Buzz Sidekick is an AI assistant for your meetings. It listens to the meeting, writes a live transcript, and tracks your goals and next steps. After the meeting, it gives you a call summary.
What you need
The Hive desktop app for Mac or Windows. Sidekick records only in the desktop app. In a web browser, the Sidekick card shows Get desktop app.
Buzz AI in your workspace.
Recommended: a Google or Outlook calendar connected to Hive, so that Sidekick shows your meetings.
Open Sidekick
In the Hive desktop app, use one of these:
Go to App Library → AI Enabled Workspace → Sidekick, then click Open.
Press Cmd+Shift+C (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+C (Windows).
When Hive shows a meeting from your calendar, click Prepare in Sidekick.
Sidekick opens in its own window. You can keep it next to Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams.
Record a meeting
Open Sidekick.
Select a meeting from your calendar. For a meeting that is not on your calendar, click Ad-hoc meeting.
Click Start recording.
On a Mac, the first time you record, your computer can ask for access to the Microphone, Screen Recording and Accessibility. Allow them.
During the meeting, Sidekick shows the live transcript, your goals and agenda, and the next steps that people agree to.
When the meeting is done, click Stop Recording. To close the meeting in Sidekick, click Exit.
After the meeting
Sidekick makes a call summary. It has an overview, the key points and the next steps. The summary can take a short time to show.
To read it, open Sidekick, click View meeting history, then open the meeting.
You can make a Hive action from a next step.
To get the summary by email: click your avatar, then My profile. Under AI, select Meetings, then turn on Email me when Sidekick generates a call summary.
FAQs
Who can see my meeting notes and summary?
The people on the calendar invite can see the meeting. If the meeting is linked to a Hive CRM account or opportunity, workspace members with CRM access can also see it. To share with more people, click Share meeting, then select Specific people.
How do I stop Sidekick?
Click Stop Recording to stop the recording. Click Exit to close the meeting. If Sidekick opens or records by itself, go to your avatar → My profile → Meetings (under AI). Turn off Detect meetings and open Buzz Sidekick automatically and Automatically start recording when joining a meeting.
Why does a person show as "Speaker 1" or "Speaker 2"?
When Sidekick records a Zoom, Meet or Teams call, it uses the names from the call. When there are no names from a call (for example, an ad-hoc or in-person meeting), Sidekick shows "Speaker" and a number. To put your name on what you say, set up Voice ID: open Sidekick, click Voice ID, and follow the steps on the screen.
Can I use Sidekick in a web browser?
No. To record meetings, use the Hive desktop app.