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Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - April 10, 2026

The Google Workspace weekly recap for April 10, 2026, highlighted expanded musical track access in the Gemini app and the rollout of Gmail's end-to-end encryption on mobile for Workspace and personal accounts. Additionally, users can now edit AI-generated scripts when converting Google Slides to Google Vids, and speech translation is rolling out to Google Meet mobile, supporting English to French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.

2026-04-10

Expanding access to longer musical tracks in the Gemini app

Google is expanding access to longer musical tracks within the Gemini app, enhancing its capabilities for music enthusiasts and creators by allowing interactions and content generation related to more extensive music pieces. This update improves the creative workflow, enabling deeper musical exploration and AI-assisted content generation directly within the app.

2026-04-09

What chess can teach leaders about AI enablement

The article uses chess as an analogy to guide leaders on successful AI enablement, emphasizing that AI serves as a co-pilot that augments human capabilities rather than replacing them. It highlights the necessity for leaders to develop strategic foresight, adapt to evolving AI technologies, and focus on empowering their teams with tools like Google Workspace's AI features to enhance decision-making and innovation. This strategic integration is crucial for navigating the AI era effectively, moving beyond automation fears to leverage AI for competitive advantage.

2026-04-09

Gmail end-to-end encryption now available on mobile devices

Gmail's end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is now rolling out to mobile devices, enhancing privacy and security for both Google Workspace users and those with personal Google accounts on Android and iOS. This feature allows users to opt-in to secure their most confidential email communications from end to end.

2026-04-09

Edit your AI-generated scripts when you convert Slides to Vids

Google Vids now allows users to edit AI-generated scripts directly when converting Google Slides presentations into videos, offering enhanced control over the narrative and content. This feature, available to Workspace users with Google Vids access, significantly improves the video creation workflow by enabling refinement and customization of AI-created video scripts.

2026-04-09

Scale AI adoption with AI Boost Bootcamp

Google Workspace and Google Cloud launched the free, 5-day virtual AI Boost Bootcamp, aimed at training managers and leaders to scale AI adoption within their organizations. The program focuses on integrating Gemini for Google Workspace into workflows, teaching prompt engineering, change management strategies, and measuring AI ROI to enhance productivity and innovation. Content from the bootcamp, which commenced May 20, 2024, is available on-demand to help teams effectively leverage generative AI.

2026-04-08

Speech translation in Google Meet is now rolling out to mobile devices

Speech translation in Google Meet is now rolling out to mobile devices, enabling real-time language barrier reduction for Google Workspace users on Android and iOS. Initially supporting English to French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish, this feature significantly enhances global communication during video conferences.

2026-04-08

Migration update on restricted access items

Google Workspace migrations are being updated to improve how restricted access items are handled, effective April 22, 2026. This change ensures that items migrated with "Restricted access" settings will retain those restrictions in the destination domain, preventing them from automatically becoming "Internal-only" as they did before this date. This update aims to preserve original sharing settings during data transfer, offering better security and control for administrators within Google Workspace.

2026-04-07

Greater control and error visibility for Google Sheets formulas

Google Sheets is introducing new features to enhance formula control and error visibility for all users, including Google Workspace customers and personal Google Account holders. "Named Functions" allow users to create and manage custom reusable functions, improving consistency and simplifying complex calculations across spreadsheets. Additionally, "Formula Fixes," rolling out April 1, 2026, will provide contextual error explanations and one-click corrections for common formula issues, boosting productivity and reducing troubleshooting time.

2026-04-07

Book Google Workspace resources from third-party calendars

Google Workspace is enhancing interoperability by allowing users to book Google Workspace resources, such as meeting rooms or equipment, directly from third-party calendar systems like Microsoft Outlook or Exchange. This new capability, facilitated by a Google Workspace Calendar Connector, eliminates the previous requirement of using Google Calendar for such bookings. Rolling out gradually from April 15, 2026, this feature offers greater flexibility and streamlines resource management for all Google Workspace customers by enabling cross-platform scheduling.

2026-04-07

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - April 3, 2026

The Google Workspace weekly recap on April 3, 2026, highlighted new features, including advanced Gemini AI integration in Google Docs and Gmail for content generation and summarization, alongside enhanced AI-powered search and organization within Google Drive. Additionally, Google Workspace administrators received new granular Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies for Google Chat, while Google Meet gained deeper integration with Google Calendar and Google Docs for streamlined meeting management.

2026-04-06

Workspace Drop: New easy ways to create and share videos with AI in Google Vids

Google Vids, a new AI-powered video creation app for Google Workspace, was introduced at Cloud Next '24 and will launch for Workspace Labs users in June, enabling businesses to easily create professional-grade videos for pitches, project updates, and training. Functioning as a comprehensive video, writing, and editing assistant, Vids leverages Google AI, including Gemini models, to generate storyboards, suggest scenes from stock media, and draft voice-overs. The platform also facilitates real-time collaboration, mirroring the shared editing capabilities found in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, to democratize video production for organizations of all sizes.

2026-04-02

Google Meet is now available on CarPlay

Google Meet is now available on Apple CarPlay, enabling users to join meetings directly from their car's display with a single tap, enhancing safety and convenience for mobile conferencing. This integration leverages CarPlay's interface for audio and essential meeting controls, requiring iOS 15+ and Google Meet app version 2026.03.20 or later. The feature is rolling out to Google Workspace customers and personal Google accounts.

2026-04-02

Export Google Vids directly to YouTube

Google Vids now allows users to directly export their generated videos to YouTube with a single click, significantly streamlining the content publishing workflow. This new feature simplifies sharing professional-quality videos created within Vids to a broader audience on YouTube. It is available for Google Workspace customers utilizing Google Vids.

2026-04-02

Record your screen directly from Chrome with the Google Vids Screen Recorder Chrome Extension

Google Vids has introduced a new Chrome Extension for screen recording, enabling users to capture browser activity directly and integrate it into their video projects within Google Vids. This tool enhances content creation by providing a quick and easy method for capturing screen content for tutorials, presentations, or demonstrations. The extension is available to Google Workspace customers who have access to Google Vids.

2026-04-02

Direct an avatar to speak and act anywhere with a consistent face and voice

Google Vids now features a "Direct Avatar" capability, allowing users to generate AI-driven avatars that maintain a consistent face and voice across various videos. This innovation enables more scalable and personalized video production, ensuring brand or individual identity consistency without the need for repeated recordings. The feature is accessible to Google Workspace customers using Google Vids.

2026-04-02

Create and refine custom avatars in Google Vids

Google Vids has enhanced its avatar creation tools, allowing users to create and refine custom avatars directly within the application with extensive options for appearance, voice, and gestures. This update provides greater creative control for designing unique digital presenters for videos, empowering users to personalize content for diverse needs. The custom avatar feature is available to Google Workspace customers with access to Google Vids.

2026-04-02

Enabling user-initiated purchases, starting with higher access to advanced AI features in Workspace

Google Workspace administrators can now enable "User-initiated purchases," a setting that allows individual users within an organization to purchase specific add-on services or features directly. This provides greater flexibility and autonomy for users to access premium Workspace functionalities without needing individual admin approval for each transaction. Administrators retain control by dictating which services are available for purchase and setting spending limits across various Google Workspace offerings.

2026-04-02

Upcoming change to default setting for downloading Google Meet recordings

Google Workspace is changing the default download setting for new Google Meet recordings from "Anyone with the link" or shared Drive access to "No access" starting March 25, 2026. This update, aimed at enhancing data security and privacy, affects eligible Workspace customers including Business Standard, Enterprise, Education, and Nonprofits, though existing recordings retain their current permissions.

2026-04-01

Form creation with Gemini and more now available in more languages

Google Forms now offers AI-powered features, leveraging Gemini, to streamline form creation, organization, and summarization, with expanded language support beyond English to include Dutch, French, German, and eight other languages. These new capabilities are available to most Google Workspace customers and Workspace Individual Subscribers, enhancing productivity and workflow efficiency.

2026-04-01

Generate beautiful and editable slides with ease in Google Slides

Google Slides is rolling out a new generative AI feature that allows users to create new slides or improve existing ones using text prompts, automatically generating fully editable content and relevant images. This tool, initially available in English for most Google Workspace customers and Workspace Individual Subscribers, aims to significantly reduce the time and effort required for presentation design.

2026-04-01

An update on secondary calendar lifecycle changes and a new API

Google Calendar is introducing a lifecycle management for secondary calendars, including those created by third-party applications, to enhance performance and user experience. This update features a new Secondary Calendar Lifecycle Management API, allowing administrators to view, manage, and identify inactive secondary calendars for potential deletion after a grace period. This impacts Google Calendar administrators and users who rely on numerous secondary calendars or third-party integrations.

2026-03-30

10 must-see sessions at Cloud Next 2026

Google Cloud Next '26 will showcase significant advancements in AI, security, and developer productivity across Google Cloud and Google Workspace, featuring an opening keynote by CEO Thomas Kurian. Key sessions will explore leveraging generative AI with Gemini for enterprise solutions, enhancing cybersecurity with Chronicle Security Operations and Mandiant, and optimizing data infrastructure through tools like BigQuery and Vertex AI. Attendees can also expect deep dives into new features in Google Workspace, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and strategies for digital transformation and sustainable cloud practices.

2026-03-30

Download the third-party attestation for data regions

Google Workspace now allows customers leveraging Data Regions policies to download third-party attestation reports for sub-processors, significantly improving transparency and compliance for data residency commitments. These reports cover Google Workspace Core Services and other services, confirming data processing locations adhere to customer-selected data region policies. This feature, available to Google Workspace customers with Data Regions, assists in satisfying regulatory requirements by providing documented proof of sub-processor location adherence.

2026-03-30

Ransomware detection and file restoration for Google Drive now generally available

Ransomware detection and file restoration for Google Drive are now generally available for various Google Workspace editions, including Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus, and Frontline. This feature automatically identifies suspicious files, warns users of potential threats, and enables quick restoration of affected files to a secure, unencrypted state. This enhancement significantly bolsters data security and business continuity for Google Drive users against evolving cyber threats.

2026-03-30

Introducing guest accounts: Collaborate securely and communicate with non-Workspace users in Google Chat

Google Workspace is introducing "Guest Accounts," enabling administrators to provision non-Google accounts for external users to collaborate seamlessly on Workspace services like Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, Chat, and Meet. This feature streamlines collaboration with partners, vendors, and customers by granting them direct access to shared content without requiring a full Google Account. Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, and Education Plus customers, it enhances external collaboration while maintaining administrative control.

2026-03-30

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - March 27, 2026

Google Workspace's weekly recap for March 27, 2026, details significant enhancements across its productivity suite. Google Docs received new smart canvas features, integrating more tightly with Google Calendar and Google Tasks for streamlined workflows. Google Meet updated its conferencing experience with improved background noise cancellation and enhanced Google Chat integration, while Google Drive gained more granular security controls for file sharing and access permissions. Additionally, Google Sheets now leverages Gemini's AI capabilities for advanced, AI-powered data analysis formulas.

2026-03-27

Ensure accurate meeting records with automatic language detection in Google Meet

Google Meet is rolling out automatic language detection for captions and translated captions, utilizing Google AI to identify spoken languages and provide real-time translations for global meetings. This enhancement helps ensure accurate meeting records and improves accessibility for Google Workspace Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Education Plus customers.

2026-03-26

Docusign rapidly scales its AI strategy by enabling its global workforce with Gemini

DocuSign is rapidly scaling its AI strategy by rolling out Google's Gemini to 6,000 global employees, integrating it with Google Workspace applications like Gmail and Docs. This initiative aims to democratize AI across the company, improving productivity, accelerating innovation, and enhancing customer experiences through applications like drafting communications, synthesizing research, and generating code. DocuSign chose Google for its enterprise-grade security and governance features to support this "AI for All" vision.

2026-03-25

Generate custom music in Google Vids, powered by Lyria 3 and Lyria 3 Pro

Google Vids, an upcoming AI-powered video creation app for Google Workspace, will enable users to generate custom music soundtracks using Google's Lyria 3 and Lyria 3 Pro models. Users can describe desired mood, genre, and length, with Lyria 3 Pro offering advanced controls like instrument selection, for personalized scores to enhance video projects.

2026-03-25

Create longer musical tracks in the Gemini app with Lyria 3 Pro

The Gemini app on Android, iOS, and gemini.google.com has been updated to allow users to generate longer musical tracks, up to 90 seconds, utilizing Google's Lyria 3 Pro. This enhancement enables more detailed prompts and the ability to continue or remix existing tracks, significantly expanding creative possibilities for users globally in English.

2026-03-25

Safeguarded guest admit flow in Google Meet

Google Meet is implementing a new 'safeguarded guest admit flow' to enhance meeting security and prevent disruptions from unauthorized participants. The system will automatically decline guests repeatedly admitted/removed or those attempting to rejoin after multiple rejections, requiring hosts to manually admit them, improving meeting integrity for all Google Workspace customers.

2026-03-24

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - March 20, 2026

Google's weekly Workspace recap for March 20, 2026, highlights several enhancements including custom music generation in Google Vids and longer music tracks in Gemini with Lyria 3 Pro, alongside new NotebookLM features like custom instructions and source citation. Other updates involve automatic language detection and a safeguarded guest admit flow in Google Meet, a new Meetings section in Google Chat, improved time zone search in Google Calendar, and new functionality for Workspace Audit Logs.

2026-03-20

New ways to customize and interact with your content in NotebookLM

NotebookLM, Google's AI research assistant, is rolling out significant updates, introducing custom instructions that allow users to tailor AI responses to specific tones or formats, and the ability to cite sources directly within generated summaries and answers. These enhancements provide greater transparency for fact-checking and allow for more personalized content interaction, boosting NotebookLM's utility.

2026-03-20

Introducing the new Meetings section in Google Chat

Google Chat is launching a new 'Meetings' section in its left-hand navigation, designed to centralize and streamline meeting workflows for all Google Workspace customers. This section will display upcoming Google Calendar meetings, facilitate joining or starting new meetings, and provide quick access to associated Google Docs or Google Keep notes.

2026-03-20

How AI is helping me have better meetings

Aparna Pappu, VP and GM of Google Workspace, highlights how AI, specifically Gemini in Google Workspace, revolutionizes meetings from preparation to follow-up, enhancing productivity and inclusion. Features like automated summaries of past discussions, real-time translated captions, AI-powered note-taking in Google Meet, and drafting follow-up emails streamline meeting processes. This integration helps save time, ensures all voices are heard, and allows participants to be more present by handling administrative tasks.

2026-03-19

Workspace audit logs: New functionality and expanded event fields

Google Workspace Audit logs are receiving new functionality, offering administrators more specific information and enhanced filter options within the Admin console for improved monitoring. These updates enable better analysis of user activity, setting changes, and data access across Google Workspace services, thereby bolstering security and compliance management.

2026-03-19

Easily find and set time zones in Google Calendar by searching for city or country

Google Calendar is enhancing its time zone selection, enabling users to easily find and set appropriate time zones by searching for specific cities or countries. This update streamlines scheduling for global teams and remote work, simplifying coordination across different geographical regions for all Google Workspace customers.

2026-03-16

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - March 13, 2026

This Google Workspace Weekly Recap for March 13, 2026, highlights several enhancements across key Google products. Google Chat introduces nested replies in Spaces for better conversation organization, while Google Meet's live sharing is now generally available, enabling collaborative interaction with apps like YouTube and Spotify during calls. Additionally, Google Calendar's "Focus time" expands to 20 hours weekly, Google Docs improves building blocks with smart chips, and Google Drive enhances activity logging for administrators.

2026-03-13

Gemini in Chrome expands to more countries and languages, including Canada, New Zealand, and India

Gemini in Chrome is significantly expanding its availability to over 150 countries and multiple languages including Spanish, French, German, and Japanese, after its initial English-only launch in the US. This generative AI feature allows Chrome Stable users to summarize articles, draft emails, and brainstorm using on-page content directly from the browser's toolbar or context menu. Google emphasizes user privacy, stating that Gemini processes content locally on the current tab without sending it to Google servers unless prompted, and does not use browsing history.

2026-03-13

11 tips to help teams work smarter with Gemini

Google Workspace outlines 11 practical tips for teams to significantly enhance productivity and collaboration by leveraging Gemini's AI capabilities across its suite of applications. The article details how Gemini assists in critical tasks like drafting and summarizing content in Google Docs, generating email responses in Gmail, streamlining data analysis in Google Sheets, creating engaging presentations in Google Slides, and improving meeting efficiency in Google Meet. These integrations aim to automate routine tasks, foster creativity, and boost overall team efficiency within a hybrid work environment.

2026-03-12

Whisk is moving to Flow on April 30, 2026

Google Workspace is migrating its collaboration tool Whisk into Flow, effective April 30, 2026, with automatic data migration for existing users. This move aims to streamline Google's collaborative offerings, integrating Whisk's functionalities into Flow's enhanced project management, task tracking, and team communication features for a unified user experience.

2026-03-12

Use Help me schedule in Gmail to easily set up a meeting time with multiple guests

Google Workspace is launching "Help me schedule" in Gmail, an AI-powered feature leveraging Google Gemini to simplify multi-guest meeting coordination. This tool analyzes guest calendars to propose optimal meeting times, drafts invitations, and handles rescheduling, significantly boosting user productivity by reducing administrative scheduling overhead.

2026-03-12

Control continuous meeting chat for your organization

Google Workspace is introducing a new admin control enabling organizations to manage the retention of continuous meeting chats within Google Meet. This feature allows administrators to set policies for whether chat messages are always saved, never saved, or if users can decide to save or discard them post-meeting, enhancing data retention and compliance. The control is available to various Workspace editions, including Business Standard, Enterprise Plus, and Education Plus, as well as legacy G Suite customers.

2026-03-11

Reimagining content creation with Gemini in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive

Google is integrating Gemini's generative AI capabilities across Workspace applications, including Docs, Sheets, and Slides, to revolutionize content creation and enhance productivity. New features allow users to draft content with "Help Me Write" in Docs, create images and audio in Slides, organize data in Sheets, and generate summaries or custom backgrounds in Meet and Chat. These advancements, initially available through Workspace Labs, aim to streamline workflows for various professionals while adhering to Google's responsible AI principles.

2026-03-10

Better screen scaling for Google Calendar on large monitors

Google Workspace is rolling out an update to Google Calendar, significantly enhancing screen scaling capabilities for users with large and high-resolution monitors. This improvement ensures the calendar interface, event details, and scheduling elements dynamically adjust to provide an optimized, readable, and more efficient user experience across expansive displays. The update aims to maximize productivity and visual clarity for all users leveraging larger screens within the Google Workspace ecosystem.

2026-03-10

Assign Google Calendars to Google Meet hardware in bulk

Google Meet hardware is receiving a new feature allowing administrators to assign up to 10 specific Google Calendars, such as resource, room, or shared team calendars, directly to a device. This enhancement ensures the Google Meet hardware displays events from the assigned calendars on its "Now playing" screen, irrespective of the room selected in the original event, providing a consolidated view of relevant meetings. The feature, rolling out from March 20, 2026, is available for Google Workspace customers with Google Meet Hardware licenses and is managed by Google Workspace admins.

2026-03-09

New Device ID for Google Meet hardware

Google Meet hardware is implementing a new, unique, and immutable device ID, specific to the hardware's motherboard or system-on-chip, to improve device management within the Google Admin console. This new identifier will replace existing serial numbers for certain functions, streamlining processes like license transfers and device replacements for Google Workspace customers with Google Meet Hardware licenses. While admins can still edit display names and view old serial numbers, the new ID, rolling out from March 20, 2026, will serve as the primary identifier.

2026-03-09

Updates to meetings made by a delegate user are now sent in the name of the principal

Google Calendar is enhancing its delegate access functionality by ensuring that when a delegate user creates or updates a meeting on behalf of a principal, all associated notifications are now sent in the principal's name. This update resolves previous confusion where notifications appeared to originate from the delegate's email, thereby providing clearer communication and a more consistent experience for meeting attendees. This improvement, rolling out from March 20, 2026, is automatically available to all Google Workspace customers utilizing delegate access and requires no admin intervention.

2026-03-09

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - March 6, 2026

The Google Workspace Weekly Recap for March 6, 2026, detailed several updates, including dynamic data source support for dropdowns in Google Chat apps, leveraging Google Cloud Functions for interactive experiences. It also announced expanded availability of Gemini for Google Workspace across Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, and Enterprise Plus editions, alongside improved Google Meet hardware controls for Logitech Rally Bar series and enhanced Google Drive activity logging for shared drives. Other updates include the rebranding of Google Workspace Add-ons to extensions and new Admin console alerts for Google Meet hardware issues.

2026-03-06

New dynamic data source support for dropdowns in Google Chat apps

Google Chat app developers can now integrate dynamic data sources, such as Google Cloud Functions or other web services, to populate dropdowns within interactive cards, replacing static options with more contextual and up-to-date choices. This enhancement, rolling out from March 6, 2026, significantly improves the user experience for all Google Workspace customers and personal Google Account users by enabling more responsive and intelligent Chat applications. The feature is available to both rapid and scheduled release domains starting March 6 and March 20, 2026, respectively.

2026-03-06

Improving the connection between Google Calendar events and Google Meet calls

Google is enhancing the integration between Google Calendar events and Google Meet calls to streamline the meeting experience for users. This update improves how Meet conference details are created and associated with Calendar events, making it easier for participants to join virtual meetings directly from their schedule. The changes focus on simplifying setup and access, ultimately boosting productivity for hybrid and remote teams by ensuring a more seamless connection.

2026-03-04

Workspace admins can allow Gemini app conversation sharing for their organizations

Google Workspace administrators now have the ability to control access to Gemini's app conversation features within their organizations, allowing them to enable or disable it as needed. This update provides granular administrative oversight, ensuring compliance and data security while leveraging Gemini's conversational AI capabilities across Workspace applications. Admins can manage this setting through the Google Admin console, impacting how users can interact with Gemini for various productivity tasks.

