# Around meeting notes with Brifo

Brifo captures Around video meetings on macOS. Bot-free, design-team-friendly, structured notes ready when the call ends.

## What is Around?
Designer-focused video meeting tool with floating windows and noise-canceled audio. Popular among design teams and creative collaboration.

## How to capture Around meetings
1. **Install Brifo**: Standard one-line install.
2. **Grant macOS permissions**: Microphone plus system audio recording.
3. **Open Around and join your meeting**: Around's floating-window UI works as usual.
4. **Brifo auto-detects the Around call**: Capture begins within seconds.
5. **Collaborate normally**: Around participants see only each other.
6. **Get notes when call ends**: Structured note generates immediately.

## Why Around works better with Brifo
- Captures Around's design-team workflow with no setup
- Brifo's bot-free model fits Around's design-aware aesthetic
- Works for cross-design-tool reviews (Figma, Linear, etc.)
- Audio stays on your Mac. Privacy-respecting like Around itself.
- Action items from design crits file straight to Linear or Jira
- Per-attendee feedback summaries make it easy to follow up with each reviewer
- Meeting Q&A chat lets you ask 'what did we decide about the nav redesign?' across past Around calls



## FAQ
**Does Brifo work with Around?**

Yes. Brifo captures Around meetings on macOS via local system audio.

**Will Around participants see a bot?**

No. Brifo doesn't join the meeting.

**Does Around's noise cancellation affect Brifo?**

No. Brifo captures the audio you actually hear, after Around's noise cancellation has processed it. Generally improves transcription quality.

**Is Brifo a good fit for design team meetings?**

Yes. See the [designers use case](/for/designers) for the specific design crit workflow.

**Does Brifo capture Around's drawing or annotation features?**

Brifo captures audio. Visual annotations are not recorded.

**Will Brifo work with Around's mobile apps?**

No. Brifo is macOS only. Capture happens on the Mac side of the call.

**Can Brifo file design-crit action items to Linear?**

Yes. Action items extracted from an Around crit file to Linear, Jira, or OpenProject in one click, with the assignee and context pre-filled.

**Does Brifo preserve verbatim feedback from Around reviews?**

Yes. The transcript captures exact wording, which you can quote directly in design rationale docs or stakeholder readouts.