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With auto-start, Jamie begins recording on its own when joining a scheduled meeting - no clicks required.
Auto-start is available in the Jamie desktop app on Windows (version 5.7.7 and above) and macOS (version 5.7.13 and above). If you don’t see the setting, update to the latest version.

How it works

Jamie watches for two signals at the same time:
  • Your microphone becomes active - for example when you join a call in Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or any other app that uses your mic.
  • A meeting is scheduled in your calendar - either starting within the next 5 minutes or having started within the last 10 minutes.
When both are true, Jamie automatically starts recording and opens the recorder. If there’s no matching event in your calendar, Jamie stays out of the way and does nothing.
Auto-start requires a connected calendar (Google Calendar or Outlook). Without a connected calendar, Jamie has no scheduled meetings to match your microphone activity against. Connect your calendar in Settings → Calendars.

Managing auto-start

Auto-start is off by default. Turn it on when you want Jamie to handle starting for you. To review or change the setting:
  1. Open the Jamie desktop app
  2. Go to Settings → Recording
  3. Under Meeting start, toggle Detect meeting start on or off
You can also configure a countdown before Jamie starts - enabled by default - so you have a few seconds to cancel if you don’t want to record this meeting. Adjust the Countdown toggle and length in the same section.

Known meeting apps only

Jamie only auto-starts when your microphone is used by an app it recognizes as a meeting app - unrecognized apps (for example a voice memo or dictation tool) never trigger a start. This is always on and not configurable. Additionally, apps on your Excluded apps list (Settings → Recording → Excluded apps) never trigger auto-start - the same list that controls the automatic meeting detection reminder.

Only during calendar meetings

By default, meeting start detection requires a matching event in your connected calendar. If you also want Jamie to start for ad-hoc calls, disable the Needs a calendar meeting start condition (desktop app version 5.7.18 and above) - Jamie will then start whenever a known meeting app activates your microphone, even without a scheduled event.

In-person meetings

Meeting start detection normally also waits for your microphone to become active. For in-person meetings with no call app, disable the Needs a meeting app on your mic start condition (desktop app version 5.7.18 and above) - Jamie will then start on its own once a calendar meeting begins, using your preferred microphone. Disabling both start conditions turns meeting start detection off entirely.
This setting can only be changed in the Jamie desktop app. If you’re viewing your settings in the browser, open the desktop app to adjust it.
Prefer to decide meeting by meeting? Turn auto-start off and use the automatic meeting detection reminder instead, which prompts you with a Start Jamie button without recording automatically.

When auto-start won’t trigger

To avoid unexpected recordings, Jamie will not auto-start when:
  • The Detect meeting start setting is turned off
  • You have no connected calendar, or there’s no meeting active or starting within the next 5 minutes
  • The meeting started more than 10 minutes ago
  • No app is using your microphone
  • A recording is currently already in progress
  • Jamie already auto-started once for this calendar event - after you stop or cancel, reconnects and waiting-room reloads won’t restart it for the same event
  • The app using your microphone is on your Excluded apps list
  • The app using your microphone isn’t a recognized meeting app
Last modified on November 13, 2026