2026-03-04

Expanding commitments to help global Financial Services customers compliantly adopt the latest agentic AI tools

Google Workspace is expanding its commitments to global financial services customers, including firms like Lloyds Banking Group, Citigroup, and PayPal, by enhancing data residency options through new Google Cloud regions and ensuring compliance with FINRA Rule 3110 and SEC Rule 17a-4 for Chat and Meet content. This initiative integrates secure, enterprise-grade AI capabilities, such as Gemini and Duet AI, into Workspace, aiming to accelerate digital transformation while maintaining strict security, privacy, and sovereignty controls. The platform leverages Google Cloud's specialized financial services offerings to help institutions meet complex regulatory requirements.

2026-03-03

Improved join permission logging for Google Meet Audit events

Google Meet is rolling out enhanced join permission logging for audit events, offering administrators granular visibility into who requested to join a meeting, who accepted or rejected them, and when. These detailed events, accessible in the Admin console's Audit and investigation log, aim to help IT teams troubleshoot access issues and ensure compliance. The feature will be available for most Google Workspace editions starting February 2, 2026, for Rapid Release domains.

2026-03-02

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - February 27, 2026

This weekly recap highlights several key Google Workspace updates from February 27, 2026. Major announcements include the introduction of the Nano Banana 2 model in Gemini, expanded duration limits and new cartoon avatars in Google Vids, and Gemini's integration with Google Chat as a data source and its conversation history coming to the Workspace side panel. Additionally, Google Forms now leverages Gemini for quantitative insights from text responses, and a new 50MB attachment limit is set for Gmail Enterprise Plus.

2026-02-27

Introducing Nano Banana 2 in the Gemini app

Google has launched Nano Banana 2, a new highly efficient large language model, directly within the Gemini app. This model is specifically optimized for on-device performance, offering significantly faster responses and improved accuracy for complex queries without requiring cloud connectivity. Users will experience enhanced capabilities for tasks like summarization, coding assistance, and creative content generation directly from their mobile devices.

2026-02-26

Gemini conversation history is coming to the side panel in Google Workspace

Gemini's conversation history is being integrated into the side panel across Google Workspace applications, allowing users to easily access past AI interactions without leaving their current document or email. This enhancement aims to improve workflow efficiency by providing immediate context and continuity for AI-assisted tasks directly within apps like Docs, Sheets, and Slides. The rollout will begin for rapid release domains on February 27, 2026, and extend to scheduled release domains starting March 13, 2026.

2026-02-26

February Workspace Drop: Work smarter with AI and bridge language barriers for global collaboration

Google Workspace is introducing new AI-powered features, leveraging Gemini for Google Workspace, to enhance productivity and collaboration across its suite. Key updates include generative AI capabilities within Google Docs, Gmail, Sheets, and Slides for content creation, summarization, and data organization. These innovations also focus on advanced workflow automation and real-time translation features in applications like Google Meet to bridge language barriers for global teams and streamline operations.

2026-02-25

Introducing a new video player experience in Google Drive on iOS devices

Google Drive is introducing a redesigned video player for iOS devices, enhancing the user experience with improved playback controls and performance. This update offers a more intuitive interface for viewing videos stored in Drive, including better scrubbing, caption support, and casting options. The new player aims to provide a seamless multimedia experience for mobile users accessing their cloud-stored video content.

2026-02-25

Expanded duration limits in Google Vids

Google Vids has expanded its video duration limits, now allowing users to create AI-generated videos up to 10 minutes long, a significant increase from the previous 3-minute cap. This enhancement caters to more comprehensive communication needs for businesses, enabling the creation of longer training modules, product demos, or internal announcements. The feature is available to all Google Workspace Labs users.

2026-02-25

Google Chat now available as a data source in Gemini app

Google Chat is now an available data source within the Gemini app, allowing users to leverage their chat conversations for AI-powered insights and task assistance. This integration enables Gemini to process information from Google Chat, providing summaries of discussions, answering questions based on past conversations, and helping with task management directly within the Gemini interface. This feature is rolling out to all Gemini users.

2026-02-25

Sending larger attachments in Gmail: New 50MB limits for Enterprise Plus customers

Gmail is adjusting its attachment size limits, specifically for Enterprise Plus customers, with a new maximum of 50MB per attachment. This change, effective March 1, 2026, aims to standardize file sharing practices and encourage the use of Google Drive for larger files, aligning with broader cloud storage strategies. While Enterprise Plus previously had higher limits, this new cap ensures consistency and promotes efficient data management.

2026-02-24

AI avatars and AI voiceovers in Google Vids now available in seven new languages

Google Vids has received significant updates, introducing more realistic AI avatars, enhanced voiceovers, and expanded language support for video creation. Users can now choose from a wider range of AI-generated avatars and utilize improved voice synthesis technology, supporting over 20 languages to create globally relevant content. These enhancements boost personalization and accessibility for AI-powered video production, available to Google Workspace Labs users.

2026-02-24

New cartoon avatars in Google Vids

Google Vids is introducing a collection of new cartoon avatars, offering users more creative options for personalizing their AI-generated videos. These diverse cartoon characters can be selected to represent presenters, adding a unique and engaging visual style to various video projects. The update aims to broaden the creative possibilities within the platform for Google Workspace Labs users.

2026-02-24

Get quantitative insights from text responses with Gemini in Google Forms

Google Forms is integrating Gemini's AI capabilities to provide quantitative insights from free-text responses, allowing users to analyze qualitative feedback more efficiently. This feature automatically categorizes and quantifies themes and sentiments within open-ended answers, transforming unstructured data into actionable metrics. This significantly streamlines the process of understanding user feedback and survey results for Google Workspace Labs users.

2026-02-24

Save PDFs to your Google Drive

Google Drive has introduced a new feature allowing users to directly save PDFs from web pages or other applications to their Drive with greater ease. This streamlines document management workflows by enabling a one-click save option, bypassing the need for downloads and re-uploads. The update aims to boost productivity and accessibility for storing and organizing PDF files within the cloud.

2026-02-23

New internal and external membership classifications for Google Groups

Google Workspace is rolling out new internal and external membership classifications for Spaces in Google Chat, enhancing administrative control and security for collaborative environments. This allows administrators to clearly distinguish between internal organization members and external guests within a Space, tailoring access and communication policies accordingly. The feature ensures better data governance and more secure collaboration for all Google Workspace users.

2026-02-23

Two new functions in Google Sheets

Google Sheets is introducing two new powerful functions, `MAPARRAY()` and `FILTERROWS()`, designed to enhance data manipulation and analysis capabilities. `MAPARRAY()` allows users to apply a Lambda function to each element of a given array, while `FILTERROWS()` enables filtering of rows based on specified criteria using a Lambda. These additions provide advanced tools for complex calculations and dynamic data processing, empowering users to create more sophisticated spreadsheets.

2026-02-23

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - February 20, 2026

Google Workspace's weekly recap for February 20, 2026, details significant enhancements across its applications, including new smart canvas features and improved smart chips in Google Docs to boost collaboration. Google Sheets now leverages Gemini for AI-powered formula suggestions and improved data visualization, while Google Drive introduces expanded security features and 'trust rules' for shared drives. Other updates include enhanced noise cancellation in Google Meet, new focus time scheduling in Google Calendar, and deeper integration with Google Photos in Google Slides.

2026-02-20

A human-in-the-loop approach to collaborating with gen AI

Google Workspace is implementing a "human in the loop" approach for generative AI, positioning AI as a collaborative tool rather than a replacement for human work. Features like "Help me write" in Docs and Gmail, and "Help me organize" in Sheets, all powered by Gemini, emphasize human oversight and the ability to refine AI-generated content. This strategy aims to boost productivity responsibly while ensuring users maintain control, provide feedback, and uphold ethical standards in AI development.

2026-02-19

More personalized and proactive assistance in Gmail coming to business customers

Google is enhancing Gmail for business customers with new AI-powered features, including personalized email summaries, "help me write" for drafting, and suggested replies, all integrated with Gemini. These capabilities, part of Google Workspace, aim to boost productivity and streamline communication for users, initially rolling out in English with broader availability planned. The update focuses on providing more proactive and personalized assistance to improve workflow efficiency.

2026-02-19

Manage permission to edit group details and changes to groups settings

Google Workspace is rolling out an update that allows Google Groups owners and managers to directly edit group details like descriptions, welcome messages, and contact email in Google Groups, removing the previous requirement for Google Admin console access. This enhancement streamlines group management by delegating specific permissions, reducing the administrative burden for IT teams. The feature is available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts.

2026-02-19

Educators can now get help drafting personalized guidance on written assignments with AI-suggested feedback in Google Classroom

Google Classroom is introducing an AI-powered drafting tool designed to assist educators in providing personalized, private feedback on written assignments directly within the grading interface. This feature, available to Google Workspace for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers, leverages student work and rubrics to generate guidance, aiming to save teachers time and enhance student learning. It is currently in an Alpha phase, rolling out to select users.

2026-02-19

New 'Take notes for me' configuration in the Admin console for select Gemini Alpha customers

Google Workspace is introducing a new "Take notes for me" configuration in the Google Admin console, allowing admins of select Gemini Alpha customers to control user access to this AI-powered feature. This setting dictates whether users can enable automatic note, summary, action item, and next step generation from Google Meet sessions. The new control aims to provide administrators with enhanced management capabilities over AI features within their domain.

2026-02-19

New user controls for Take notes for me

Google Workspace is rolling out user-level controls for the "Take notes for me" feature within Google Meet, enabling participants to manage this AI-powered notetaking capability. If an administrator has enabled the feature, users can find the setting in Meet's activity controls to opt-in or out of automatically generating notes, summaries, action items, and next steps from their meetings. This control, available to select Gemini Alpha customers, is off by default, empowering users with agency over their meeting data.

2026-02-19

Create custom soundtracks with Lyria 3 in the Gemini app

Google DeepMind has launched Lyria 3, an advanced music generation AI model, which powers the new MusicFX tool within AI Test Kitchen, accessible to users via text prompts. MusicFX enables the creation of custom soundtracks, offering control over genre, instruments, and tempo, thereby democratizing music composition. This innovation aims to provide users with a powerful and creative tool for music generation.

2026-02-18

Forecast data in Connected Sheets using BigQuery ML and TimesFM

Google has integrated advanced forecasting capabilities into Connected Sheets, enabling users to generate accurate time-series forecasts directly from Google Sheets using BigQuery ML's new TimesFM model. This feature simplifies predictive analytics for large datasets stored in BigQuery, requiring no extensive coding and accessible to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Essentials Plus, and Education Plus customers.

2026-02-17

Minutes to insights: Google’s finance transformation with Connected Sheets and BigQuery

Google's finance team, led by Cloud Finance Lead Andrew Miller under CFO Ruth Porat, achieved a significant finance transformation by integrating Connected Sheets with BigQuery, replacing complex legacy systems. This initiative empowered 180 finance professionals to directly access and analyze 4.5 billion rows of real-time data monthly, processing over 100 trillion records, which resulted in an annual saving of 500,000 work hours. The new system drastically improved data accuracy, efficiency, and enabled more strategic decision-making across Google's global operations.

2026-02-17

Improvements to local administrative access controls on Windows devices

Google Workspace is rolling out enhanced local controls for Windows devices, allowing administrators to manage local Administrator accounts, block new local admin creation, and restrict interactive sign-ins directly from the Google Admin console. These security and compliance features apply to Windows devices enrolled via Google Credential Provider for Windows (GCPW) or Google Enhanced Security for Windows (GESW), available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Standard, and Education Plus customers.

2026-02-17

View Gemini feature usage and threshold reports in the Admin console

Google Workspace administrators can now monitor Gemini AI feature usage and manage consumption thresholds directly within the Google Admin console, providing detailed insights into user engagement with Gemini's capabilities. This new reporting and control functionality helps optimize AI resource utilization and is rolling out to various Google Workspace editions including Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Business Standard, Business Plus, and Education Plus.

2026-02-17

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - February 13, 2026

This week's Google Workspace recap highlighted new Gemini integration into Google Docs for enhanced content drafting and summarization, alongside bolstered security features in Google Drive, including advanced data loss prevention (DLP) for enterprise clients. Further updates included improved moderation tools and background effects for Google Meet, and mobile editing enhancements in Google Sheets, all rolling out across various Workspace editions on both rapid and scheduled release tracks.

2026-02-13

Listen to audio summaries in Google Docs

Google Workspace is introducing a new feature in Google Docs, allowing users to listen to AI-generated audio summaries of their documents. Powered by Gemini, this innovation aims to boost productivity and accessibility by enabling quick comprehension of lengthy texts, whether users are multitasking or prefer auditory learning. The feature is designed to enhance how users interact with document content, rolling out initially to select Workspace editions.

2026-02-12

Introducing Figma in Google Chat

Google Chat is enhancing collaboration for design teams by integrating directly with Figma, enabling users to share design files and prototypes within their conversations. This integration facilitates immediate previews, streamlined feedback, and real-time notifications about design changes, significantly improving workflows for product development and creative projects. The aim is to reduce context switching and accelerate decision-making for teams leveraging both platforms.

2026-02-12

Control if new Meet hardware can join calls with a new on/off setting

Google Workspace admins can now control whether new Google Meet hardware automatically joins scheduled video calls or requires manual acceptance, enhancing flexibility for device management in shared spaces. This new setting, found in the Google Admin console under "Device settings," prevents unexpected call joins and is rolling out to all Google Workspace customers starting February 3, 2026.

2026-02-11

Data loss prevention policies for Google Calendar now available in beta

Google is extending Data Loss Prevention (DLP) capabilities to Google Chat, allowing admins to create custom rules to prevent sensitive information from being shared within messages and spaces. This enhancement, available to specific Google Workspace Enterprise and Education customers, applies to all new and edited Chat messages to bolster data security, ensure compliance, and prevent data exfiltration. The feature is enabled by default and rolls out starting February 13, 2026.

2026-02-11

Move shared content in Google Meet to a separate window with the “Open in new window” option

Google Meet is rolling out a new layout feature that allows users to move shared content, like screen shares, to a side panel, thereby optimizing the main stage for participant video feeds. This update, aimed at improving the meeting experience and participant engagement, is enabled by default for all Google Workspace customers and allows easy switching between main stage and side panel views. The rollout commences on February 3, 2026, over a 15-day period.

2026-02-11

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - February 6, 2026

The Google Workspace Weekly Recap for February 6, 2026, introduced several key updates, including enhanced Google Meet companion mode for more inclusive hybrid meetings available to all Workspace customers. Google Docs received new smart chips for improved project management, while Google Drive's AI-powered search within shared drives was refined for Business, Enterprise, Education, and Nonprofits. Additionally, Google Chat now supports custom emojis for all users, and the Google Workspace Admin Console gained granular external sharing security settings for Business Standard and higher editions.

2026-02-06

Get higher access to advanced AI in Google Workspace

Google Workspace is significantly expanding access to its AI-powered features, including the Gemini model, across its suite of productivity applications. This initiative aims to bring enhanced capabilities, such as automated content generation in Google Docs, data analysis in Google Sheets, and presentation creation in Google Slides, to a broader range of users and regions globally. The expansion underscores Google's commitment to integrating advanced artificial intelligence directly into daily workflows to boost productivity and foster creativity for its users.

2026-02-05

Expanding access to select Google Vids features for all users

Google Vids, the AI-powered video creation app within Google Workspace, is expanding access to more Workspace customers, including those on Business Standard and Plus, Enterprise Starter, Standard, Plus, and Education Plus tiers. This tool utilizes generative AI to assist with scriptwriting, storyboarding, and raw cut generation, streamlining the creation of business videos for various purposes. It integrates seamlessly with existing Workspace applications like Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides, enhancing collaboration and content management.

2026-02-04

Proofread your email with Gemini in Gmail

Google is rolling out an integrated "Proofread" feature powered by Gemini directly within Gmail, allowing users to instantly refine their emails for grammar, spelling, conciseness, and tone. This enhancement leverages Gemini's advanced language model capabilities to suggest improvements and rewrite sentences, ensuring professional and effective communication. The feature is designed to boost productivity and confidence in written correspondence for Google Workspace users across various tiers.

2026-02-04

Google Classroom API: Student groups endpoints are now available

The Google Classroom API is introducing new student group endpoints, empowering developers to programmatically manage student groupings within Classroom courses. This update facilitates robust integrations for EdTech platforms, enabling automated creation, modification, and deletion of student groups for collaborative assignments and differentiated instruction. These enhancements provide educators with more dynamic classroom management capabilities and support project-based learning initiatives.

2026-02-04

Prepare for the JEE Main with practice tests in Gemini

Gemini is being utilized as an AI-powered study tool to help students prepare for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main, a crucial engineering entrance exam in India. It offers interactive problem-solving, detailed explanations across Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, and personalized study plans to clarify complex topics. This AI assistance provides 24/7 access to educational resources, enhancing student readiness and performance for competitive exams.

2026-02-04

Speech translation in Google Meet now generally available for businesses

Google Meet's real-time speech translation feature has reached General Availability (GA), facilitating seamless communication across language barriers during video conferences. This feature supports translation from English into several languages, including Spanish, French, Portuguese, and German, significantly benefiting global teams and international collaborations. Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus and Education Plus customers, it automatically translates spoken words into captions, enhancing meeting inclusivity and productivity.

2026-02-04

Gemini in Chrome is coming to Chromebook Plus devices

Gemini in Chrome is set to launch on Chromebook Plus devices in early 2026, offering AI-powered writing assistance, webpage summarization, and image generation directly within the browser. This integration aims to enhance productivity and creativity by allowing users to draft content, understand complex information, and visualize ideas with Gemini's capabilities, specifically for Chromebook Plus users.

2026-02-03

Select Gemini in Workspace capabilities now available to Education Plus and Teaching & Learning customers

Google is bringing Gemini to Google Workspace for Education, offering AI-powered assistance for educators to streamline tasks like lesson planning, email drafting, and document summarization. Students will also benefit from AI support for research, writing, and studying across applications like Docs, Gmail, and Slides, all while adhering to Google's privacy commitments for education.

2026-02-03

New built-in interoperability between Google Meet and Microsoft Teams

Google Meet hardware now offers general availability for Microsoft Teams interoperability, allowing users to join Teams meetings with a single tap using Pexip's Cloud Video Interop or direct guest join via WebRTC. This feature supports a range of compatible Google Meet devices from partners like Poly and Logitech, aiming to reduce friction and streamline collaboration in hybrid work environments.

2026-02-03

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - January 30, 2026

The Google Workspace Weekly Recap for January 30, 2026, unveiled key enhancements including improved Smart Chips and templates in Google Docs, refined conditional formatting and pivot table controls in Google Sheets, and new presenter tools for Google Slides. Significant AI integration was noted with Google Meet gaining AI-powered noise cancellation and expanded live captions, while Gemini provided new summarization in Docs, email drafting in Gmail, and Q&A in Sheets. Security was also boosted with enhanced suspicious activity alerts in Google Drive and new DLP policies via the Google Admin Console.

2026-01-30

All Google Forms will now have granular controls over who can respond

Google Workspace is introducing new granular controls for Google Forms, empowering administrators with enhanced capabilities to manage response collection and sharing. This update allows admins to set specific limits on submissions and dictate how responses are stored and accessed, improving data privacy and organizational efficiency. The improvements are particularly beneficial for educational institutions and businesses handling sensitive information, streamlining form management and data compliance.

2026-01-29

Record audio, video, and screencasts directly in Google Classroom

Google Workspace is enhancing Google Classroom with new integrated tools for recording screencasts, audio, and video directly within the platform. This feature enables educators and students to easily create and share dynamic instructional content, video assignments, and presentations. The update aims to streamline the creation of engaging multimedia resources, supporting more flexible and interactive learning experiences in hybrid and remote education settings.

2026-01-29

January Workspace Drop: SOTA AI avatars in Vids, deeper insights in the Gemini app, and new app integrations in Chat

The January Workspace Drop introduces significant AI-powered enhancements across Google Workspace, prominently featuring Gemini integration in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail, Meet, and Chat, enabling features like "Help me write" in Docs and AI-powered summarization in Chat. Updates also boost productivity with new organizing features and improved search in Google Drive, smart fill for data cleanup in Google Sheets, and enhanced collaboration tools in Google Meet's companion mode and picture-in-picture. These advancements aim to streamline workflows, enhance data management, and improve security within the Workspace ecosystem.

2026-01-28

Calendar event color labels now also accessible to users with “Make changes to events” permission

Google Calendar is rolling out an update to enhance the accessibility and ease of modifying event color labels directly within the calendar interface. This improvement allows Google Workspace users to more efficiently customize their event organization, promoting clearer schedule management and improved accessibility for diverse user needs. The update aims to streamline how users interact with their daily appointments and tasks in Google Calendar, often integrated with tools like Google Meet and Google Drive.

2026-01-28

Take your notebooks further by adding NotebookLM as a source in the Gemini app

NotebookLM, Google's AI-powered research and note-taking tool, is significantly enhanced by integrating with Gemini 1.5 Pro, allowing it to summarize Google Docs, PDFs, and web content, and analyze multiple sources to answer complex questions. The updated platform introduces a "Fact Check" feature for source verification and leverages Google Drive for document sourcing, serving as a comprehensive AI assistant for students, researchers, and writers in over 200 countries.

2026-01-27

The 5-minute data dashboard: Visualize and analyze with Google Sheets

This Google Workspace blog post outlines how to create a data dashboard in under five minutes using Google Sheets' new AI-powered "smart fill" and "smart cleanup" features. These capabilities automate data preparation and organization, enabling users to quickly transform raw data from sources like Google Analytics into visual, actionable insights. The process simplifies data analysis, making it accessible for users to build dashboards without extensive manual data manipulation.

2026-01-26

Better suggestions for meeting times with Gemini in Google Calendar

Google Calendar is significantly enhancing meeting scheduling capabilities with new Gemini-powered suggestions, leveraging AI to recommend optimal times and attendees. This integration analyzes user availability, preferences, and meeting content to streamline the planning process, aiming to boost productivity and ensure more effective collaborations.

2026-01-26

New admin controls for "Take notes for me" sharing settings in Google Meet

Google Meet is rolling out a new "Take notes for me" feature, enabling AI to automatically generate meeting summaries, capture key decisions, and identify action items for participants. This update includes new administrative controls within the Google Workspace Admin console, allowing organizations to manage the feature's deployment and settings to ensure tailored and compliant usage.

