeline view that shows activity across months.

Granola's year view pulls from the meeting notes it automatically generates during calls. Users who have been tracking meetings with the tool throughout 2025 can now see a breakdown of their calendar activity, including how much time they spent in meetings, which topics came up most frequently, and how their schedule evolved over the year.

The feature is designed to work passively. Users don't need to tag or categorize their meetings in advance; Granola uses the context it has already captured to build the year-in-review summary. This ties into the tool's broader approach of reducing manual note-taking work while keeping detailed records of what happened in meetings.

For teams using Granola, the year view could also help with performance reviews or planning conversations. Instead of digging through months of calendar entries or scattered notes, users can reference a single view that shows where their time went. The feature builds on Granola's recent push to make meeting data more actionable, following updates like checklist support that turn discussion points into trackable tasks.

Granola operates as a Mac app that runs alongside video calls, using AI to transcribe and summarize meetings in real time. Users can edit notes during or after calls, and the tool integrates with calendars to automatically pull in meeting context. The year view extends this workflow by adding a layer of retrospective analysis on top of the existing note library.

The update arrives as Granola continues to expand beyond basic transcription. Earlier this year, the company introduced Granola Chat, an AI assistant that can search across notes and answer questions about past meetings. The year view complements this by offering a high-level visual instead of a conversational interface.

For users who rely on tools like Notion or Airtable to track work, the year view could serve as a reference point when compiling annual reports or reflecting on goals. It also highlights how much context Granola accumulates over time, an asset that becomes more valuable as the data set grows.

The feature is available now to all Granola users through the app's main interface. Users can access it by opening the year view from the sidebar, where it sits alongside individual meeting notes and the chat interface.