Is Cluely Detectable on Google Meet?

Google Meet runs inside a browser tab. It captures your microphone, your camera, and whatever screen or window you choose to share. It cannot scan your operating system, read your list of running processes, or detect software installed on your computer. That level of access requires proctoring software that runs as a separate download with elevated system permissions.

The practical boundary: if you never share your screen during the call, Google Meet has no view of any desktop application, including Cluely. The moment you share your full desktop or a specific window, everything visible within that region is visible to the interviewer as well.

A broader picture of what different interview platforms can realistically detect is on the detectability topic hub.

Agree: it is reasonable to worry that an interviewer might see an overlay mid-call. Promise: this section gives you a clear answer on when that risk is real. Preview: it depends on what you share, not on anything Google Meet scans internally.

Cluely's overlay is a floating window that sits above other application windows on your desktop. If you share your full desktop during the call and the overlay is positioned within the shared region, the interviewer will see it. If you share only the Google Meet browser tab, no desktop window is included in what the interviewer sees.

A backend engineer interviewing for an L5 role at a fintech company described a common workaround: he positioned the overlay on a second monitor and shared only the primary display during the call. That removed the visual risk, but it required two screens and deliberate window placement before each session started. Single-monitor setups require more careful planning.

Standard Google Meet calls do not include proctoring. Some employers pair Google Meet with a separate proctoring tool, a browser extension, or a third-party assessment platform that installs alongside the call. In those contexts, the proctoring software may hold system-level permissions capable of detecting other running applications.

Check whether the interview invitation mentions any proctoring tool or asks you to install additional software. If it does, treat the session as proctored and do not rely on any AI assistant. For non-proctored calls, the technical risk of detection through Google Meet itself is low, provided you do not share your full screen carelessly.

More detail on proctored sessions and what they can monitor is on the detectability overview.

SubcueAI is a native desktop application on macOS and Windows, not a browser extension. It captures your system audio and microphone audio directly through the operating system, then displays suggestions in a floating overlay window. It does not inject into the browser and does not appear in Google Meet's participant list as a separate bot or participant.

The floating overlay can be repositioned to a monitor or screen region you are not sharing. Because audio capture happens at the OS level, SubcueAI does not require the Google Meet tab to be selected or in the foreground. For a full walkthrough of the initial setup, the tutorial page covers every configuration step. If you want to test your audio and display setup before a real interview, the mock interview tool lets you run a complete practice session.