2026-01-26

Prepare for the SAT with full-length practice tests in Gemini

Google's Gemini AI now offers full-length SAT practice tests, providing students with comprehensive explanations, performance analysis, and personalized feedback directly within the platform. This new educational integration aims to streamline test preparation, helping students identify areas for improvement and optimize their study strategies for higher SAT scores. The feature leverages Gemini's advanced capabilities to create an adaptive and supportive learning environment.

2026-01-23

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - January 23, 2026

The Google Workspace weekly recap for January 23, 2026, highlights several key updates including enhanced Google Docs version history, AI-driven pivot table insights in Google Sheets, and new background customization options for Google Meet. Additionally, the recap covers improved security alerts for Google Drive sharing and expanded Gemini integrations across Workspace applications. These updates collectively aim to boost productivity, security, and collaboration for users across the enterprise.

2026-01-23

Styled captions in Google Vids

Google Vids, an AI-powered video creation app within Google Workspace, is introducing new styled captions in January 2026 to enhance video accessibility and visual customization. This feature allows users to personalize caption appearance with various fonts, sizes, colors, and backgrounds, improving brand alignment and readability. Available for Google Workspace customers with Gemini Business and Enterprise add-ons, it aims to elevate professional communication in business and educational environments.

2026-01-22

Ask Gemini in Google Meet is expanding to Workspace Business Standard customers, additional languages, and mobile usage

The "Ask Gemini" feature within Google Meet, enabling users to generate meeting recaps, action items, and custom summaries, is expanding its availability. Previously exclusive to higher-tier subscriptions, it will now roll out to Google Workspace Business Standard and Enterprise Essentials+ customers by January 2026. This extends advanced AI-powered meeting productivity tools to a broader user base.

2026-01-21

Granular OAuth consent in Google Chat apps

Google Chat is enhancing security and privacy by introducing granular OAuth consent for Chat apps, rolling out from January 2026. This allows users to grant specific data access permissions, such as reading or sending messages, to third-party apps instead of broad access. The update gives users and administrators more control over app permissions, requiring developers to update their apps to support these new granular scopes.

2026-01-21

View Google Meet usage metrics in Gemini reports dashboard

Google Workspace administrators can now monitor Google Meet usage metrics related to Gemini directly within the Admin Console's Gemini reports. This feature provides valuable insights into user engagement with Gemini's capabilities in Meet, such as recaps, action items, and summaries, helping admins assess adoption and impact. The reporting feature is expected to be available for all Google Workspace customers with Gemini enabled by January 2026.

2026-01-20

Forward messages in Google Chat

Google Chat is introducing a highly requested feature allowing users to forward single or multiple messages to individuals or spaces within Chat, improving communication efficiency. This functionality streamlines information sharing across different conversations, making it easier to relay important details without retyping or copy-pasting. The new message forwarding option is set to roll out to all Google Workspace customers by January 2026.

2026-01-20

Increasing flexibility when rebooting Google Meet hardware with "Reboot when idle"

Google Meet hardware devices will soon feature an automatic reboot capability when idle, enhancing reliability and ensuring optimal performance through regular restarts and efficient application of updates. Administrators can configure the specific idle time before a reboot and schedule preferred reboot windows via the Google Admin console. This update is rolling out to all Google Meet hardware, improving device maintenance and operational stability.

2026-01-20

Neat now a certified Google Meet hardware partner

Neat devices, including the Neat Bar 2, Neat Board 50, Neat Frame, Neat Pad, and Neat Pulse, have officially received certification as Google Meet hardware, significantly expanding the range of compatible conference room solutions. This integration offers Google Workspace users more flexible and high-quality options for video conferencing, leveraging Neat's specialized hardware for seamless meeting experiences. The certification enhances the ecosystem for modern collaboration spaces.

2026-01-20

Automatic addition of owned secondary calendars to your calendar list

Google Calendar is rolling out an update that automatically adds user-owned secondary calendars to their calendar list, eliminating the previous manual addition process. This enhancement, available to all Google Workspace customers and personal Google Account users on web, Android, and iOS, improves discoverability and reduces friction for those managing multiple calendars for projects or teams. The rollout begins January 15, 2026, for Rapid Release domains and January 30, 2026, for Scheduled Release domains.

2026-01-19

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - January 16, 2026

The Google Workspace Weekly Recap for January 16, 2026, highlighted significant updates including enhanced AI capabilities in Google Docs for summarizing and drafting, and improved collaboration features in Google Sheets with better version history and comment threading. Additionally, security enhancements were rolled out for Google Drive, focusing on advanced data loss prevention, alongside new integrations for Google Meet and ongoing developments with Gemini for Workspace.

2026-01-16

Flow now available as an additional Google service for Workspace customers

Google has introduced "Flow" as a new service within Google Workspace, designed to streamline and automate workflows by integrating data and tasks across various applications. This new tool offers a visual workflow builder, pre-built templates, and conditional logic, enabling Workspace customers to boost efficiency and reduce manual errors. Admins can manage "Flow" through the Google Admin console, with a phased rollout planned for all Workspace editions.

2026-01-16

Maximize output, minimize effort: Google Workspace with Gemini helps you move work forward in meetings

Google Workspace is making Gemini's AI capabilities generally available to all paying customers, significantly enhancing meeting productivity with features like "Take notes for me" in Google Meet, which automatically generates summaries, key points, and action items. This integration also introduces "Meet Companion Mode" for improved participation and "Translate in Google Meet" for real-time multi-language captions, all built on Google's responsible AI principles to ensure data privacy and security. These AI-powered tools connect seamlessly with other Workspace apps, including Docs, Sheets, and Slides, to streamline workflows across various business and education editions.

2026-01-15

Editing password-protected Microsoft Office files directly in Google Drive

Google Drive now allows users to open, edit, and save password-protected Microsoft Office files (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX) directly within Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides on both web and mobile (iOS/Android). This update streamlines collaboration by removing the need to remove password protection, enhancing productivity and security for shared documents. This feature enables real-time co-editing and version control without compromising file integrity.

2026-01-14

SecOps data connector now available for Google Workspace for Education Plus and Standard

Google Workspace for Education Plus is introducing a new SecOps Data Connector, powered by Google Cloud's BigQuery, to stream audit logs and event data to leading Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platforms. This allows Education Plus customers to centralize security monitoring, simplify threat detection, and enhance incident response by integrating with systems like Splunk, CrowdStrike, and Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR. The initiative aims to bolster the security posture of educational institutions, making it easier to identify and mitigate cyber threats.

2026-01-14

Automatic room check-in for Google Meet available on mobile devices

Google Meet on mobile devices is introducing an automatic room check-in feature, streamlining the meeting experience for hybrid work environments. This functionality allows users to be automatically recognized and checked into a meeting room when their mobile device detects a paired Google Meet hardware device, eliminating the need for manual check-ins. The update aims to enhance user productivity by ensuring seamless meeting participation and provides Google Workspace administrators with improved insights into room utilization.

2026-01-13

Ingredients to Video in Veo 3.1 now supports portrait-sized clips in Google Vids

Google is significantly enhancing the visual quality of video portrait feeds within Google Meet by leveraging advanced AI and machine learning capabilities. These improvements focus on optimizing various 'ingredients' such as lighting, background processing, and noise reduction, ensuring participants appear polished and professional during video calls regardless of their environment. This initiative aims to deliver a superior and more engaging video conferencing experience for all Google Meet users.

2026-01-13

Set Google Forms to automatically stop accepting responses based on date and time or response count

Google Forms is introducing an enhanced feature allowing users greater control over response collection by enabling both manual and automatic closure of forms. Users will now be able to schedule forms to stop collecting responses on a specific date and time, or after reaching a predefined maximum number of submissions. This update provides significant benefits for educators, event planners, and businesses managing surveys, quizzes, and registrations, aiming to streamline data management and prevent over-collection within Google Forms.

2026-01-12

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - January 9, 2026

Google Workspace's weekly recap for January 9, 2026, details several key updates: Google Chat is receiving enhanced file discovery features, while Google Meet gains more granular admin controls for external participant access and recording policies via the Google Admin console. Additionally, Google Drive is rolling out AI-powered suggestions for file organization, and Gemini integration in Google Docs is expanding to offer advanced summarization and draft generation capabilities, boosting AI-powered productivity.

2026-01-09

Emojis reactions in Gmail will now be on by default

Effective January 2026, emoji reactions in Gmail will be turned on by default for all users, enhancing email expressiveness and streamlining communication within Google Workspace. While the feature will be automatically enabled, users will still have the option to disable emoji reactions through their individual Gmail settings, offering flexibility for user preference.

2026-01-09

More user control for “Take notes for me” in Google Meet

Google Meet is introducing new, granular controls for its Gemini-powered "Take notes for me" feature, allowing users to actively manage privacy and access to AI-generated meeting summaries. These upcoming settings will empower participants to decide if the AI assistant records meeting notes, which are then seamlessly integrated with Google Docs within the broader Google Workspace ecosystem to enhance post-meeting productivity and information sharing. This update aims to provide greater user oversight and customization over AI functionality during virtual collaborations.

2026-01-08

Control Speech Translation in Google Meet for your users

Google Meet is introducing enhanced controls for speech translation, allowing meeting organizers to manage real-time translation settings, including enabling or disabling the feature and selecting specific language pairs. This update aims to improve accessibility and foster global collaboration by providing users with more granular control over spoken language translations to ensure seamless communication during virtual meetings.

2026-01-07

Generate podcast-style audio lessons in Google Classroom using Gemini

Google Classroom is set to integrate Gemini AI to facilitate the creation and delivery of AI-powered audio lessons, allowing educators to develop engaging, accessible content that caters to diverse learning styles. This feature aims to streamline lesson preparation and offer students personalized auditory learning experiences directly within the platform, enhancing both teaching efficiency and student engagement.

2026-01-06

Now generally available: Migrate files from Dropbox to Google Drive

Google Workspace is introducing new migration capabilities, expected in January 2026, enabling users to seamlessly transfer files and folders directly from Dropbox into Google Drive. This update aims to simplify data migration for organizations adopting Google Workspace, providing administrators with streamlined tools for secure and efficient cloud storage consolidation. The feature enhances Google Drive's integration, facilitating easier transitions for businesses moving their data within the Google ecosystem.

2026-01-05

Manage Apple Intelligence Writing Tools in Google Workspace iOS apps

Google Workspace is introducing new administrative controls to manage Apple's Scribble feature within Workspace applications on iOS devices. This update allows administrators to enable or disable the use of Apple Pencil's handwriting-to-text functionality for end-users when interacting with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides on managed iPhones and iPads. The feature aims to provide IT departments with enhanced oversight regarding data input methods into critical business applications, balancing productivity with compliance and security needs.

2026-01-02

Transform sources into structured Data Tables in NotebookLM

NotebookLM is introducing a new feature, powered by Google's Gemini family of models, that transforms unstructured information from various source documents like PDFs, Google Docs, and web pages into structured data tables. This capability allows users to streamline research, analysis, and content creation by organizing and extracting actionable data directly within NotebookLM. Users gain control over column selection and table refinement, enhancing efficiency for researchers and creators by making information more accessible and useful.

2025-12-23

Users of all ages can now generate images in the Gemini app when signed into their Workspace account

Google Workspace is integrating Gemini's image generation capabilities directly into its applications, enabling users to create images from text prompts with built-in content safety filters designed for all ages. This feature emphasizes responsible AI use and is rolling out to Workspace Labs in December 2023, with wider availability anticipated in 2024. The initiative enhances creative productivity while prioritizing user safety within the Workspace ecosystem.

2025-12-20

Google Workspace audit log API enhancements now available

The Google Workspace Audit Log API is now Generally Available, offering administrators programmatic access to critical security logs from services like Google Drive, Google Calendar, Admin, Google Meet, and Google Groups. This API facilitates robust integration with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platforms, including Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel. The enhancement significantly improves an organization's visibility into Workspace activity, aiding in incident detection, response, and compliance efforts.

2025-12-20

How Bison Coolers relies on Google to run its family business

Bison Coolers, a premium outdoor gear manufacturer, revolutionized its operations by integrating Google Pixel 7 Pro and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones with Google Workspace for its employees. CEO Jeremy Ggoins, Operations Manager Brian Miller, and Digital Marketing Manager Jeff Minter utilize Pixel devices to streamline inventory management, quality control, and remote factory communications through Google Meet and secure Google Drive access, enhancing collaboration and problem-solving. This adoption provides field reps with secure data access and demonstration tools, improving overall efficiency and reducing operational downtime.

2025-12-19

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 19, 2025

Google Workspace's weekly recap for December 19, 2025, highlighted significant platform enhancements, including the rollout of Gemini-powered image generation directly within Workspace applications, designed with robust content safety features for all users. The recap also announced the General Availability of the Google Workspace Audit Log API, which provides administrators programmatic access to security logs from various Workspace services for improved threat detection and compliance. These updates collectively reinforce Google's ongoing commitment to advancing both productivity and security capabilities within its Workspace ecosystem.

2025-12-19

A breakthrough year for apps in Google Chat

Google is evolving its Chat app framework for Google Workspace, aiming for richer, more dynamic user experiences and developer capabilities by Q1 2025. This initiative will enable more interactive bots and seamless integrations with business applications directly within Google Chat, enhancing productivity and collaboration. Developers will need to update existing apps using new tools and migration guides to leverage these advancements.

2025-12-19

Google AI Ultra for Business plan adds enhanced NotebookLM experience

Google is significantly enhancing NotebookLM with Gemini 1.5 Pro capabilities, specifically tailored for business users to deliver faster insights and process larger document sets securely within an enterprise-grade environment. This update boosts NotebookLM's ability to analyze information, generate summaries, and answer questions across extensive sources, integrated seamlessly with Google Workspace.

2025-12-19

Introducing Gemini 3 Flash for the Gemini app

Google is launching Gemini 3 Flash, a new, lightweight, and fast AI model for the Gemini app, designed to provide quick responses and creative generation on mobile and web platforms. This model emphasizes efficiency and accessibility, supporting multimodal inputs to enhance everyday tasks for users.

2025-12-19

Our best avatars in Google Vids yet, now powered by Veo 3.1

Google Vids, an AI-powered video creation tool, is integrating Veo 3.1 to offer more realistic and customizable AI-generated avatars. This enhancement allows users to select from a broader range of styles, expressions, and voices, enabling the rapid creation of professional-quality videos for business communications and storytelling.

2025-12-18

Block messages from unknown senders in Google Chat

Google Chat is introducing a new security feature that allows users to automatically block direct messages from unknown senders, specifically those outside their organization or not in their contacts. This aims to reduce spam, mitigate phishing risks, and enhance user safety and focus within the communication platform.

2025-12-17

Keep your team informed: Introducing the Feeds app for Google Chat

Google Chat is launching a new "Feeds" app designed to aggregate and display content from diverse sources like news, RSS feeds, and project updates directly within chat spaces. This feature aims to streamline information flow, keep teams updated without leaving Google Chat, and enhance overall collaboration by centralizing relevant data.

2025-12-17

Share your device’s audio when presenting in Google Meet

Google Meet is enhancing its presentation capabilities by allowing users to share all system audio from their device, beyond just individual browser tab audio. This feature is vital for presentations that incorporate audio from desktop applications or video players, ensuring all participants experience a complete multimedia presentation during virtual meetings.

2025-12-17

Share stereo sound with audio content in Google Meet

Google Meet is further enhancing its audio capabilities by introducing support for sharing stereo sound during meetings, building upon its existing audio sharing features. This update is especially beneficial for sharing music performances, high-fidelity audio, or professional multimedia content, providing a richer and more immersive auditory experience for all participants.

2025-12-16

Accelerate validation of Google Meet eCDN configuration at scale with Silent Test Mode

Google Meet is rolling out a new "silent test" feature that allows IT administrators to validate their Enterprise Content Delivery Network (ECDN) configuration without impacting live meetings. This proactive testing ensures optimal network performance and efficient bandwidth management for large-scale Google Meet deployments, enhancing overall stability.

2025-12-16

Boost your agency's efficiency: Take Google Workspace for a test drive

Google Cloud is offering public sector organizations a 60-day, no-cost "Google Workspace Test Drive" program to experience its capabilities for digital transformation and hybrid work. This program highlights secure collaboration, AI features like Gemini for Workspace, data loss prevention, and FedRAMP High authorization, allowing government agencies to evaluate tools like Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Meet. The initiative aims to provide hands-on experience and support from Google Cloud experts to demonstrate enhanced productivity and compliance.

2025-12-16

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 12, 2025

This week's Google Workspace updates include the launch of call queuing for Google Voice, automated compliance recording in Google Meet, and new multi-party approvals for critical actions in Google Vault. Additionally, Gmail now supports data classification headers and footers, and a new web address for Google Chat is being consolidated at chat.google.com.

2025-12-12

Schedule messages to be sent at a later time in Google Chat

Google Chat is introducing a 'Schedule Send' feature, allowing users to compose messages and schedule them for later delivery, enhancing flexibility and productivity. This functionality is rolling out to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts starting December 16, 2025.

2025-12-11

A new web address for Google Chat

Google Chat is consolidating its web presence to a single dedicated URL, `chat.google.com`, with existing `mail.google.com/chat` and other `chat.google.com/` URLs redirecting to the new address. This change, rolling out from December 16, 2025, aims to simplify access and provide a more consistent user experience for all Google Chat users.

2025-12-11

Gmail data classification update: include header or footer message

Google Workspace administrators can now configure Gmail to automatically add custom headers and footers to emails based on their data classification labels, ensuring sensitive information is clearly marked. This feature, available for Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Plus, Education Standard, and Plus editions, helps organizations adhere to data governance and compliance policies.

2025-12-11

Beyond the hype: 5 practical ways to use AI-powered visual content at work

This Google Workspace blog post details five practical applications of AI in visual content, showcasing how generative AI features enhance productivity and collaboration across various industries. It highlights AI's role in streamlining content creation within Google Slides, intelligent organization in Google Photos, and dynamic presentations in Google Meet, aiding teams from marketing to education. These AI-powered tools empower users to quickly generate professional-quality visuals, summarize information, and improve content accessibility, making visual communication more impactful and efficient.

2025-12-10

Protect sensitive Google Vault actions with multi-party approvals

Google Vault is introducing multi-party approvals for critical administrative actions, such as data exports or legal hold deletions, requiring confirmation from multiple designated administrators. This new security measure, available to all Google Workspace editions, strengthens compliance and protects sensitive data within the eDiscovery and information governance platform.

2025-12-10

The AI disconnect: How leaders can translate optimism into measurable impact

Google's research, involving Dr. Amy Stapleton and Google DeepMind, explores how AI, particularly Gemini in Workspace, can foster creativity, critical thinking, and innovation rather than merely saving time. The study highlights AI's potential to augment human capabilities, allowing users to move beyond routine tasks and engage in deeper problem-solving and strategic work. This perspective shifts the focus from AI as a mere efficiency tool to a catalyst for enhanced human intelligence and novel solutions.

2025-12-09

Implement automated compliance recording and transcripts for selected Google Meet users

Google Meet is rolling out automated compliance recording, allowing Google Workspace administrators to set policies for automatically recording video meetings for specific organizational units or groups. This feature, available to Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Plus, Education Standard, and Plus customers, ensures adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies.

2025-12-09

Google Workspace is the “new default” for The Carbon Group's fractional C-suite services

The Carbon Group, an Australian financial services firm, transitioned 180 employees from Microsoft to Google Workspace, standardizing on tools like Google Sheets, Drive, Meet, Gmail, and Docs. This move significantly improved collaboration, security, and productivity across their 13 offices, enabling real-time file sharing, streamlined communication, and efficient onboarding of new team members. The shift has made Google Workspace the company's default platform, centralizing operations and enhancing the hybrid work experience.

2025-12-08

Call queuing now available for select Google Voice plans

Google Voice is introducing Call Queuing for Standard and Premier accounts, enabling businesses to manage high call volumes by placing callers in a queue with customizable greetings and estimated wait times. This feature, rolling out from December 16, 2025, aims to improve customer service and call management efficiency.

2025-12-08

Invite external guests to Google Meet live streams or limit access for targeted internal live streaming

Google Meet now supports external live streaming, allowing organizations to broadcast meetings directly to a wider audience via YouTube or custom RTMP services, supporting up to 100,000 viewers. This feature, available to Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Plus, Education Plus, and Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers, is ideal for large events and public broadcasts, with Q&A and polling capabilities coming soon.

2025-12-08

Meet now automatically opens picture-in-picture when screen sharing

Google Meet is enhancing the web user experience by automatically activating Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode when users navigate away from the Meet tab. This ensures participants can continue viewing the speaker and captions without manual intervention, improving multitasking and engagement.

2025-12-08

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 5, 2025

This week's Google Workspace updates include the launch of Workspace Studio for AI-powered solution creation, Gemini insights for Google Drive folders, and a refreshed user interface for Google Drive's web file viewer. Additionally, Google Meet hardware now supports BYOD functionality via Chrome OS touch controllers and introduces seamless room connection for meetings.

2025-12-05

BYOD on Google Meet on Chrome OS touch controller rooms

Google Meet hardware devices with Chrome OS touch controllers now support Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) functionality, allowing users to connect their laptops via USB-C to utilize the room's camera, speaker, and microphone. This enhances interoperability and flexibility for hybrid meetings, supporting any meeting platform.

2025-12-05

A more modern interface for viewing PDFs, videos, images, and audio files in Google Drive on the web

Google Drive on the web is introducing a refreshed, modern file viewer interface, aligning with Material Design 3 for improved navigation and accessibility. This update, rolling out gradually from December 16, 2025, enhances the user experience and provides consistency across Google Workspace applications.

2025-12-05

Introducing Google Workspace Studio: Automate everyday work with AI agents

Google Workspace is introducing Google Workspace Studio and Agents, enabling organizations to build custom AI agents powered by Gemini to automate routine tasks and enhance productivity across various departments. These low-code/no-code agents, leveraging Google Cloud's AppSheet and Vertex AI, can perform functions like managing customer support requests, onboarding employees, or analyzing data within Workspace applications. The initiative aims to democratize AI development, allowing businesses to create tailored solutions for specific workflows without extensive coding expertise.

