Free Google Workspace accounts can't record Meet, and attendees are blocked entirely. Here's how to record any Google Meet call as host or guest using a free Chrome screen recorder.
Modern browsers expose getDisplayMedia so any HTTPS site can record a Chrome tab — here is the five-step flow with the gotchas that trip first-timers.
Screencastify Free caps you at 10 lifetime videos and 30 minutes each — fine for short Google Classroom clips, painful for everyone else.
Install the Chrome extension, pick a source, toggle mic and webcam, hit record, share an instant link — no signup required to watch on the other end.