Notion 3.1 Update | Latest Features for Notion AI, Calendar, & More!

Notion’s 3.1 update brings a handful of features that make everyday workflows smoother, more visual, and more AI-powered. We’ll be going over AI meeting notes, upgraded AI Agents, map view, conditional colors, and more!

Instead of just listing features, I’ll also walk through how you can actually use them in real setups such as client projects, content planning, or team operations.

1. Capture and review calls with AI Meeting Notes

The first big upgrade lives right in your sidebar: a dedicated Meetings section for AI Meeting Notes.

You can:

• Create new AI Meeting Notes from one place.
• See upcoming meetings grouped at the top.
• Browse past notes in a single, organized list.

Once you open a meeting note, you’ll notice markers next to the summary sections. Clicking a marker jumps you to the exact portion of the transcript that summary is based on. This makes it much easier to double-check what was actually said, without scrubbing through the entire recording.

How to use this in your workflow

• Use filters like attendees or last edited time to quickly find the meeting you need.
• After each call, skim the AI summary, then click markers to verify key decisions.

2. Use the upgraded AI Agent to analyze comments, Slack, calendars, and CSVs

The AI Agent also received several important updates.

You can now:

• Summarize comments inside Notion pages, so long threads become a simple overview of decisions and open questions.
• Connect private Slack conversations so you can search and analyze them from within Notion.
• Connect Notion Calendar and Google Calendar to ask schedule-related questions and surface patterns.
• Attach CSV files and have Notion turn them into usable databases or summarize what’s inside.

Practical ideas

• After a long comment thread on a project page, ask the AI Agent to summarize decisions and next steps.
• Connect Slack and ask, “What did we decide about the 3.1 launch assets?” across private DMs and channels.
• Import a CSV of leads or tasks and have the AI Agent turn it into a structured Notion database you can filter and sort.

3. Visualize locations with Map view and place properties

Map view is a new database view type that works with the place property.

You can:

• Add a place directly on the map by dropping a pin.
• Or use a table view and set a column’s type to Place, then type in addresses like “Paris, France.”

When you switch to Map view, each entry with a place value shows up as a pin.

Great use cases

• Travel planners to map all the spots you want to visit.
• Restaurant trackers to log your favorite places and where you want to go next.
• Employee or client databases to see at a glance where people are located.

4. Highlight what matters with conditional colors using formulas and relations

Conditional colors are more powerful now because they can use relations, rollups, and formulas.

For example:

• You have a Tasks database with dates and statuses.
• You have a Projects database related to those tasks.
• In the Projects database, you create a formula that checks if any related tasks are overdue.

If there’s at least one overdue task, the formula can show “Overdue.”

You can then create a conditional color rule:

• If the Overdue formula equals "Overdue," set the background to red.

This turns your database into a quick visual dashboard where problem projects stand out immediately.

5. Clean up busy boards with the compact card layout

Notion also added a new compact option for card layouts.

Previously, if you displayed many properties on a card, they were stacked in a long list. With compact layout, your cards use space more efficiently.

You can:

• Go into card settings → Layout and switch to Compact.
• Choose which properties should stay full width and which should be compact.

This is especially helpful on busy boards such as task boards, editorial calendars, or CRM-style pipelines where you want to see more cards at once.

6. Update Text Properties in Notion Calendar

When you create an event from a calendar view database, you can now type in a text property directly from the Notion Calendar interface.

That text property is reflected on the associated Notion page, which means:

• Less jumping back and forth between calendar and workspace.
• A smoother experience when scheduling content, meetings, or deadlines.

7. Automate with API template support

The Notion API now supports creating pages using a specific database template.

In tools like Zapier, you’ll see this reflected by being able to select a database template.

When you choose a template in your automation, the page content is controlled by that template, so you don’t edit the content fields inside the automation itself. This is ideal for:

• Standardizing how new tasks, projects, or content pieces are created.
• Keeping formatting and checklists consistent across automations.

8. Extra quality-of-life updates

A few more updates round out the 3.1 release:

• Figma + Notion MCP integration so you can use a Notion product requirements doc to help drive a Figma prototype.
• Reaction notifications that show emoji reactions in your sidebar so you can see quick feedback at a glance.
• Allowed IP addresses for enterprise workspaces, giving admins tighter control over where the workspace can be accessed.

Ready to Dive In?

Notion 3.1 is less about one huge feature and more about a collection of upgrades that, together, make your workspace more powerful, visual, and connected.

Start with one or two updates that match your current priorities—maybe AI Meeting Notes and compact cards—and then layer in map view, conditional colors, and the new integrations as you go!