2025-12-03

Now available: Create AI agents to automate work with Google Workspace Studio

Workspace Studio, an AI-powered hub, is now available for Google Workspace customers to discover, manage, and create generative AI solutions and custom workflows. It integrates with tools like AppSheet and Apps Script, enabling businesses to leverage AI to automate tasks and enhance productivity within Google Sheets, Docs, and other Workspace apps.

2025-12-03

Get quick insights on your Google Drive folders with Gemini

Gemini in Google Workspace now provides AI-powered insights for Google Drive folders, allowing users to quickly understand content, identify key information, and summarize documents within their files. This new capability, available for Workspace Enterprise, Education, and other specific editions, significantly boosts productivity and content management efficiency.

2025-12-02

Seamlessly join meetings on Google Meet hardware with “Connect room”

Google Meet hardware users can now leverage the new 'Connect room' feature to wirelessly link their laptop to the room's hardware, enabling them to use the system's camera, microphone, and speakers while running the meeting from their personal device. This capability, rolling out to Chrome OS touch controllers, offers a streamlined and flexible meeting experience.

2025-12-02

A refreshed user interface for Google Meet hardware touch controllers

Google Meet hardware touch controllers are receiving a refreshed user interface, aligning with Material Design 3 for a more intuitive, consistent, and user-friendly experience. This update, rolling out to all Chrome OS and Android touch controllers, simplifies meeting controls and enhances accessibility within conference rooms.

2025-12-02

10 best practices for deploying AI at scale

Deploying AI at scale requires a strategic, enterprise-wide approach that extends beyond initial pilot projects, focusing on responsible AI practices, data governance, and robust change management. Key best practices include embedding AI into organizational culture, developing a clear AI strategy, establishing strong data foundations, and continuously monitoring AI model performance and impact. Google Workspace and Gemini can facilitate this scaling by providing integrated tools, but success ultimately hinges on a comprehensive strategy addressing both technological and human aspects of AI adoption.

2025-12-02

Google Meet translated captions now available in Cantonese

Google Meet is expanding its translated captions feature to include Cantonese, allowing users to understand conversations in real-time across language barriers during meetings. This enhances accessibility and fosters global communication for Google Workspace Business Plus, Enterprise, and Education Plus customers.

2025-12-02

Choose your preferred caption language for Meet live streams on mobile devices

Mobile users watching Google Meet live streams can now select their preferred language for translated captions directly from their devices, providing a more inclusive viewing experience. This feature, available for Google Workspace Enterprise and Education Plus customers, enhances accessibility for a global audience.

2025-12-02

New to Gmail: share emails in Google Chat

Users can now directly share emails from Gmail into Google Chat spaces and group messages, streamlining collaboration by allowing conversations to continue alongside relevant email content. This integration, launching December 16, 2025, enhances productivity and workflow by keeping communication consolidated.

2025-12-02

Educators can now assign public notebooks in Google Classroom

Educators using NotebookLM can now assign public Notebooks to students, enabling them to leverage AI-powered summarization, question-answering, and content creation tools. This integration with Google Classroom allows for enhanced learning experiences directly within assignments, fostering critical thinking and research skills.

2025-12-02

Control whether users can request to join a space in Google Chat

Google Chat space managers now have enhanced control over external collaboration by being able to configure 'request to join' settings, allowing them to manually approve or automatically accept requests from users outside their organization. This feature, rolling out from December 16, 2025, improves security and management of shared spaces for Google Workspace customers.

2025-12-02

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - November 28, 2025

Google Workspace's weekly recap for November 28, 2025, highlights several key updates including granular OAuth consent for web apps and enhanced visibility of data classification labels in Google Drive for end-users. Other significant improvements include deeper integration with Egnyte, improved Meet streaming metrics, expanded language support for Drive video captions, and the introduction of Gemini in Google Classroom for higher education. These updates aim to boost security, collaboration, and accessibility across the Workspace suite.

2025-11-28

How Bison Coolers relies on Google to run its family business

Bison Coolers, a Texas-based family business manufacturing rotomolded coolers, transitioned from a costly Microsoft Exchange setup to Google Workspace to enhance collaboration and reduce IT overhead. Leveraging tools like Gmail, Google Drive, Docs, and Sheets, alongside Google Meet and Chat, the company streamlined communication, enabled remote work, and scaled from three to over 20 employees. This shift significantly improved productivity for traveling sales teams, provided cost savings, and bolstered disaster recovery capabilities for their growing business operations.

2025-11-27

November Workspace Drop: Nano Banana Pro in Slides, Vids, and the Gemini app, plus AI to make meetings more impactful

Google Workspace is introducing a suite of new AI-powered features, including Google Vids, an AI-powered video creation app to generate scripts and storyboards from scratch, set to launch in Workspace Labs in 2024. Google Slides will gain a 'Help me visualize' feature for generative AI image creation and Gemini integration for drafting, while Google Meet receives background music and enhanced audio capabilities, and Google Docs sees smart chip improvements. These updates aim to significantly boost productivity and creativity across the Workspace ecosystem.

2025-11-26

Fine-tune your network for Meet live streaming with extended quality metrics

Google Meet is rolling out enhanced live streaming metrics within the Quality Tool, allowing Workspace admins to access granular data on viewership, network bandwidth, and device performance for specific live stream events. These improvements, available for Business Standard and higher, Enterprise, and Education Plus customers, enable better troubleshooting and network optimization for large-scale virtual gatherings. The feature is currently rolling out, with a scheduled release starting December 9, 2025.

2025-11-26

Automatically generated captions for videos in Google Drive now available in more languages

Google Drive has significantly expanded its video captioning capabilities, now supporting over 20 new languages for auto-generated captions beyond English. This update aims to enhance accessibility and foster global collaboration for all Google Workspace customers and personal Google Account users. The feature is rolling out now, with a scheduled release for all users starting December 9, 2025.

2025-11-25

Data classification labels visible in more places across Google Drive

Google Drive is enhancing data security and user awareness by making data classification labels, previously admin-facing, visible directly to end-users on files in Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides. This feature, available for Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers, aims to promote responsible data handling by clearly indicating sensitivity levels like "Confidential" or "Internal." The rollout begins immediately for Rapid Release domains and December 9, 2025, for Scheduled Release.

2025-11-25

Granular OAuth consent in web apps and Google Workspace add-ons

Google Workspace is introducing granular OAuth consent for web applications, allowing users to selectively grant or deny specific permissions to third-party apps integrating with Google services, moving beyond "all or nothing" access. This enhancement provides users with greater control over their data and improves security when connecting external applications. The feature is rolling out to all Google Workspace customers starting November 27, 2025, for Rapid Release and December 11, 2025, for Scheduled Release domains.

2025-11-24

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - November 21, 2025

Google Workspace's weekly recap for November 21, 2025, highlights updates including new Google Meet link behavior for recurring Google Calendar events, ensuring consistent meeting access. Other significant announcements cover enhancements to Google Workspace Nano Banana Pro, deeper collaboration capabilities between Google Workspace and Egnyte, the ability to preview unread Google Chat messages, and the integration of Gemini into Google Classroom for higher education. These updates aim to streamline workflows, improve communication, and enhance learning experiences.

2025-11-21

Preview unread Google Chat messages from the left-hand menu

Google Chat is introducing a new feature allowing users to preview unread messages by hovering over them, without marking the conversation as read. This functionality, available on web and desktop apps with mobile coming soon, aims to improve message triage and efficiency for all Google Workspace customers. The update is rolling out now, with a scheduled release starting December 9, 2025.

2025-11-21

Collaborate seamlessly across Google Workspace and Egnyte

Google Workspace has launched an enhanced integration with Egnyte, allowing users to seamlessly access, edit, and collaborate on Egnyte files directly from Google Workspace applications such as Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides. This streamlines workflows for organizations leveraging both platforms, fostering greater productivity and ensuring data consistency. The feature is rolling out to all Google Workspace customers, with a full deployment expected by December 9, 2025.

2025-11-20

Introducing Nano Banana Pro in Slides, Vids, Gemini app, and NotebookLM

Google Workspace is introducing "Google Workspace Nano Banana Pro," a new initiative designed to deliver an enhanced mobile-first productivity experience for Workspace users. This offering optimizes Workspace applications for smaller screens, focusing on a simplified UI, faster access to common tasks, and improved offline capabilities to bridge the gap between desktop and mobile workflows. It is rolling out to all Workspace customers, with a scheduled release starting December 9, 2025.

2025-11-20

New Google Meet links when changing recurrence or start time of recurring Calendar events

Google Meet is improving link management for recurring Google Calendar events by ensuring that Meet links automatically update when an organizer modifies the event. This enhancement aims to prevent join issues and maintain consistency, reducing user confusion when accessing ongoing meetings. The feature is rolling out to all Google Workspace customers, with a full deployment expected by December 9, 2025.

2025-11-19

Gemini in Google Classroom is expanding to students in higher education

Google is integrating Gemini, its advanced AI model, into Google Classroom for higher education, providing educators and students with powerful tools to enhance learning and teaching efficiency. Gemini will assist with tasks such as generating quiz questions, summarizing complex texts, offering feedback, and aiding brainstorming sessions. This AI-powered capability is initially available through an early access program for Google Workspace for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers.

2025-11-19

Single-sign on with custom OpenID Connect profiles now generally available

Google Workspace is enhancing its security and access management capabilities by introducing support for custom OpenID Connect (OIDC) providers for Single Sign-On (SSO), moving beyond traditional SAML-based identity providers. This update offers organizations greater flexibility to integrate existing OIDC-compliant identity providers for authenticating users across Google Workspace applications like Drive, Gmail, and Docs. The feature will be available to all Google Workspace editions, including Business Standard and Enterprise Plus, starting in late Q4 2025.

2025-11-18

Introducing Gemini 3 Pro for Gemini app

Google is integrating Gemini 3 Pro, a new, more advanced multimodal AI model, directly into the Gemini app, offering significantly enhanced capabilities in text, image, and audio understanding. This update provides Gemini app users with sophisticated reasoning, longer context windows, and improved performance for complex tasks such as drafting emails in Gmail and summarizing documents in Google Docs. Gemini 3 Pro will initially be available to Gemini Advanced subscribers, with a broader rollout planned for all eligible users in late 2025.

2025-11-18

Use Veo 3.1 ingredients-to-video to create clips from images in Google Vids

Google Vids, a new AI-powered video creation app for Workspace, is being introduced to help users create professional-looking videos for business communications, training, and marketing. It leverages generative AI capabilities from Gemini and Veo to assist with scriptwriting, storyboarding, voiceovers, and asset selection, making video production accessible even without professional editing skills.

2025-11-18

Block off time to work on a task in Calendar

Google Calendar is introducing a new feature that enables users to block out dedicated time for tasks, similar to scheduling events. This enhancement aims to help individuals prioritize and allocate specific periods for task completion directly within their calendar, improving time management and overall productivity.

2025-11-17

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - November 14, 2025

The weekly recap for November 7, 2025, highlights several Google Workspace updates, including new controls in Google Chat for restricting conversation creation and the ability to set sharing expirations for files and folders in Google Drive. Additionally, Google Calendar now supports secondary calendar management with dedicated owners, and Google Meet offers an option for longer meeting notes.

2025-11-14

From spreadsheet jockey to strategic advisor: My journey with AI-powered Google Sheets

Nick, a financial analyst, shares his journey using AI, specifically Google Sheets with Gemini integration, to transform his financial modeling and data analysis workflows. He leveraged Gemini to quickly analyze data, extract insights, and generate Apps Script code for automating repetitive tasks like updating P&L statements. This significantly enhanced efficiency and reduced manual effort, allowing him to focus on strategic insights rather than data cleanup.

2025-11-13

Help me create in Google Forms now available in seven additional languages

Google Forms is expanding its "Help me create" AI feature, powered by Gemini, to support seven new languages including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean. This update enables users to generate forms, surveys, and quizzes from simple text prompts in more languages, significantly enhancing global accessibility and efficiency for form creation.

2025-11-13

Analyze large-scale .csv files in Google Sheets with a new direct-to-BigQuery import

Google Sheets now enables users to analyze large-scale CSV files stored in Google Drive, supporting datasets up to 10 million cells without impacting the Sheet's internal cell limit. Rolling out from November 11, 2025, this enhancement allows for efficient data exploration, filtering, sorting, and pivot table creation on massive datasets.

2025-11-12

Desk phone support and on-demand call recording now available in the Google Voice Starter plan

Google Voice Starter is being updated to include support for desk phone integration and call recording capabilities for all users, including those under 18, starting November 11, 2025. Administrators can now assign desk phones through the Google Admin console and enable automatic or on-demand call recording to enhance flexibility and compliance for small businesses.

2025-11-12

Option for longer meeting notes with “take notes for me” in Google Meet

Google Meet is introducing the option for significantly longer meeting notes, expanding beyond the previous 2,500-character limit. These enhanced notes are automatically saved to Google Docs, improving the ability to capture detailed discussions and action items directly from the meeting interface.

2025-11-11

Improving secondary calendar management with dedicated owners

Google Calendar is enhancing its management capabilities for secondary calendars, allowing administrators to assign dedicated owners. This update provides greater control over scheduling, ensuring specific users are responsible for managing and maintaining particular calendars, thereby improving organization and accountability.

2025-11-11

Available in open beta: Migrate files from Dropbox to Google Drive

Google Drive is simplifying the migration process from Dropbox, allowing administrators to seamlessly transfer files and folder structures to Google Drive. This update aims to ease the transition for organizations consolidating their cloud storage solutions and enhances data management within Google Workspace.

2025-11-11

New AI-powered audio overviews for PDFs in Google Drive

Google Drive is introducing AI-powered audio overviews for PDFs, allowing users to listen to summaries of their documents instead of reading them. This accessibility feature leverages artificial intelligence to quickly convey key information from complex documents, enhancing productivity and information consumption on the go.

2025-11-11

Leverage the power of Gemini models to apply data classification labels in Google Drive - beta applications now open

Gemini is integrating with Google Drive to provide AI-powered data classification, automatically categorizing and tagging files based on their content. This enhancement helps organizations improve data governance, security, and discoverability by ensuring sensitive information is correctly identified and managed.

2025-11-11

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - November 7, 2025

This weekly recap for November 7, 2025, summarizes key updates across Google Workspace, including advancements in Google Meet for longer meeting notes, Google Drive's new migration tools from Dropbox, and enhanced secondary calendar management in Google Calendar. It highlights a range of improvements aimed at boosting productivity and collaboration for users.

2025-11-07

Use a wider range of emoji reactions in Google Meet

Google Meet is expanding its range of emoji reactions, offering users more diverse ways to express themselves during video calls without interrupting the speaker. This update enhances non-verbal communication and engagement, allowing participants to share quick feedback and sentiments in a more dynamic and interactive meeting environment.

2025-11-07

Gemini Deep Research now integrates with your Workspace content

Gemini is now integrating deep research capabilities directly with Google Workspace content, allowing users to leverage AI for comprehensive analysis of their own documents, emails, and shared files. This feature significantly enhances information synthesis and productivity by providing AI-driven insights relevant to a user's specific work context.

2025-11-06

Bringing inline threading to direct messages in Google Chat

Google Chat is introducing inline threading for direct messages, allowing users to respond directly to specific messages within a 1:1 or group chat. This feature improves conversation clarity and organization by keeping related replies grouped together, making it easier to follow discussions and manage multiple topics simultaneously.

2025-11-05

Set sharing expirations on files and folders in shared drives

Google Workspace is enhancing data security and management by allowing users to set sharing expirations for files and folders directly within Google Drive. This feature ensures that access to sensitive documents automatically revokes after a specified period, reducing the risk of unauthorized long-term access and improving compliance.

2025-11-05

Because you asked: Take prompting to the next level

This article shares advanced prompting techniques for generative AI, emphasizing the importance of clear, specific instructions and iterative refinement. Key strategies include defining roles, providing examples, breaking down complex tasks, and utilizing a 'chain of thought' approach to guide AI models like Gemini towards better outputs, enhancing productivity in Google Workspace applications.

2025-11-05

Updated Chat header helps you navigate chat more quickly and easily

Google Chat is rolling out an updated header and navigation experience designed to improve user efficiency and accessibility across conversations. This redesign aims to simplify the interface, making it easier for users to find important chats, access features, and manage their communications within Google Workspace.

2025-11-04

Controls for restricting conversation creation in Google Chat available to more organizations

Google Chat is introducing new administrative controls that allow organizations to restrict who can create new conversations, improving communication governance. This feature provides IT administrators with granular control over chat initiation, helping to maintain order, prevent spam, and ensure relevant communication channels within Google Workspace.

2025-11-04

New to Google Meet: Continue your conversations in Google Chat

Google is enabling seamless transitions between Google Chat and Google Meet, allowing users to easily continue their text conversations with a video call or vice versa. This integration streamlines communication workflows, facilitating a more natural and efficient shift between different modes of collaboration within Google Workspace.

2025-11-03

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - October 31, 2025

This weekly recap for October 31, 2025, covers recent Google Workspace updates including enhanced writing assistance with Gemini in Google Docs, improvements to Google Chat's Workday app integration, and more powerful pivot tables in Google Sheets' Connected Sheets. The summary also touches on enhanced admin audit logs and new presentation generation capabilities via Gemini.

2025-11-01

Improving the Workday Google Chat app

The Workday app integration within Google Chat is receiving improvements to enhance HR and financial workflows, allowing users to access Workday functionalities directly from Chat. This update aims to streamline common tasks such as time-off requests, expense reporting, and accessing payslips, boosting productivity and collaboration within Google Workspace.

2025-10-31

Improve your writing by grounding Gemini in Google Docs in sources

Gemini in Google Docs is being enhanced to improve writing by leveraging user-provided sources, allowing the AI to generate text that is more accurate and contextually relevant. This feature empowers users to create higher-quality documents and research papers by grounding Gemini's suggestions in specific, reliable information.

2025-10-30

More powerful pivot tables in Connected Sheets

Google Sheets' Connected Sheets feature is gaining more powerful pivot table capabilities, enabling users to perform advanced data analysis directly on data sourced from BigQuery and other external databases. This enhancement allows for more complex insights and robust reporting without leaving the familiar Sheets interface, boosting productivity for data analysts.

2025-10-30

October Workspace Drop: New AI-powered storytelling, research, and data protections

The October Google Workspace drop introduces new AI-powered features focused on storytelling, research, and data protection. Updates include AI-generated video creation in Google Vids, enhanced research capabilities in NotebookLM and Google Search, and advanced data protection measures like client-side encryption for Google Drive and Gmail to bolster security and compliance.

2025-10-29

Enhanced admin audit log events

Google Workspace administrators are gaining access to enhanced audit log events, providing more detailed insights into user activities and administrative changes across the suite. This improvement strengthens security, compliance monitoring, and incident response capabilities, offering greater transparency and control for IT departments.

2025-10-29

Generate presentations in the Gemini app

The Gemini app is now capable of generating full presentations from text prompts, allowing users to quickly create professional-looking slideshows. This AI-powered feature streamlines content creation for pitches, reports, and educational materials, significantly reducing the time and effort required to design impactful presentations.

2025-10-28

New LaTeX features in the Gemini app

The Gemini app is introducing new LaTeX features, enabling users to create and edit complex mathematical equations and scientific notations more easily. This enhancement caters to academic and scientific users, making Gemini a more powerful tool for generating technical documents and research papers with precise formatting.

2025-10-27

Introducing a new waiting rooms experience in Google Meet

Google Meet is rolling out enhanced waiting rooms, giving meeting hosts greater control over who enters a meeting, with options to admit, deny, or even chat with participants before they join. These new features improve security and privacy for virtual meetings, ensuring only authorized individuals can access sensitive discussions.

2025-10-23

Cultivating an AI-native mindset

Cultivating an AI-native mindset involves embracing continuous learning and experimentation with generative AI tools to unlock new possibilities and enhance productivity. Organizations like Uber, ATB Financial, and Equifax are leveraging Google Workspace with Gemini to transform workflows, reduce manual tasks, and foster innovative collaboration across their teams.

2025-10-23

How Augustana University is building its future with Google Workspace and NotebookLM

Augustana University is leveraging Google Workspace, including Google Docs and Google Classroom, along with NotebookLM, to enhance teaching, learning, and administrative efficiency for its 2,500 students and 500 staff. NotebookLM, powered by Gemini, allows students and faculty to rapidly synthesize information from vast academic sources, saving significant research time and fostering deeper understanding of complex topics.

2025-10-22

Ask Gemini in Google Meet coming to Workspace enterprise customers

Gemini is integrating with Google Meet, allowing participants to "Ask Gemini" directly within a meeting for real-time information, summaries, or to answer questions based on the meeting context or broader knowledge. This AI assistant enhances meeting productivity by providing instant insights and reducing the need to switch applications during a call.

2025-10-22

AI credit overages admin control and related billing

Google Workspace is introducing new administrative controls for AI credit overages, allowing organizations to manage and monitor their spending on AI features like Gemini more effectively. This update provides transparency into usage and billing, helping IT admins control costs associated with advanced AI capabilities within their workspace.

2025-10-21

Educators can now convert rubrics in Google Classroom from Drive or local files with help from Gemini

Educators can now use Gemini to convert rubrics from Google Classroom and Google Drive into various formats, streamlining the assessment and feedback process. This AI-powered tool simplifies grading and helps teachers efficiently adapt rubrics for different assignments or share them across platforms, saving valuable time.

2025-10-21

Use emoji reactions in your client-side encrypted documents

Google Docs is enabling emoji reactions for client-side encrypted (CSE) documents, allowing users to express themselves without compromising the document's enhanced security. This feature balances strong encryption with collaborative expressiveness, making encrypted documents more interactive while maintaining data privacy standards.

2025-10-21

Protecting Gmail users from XS-Search with Cross-Origin Opener Policy (COOP)

Google is enhancing Gmail's security to protect users from XS-Search (Cross-Site Search) attacks, which exploit search functionalities to infer sensitive information. This update reinforces user privacy and data security by implementing advanced safeguards against sophisticated web vulnerabilities, ensuring a safer email experience.

2025-10-20

Gemini in Google Sheets can now analyze data across multiple tables

Gemini is integrating with Google Sheets to provide AI-powered data analysis capabilities, allowing users to ask natural language questions about their data and receive insights or formula suggestions. This enhancement democratizes data analysis, making it easier for users of all skill levels to extract meaningful information and trends from their spreadsheets.

2025-10-20

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - October 17, 2025

This weekly recap for October 17, 2025, highlights new features such as AI credit overage controls and billing transparency for admins, enhanced Gmail protection against XS-Search attacks, and Gemini's new data analysis capabilities in Google Sheets. It also mentions the release of Flashcards in Gemini and new business continuity editions for Google Workspace.

2025-10-17

Flashcards in Gemini are now available to users of all ages

Flashcards are now available within the Gemini app, offering an AI-powered tool for learning and memorization across various subjects. This feature leverages Gemini's capabilities to generate, organize, and present flashcards, enhancing study efficiency for students and professionals alike.

2025-10-17

Introducing Business Continuity editions: Support business continuity and resilience for enterprise customers

Google Workspace is introducing new Business Continuity Editions designed to ensure organizations maintain operations during outages or disasters, offering enhanced resilience and recovery options. These editions provide advanced backup, data replication, and failover capabilities, underscoring Google's commitment to enterprise reliability and data protection.

2025-10-17

Your organization's logo will now appear in the Gemini app

Google Workspace is rolling out an update that allows organizations' logos to appear more prominently across various Google services, enhancing brand identity and user experience. This customization feature helps reinforce corporate branding within the Google Workspace environment, creating a more cohesive and professional interface for employees.

2025-10-16

Gemini in Google Sheets now tackles multi-step tasks with expanded editing capabilities

Gemini in Google Sheets is receiving expanded editing capabilities, enabling users to modify and refine AI-generated content or formulas more intuitively. This enhancement allows for greater control and customization over AI suggestions, making Gemini a more flexible and powerful co-editor for complex data manipulation and analysis within spreadsheets.

2025-10-16

Break free from Microsoft 365’s lock-in, vulnerabilities, and outages with Google Workspace and partners

Google Workspace is presented as a robust alternative to Microsoft 365, offering superior business continuity and collaboration features through its integrated AI-powered applications. Recent enhancements, including new AI features for Gemini and improved security, aim to provide a reliable and efficient platform for organizations seeking to maintain seamless operations and enhance productivity.

2025-10-16

Extract, categorize, and summarize data in AppSheet with the power of Gemini

Gemini now integrates with AppSheet to provide new AI capabilities for extracting, categorizing, and summarizing unstructured text within no-code applications. This feature, available from October 28, 2025, leverages AI to streamline data processing from various sources, significantly improving efficiency and data utilization for AppSheet users.

2025-10-16

Video Overviews in NotebookLM are now available to users of all ages

NotebookLM now generates video overviews from source documents, enhancing the learning experience with multimedia summaries. Additionally, Google has extended access to NotebookLM for users under 18 in education, specifically for those with Workspace for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning Upgrade licenses, rolling out from October 28, 2025.

2025-10-15

The AI function in Google Sheets is now enhanced with Google Search results for more up-to-date answers

Google Sheets is gaining enhanced AI functions powered by Google Search, enabling users to integrate real-time public data and broader web information directly into their spreadsheets. Rolling out from October 21, 2025, this feature allows for more dynamic and informed data analysis, expanding Sheets' utility significantly.

2025-10-14

Google Keep reminders now saved to Tasks

Google Keep reminders will now be saved directly into Google Tasks, creating a unified and centralized system for managing to-do lists across Google Workspace. This update, rolling out from October 28, 2025, ensures consistent reminder visibility and enhances personal organization within the Workspace ecosystem.

2025-10-14

Use Help me schedule to easily set up a meeting time over email

Gemini in Gmail and Google Calendar is introducing a "Help me schedule" feature to streamline meeting coordination, rolling out from October 28, 2025. This AI-powered functionality assists users by suggesting optimal meeting times, managing invitations, and adding essential details, thereby significantly enhancing productivity for Workspace users.

2025-10-14

Summarize shared files with Gemini in Google Chat, now available on mobile

Gemini Chat on mobile devices now allows users to summarize files directly from Google Drive, including Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, providing quick access to document insights on the go. This enhancement, available from October 28, 2025, significantly improves mobile productivity and information retrieval efficiency for Workspace users.

2025-10-14

AI-powered makeup in Google Meet

Google Meet is launching optional AI-powered virtual makeup features, enabling users to apply cosmetic enhancements during video calls. Rolling out from October 21, 2025, this aims to boost user confidence and enhance their appearance in virtual meetings without physical makeup, adding a personal touch to professional interactions.

2025-10-13

Create vertical and square videos in Google Vids

Google Vids now supports the creation of vertical and square videos, expanding its utility for diverse social media platforms and content formats. Rolling out from October 21, 2025, this update provides users with greater flexibility to produce content optimized for mobile viewing and various aspect ratios.

2025-10-10

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - October 10, 2025

The Weekly Recap for October 10, 2025, highlights several Google Workspace updates, including new features for AppSheet and enhanced security controls for Calendar. It also covers improvements to Google Chat message reactions, summarizing a week of advancements in AI capabilities, no-code development, and communication tools.

2025-10-10

Small but mighty ways Gemini boosts my workday

Google Workspace's Gemini is highlighted for its diverse capabilities in boosting daily productivity across various tasks, from generating emails in Gmail to organizing ideas in Google Docs and extracting key information from PDFs. Users like Kyle, a Senior Product Marketing Manager, leverage Gemini for summarizing documents, drafting content, and streamlining communication, effectively enhancing efficiency and focus on strategic work.

2025-10-09

Enterprise-grade Gemini is now available for teams of all sizes with Google Workspace

Google has announced Gemini for Google Workspace, an AI assistant seamlessly integrated into applications like Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Slides, designed to enhance productivity and creativity. This integration allows users to draft emails, generate content, analyze data, and create presentations more efficiently, leveraging advanced generative AI capabilities across the suite.

2025-10-09

Google Meet live captions are expanding to Cantonese

Google Meet is enhancing its accessibility by adding live captions in Cantonese, expanding support for more diverse users in virtual meetings. Rolling out from October 21, 2025, this update improves inclusivity for Cantonese speakers, facilitating clearer communication and participation in Google Meet calls.

2025-10-09

Set timers in Google Meet on the web

Google Meet on the web is introducing a new feature that allows users to set timers directly within meetings, enhancing time management and agenda adherence. Rolling out from October 21, 2025, this functionality helps both hosts and participants maintain focus and improve the efficiency of virtual meetings.

2025-10-07

Get more insight into how Chat apps are used within your organization

Google Chat administrators will now have access to more detailed insights into Chat app usage logs, improving visibility and control over application utilization within spaces. Rolling out from October 21, 2025, this enhancement enables better monitoring, troubleshooting, and compliance with organizational policies for improved app management.

2025-10-06

Looker Connected Sheets Private IP support

Looker Connected Sheets now supports private IP connections, enabling users to securely access data from Looker instances residing within private networks. Rolling out from October 21, 2025, this feature enhances data security and compliance for enterprises by keeping sensitive information within their internal infrastructure while utilizing Looker's robust analytics.

2025-10-06

Trondheim’s municipal employees use Gemini to enhance productivity and creativity, yielding improved public services

Trondheim municipality, Norway's third-largest, is enhancing productivity and creativity for its 20,000 employees by adopting Google Workspace with Gemini. This integration allows staff to streamline tasks such as drafting communications, summarizing documents, and generating ideas, particularly benefiting educators and administrative staff in a highly regulated public sector environment.

2025-10-03

Use the Gemini in Chrome AI browsing assistant, now generally available

Gemini is now integrated into Google Chrome, serving as an AI browsing assistant that offers contextual help, summarization, and content generation directly within the browser. Rolling out from October 14, 2025, this feature aims to enhance user productivity and information retrieval by providing comprehensive AI capabilities across web activities.

2025-10-03

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - October 3, 2025

The Weekly Recap for October 3, 2025, highlights new features like Gemini in Chrome for AI-powered browsing and enhanced end-to-end encryption in Gmail. It also details the introduction of stickers in Google Chat, summarizing a week of advancements in AI, security, and communication tools.

2025-10-03

Gemini app data now included in Access Transparency, Access Management, and Access Approvals

Gemini data is now included in Access & Transparency Management Approvals, granting administrators enhanced control and oversight over AI model data access and usage within their organizations. Rolling out from October 14, 2025, this update significantly improves data governance and compliance for enterprise customers utilizing Gemini.

2025-10-02

Express yourself with stickers in Google Chat

Google Chat is rolling out a new feature that allows users to send stickers in conversations, introducing a more expressive and personalized element to digital communication. Available from October 14, 2025, this update aims to enhance user engagement and facilitate more dynamic and enjoyable interactions within Google Chat spaces.

2025-10-02

Send Gmail end-to-end encrypted emails to anyone

Gmail is introducing built-in end-to-end encryption for emails, significantly enhancing privacy and security for sensitive communications. Available from October 14, 2025, this feature allows users to send encrypted messages directly within Gmail, ensuring that only intended recipients can access the content and bolstering data protection.

2025-10-02

Enable 'take notes for me' in Calendar, ahead of your meeting

Google Calendar is integrating an AI-powered "Take notes for me" feature, designed to automatically generate meeting summaries and action items. Rolling out from October 14, 2025, this enhancement aims to significantly boost meeting productivity by reducing the need for manual note-taking, ensuring efficient capture of key decisions and tasks.

2025-10-01

Quickly find and use Google Chat apps and Workspace actions with the redesigned integrations menu

Google Chat is introducing a redesigned menu to simplify finding and using Chat apps, making it easier to integrate third-party services and bots into conversations. Rolling out from October 14, 2025, this update aims to enhance user experience and improve the discoverability of productivity and automation tools within Google Chat.

2025-10-01

Create custom, AI-generated meeting backgrounds on Mobile devices

Google Meet on mobile is introducing AI-generated backgrounds, allowing users to customize their video call environments with unique, context-aware imagery. Rolling out from October 14, 2025, this feature enhances personalization and privacy during mobile video calls, offering creative and dynamic virtual settings.

2025-10-01

Block ransomware proliferation and easily restore files with AI in Google Drive

Google Workspace is enhancing its security with new AI-powered ransomware detection capabilities directly within Google Drive, providing advanced protection against evolving cyber threats. This feature proactively identifies suspicious files and activity patterns, alerting users and administrators to potential attacks, thereby helping to prevent data loss and maintain business continuity.

2025-09-30

Improve Chat apps with display carousels and richer text formatting

Google Chat is introducing new features including an apps carousel for easier discovery, markdown support for lists, and code blocks, enhancing both functionality and user experience. Rolling out from September 23, 2025, these updates aim to make conversations more organized, expressive, and conducive to technical discussions within Chat.

2025-09-30

Meet eCDN custom rules improvements for new and existing configurations

The Weekly Recap for September 26, 2025, highlights new features such as the Chat apps carousel, Markdown support, and code blocks in Google Chat. It also details enhancements to Gemini's collaboration features within Google Drive, summarizing recent improvements across communication and AI-powered document management.

2025-09-30

Ransomware detection and file restoration for Google Drive available in beta

Google Drive is rolling out enhanced ransomware detection and simplified file restoration capabilities to bolster data security and recovery. Available from September 30, 2025, this feature protects against malicious attacks by identifying suspicious activity and enabling quick recovery of previous file versions.

2025-09-30

Microsoft Teams Interoperability with Pexip Connect

Google Meet hardware devices will now support direct guest join functionality for Microsoft Teams and Pexip meetings, significantly improving interoperability in hybrid work environments. Rolling out from September 30, 2025, this update allows organizations to maximize their existing Meet hardware investments by seamlessly participating in meetings hosted on other popular platforms.

2025-09-30

Changes to membership roles in Google Chat spaces to enable more flexible permissions

Google Chat is introducing new administrative roles for Chat spaces, Owner and Manager, to provide more granular control over conversations and memberships. Rolling out from September 23, 2025, this update aims to help organizations better manage large spaces, delegate responsibilities, and maintain order within their communication channels.

2025-09-29

Use Nano Banana to edit images in Google Slides and Vids

Gemini, Google Slides, and Google Vids are integrating "Nano Banana" image editing capabilities, providing advanced AI-powered tools for manipulating images directly within these applications. Rolling out from September 23, 2025, this feature allows users to easily resize, remove backgrounds, and apply creative edits, significantly enhancing visual content creation.

2025-09-29

Collaborate with Gemini in Google Drive now available on mobile

Gemini is expanding its collaborative AI capabilities to Google Drive on both iOS and Android mobile devices, enabling users to interact with AI for document assistance while on the go. Rolling out from September 23, 2025, this feature allows mobile users to leverage Gemini for tasks like summarization, brainstorming, and content generation directly within their Drive files.

2025-09-29

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - September 26, 2025

The Weekly Recap for September 26, 2025, highlights new features such as the Chat apps carousel, Markdown support, and code blocks in Google Chat. It also details enhancements to Gemini's collaboration features within Google Drive, summarizing recent improvements across communication and AI-powered document management.

2025-09-26

5 ways to unlock a culture of experimentation with gen AI

To unlock a culture of experimentation with generative AI, organizations should provide safe spaces for testing, encourage cross-functional collaboration, establish clear ethical guidelines, invest in skill development, and celebrate successes. This approach helps teams effectively integrate AI tools like Gemini into their workflows, fostering innovation and discovering new efficiencies across various business functions.

2025-09-25

Educators can now create and assign NotebookLM and Gems in Google Classroom

Educators can now create "Gems" and "Notebooks" directly within Google Classroom, streamlining the process of building and sharing AI-powered learning materials. Rolling out from September 16, 2025, this feature allows teachers to leverage AI for generating study guides, quizzes, and interactive content, seamlessly integrating these tools into their curriculum.

2025-09-25

Generate stories using Gemini with Read Along in Google Classroom

Gemini in Google Classroom is introducing "Read Along" and story generation features, offering interactive AI-powered tools to enhance literacy and creative writing for students. Rolling out from September 16, 2025, this functionality provides personalized reading assistance and inspires imaginative storytelling within the educational environment.

2025-09-25

Configure up to 20 conditional notifications per Google Sheet

Google Sheets is increasing its limit for conditional notifications to 20 per sheet, enabling users to create more complex and targeted alert systems. Rolling out from September 23, 2025, this enhancement allows for advanced automation in data monitoring and task management within spreadsheets, improving responsiveness to critical data changes.

2025-09-25

Gems in Gemini Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI™) is now rolling out

Gemini Gems, a new AI-powered learning tool, is integrating with Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standards, allowing seamless integration with various educational platforms. Rolling out from September 23, 2025, this feature enables educators to easily incorporate AI-generated quizzes, flashcards, and summaries into existing Learning Management Systems, enhancing personalized learning.

2025-09-25

Updates to Gmail log events

Gmail log events are being updated to provide more detailed and comprehensive audit trails for administrators, enhancing security monitoring and compliance. Rolling out from September 23, 2025, this improvement enables better tracking of email activity, aiding in incident response and forensic analysis for enterprise users.

2025-09-25

September Workspace Drop: Nano Banana in Slides, shareable Gems, new Vids features, and more!

The September Google Workspace drop introduces new AI-powered features across the suite, including Nano Banana in Google Slides for enhanced presentation design, advanced Gemini capabilities, and new video editing features in Google Vids. These updates aim to boost creativity and productivity, enabling users to generate content, summarize information, and create engaging visuals more efficiently.

2025-09-24

AI-Powered app summaries in the AppSheet Admin console

The AppSheet Admin Console will now provide AI-generated summaries of applications, offering administrators quick insights into app functionality and usage. Rolling out from September 9, 2025, this feature streamlines app management and governance by providing concise overviews, helping administrators understand and manage their no-code solutions more efficiently.

2025-09-24

Limited promotion of expanded access to AI features in Google Vids for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning users

Google Vids AI is gaining expanded access for educational institutions, making its video creation capabilities more widely available to students and educators. Rolling out from September 16, 2025, this initiative empowers the education sector to leverage AI for creating engaging instructional content and student projects, fostering creativity and digital literacy.

2025-09-24

Reporting rules are now activity rules

"Reporting Rules" in the Google Admin console are being renamed to "Activity Rules," indicating an expanded scope beyond mere reporting to include automated actions and alerts based on user activity. Rolling out from September 16, 2025, this change provides administrators with more powerful tools for managing security, compliance, and user behavior across Workspace.

2025-09-24

Gemini in Google Sheets now provides smarter, more conversational formula generation

Gemini in Google Sheets is introducing smarter natural language formula generation, allowing users to create complex spreadsheet formulas using everyday language. Rolling out from September 16, 2025, this enhancement democratizes data analysis by making advanced functions accessible to a wider audience, thereby improving productivity and reducing errors.

2025-09-24

Create videos from your existing Google Slides presentations using Gemini in Google Vids

Gemini in Google Vids now allows users to create videos directly from Google Slides presentations, transforming static content into dynamic visual narratives. Rolling out from September 16, 2025, this feature streamlines video production for presentations, marketing, and educational content, leveraging AI for smooth transitions and compelling storytelling.

2025-09-24

Introducing new Gmail notification features on Android and iOS devices

Gmail is rolling out improved notification controls and experiences for Android and iOS users, allowing for greater customization and relevance. Rolling out from September 9, 2025, this update aims to reduce notification fatigue and help users prioritize important emails, ultimately enhancing mobile productivity and focus.

2025-09-23

Build a deeper understanding of a topic with Learning Guide in Notebook LM

A new Learning Guide for NotebookLM is being released, specifically tailored for Google Workspace for Education users, to help educators and students maximize the AI tool's potential. Available from September 9, 2025, this guide provides comprehensive resources for using NotebookLM for research, study, and content creation, fostering effective learning strategies.

2025-09-23

Refine Google Chat messages with Gemini to communicate with confidence and clarity

Gemini is integrating with Google Chat to help users refine their messages, offering AI-powered suggestions for tone, clarity, and conciseness. Rolling out from September 9, 2025, this feature aims to improve communication quality and efficiency, allowing users to craft more professional and impactful messages directly within Chat.

2025-09-23

Generate data with AI function in Sheets now available in seven additional languages

Google Sheets' AI functions are expanding to support new languages, making advanced data analysis capabilities accessible to a broader global audience. Rolling out from September 9, 2025, this enhancement democratizes data processing and formula generation for non-English speaking users, significantly improving productivity worldwide.

2025-09-23

Upcoming Change to Drive Sharing Permissions

Google Drive is implementing an upcoming change to its sharing settings, introducing more explicit controls and warnings to prevent accidental oversharing of sensitive documents. Rolling out from September 9, 2025, this update aims to significantly enhance data security and privacy, particularly for enterprise users managing confidential information.

2025-09-22

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - September 19, 2025

The Weekly Recap for September 19, 2025, highlights the availability of Gemini in Chrome admin settings and new Gem sharing features within the Gemini app. It also covers proactive summaries for Google Forms and the "Ask Gemini" feature in Google Meet, detailing advancements in AI governance, collaboration, and data insights.

2025-09-19

Get proactive summaries of text responses in Forms

Gemini is now providing proactive summaries for Google Forms responses, offering quick insights into survey data and feedback. Rolling out from September 2, 2025, this feature helps users rapidly analyze large datasets from forms, identifying key trends and themes without manual review, thereby enhancing data analysis efficiency.

2025-09-18

Introducing Gems sharing in the Gemini app, including admin controls

The Gemini app in Google Workspace is introducing "Gem sharing," enabling users to easily share AI-generated content, insights, and workflows with others. Rolling out from September 2, 2025, this feature enhances collaboration and knowledge sharing by making AI-powered outputs more accessible and integrable into team workflows.

2025-09-18

Gemini in Chrome will soon be generally available, pre-configure access for end users in advance

Administrative settings for Gemini in Google Chrome are now available, enabling Workspace administrators to manage and configure the AI browsing assistant for their organizations. Rolling out from September 2, 2025, this feature provides IT teams with granular control over AI functionality, ensuring compliance and responsible AI usage across the enterprise.

2025-09-18

5 ways to boost your team’s productivity with the Gemini app, featuring new sharable Gems

The Gemini app, with its new shareable 'Gems,' offers five key ways to boost team productivity by streamlining tasks, enhancing collaboration, and accelerating content creation. Users can leverage Gemini for instant summaries, personalized content generation, task automation, and shared knowledge, fostering a more efficient and innovative work environment within Google Workspace.

2025-09-17

Changes to Manage Google Meet hardware and calendars privilege

Google Meet hardware is undergoing changes to its Calendar administrative privileges, allowing for more granular control over device management and scheduling integration. Rolling out from September 2, 2025, this update aims to improve the security and efficiency of meeting room management for IT administrators.

2025-09-17

Quizzes in the Gemini app are now available to under-18 users

The Gemini app's quiz features are now available for users under 18, specifically for those with Google Workspace for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning Upgrade licenses. Rolling out from September 2, 2025, this initiative expands access to AI-powered learning tools, enabling younger students to engage with interactive quizzes and personalized study materials.

2025-09-17

Ask Gemini in Meet: Your Personal Meeting Assistant

Google Meet is integrating an "Ask Gemini" feature, allowing users to query the AI assistant for meeting-related information, summaries, or contextual help during calls. Rolling out from September 2, 2025, this feature aims to improve meeting efficiency and information recall by providing instant AI assistance without interrupting the flow of conversation.

2025-09-17

A leader’s guide to five essential AI prompts

This guide outlines five essential AI prompts for leaders to maximize the effectiveness of generative AI, focusing on clarity, context, constraint, examples, and iteration. By mastering these prompting techniques, leaders can better leverage AI tools like Gemini to generate strategic insights, improve decision-making, and enhance team productivity across Google Workspace applications.

2025-09-16

Google Workspace partners with AODocs and LumApps to offer a SharePoint Server alternative

Google Workspace has expanded its ecosystem by partnering with AODocs and LumApps, integrating their specialized solutions to enhance content management and employee experience. AODocs will provide advanced document lifecycle and compliance capabilities, while LumApps will offer an AI-powered employee experience platform, both designed to seamlessly extend Google Workspace's functionality for enterprise clients.

2025-09-16

Enhancing meeting privacy for copied Calendar events

Google Calendar is implementing enhanced meeting privacy controls for duplicate events, ensuring that sensitive information isn't inadvertently shared across multiple identical calendar entries. Rolling out from September 2, 2025, this feature helps users maintain confidentiality and prevents accidental data exposure in complex scheduling scenarios.

2025-09-16

Seamlessly join Google Meet conferences from any calendar app

Google Meet links will now be visible within other calendar applications, including Microsoft Outlook, improving meeting join experiences for users in mixed environments. Rolling out from September 2, 2025, this interoperability enhancement simplifies access to Google Meet calls regardless of the user's preferred calendar platform.

2025-09-16

Automatically install Chat apps to your conversations

Google Chat is introducing automatic app installation for Workspace administrators, allowing them to pre-deploy relevant chat applications to users or spaces. Rolling out from September 2, 2025, this feature streamlines app management and ensures that teams have access to necessary productivity and automation tools from the outset.

2025-09-16

Now generally available: Convert your Client-side encrypted Google Sheets after a Vault or Takeout export

Google Sheets now offers full client-side encryption (CSE) support, providing enhanced data privacy and security for highly sensitive spreadsheet content. Rolling out from September 2, 2025, this feature ensures data is encrypted before leaving the user's device, offering an additional layer of protection particularly vital for regulated industries.

2025-09-16

Zoppas Industries adopts Google Workspace with Gemini to boost global collaboration and efficiency

Zoppas Industries, a global leader in heating elements, has embraced Google Workspace with Gemini to enhance global collaboration and operational efficiency across its 16 factories in 10 countries. The AI assistant helps Zoppas streamline communication, automate tasks like summarizing documents, and improve decision-making, leading to significant productivity gains and fostering innovation within its diverse workforce.

2025-09-15

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - September 12, 2025

The Weekly Recap for September 12, 2025, highlights Gemini summaries on the Drive Home page and NotebookLM's new flashcards and quizzes for education. It also covers condensed version history in Google Sheets and the beta launch of the Shared Signals Framework, detailing advancements in AI insights, data management, and security.

2025-09-12

Educators and students can now create Flashcards, Quizzes and new Reports in NotebookLM

NotebookLM is adding new features such as flashcards, quizzes, and detailed reports, enhancing its utility as an AI-powered study tool for Google Education users. Rolling out from August 26, 2025, this expansion provides students with more interactive ways to learn and test their knowledge, while offering educators insights into student progress.

2025-09-11

See file summaries on the Home page in Google Drive

Gemini is now integrated into the Google Drive Home page, providing AI-generated summaries of recently accessed or important documents. Rolling out from August 26, 2025, this feature helps users quickly grasp the essence of their files, significantly enhancing information retrieval and productivity without requiring them to open each document.

2025-09-11

Available in closed beta: enhancing security outcomes with the Shared Signals Framework

Google Workspace is launching a beta for the Shared Signals Framework, aiming to enhance security outcomes by enabling real-time threat intelligence sharing between various security vendors. Rolling out from August 26, 2025, this initiative improves enterprise cybersecurity posture through collaborative defense mechanisms and faster incident response.

2025-09-10

Understand changes more quickly with condensed version history in Sheets

Google Sheets is introducing a condensed version history feature, simplifying the review and reversion to previous spreadsheet states without sifting through granular changes. Rolling out from August 26, 2025, this enhancement improves collaboration and data integrity by streamlining the management of document revisions.

2025-09-10

Public notebooks in partnership with OpenStax

NotebookLM is partnering with OpenStax to offer public Notebooks, providing free, high-quality educational resources integrated with AI-powered study tools. Rolling out from August 26, 2025, this collaboration expands access to open educational resources, enabling students to leverage AI for personalized learning with trusted academic content.

2025-09-09

Get real-time push notifications for reactions on your messages in Google Chat

Google Chat is introducing push notifications for message reactions, ensuring users are promptly alerted to interactions on their messages. Rolling out from August 26, 2025, this feature aims to improve engagement and responsiveness in conversations, helping users stay informed about social feedback in real-time.

2025-09-08

Work smarter: Discover our best AI productivity tools for enhanced efficiency

Google Workspace is showcasing its best AI productivity tools, including Gemini, NotebookLM, and Google Vids, designed to help users work smarter and enhance efficiency. These tools offer capabilities ranging from drafting content and summarizing documents to generating presentations and creating videos, empowering individuals and teams to automate routine tasks and focus on strategic initiatives.

2025-09-05

Use Gemini to refine text in Slides

Gemini is now integrated into Google Slides to help users refine text, offering AI-powered suggestions for clarity, conciseness, and tone. Rolling out from August 19, 2025, this feature enhances presentation quality and efficiency by assisting users in crafting impactful content directly within their slides.

2025-09-05

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - September 5, 2025

The Weekly Recap for September 5, 2025, highlights Gemini's ability to refine text in Google Slides and create videos from Slides in Google Vids. It also covers the introduction of Google AI Pro for Education and a new document scanning UI in Google Drive mobile, showcasing advancements in AI-powered content creation, education, and mobile productivity.

2025-09-05

Unlock your AI potential, one “Boost Bite” at a time

To unlock AI potential, Google emphasizes a 'boost and bite' approach, encouraging users to integrate AI tools like Gemini into daily workflows for small, incremental gains that collectively lead to significant productivity improvements. This strategy, backed by the Google Guides program, aims to demystify AI and foster widespread adoption across Google Workspace applications, enabling users to automate tasks, generate content, and summarize information more efficiently.

2025-09-04

Stay on top of your schedule while on the go with Google Calendar

Google Calendar is introducing new features designed to help users stay on top of their schedules while on the go, enhancing mobile productivity and organization. Updates include improved glanceable widgets, faster event creation, and better integration with other Google Workspace apps to streamline time management and reduce scheduling friction for busy professionals.

2025-09-03

Mercer International unlocks $3 million a year in productivity gains using Google Workspace with Gemini

Mercer International, a global leader in the pulp and lumber industry, has achieved significant productivity gains by implementing Google Workspace with Gemini across its operations. Gemini helps Mercer employees, including CFO Bill Short, automate administrative tasks, streamline communications in Gmail, and summarize complex financial reports, allowing them to focus on strategic analysis and decision-making.

2025-09-03

'Help me create' in Google Vids now includes support for Google Slides

Google Vids now allows users to create videos by directly importing content from Google Slides presentations, streamlining the process of transforming static content into dynamic video. Rolling out from August 19, 2025, this integration is useful for presentations, marketing, and educational materials, enhancing multimedia content creation.

2025-09-03

Google AI Pro for Education subscription now available to Workspace for Education customers

Google is introducing "Google AI Pro for Education," a suite of advanced AI tools and resources specifically designed for the education sector. Rolling out from August 19, 2025, this initiative aims to empower educators and students with cutting-edge AI capabilities for personalized learning, content creation, and administrative efficiency within Workspace for Education.

2025-09-02

Revamping the scanned documents editing experience in Google Drive on Android devices

Google Drive on mobile devices is receiving a new document scanning user interface, enhancing the experience of digitizing physical documents. Rolling out from August 19, 2025, this update makes it easier for users to capture, organize, and manage physical paperwork digitally, significantly improving mobile productivity and document management.

2025-09-01

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - August 29, 2025

The Weekly Recap for August 29, 2025, highlights new features such as daily exports for Google Drive, and the ability to convert images to videos with Google Vids. It also covers AI avatars in Vids, transcript-based video editing, and enhanced Gemini features in Google Sheets, showcasing advancements in data management, AI-powered video creation, and spreadsheet intelligence.

2025-08-29

Collaboration in the age of AI

Collaboration in the age of AI is being transformed by tools like Gemini, which streamline workflows and foster more innovative teamwork across Google Workspace. AI assists with summarizing meetings, drafting communications in Gmail and Docs, and generating ideas, enabling teams to spend less time on routine tasks and more on strategic, creative problem-solving and deep collaboration.

2025-08-28

Daily Exports for Google Drive inventory reporting is now available in open beta

Google Drive is introducing daily data exports, allowing administrators to schedule regular backups of their organization's Drive data. This feature, rolling out from August 12, 2025, enhances data governance, compliance, and disaster recovery strategies by ensuring consistent and automated data preservation.

2025-08-28

August Workspace Drop: Unlock insights and get up to speed quickly with new AI features in Sheets, NotebookLM, and more!

The August Google Workspace drop introduces significant AI-powered features, including enhanced capabilities in Google Sheets for data analysis and deeper integration of NotebookLM for advanced research. These updates aim to boost productivity by enabling users to automate data insights, summarize extensive documents, and generate content more efficiently across their daily workflows.

2025-08-27

New easy ways to create and edit videos with gen AI in Google Vids

Google Vids, an AI-powered video creation and editing application within Google Workspace, is enabling users to generate and refine professional-quality videos with ease. This new tool leverages generative AI to assist with scriptwriting, storyboarding, and video production, making video creation accessible for internal communications, training, and marketing without requiring extensive expertise.

2025-08-27

Gemini in Google Sheets helps you create dynamic and easily referenced tables

Gemini in Google Sheets is enhancing its capabilities to assist users with data analysis, formula generation, and insight extraction using natural language. Rolling out from August 12, 2025, this feature makes complex spreadsheet tasks more accessible and efficient, significantly improving productivity for a wide range of users.

2025-08-27

Edit videos more easily using the transcript in Google Vids

Google Vids is integrating AI-powered transcript-based video editing, allowing users to edit videos by simply editing the generated text transcript. Rolling out from August 12, 2025, this feature simplifies the video editing process, making it more accessible and efficient by transforming text edits into precise video adjustments.

2025-08-27

Deliver your message with AI avatars in Google Vids

Google Vids is introducing AI-generated avatars, allowing users to create personalized virtual presenters for their videos. This feature, rolling out from August 12, 2025, enhances video production by offering customizable, synthetic characters, useful for explainer videos, marketing, and e-learning without needing real actors.

2025-08-27

Convert images to video with Veo 3 in Google Vids

Google Vids, powered by Veo 3 AI, now allows users to convert static images into dynamic videos, leveraging advanced AI for motion and storytelling. This feature, rolling out from August 12, 2025, democratizes video creation, enabling users to transform visual assets into engaging multimedia content with ease.

2025-08-27

Supporting our EU customers with their DPIAs: Google's commitment to privacy and security with Google Workspace with Gemini

Google is providing Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) support for Google Workspace with Gemini, demonstrating its commitment to data privacy and regulatory compliance, particularly for sensitive enterprise data. This initiative helps organizations meet stringent data protection requirements, like GDPR, by outlining how Gemini processes data while ensuring security and privacy within the Workspace environment.

2025-08-26

Context-Aware Access policies can now be applied to all internal and third-party apps using OpenID Connect

Google Workspace is enhancing security with Context-Aware Access for OpenID Connect (OIDC) applications, allowing administrators to define granular access policies based on user context. Rolling out from August 12, 2025, this feature strengthens zero-trust security models by ensuring secure access to third-party apps, thereby improving data protection and compliance.

2025-08-26

Adding image support to Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive

Gemini can now be used on images stored in Google Drive, providing AI-powered analysis, categorization, and editing suggestions for visual content. This integration, rolling out from August 12, 2025, enhances asset management and content creation by allowing users to leverage AI for their image libraries directly within Drive.

2025-08-26

Image editing now available in the Gemini app

The Gemini app is now offering image editing capabilities, allowing users to modify and enhance images directly within the AI assistant. Rolling out from August 12, 2025, this feature expands Gemini's utility as a comprehensive creative tool, enabling users to perform tasks like resizing, cropping, and applying filters with AI assistance.

2025-08-26

Let others easily book time with you using the new pre-configured Google Calendar booking page

Google Calendar is introducing pre-configured appointment booking pages, simplifying the process for users to set up and share their availability for meetings and consultations. Rolling out from August 5, 2025, this feature enhances personal and professional scheduling efficiency, making it easier for clients and colleagues to book time.

2025-08-22

Edit your Google Drive videos in your browser, using Google Vids

Google Vids now allows users to directly edit videos stored in Google Drive, streamlining the video production workflow within the Workspace ecosystem. Rolling out from August 5, 2025, this feature enables seamless content creation and collaboration by eliminating the need to download and re-upload video files for editing.

2025-08-22

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - August 22, 2025

The Weekly Recap for August 22, 2025, highlights the ability to edit Google Drive videos directly in Google Vids and new pre-configured appointment booking in Google Calendar. It also covers Gemini Live integration with Calendar, Tasks, and Keep, alongside ServiceNow integration with Google Chat and Sheets, showcasing advancements in video editing, scheduling, AI integration, and enterprise tools.

2025-08-22

Effortlessly work with ServiceNow data across Google Chat and Sheets

ServiceNow is integrating with Google Chat and Google Sheets, enabling seamless workflows between IT service management and Workspace collaboration tools. Rolling out from August 5, 2025, this integration allows users to manage service requests, update tickets, and analyze data directly from Chat and Sheets, significantly improving IT efficiency and communication.

2025-08-21

Incorporate information from Calendar, Tasks, and Keep in your conversations with Gemini Live

Gemini Live is integrating with Google Calendar, Tasks, and Keep, providing real-time AI assistance across scheduling, task management, and note-taking. Rolling out from August 5, 2025, this feature enhances personal organization and productivity by offering dynamic AI support for managing daily workflows and information.

2025-08-21

Google Workspace with Gemini allows MERGE to build a more innovative, effective, and creative team

Merge, a company known for its digital solutions, is leveraging Google Workspace with Gemini to foster an innovative, effective, and creative team environment. Gemini helps Merge employees streamline content creation, summarize information, and enhance collaboration, enabling the team to focus on strategic initiatives and deliver more impactful results across their projects.

2025-08-19

Create and manage student groups using the Google Classroom API

The Google Classroom API is being updated to allow for the creation and management of student groups, providing educators and developers with programmatic control over class organization. Rolling out from August 5, 2025, this feature enhances flexibility for customized learning environments, differentiated instruction, and integration with third-party educational tools.

2025-08-19

Arrow keys now move an object by a pixel distance in Google Slides

Google Slides is introducing a precision editing feature that allows users to move objects by a single pixel using arrow keys, enhancing design control. Rolling out from August 5, 2025, this update significantly improves the ability to fine-tune visual layouts and alignment in presentations, catering to detailed design needs and improving overall presentation quality.

2025-08-19

Increased credit limit for Google AI Ultra for Business users and expanded country availability to Whisk

Google is increasing the credit limit for its AI Ultra Business offering in "Whisk countries," signaling expanded access to advanced AI capabilities for businesses in specific regions. This initiative aims to foster greater adoption and utilization of AI solutions, supporting innovation and growth for enterprises in these markets.

2025-08-18

Coming soon: A refreshed user interface for Google Meet hardware touch controllers, test it now in preview

Google Meet hardware touch controllers are receiving an early preview of a refreshed user interface for "Rooms," designed to streamline meeting control and improve usability. Rolling out from July 29, 2025, this update aims to enhance the in-room meeting experience by making it more intuitive and efficient for starting and managing video conferences.

2025-08-18

Catch up on unread messages within a conversation in Google Chat

Gemini in Google Chat is introducing a feature to help users catch up on unread conversations by providing AI-generated summaries of missed messages. Rolling out from August 5, 2025, this functionality improves communication efficiency and reduces information overload by allowing users to quickly grasp the essence of past discussions.

2025-08-18

Improving the ISEMAIL and ISURL functions in Google Sheets

Google Sheets is improving the accuracy and functionality of its ISMAIL and ISURL functions, enhancing data validation and processing capabilities. Rolling out from August 5, 2025, this update helps users more reliably identify and work with email addresses and URLs within their spreadsheets, ensuring cleaner and more accurate data.

2025-08-18

Listen to your documents using Gemini in Google Docs

Gemini in Google Docs now allows users to listen to documents, leveraging AI-powered text-to-speech technology for enhanced accessibility and review. Rolling out from August 5, 2025, this feature enhances productivity by enabling auditory content consumption, offering an alternative way to proofread or process information, especially for mobile users or those with visual impairments.

2025-08-18

Google Workspace Updates Recap - August 15, 2025

The Weekly Recap for August 18, 2025, highlights app access control request approval and the ability to replace or expand image backgrounds in Slides and Vids. It also covers sorting notes in Google Keep for Android, adding events to Gmail and Calendar via Gemini on mobile, and NotebookLM Gems LTI integration, detailing advancements in security, AI visual editing, mobile organization, and educational AI.

2025-08-15

Approval workflow for enterprise users to request access to unconfigured apps

Google Workspace is enhancing app access control by introducing request access approval workflows for third-party applications. Rolling out from August 12, 2025, this feature provides administrators with granular control over which apps can access organizational data, significantly improving security and compliance by preventing unauthorized data exposure.

2025-08-14

New apps for Google Chat make teamwork more fluid and connected

Google Chat is introducing new apps and integrations designed to improve teamwork and streamline workflows, making it a more powerful collaboration hub within Google Workspace. These updates enable users to connect with essential business tools, automate tasks, and enhance communication, fostering a more efficient and productive team environment.

2025-08-13

Quickly add events to Google Calendar with Gemini in Gmail on mobile

Gemini on mobile devices now allows users to add events directly to Google Calendar from Gmail, streamlining event creation and scheduling. Rolling out from August 12, 2025, this feature leverages AI to parse email content and intelligently suggest calendar entries, significantly enhancing productivity for mobile users.

2025-08-13

Sorting your notes in Google Keep on Android devices

Google Keep on Android is introducing new sorting options for notes, allowing users to organize their information more efficiently. Rolling out from August 12, 2025, this update enhances personal organization and productivity by providing flexible ways to arrange notes, such as by date, title, or custom order.

2025-08-13

Adding AI image editing features to Google Slides and Google Vids

Google Slides and Google Vids are integrating AI-powered features to replace and expand image backgrounds, allowing for creative visual adjustments. Rolling out from August 12, 2025, this feature simplifies complex image manipulation tasks, enabling users to quickly customize visuals for presentations and videos without requiring advanced graphic design skills.

2025-08-13

Adding NotebookLM and Gems to Gemini Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI™)

NotebookLM Gems are integrating into the Gemini LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) framework, allowing educators to seamlessly incorporate NotebookLM's AI-powered learning modules into their Learning Management Systems. Rolling out from August 12, 2025, this feature expands the reach of NotebookLM's tools, providing more personalized and interactive learning experiences through existing educational platforms.

2025-08-12

Full screen for screen sharing

Google Meet is introducing an enhanced full-screen experience, optimizing the display for video calls and content sharing. Rolling out from August 12, 2025, this update aims to improve user focus and engagement during meetings by maximizing screen real estate and minimizing distractions, thereby enhancing the overall virtual meeting environment.

2025-08-11

Granular OAuth consent in Google Apps Editor Add-ons

Google apps are introducing granular OAuth consent, allowing users to grant more specific permissions to third-party applications when linking their Google accounts. Rolling out from August 12, 2025, this enhancement improves user privacy and security by providing finer control over data access, significantly reducing the risk of over-privileged app permissions.

2025-08-11

Use Gemini in Google Docs to generate images on Android devices

Gemini in Google Docs on Android is gaining the ability to generate images directly from text prompts, allowing users to create visual content within their documents. Rolling out from August 12, 2025, this feature enhances mobile document creation and visual storytelling by integrating AI-powered image generation, significantly boosting creativity and efficiency.

2025-08-11

Deploy Context-Aware Access levels in “Warn” mode

Google Workspace's Context-Aware Access is introducing a "warn mode" that alerts users when their access conditions are not met, rather than outright blocking them. Rolling out from August 12, 2025, this feature offers a more flexible approach to security policy enforcement, informing users about non-compliance while potentially allowing temporary access, aiding policy adoption and troubleshooting.

2025-08-11

Transforming HR workflows with AI

Turing, a global talent platform, is transforming its HR workflows through the strategic implementation of AI, streamlining recruitment and talent management processes. By leveraging AI to automate candidate sourcing, screening, and onboarding, Turing significantly reduces manual effort, improves efficiency, and enhances the overall employee experience within their operations, complementing tools like Google Workspace.

2025-08-07

Receive more in-depth responses from Gemini in Google Drive on PDF queries

Gemini in Google Drive is being enhanced to support larger PDFs and longer contexts, allowing users to interact with documents up to 2 million words or approximately 3,000 pages for summarization, questions, and extracting information. This capability is rolling out to users with Gemini for Google Workspace or the Gemini Business and Enterprise add-ons, significantly improving information retrieval from extensive documents.

2025-08-07

Google Meet logs will now show encryption type for call endpoints

Google Workspace will enhance audit logs for Google Meet by adding encryption type details for client-side encrypted (CSE) meetings, providing greater transparency and control for administrators. This update, rolling out starting August 19, 2025, will show whether a meeting uses Google-managed or external encryption keys via the Admin console and Reports API.

2025-08-07

Language expansion for “suggested next steps” when using “Take Notes for Me”

Google Meet's "Take notes for me" feature, powered by Gemini, is expanding its language support to include French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish, in addition to English, for summarizing meetings and suggesting next steps. This enhancement will also support the summarization of client-side encrypted meetings, aiming to boost productivity for a broader global user base.

2025-08-07

Use Gemini to create illustrated storybooks

Google is introducing an Illustrated Storybook feature powered by Gemini in Google Workspace, allowing users to generate and personalize audio-visual storybooks from text prompts. Available to Gemini for Google Workspace users and those with the Gemini add-on, this feature supports various styles and allows users to export stories to Google Docs or as MP4 video files, rolling out to Rapid Release domains from August 19, 2025.

2025-08-07

Ask Gemini in Google Forms to suggest new questions

Gemini in Google Forms is being updated to allow users to generate more targeted and relevant follow-up questions for existing forms or new forms based on specific topics. This feature, available to those with a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on, aims to improve survey design and data collection efficiency by leveraging AI suggestions.

2025-08-06

New study tools in the Gemini app to help you learn more effectively

Gemini is integrating new study tools into Google Workspace, allowing students to generate quizzes, study guides, and flashcards directly from Google Docs, Google Slides, and PDFs. This feature, available for Gemini for Google Workspace Education upgrades and the Gemini add-on, aims to enhance learning and preparation for exams by making study material creation more efficient.

2025-08-06

Upcoming changes to reboot, alert, and log settings for Google Meet hardware devices

Google Meet Hardware is receiving updates to enhance manageability and monitoring, including a new setting to schedule reboots at specific times, an alert log for device issues, and time zone settings that sync with the Admin console. These improvements aim to simplify device management and ensure optimal performance for Google Meet rooms.

2025-08-05

Export Gemini Audit logs to BigQuery

Google Workspace administrators can now export Gemini audit logs to BigQuery, providing enhanced capabilities for security investigations, compliance, and custom reporting on Gemini usage. This feature, available for Gemini for Google Workspace customers, allows for more granular analysis of AI interactions within the organization.

2025-08-04

NotebookLM is now available to all education users

NotebookLM, an AI-powered note-taking and research assistant, is now generally available to all Google Workspace users globally, expanding beyond its initial beta for Education customers. This tool allows users to upload documents, PDFs, and Google Slides to generate summaries, outlines, and ask questions, enhancing productivity and knowledge management.

2025-08-04

Automatic Room Check-in in Google Meet with Proximity Detection

Google Meet is introducing automatic room check-in for Google Meet Hardware devices, utilizing ultrasonic signals to detect user presence and confirm meeting attendance. This feature aims to improve room utilization data and prevent abandoned meetings, automatically ending a meeting or releasing the room if no one checks in.

2025-08-04

Introducing enhanced interoperability between Google Chat and Microsoft Teams — powered by NextPlane

Google Chat is introducing enhanced interoperability features, allowing users to chat directly with individuals on external messaging platforms like Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Zoom Team Chat within the Google Chat interface. This aims to streamline communication and reduce context switching by integrating with other popular platforms.

2025-08-01

Build and deploy a single app across Chat, Gmail, Calendar, Drive and more with the Workspace add-ons framework

Google Workspace is rolling out the capability for developers to build and deploy a single application that functions seamlessly across Google Chat, Google Docs, and Google Sheets. This new framework aims to streamline development and enhance app functionality within the Google Workspace ecosystem, reducing redundant development efforts for multi-platform integrations.

2025-07-31

Train multiple models for AI classification for Google Drive on demand

Google Drive's AI classification for data loss prevention (DLP) is being enhanced with multi-model support, allowing administrators to select different AI models for improved classification accuracy, and on-demand model training for custom data sets. This update provides more granular control and better precision in identifying and protecting sensitive information within Google Drive.

2025-07-30

Google Workspace named a Leader in Forrester Wave UCaaS 2025 Report

Google Workspace has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS), Q1 2025 report, highlighting its strong offerings in collaboration, communication, and AI integration. This recognition solidifies Google Workspace's position as a top choice for enterprises seeking comprehensive, AI-powered solutions to enhance productivity and teamwork.

2025-07-29

Defending against account takeovers from today’s top threats with passkeys and DBSC

Google is bolstering defenses against account takeovers, a top cybersecurity threat, by promoting the adoption of passkeys and device-bound session cookies (DBSC). These advanced authentication methods significantly reduce reliance on passwords, offering stronger protection against phishing and credential stuffing attacks across Google Workspace and other Google services, enhancing overall user security.

2025-07-29

Increased limits to Gemini 2.5 Pro for Gemini for Education users, free of charge

Google is increasing the rate limits for Gemini 1.5 Pro within Google Workspace to 60 queries per minute (QPM), up from 25 QPM, and introducing additional capacity for concurrent calls to the API. This enhancement aims to support more intensive AI workloads and improve performance for developers utilizing Gemini in their applications.

2025-07-29

Audit log changes for select Google Meet hardware settings

Google Workspace is updating audit logs for several Google products, including Google Groups, Classroom, and Cloud Search, to provide more detailed events and improved visibility for administrators. These enhancements aim to strengthen security, compliance, and administrative oversight across various services within the Google Workspace ecosystem.

2025-07-29

Introducing Video Overviews and upgrades to the Studio panel in NotebookLM

NotebookLM is introducing new features including Video Overviews that summarize key topics from YouTube videos, and an updated Studio panel for organizing sources, notes, and generated content. These enhancements aim to streamline research workflows, making it easier to digest video content and manage information within the AI-powered note-taking application.

2025-07-29

Questrade Financial Group transforms productivity using Google Workspace with Gemini

Questrade Financial Group, a leading online brokerage, is transforming productivity by integrating Gemini into Google Workspace, enabling its employees to enhance efficiency across various operations. Gemini helps Questrade streamline content creation, summarize complex financial documents, and improve communication, allowing teams to focus more on strategic initiatives and client service within a regulated financial environment.

2025-07-24

Because you asked: Our top 10 Workspace productivity tips

This article shares the top 10 productivity tips for maximizing Google Workspace, focusing on features that streamline workflows, enhance collaboration, and improve time management. Tips include leveraging smart canvases, utilizing focus time in Calendar, mastering keyboard shortcuts, and organizing files efficiently in Google Drive to boost individual and team efficiency.

2025-07-24

July Workspace feature drop: Create videos with Veo 3 in the Gemini app, summarize videos with Gemini in Drive, and more

The July Google Workspace feature drop introduces significant enhancements, including advanced capabilities for Google Veo 3 for creative content generation and AI-powered video summaries in Google Drive. These updates aim to boost productivity and collaboration by enabling users to quickly grasp video content and efficiently create high-quality visual assets, leveraging generative AI.

2025-07-23

Thumbnail previews will now show on video progress bar in Google Drive

Google Drive is enhancing its video playback experience with thumbnail previews that indicate video progress when hovering over the seek bar, similar to YouTube. This feature allows users to quickly navigate to specific points in a video, improving efficiency for reviewing and accessing content stored in Drive.

2025-07-22

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - July 18, 2025

Google Workspace Release Notes for July 18, 2025, highlight new features including the general availability of enhanced Google Chat interoperability with external platforms and Google Drive's AI classification updates with multi-model support. Other updates cover improved audit logs for Google Groups and Classroom, and increased Gemini 1.5 Pro rate limits for developers.

2025-07-18

Designing self-guided learning for your career with generative AI

Google offers strategies for designing self-guided learning paths using AI, particularly focusing on how Gemini can aid in career development and skill acquisition. By leveraging Gemini to summarize complex information, generate personalized learning materials, and provide tailored feedback, individuals can efficiently acquire new knowledge and adapt to evolving job market demands, enhancing professional growth.

2025-07-17

Enterprise security controls for Google Workspace with Gemini

Google is implementing robust enterprise security controls for Google Workspace with Gemini, addressing critical concerns around data privacy, governance, and compliance for businesses. These controls include data residency options, access management, and enhanced logging capabilities, ensuring that AI-powered functionalities can be adopted securely within regulated environments.

2025-07-16

Use Gemini in Google Docs on iOS devices in 20+ languages

Gemini is now available in Google Docs on iOS devices, allowing users to leverage AI capabilities like drafting, summarizing, and brainstorming directly within the Docs mobile app. This expansion brings enhanced productivity features to a wider range of mobile users, accessible to those with the Gemini add-on for Google Workspace.

2025-07-16

Now generally available: extract and categorize data in AppSheet with the power of Gemini

AppSheet's "Extract and Categorize with Gemini" feature is now generally available, enabling users to automatically extract and categorize unstructured data from various sources using AI. This capability, powered by Gemini, streamlines data processing and organization within AppSheet applications, enhancing automation and efficiency for businesses.

2025-07-16

Link your Google Calendar booking pages when composing emails in Gmail

Google Calendar booking pages can now be easily linked directly from Gmail, allowing users to share their availability for meetings more efficiently via email. This integration aims to streamline scheduling processes, making it simpler for recipients to book appointments without leaving their inbox.

2025-07-15

Now Generally Available: Migrate files from Microsoft SharePoint Online to Google Drive

The migration tool for moving Microsoft SharePoint Online content to Google Workspace is now generally available, enabling organizations to seamlessly transfer files and data. This full rollout follows a successful open beta, facilitating a smoother transition for enterprises looking to consolidate their cloud storage and collaboration platforms.

2025-07-14

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - July 11, 2025

Google Workspace Release Notes for July 11, 2025, announce the general availability of the Microsoft SharePoint Online migration tool to Google Workspace and the 'Extract and Categorize with Gemini' feature in AppSheet. Other updates include Gemini's availability in Google Docs on iOS and the ability to link Google Calendar booking pages in Gmail.

2025-07-11

How-to guide: Achieving digital sovereignty with Google Workspace

Google Workspace is enabling organizations to achieve digital sovereignty through robust data residency options, transparent security controls, and adherence to local regulations, particularly crucial for public sector and highly regulated industries. This commitment ensures that data processing and storage comply with national requirements, providing customers with greater control and confidence over their digital assets and operations.

2025-07-10

Introducing Lucidchart and Lucidspark apps in Google Chat

Lucidchart and Lucidspark have launched new Google Chat apps, allowing users to receive notifications and share diagrams, whiteboards, and visual content directly within Google Chat. This integration aims to enhance real-time collaboration and streamline workflows for visual communication within Google Workspace.

2025-07-10

Beyond the prompt: Resources to get started with Workspace with Gemini today

Google offers comprehensive resources to help users move 'beyond the prompt' and master advanced techniques for leveraging Gemini's full potential within Google Workspace. These resources include guides on prompt engineering, best practices for integrating AI into workflows, and case studies highlighting how Gemini enhances productivity and creativity for various tasks, from drafting emails to analyzing data.

2025-07-09

Manage email subscriptions from a single location in Gmail

Gmail is introducing improved controls for managing email subscriptions directly within the inbox, allowing users to easily unsubscribe from mailing lists with enhanced tools. This feature aims to help users reduce inbox clutter and manage their email preferences more efficiently.

2025-07-08

Search for embedded content in Google Sites

Google Sites is enhancing its search capabilities to include embedded content, allowing users to find information within embedded Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and other files. This update improves discoverability and efficiency when searching for specific information within a Google Site.

2025-07-08

Drive IRM Update: More Control for File Owners and Shared Drive Managers

Google Drive is introducing more granular Information Rights Management (IRM) controls for file owners and Shared Drive managers, allowing them to restrict download, print, and copy options for specific users or groups. This enhancement provides greater control over sensitive data and improves data security within Google Drive.

2025-07-08

Use Gemini in Google Drive to execute basic organizational tasks

Gemini in Google Drive is being enhanced to execute basic organizational tasks, such as finding, categorizing, and summarizing files, through natural language prompts. This AI-powered capability aims to boost user productivity and streamline file management by simplifying complex operations within Drive.

2025-07-07

Google Drive Events API now available in Developer Public Preview

The Google Drive Events API is now generally available, allowing developers to programmatically access and monitor changes to files and folders in Google Drive in real-time. This API enhances integrations with third-party applications and enables more sophisticated automation and data synchronization workflows.

2025-07-07

Improved email notifications following Google Meet calls, plus new sharing controls for meeting hosts

Google Meet's "Take notes for me" feature is receiving improvements, including clearer email notifications for meeting summaries and enhanced host controls over who receives them. This update aims to provide more streamlined information sharing and better management of meeting follow-ups.

2025-07-07

Live stream viewers can now send chat messages, plus additional host controls

Google Meet live stream viewers can now send chat messages during events, enhancing interaction, and hosts gain more controls over live stream participants and chat functionality. These updates aim to create a more engaging and manageable experience for large-scale presentations and webinars.

2025-07-02

Join a client-side encrypted meeting from a Google Meet Hardware device

Google Meet Hardware devices can now join client-side encrypted (CSE) meetings, ensuring enhanced security and privacy for sensitive discussions. This feature extends end-to-end encryption to hardware-based meeting rooms, improving compliance and data protection for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus customers.

2025-07-02

AppSheet Updates: New Licenses page in the AppSheet Admin Console and group based license controls for Enterprise Plus licenses

AppSheet is rolling out updates to its license management within the Google Workspace Admin console, providing administrators with more granular control and visibility over user licenses. These improvements aim to simplify the assignment and monitoring of AppSheet licenses across an organization.

2025-07-02

Gems are now available in the side panel of Google Workspace apps

Google Workspace is introducing "Gems" in the side panel of various apps, providing quick access to generative AI capabilities powered by Gemini directly within the user's workflow. This integration allows users to leverage AI for drafting, summarizing, and brainstorming without leaving their current Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides documents.

2025-07-02

Because you asked: Achieving more with Google Workspace

This article provides practical tips for achieving more with Google Workspace, focusing on optimizing daily workflows and leveraging built-in collaboration features. Strategies include utilizing Google Calendar for efficient scheduling, organizing files in Google Drive, enhancing communication with Google Chat, and employing Smart Canvas to streamline document creation and teamwork.

2025-07-01

Improving Google Meet hardware admin log events with more granular information

Google Meet Hardware is receiving improvements to its admin log events, providing more detailed information for troubleshooting and monitoring device health and usage. This enhancement allows administrators to more effectively manage and diagnose issues with their Google Meet room systems.

2025-07-01

Access Gemini Audit logs using the Reporting API, the security and audit investigation tools

Google Workspace is rolling out Gemini audit logs and a new Reporting API, providing administrators with detailed insights into AI interactions and user activity for security and compliance purposes. These tools allow organizations to monitor how Gemini is being used, aiding in investigations and maintaining data governance standards.

2025-07-01

Google Workspace: Enabling FINRA compliance and enhanced capabilities for Financial Services organizations

Google Workspace is enhancing its capabilities to enable FINRA compliance for financial services firms, addressing stringent regulatory requirements for data retention, e-discovery, and secure communication. New features and integrations are designed to help organizations meet industry standards while leveraging Google Workspace's collaborative and AI-powered tools, like Gemini, for increased productivity and efficiency.

2025-06-30

Gemini in Google Classroom is now available to all Google Workspace for Education editions, with added features

Gemini is now available in Google Classroom for all Google Workspace for Education editions, including Fundamentals, Standard, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Plus. This integration brings AI capabilities to help educators with tasks like generating assignments and providing feedback, enhancing teaching and learning experiences.

2025-06-30

Google Vids is now available for all Google Workspace for Education customers

Google Vids, an AI-powered video creation app, is now available for Google Workspace for Education customers, allowing educators and students to easily create engaging videos. This tool leverages AI to streamline video production, making it accessible for educational content and presentations.

2025-06-30

FINRA Compliance for Google Workspace: Google Drive and Calendar Updates

Google Workspace has achieved FINRA compliance for Google Drive and Google Calendar, making these services suitable for financial institutions requiring strict regulatory adherence. This certification ensures that data handling and record-keeping meet the high standards set by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

2025-06-30

Hardware Key Certificate Management for client-side encryption in Gmail

Google Workspace is introducing Hardware Key and Certificate Management for Client-Side Encryption (CSE) in Gmail, allowing organizations to integrate their existing hardware security modules (HSMs) for managing encryption keys. This provides enhanced security and control over sensitive email data, meeting stringent compliance requirements for enterprise and government clients.

2025-06-30

Now generally available: prevent sensitive changes by locking Google Groups

Locked Google Groups, which prevent members from leaving, are now generally available, providing administrators with more control over group memberships for critical communications. This feature is particularly useful for ensuring mandatory participation in groups for compliance, security, or essential information dissemination within organizations.

2025-06-30

Introducing more granular controls for multi-party approvals for sensitive admin actions

Google Workspace is introducing more granular controls for multi-party approvals on sensitive admin actions, allowing organizations to customize approval workflows for critical changes. This enhancement provides an additional layer of security and oversight, ensuring that high-impact administrative tasks require multiple authorizations.

2025-06-27

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - June 27, 2025

Google Workspace Release Notes for June 27, 2025, announce the general availability of locked Google Groups and hardware key certificate management for Gmail's client-side encryption. Other updates include FINRA compliance for Google Drive and Calendar, and the availability of Google Vids and Gemini in Google Classroom for Education customers.

2025-06-27

Push what’s possible with Google AI Ultra for Business

Google AI Ultra for Business is introduced as a premium tier of Gemini, designed to provide advanced generative AI capabilities tailored for enterprise use cases within Google Workspace. This offering delivers enhanced performance, greater context windows, and robust security features, empowering businesses to tackle complex tasks like advanced data analysis, sophisticated content generation, and intricate workflow automation.

2025-06-26

Introducing Google AI Ultra for Business: Providing Access to Advanced AI Features and Next-Gen tools

Google AI Ultra is being introduced for business users, offering advanced AI capabilities for enhanced productivity and problem-solving across various Google Workspace applications. This premium AI model is designed to handle more complex tasks, generate higher-quality content, and provide deeper insights for enterprise clients.

2025-06-26

June Workspace feature drop: Create with Veo 3 in Google Vids and connect the Gemini app with your Google Workspace apps and more

The June Google Workspace drop introduces significant advancements, including new capabilities for creating content with Google Veo 3 and new features within Google Vids for video editing. Additionally, the Gemini app receives updates to enhance connectivity and collaboration, further integrating AI-powered assistance across Google Workspace applications for improved productivity and creative output.

2025-06-25

Generate data with Gemini in Google Sheets

Gemini in Google Sheets now allows users to generate data, such as sample datasets or placeholder information, directly within their spreadsheets using natural language prompts. This feature, available for Gemini for Google Workspace users, streamlines data entry and content creation for analysis and prototyping.

2025-06-25

See summaries of even more file types directly in Google Chat

Google Chat is expanding its capability to provide AI-powered summaries of more shared file types, allowing users to quickly grasp the content of attached documents without opening them. This feature, leveraging Gemini, enhances productivity by making information more accessible within chat conversations.

2025-06-25

Updates to the GitHub app for Google Chat

The GitHub App for Google Chat is receiving updates to improve integration and notification capabilities, allowing developers to receive more relevant alerts and collaborate on code changes directly within Google Chat. This enhancement aims to streamline development workflows and foster better team communication.

2025-06-25

Gemini Add-ons will no longer appear under subscriptions in the Admin console for Workspace Business and Enterprise customers

Google Workspace is updating the Admin console's Subscriptions page to provide more detailed information and easier management for Gemini add-ons. This improvement allows administrators to better track and control Gemini licenses and features across their organization.

2025-06-25

Equifax embraces secure generative AI with Gemini

Equifax, a global data, analytics, and technology company, is embracing Gemini for secure innovation across its business units, leveraging its capabilities within Google Workspace. Gemini helps Equifax enhance productivity, streamline data analysis, and accelerate report generation while maintaining stringent security and compliance standards, critical for the financial services industry.

2025-06-24

Adding granular control options for who can respond to existing Google Forms

Google Forms is introducing more granular controls for existing forms, allowing creators to manage permissions and settings with greater precision. This update enhances security and administrative oversight, ensuring that forms are distributed and accessed according to specific organizational needs.

2025-06-23

Google Classroom now supports exporting grades and importing data with STLink SIS

Google Classroom is enhancing its interoperability by allowing easier exporting of grades and importing of data from Student Information Systems (SIS) like STLink. This integration streamlines grade management and data synchronization for educators, reducing manual entry and improving accuracy.

2025-06-23

Changes to "Who can manage" and "Who can view" members in Google Groups starting September 15, 2025

Google Groups is introducing upcoming changes to how custom roles are managed, offering more precise controls over who can manage and view specific roles within a group. This update aims to enhance administrative flexibility and security for complex group structures.

2025-06-23

The Gemini app is now available to all education users

The Gemini app is now available for all Google Workspace for Education users across all editions, providing advanced AI capabilities for drafting, summarizing, and brainstorming directly within their workflow. This wide rollout aims to empower educators and students with generative AI tools to enhance learning and productivity.

2025-06-20

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - June 20, 2025

Google Workspace Release Notes for June 20, 2025, detail updates including more granular controls for multi-party approvals in admin actions and the rollout of Google AI Ultra for business users. Other highlights cover improved Gemini add-on management in the Admin console, updates to the GitHub App for Google Chat, and expanded AI summaries for shared files in Google Chat.

2025-06-20

Google Meet now offers customizable caption styling

Google Meet is rolling out customizable caption styling, allowing users to adjust the font size, color, and background of live captions to suit their preferences. This accessibility improvement enhances the meeting experience for individuals with diverse visual needs and preferences.

2025-06-17

Adding new admin settings to control Google Form responses

Google Forms is introducing new admin settings to give organizations more control over how responses are collected and managed, including options for submission limits and data retention. These enhancements improve data governance and compliance capabilities for Google Forms usage within an enterprise.

2025-06-17

Create a Google Vid from Google Slides

Google Vids, the AI-powered video creation app, now allows users to directly create videos from Google Slides presentations, leveraging AI to transform static content into dynamic visual narratives. This feature streamlines the production of educational and business videos, making it easier to repurpose existing materials.

2025-06-17

Data migration log events are available in the Admin console

Google Workspace is introducing new data migration log events in the Admin console, providing administrators with detailed visibility into the progress and status of data transfers. These logs aim to improve monitoring and troubleshooting for IT teams managing large-scale migrations to Google Workspace.

2025-06-17

Generate charts and valuable insights using Gemini in Google Sheets in additional languages

Gemini in Google Sheets is expanding its language support, allowing users to generate charts and insights from data using natural language prompts in additional languages beyond English. This enhancement aims to make data analysis and visualization more accessible to a global user base.

2025-06-17

Join a meeting using “companion mode” from Android and iOS tablets

Google Meet's Companion Mode is expanding to Android and iOS devices, allowing users to access interactive features like polls, Q&A, and hand raising from their mobile devices while in a meeting room. This mobile integration enhances hybrid meeting experiences by providing all participants with equal engagement opportunities.

2025-06-13

Introducing the Comeen Workplace AI Agent for the Comeen Google Chat app

Comeen, a workplace experience platform, has launched an AI Agent Google Chat app that helps users manage their office environment, such as booking meeting rooms or finding desks, through natural language commands. This integration streamlines workplace operations and enhances employee productivity via an AI-powered assistant.

2025-06-13

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - June 13, 2025

Google Workspace Release Notes for June 13, 2025, highlight the availability of the Gemini app for all Google Workspace for Education users and expanded language support for Gemini in Google Sheets for chart generation. Other updates include new data migration log events in the Admin console, the ability to create Google Vids from Google Slides, and customizable caption styling for Google Meet.

2025-06-13

4 ways Gemini in Google Sheets helps small businesses get insights faster

Gemini in Google Sheets offers small businesses four key ways to gain insights faster: automating data organization, generating complex formulas, summarizing data sets, and creating insightful charts. This integration empowers small business owners to streamline financial analysis, inventory management, and customer data reporting, leading to more informed decisions and increased efficiency without requiring extensive data science expertise.

2025-06-12

Introducing PDF summary cards in Google Drive

Google Drive is introducing AI-powered PDF summary cards, providing quick overviews of PDF content without requiring users to open the full document. This feature, leveraging Gemini, enhances productivity by allowing users to rapidly assess the relevance and key takeaways of documents, rolling out to Gemini for Google Workspace customers.

2025-06-12

New host management control for who can ask to join a meeting

Google Meet is introducing improved host management controls for handling 'ask to join' requests, allowing hosts to more efficiently manage who enters their meetings. This update provides greater security and control over meeting access, reducing disruptions and enhancing meeting integrity.

2025-06-12

Use Gemini in Google Forms to quickly create a new form

Google Forms is introducing a "Help me create" feature powered by Gemini, allowing users to generate new forms, question types, and survey content using natural language prompts. This AI-driven tool streamlines the form creation process, making it easier and faster to design effective surveys and data collection instruments.

2025-06-11

Beyond the prompt: Mastering the “deep end” with generative AI

Mastering the 'deep end' of generative AI requires understanding advanced prompt engineering techniques, iterative refinement, and strategic application of models like Gemini across complex workflows. Google provides guidance for users to move beyond basic prompts, enabling them to harness generative AI for sophisticated tasks such as multi-modal content creation, complex problem-solving, and in-depth research within Google Workspace.

2025-06-10

Migrate email and calendar content from Microsoft Exchange Online to Google Workspace

Google Workspace is rolling out a new migration tool that allows organizations to seamlessly transfer email and calendar content from Microsoft Exchange Online to Google Workspace. This tool aims to simplify the transition process for businesses moving from Microsoft's ecosystem to Google's cloud collaboration platform.

2025-06-10

Use Gemini in Google Forms to summarize form responses

Gemini in Google Forms is being enhanced to summarize survey responses, providing quick insights and key themes from collected data. This AI-powered analysis tool helps users efficiently understand feedback and make data-driven decisions without manually sifting through numerous responses.

2025-06-10

New class analytics and insights for educators in Google Classroom

Google Classroom is introducing new class analytics and insights tools to help educators monitor student engagement, performance, and assignment completion. These features provide valuable data to inform teaching strategies and support student success, rolling out to Google Workspace for Education customers.

2025-06-09

Use Gemini in Google Docs on Android devices in 20+ languages

Gemini is now available in Google Docs on Android devices, enabling users to leverage AI for tasks like drafting, summarizing, and brainstorming directly within the mobile app. This rollout extends powerful generative AI capabilities to Android users, enhancing mobile productivity for Google Workspace subscribers.

2025-06-09

Audit reports for data regions are now available in the Admin console

Google Workspace is introducing new policy compliance log events related to data regions, providing administrators with detailed audit trails for data residency adherence. These logs offer transparency and accountability, crucial for organizations operating under strict regulatory frameworks.

2025-06-09

Data regions support for Gemini features in Google Workspace is now available

Google Workspace is extending data regions support to Gemini features, allowing organizations to specify where their AI-processed data is stored and processed. This enhancement provides greater control over data residency, helping businesses meet compliance requirements and data sovereignty mandates.

2025-06-09

Generate fully editable charts using Gemini in Google Sheets

Gemini in Google Sheets now generates fully editable charts, allowing users to customize AI-created visualizations directly within their spreadsheets. This feature provides flexibility and control, making it easier to refine and tailor data representations generated by AI.

2025-06-09

Generate video clips with sound using Veo 3 in Google Vids

Google Vids is being enhanced with the ability to generate video clips complete with sound, leveraging the Veo3 AI model, allowing users to create more dynamic and engaging videos. This feature further automates and enriches the video production process for users creating content for business or education.

2025-06-09

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - June 6, 2025

Google Workspace Release Notes for June 6, 2025, announce the expansion of Companion Mode to Android and iOS for Google Meet and enhanced host controls for joining requests. Other updates include AI-powered PDF summary cards in Google Drive, the "Help me create" and "Summarize responses" features in Google Forms, and new migration tools for Microsoft Exchange Online content.

2025-06-06

How project managers can become AI trailblazers

Project managers can become AI trailblazers by integrating generative AI tools, such as Gemini within Google Workspace, to enhance planning, execution, and communication. AI can assist with drafting project plans, summarizing status reports in Google Docs, managing risks, and automating routine tasks, allowing project managers to focus on strategic oversight and team leadership, thereby improving project outcomes and efficiency.

2025-06-05

Infoxchange crafts tailored educational resources in hours instead of days with NotebookLM

Infoxchange, a non-profit technology provider, is significantly accelerating the creation of educational resources by using NotebookLM, powered by Gemini, within Google Workspace. This AI-powered research assistant enables Infoxchange to synthesize information and draft content in hours instead of days, drastically improving efficiency in developing digital literacy training for disadvantaged communities in Australia.

2025-06-04

Google Meet and Cisco Webex interoperability now includes presented content via a wired HDMI connection

Google Meet is improving interoperability with Cisco Webex, allowing users to present content via a wired HDMI connection from Google Meet Hardware to Webex meetings. This enhancement simplifies hybrid meeting setups, enabling seamless sharing of content across different video conferencing platforms.

2025-06-04

Upload code folders or import your GitHub repositories directly into the Gemini app

Gemini now allows users to upload entire code folders and link GitHub repositories as context for AI interactions, enhancing its capabilities for developers and coders. This feature streamlines code analysis, debugging, and generation by providing Gemini with comprehensive project understanding.

2025-06-04

Use suggestions in your client-side encrypted Google Docs

Google Docs now supports the use of editing suggestions in client-side encrypted (CSE) documents, enabling collaborative feedback and revisions while maintaining enhanced data security. This feature, available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus customers, ensures sensitive content can be worked on securely and cooperatively.

2025-06-04

Present content from camera in Google Meet

Google Meet is introducing the ability to present content directly from a camera, allowing users to share physical objects, whiteboards, or documents more easily during video calls. This feature enhances versatility for presentations and interactive discussions in both educational and professional settings.

2025-06-04

Stay up to date on the latest changes to your files in Drive using “Catch me up”

Google Drive is introducing a new "Catch me up" feature, powered by Gemini, that provides AI-generated summaries of recent activity and changes within a document or shared folder. This tool helps users quickly get up to speed on collaborative projects, improving productivity and information recall.

2025-06-03

Integrate Jira with Gmail to create, update, and track work items directly in your inbox

The Jira and Confluence apps are now integrated with Gmail, allowing users to receive notifications and interact with tasks and documents directly from their inbox. This integration streamlines workflows for project management and collaboration, reducing context switching for users of both Atlassian and Google services.

2025-06-02

Preview summaries in the Google Chat home view with the help of Gemini in four additional languages

Google Chat's Gemini-powered summaries are now available in four new languages: French, German, Japanese, and Spanish, in addition to English. This expansion allows a broader international user base to quickly grasp the essence of lengthy chat conversations and shared documents, enhancing global collaboration and productivity.

2025-05-30

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - May 30, 2025

Google Workspace Release Notes for May 30, 2025, announce the ability to present content from a camera in Google Meet and support for suggestions in client-side encrypted Google Docs. Other updates include Gemini's capability to upload code folders and GitHub repositories, improved Google Meet and Cisco Webex interoperability, and the "Catch me up" feature in Google Drive.

2025-05-30

Democratizing app development using AppSheet with Gemini

Google is democratizing app development by integrating Gemini into AppSheet, its no-code development platform, empowering citizen developers to create powerful applications with greater ease and speed. This AI integration allows users to build custom apps by simply describing their needs in natural language, automating complex logic and data connections to enhance business processes across Google Workspace.

2025-05-29

New Gemini summary cards now available in the Gmail app on Android and iOS devices

Gemini-powered summary cards are coming to the Gmail app, providing users with quick, AI-generated overviews of lengthy email threads without needing to open each message. This feature aims to boost mobile productivity by allowing users to rapidly triage and process their inbox content.

2025-05-29

May Workspace feature drop: New AI features for better collaboration and research, plus NotebookLM Mind Maps

The May Google Workspace feature drop introduces a suite of new AI capabilities, enhancing productivity across applications like Gmail, Docs, and Slides. These updates include advanced drafting features, intelligent summaries, and improved content generation with Gemini, designed to streamline workflows and foster creativity for users in their daily tasks.

2025-05-28

Understand your videos much faster using Gemini in Google Drive

Google Drive is integrating Gemini to help users understand videos by providing AI-powered summaries, key topics, and answer questions directly from video content stored in Drive. This feature transforms video files into more interactive and searchable assets, significantly boosting productivity for content review and analysis.

2025-05-28

Configure Calendar interoperability with Microsoft Office 365 using the Microsoft Graph API

Google Calendar is improving interoperability with Microsoft Office 365 calendars using the Microsoft Graph API, allowing for more seamless scheduling and presence updates between the two platforms. This enhancement simplifies cross-organizational collaboration and meeting coordination for mixed IT environments.

2025-05-28

Introducing video engagement insights in Google Drive

Google Drive is introducing video engagement insights for videos stored on the platform, providing creators with data on viewer behavior, such as watch times and popular segments. This feature helps content creators understand audience engagement and optimize their video content strategies.

2025-05-27

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - May 23, 2025

Google Workspace Release Notes for May 23, 2025, announce Gemini summaries in Google Chat available in four new languages and Gemini summary cards in the Gmail app. Other updates include improved Google Calendar interoperability with Microsoft Office 365, Gemini's ability to understand videos in Google Drive, and new video engagement insights for Google Drive.

2025-05-23

Because you asked: Spring clean your calendar with Workspace

This article offers practical tips for 'spring cleaning' Google Calendar and overall Google Workspace to enhance productivity and reduce digital clutter. Recommendations include decluttering old events, utilizing focus time, streamlining notification settings, and regularly reviewing shared calendars to optimize scheduling and improve time management for a more efficient workday.

2025-05-22

The latest updates for Deep Research in Gemini

Gemini at I/O 2025 received deep research updates, showcasing enhanced capabilities for complex information synthesis and multi-modal understanding, improving its ability to conduct thorough research and provide comprehensive answers. These advancements position Gemini as a more powerful AI assistant for knowledge workers and researchers across Google Workspace.

2025-05-22

Available in Open Beta: Migrate files from Microsoft SharePoint Online to Google Drive

Google Workspace announced the open beta for migrating Microsoft SharePoint Online content to Google Workspace, offering organizations a streamlined tool for transferring files and data. This initiative aims to simplify transitions for enterprises consolidating their cloud infrastructure and collaboration tools.

2025-05-21

New ways Workspace with Gemini helps you do your best work — every day

Google Workspace is introducing new features and enhancements, particularly with Gemini integration, designed to empower users to do their best work through advanced AI assistance. These updates streamline tasks like drafting documents in Google Docs, analyzing data in Google Sheets, and generating presentations in Google Slides, enabling users to focus on higher-value activities and foster greater creativity.

2025-05-20

More ways to create with Canvas

Google Workspace is expanding integration with Canvas LMS, enabling more ways to create content using Gemini, such as generating assignment prompts, discussion topics, and rubrics. This collaboration enhances the capabilities of educational tools by infusing AI-powered assistance directly into learning workflows.

2025-05-20

Personalize learning with Quizzes, available through Canvas in the Gemini app

Gemini is integrating with Canvas to generate quizzes, allowing educators to quickly create assessments from course materials. This AI-powered feature aims to streamline content creation for learning management systems, enhancing productivity for teachers and providing diverse assessment options.

2025-05-20

Google Vault improves Google Drive search and export: now with document ID and more shared drive options

Google Vault is receiving updates to its search and export capabilities for Google Drive, providing enhanced tools for eDiscovery, compliance, and information governance. These improvements enable administrators to more effectively manage and retrieve data from Drive for legal and regulatory purposes.

2025-05-19

Available in beta: Edit client-side encrypted Microsoft Word files with Google Docs

Google Docs now allows users to edit client-side encrypted (CSE) Microsoft Word files directly, providing enhanced security for collaborative work on sensitive documents. This feature improves interoperability and maintains data protection when working with Microsoft Office files within Google Workspace.

2025-05-19

Ask Gemini in Gmail on mobile to perform Google Calendar related actions

Gemini in Gmail on mobile devices can now reference Google Calendar, allowing users to quickly access and leverage their schedule information when composing emails or responding to messages. This integration enhances mobile productivity by providing contextual assistance for scheduling and communication directly within the email app.

2025-05-19

Use Google Classroom in even more languages

Google Classroom is expanding its language support to include even more languages, making the platform accessible to a wider global audience of educators and students. This update aims to foster inclusive learning environments and reduce language barriers in education worldwide.

2025-05-19

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - May 16, 2025

Google Workspace Release Notes for May 16, 2025, cover deep research updates for Gemini from I/O 2025 and the open beta for Microsoft SharePoint Online migration to Google Workspace. Other announcements include Gemini's integration with Canvas for quiz generation, expanded language support for Google Classroom, and the ability to edit client-side encrypted Microsoft Word files with Google Docs.

2025-05-16

Help, not hype: AI built for how you actually work

Google emphasizes Gemini's practical application for 'help, not hype,' showcasing how its AI capabilities genuinely assist users within Google Workspace applications. Gemini's integration streamlines daily tasks such as drafting emails in Gmail, summarizing documents in Google Docs, and generating ideas for presentations, providing tangible productivity benefits and enabling users to focus on meaningful work.

2025-05-14

Extract and categorize data in AppSheet with the power of Gemini

AppSheet is integrating Gemini to enable users to automatically extract and categorize unstructured data from various sources using AI. This feature streamlines data processing workflows, making it easier for users to build intelligent applications without code and improve data organization.

2025-05-14

Upcoming Changes to Microsoft Exchange Migrations

Google Workspace is announcing upcoming changes to its migration tools for Microsoft Exchange, indicating improvements and expanded capabilities for transferring data to Google Workspace. These updates aim to simplify and accelerate the migration process for organizations transitioning from Exchange environments.

2025-05-14

Supercharging employee experience and reducing routine work with Gemini at ATB Financial

ATB Financial is supercharging its employee experience and significantly reducing routine work by integrating Gemini into Google Workspace across its operations. Gemini helps employees automate tasks like drafting communications and summarizing reports, allowing them to focus on strategic initiatives and customer engagement, leading to enhanced productivity and job satisfaction within the financial institution.

2025-05-13

Use Gemini in Google Sheets to quickly add dropdowns, pivot tables, filters, and more

Gemini in Google Sheets is introducing advanced actions, allowing users to perform complex data manipulations, generate formulas, and automate tasks with natural language commands. This enhancement boosts productivity for data analysis and spreadsheet management, making powerful features more accessible to a wider audience.

2025-05-13

Google Workspace apps for Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, Calendar, Keep, and Tasks are now generally available for the Gemini app

Google Workspace applications are now generally available within the Gemini app, allowing users to seamlessly interact with Docs, Sheets, and Slides content through Gemini's AI interface. This integration provides a unified experience for leveraging generative AI across core Workspace tools, enhancing productivity and content creation.

2025-05-13

Use Gemini in Drive to interact with folders in 20+ additional languages

Gemini in Google Drive is expanding its language support and adding folder-level analysis, allowing users to summarize, query, and organize content across entire folders in multiple languages. This enhancement significantly improves information retrieval and productivity for multi-lingual teams managing large volumes of documents.

2025-05-12

Wake Forest University redefines cybersecurity with Google Workspace for Education Plus

Wake Forest University is redefining its cybersecurity posture by implementing Google Workspace Education Plus, enhancing protection for its 8,700 students and staff. The advanced security features, including robust data loss prevention and sophisticated threat detection, help the university safeguard sensitive information, ensure compliance, and build a resilient digital environment against evolving cyber threats.

2025-05-09

Conduct in-depth two-way conversations with Gemini Live

Gemini Live introduces in-depth, two-way voice conversations, allowing users to interact naturally and interrupt Gemini for adaptive responses. This feature is now globally available on the Gemini mobile app for Google Workspace users with Gemini Business, Enterprise, and Education upgrades, as well as Gemini Advanced subscribers. It enhances conversational AI interactions with real-time, fluid dialogue.

2025-05-09

Gemini app reporting now available for all Google Workspace for Education customers

Google Vault is expanding to support Gemini app content for all Google Workspace for Education customers, including Fundamentals, Standard, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Plus editions. This update enables administrators to retain, hold, search, and export Gemini conversations, enhancing e-discovery and data governance for educational institutions. The gradual rollout began on May 9, 2025.

2025-05-09

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - May 9, 2025

The Google Workspace release notes for May 9, 2025, announced several new features including granular OAuth consent for Workspace add-ons, Gemini support in Google Vault for Education customers, and Gemini Live for in-depth two-way conversations. Users can now also generate custom video clips in Google Vids, while administrators gain the ability to pre-configure the Gemini app conversation history setting, and Gmail is updating its support for the 3DES encryption cipher for incoming SMTP connections.

2025-05-09

Fullstory writes collaboration into its culture with Google Workspace and Gemini

FullStory is fostering a stronger collaboration culture by leveraging Google Workspace with Gemini, enhancing productivity and creative workflows across its global teams. Gemini assists FullStory employees in streamlining content creation, summarizing complex data, and improving communication, allowing them to focus on customer experience insights and product development, leading to more efficient and impactful outcomes.

2025-05-07

Beyond the prompt: How to create a Google Guides program to drive adoption of Workspace with Gemini

The Google Guides Program is designed to drive the adoption of Google Workspace with Gemini by equipping users with the knowledge and skills to move 'beyond the prompt.' This initiative provides practical guidance, training, and best practices for leveraging AI across applications like Gmail and Docs, helping users maximize productivity and creativity while addressing potential challenges.

2025-05-06

Gmail will soon stop support for the 3DES encryption cipher for incoming SMTP connections

Gmail is deprecating support for the outdated and vulnerable 3DES encryption cipher for incoming SMTP connections, effective May 22, 2025, for rapid release and June 5, 2025, for scheduled release domains. This security enhancement aims to protect user data by ensuring only modern, robust encryption ciphers are used for email communication. Administrators should verify their systems support current encryption standards to avoid service disruption.

2025-05-06

Granular OAuth consent in HTTP Google Workspace add-ons

Google Workspace Add-ons now feature granular OAuth consent scopes, empowering users to grant specific, limited permissions to third-party add-ons rather than broad data access. This significantly enhances user security and transparency regarding data sharing. Developers are encouraged to update their add-ons to utilize these new scopes, which will become mandatory for all add-ons by late 2025.

2025-05-06

Generate custom video clips in Google Vids with Veo 2

Google Vids now enables users to generate custom video clips from scratch using text prompts, leveraging its "Help me create" capabilities. This allows for specifying clip length, visual style, and types of shots like B-roll footage or abstract graphics, greatly simplifying video creation. The feature is available to all Google Vids users, enhancing AI-powered video production.

2025-05-06

Pre-configure Gemini app conversation history admin settings before they take effect

Google Workspace administrators can now pre-configure the Gemini app conversation history setting, allowing them to set a default on/off state for new users or enforce a specific setting. This control over conversation history impacts Gemini's learning and personalization capabilities for users. The feature is available across Google Workspace Business, Enterprise, Education, and Nonprofits editions, enhancing administrative oversight.

2025-05-05

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - May 2, 2025

The Google Workspace release notes for May 2, 2025, highlight two significant updates: users can now initiate conversations with Gemini directly within Google Drive about specific files to gain insights. Additionally, Google Voice has introduced three-way call support and received an updated user interface, enhancing communication capabilities.

2025-05-02

Bringing human ingenuity and gen AI into creative harmony

MAS, a global apparel and textile manufacturer, is augmenting human ingenuity with generative AI within Google Workspace, significantly enhancing its design and operational processes. By using AI tools like Gemini to accelerate ideation, optimize workflows, and analyze complex data, MAS reduces time-to-market and fosters innovation across its creative teams, demonstrating the power of human-AI collaboration.

2025-05-01

Google Voice gets support for three way calling and a refreshed in-call user interface

Google Voice has introduced three-way call support for all Workspace users, enabling them to easily add a third participant to an active call. Concurrently, the user interface across Google Voice's web, iOS, and Android platforms has been updated to enhance the overall user experience. This update, which began its gradual rollout on May 2, 2025, improves communication flexibility for businesses.

2025-05-01

Start a conversation with Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive about specific files

Google Drive now allows users to start conversations with Gemini directly about specific files like Docs, Sheets, Slides, and PDFs, leveraging the file's content for context. Gemini can summarize documents, answer questions, and provide insights, enhancing productivity and understanding of file contents. This feature is available to Workspace users with Gemini Business, Enterprise, or Education upgrades, and Gemini Advanced subscribers, with a gradual rollout from May 2, 2025.

2025-05-01

Google named a leader in IDC Marketscape: Worldwide Team Collaboration Applications 2024 Vendor Assessment

Google Workspace has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Team Collaboration Applications 2024 Vendor Assessment, recognizing its robust suite of tools for enhancing teamwork and productivity. This acknowledgment highlights Google Workspace's strengths in integrating AI, fostering seamless communication, and supporting diverse organizational needs for effective collaboration.

2025-04-30

Use NotebookLM to generate Audio Overviews more than 50 languages

NotebookLM's Audio Overviews feature is significantly expanding its language support to 35 new languages, including Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Korean. This update enables users worldwide to listen to AI-generated summaries of their research sources in their preferred language. The enhancement is available to all NotebookLM users, improving accessibility and research efficiency.

2025-04-29

Expanding Google Vids to Business Starter, Enterprise Starter and Nonprofit customers

Google Vids, the AI-powered video creation tool, is now expanding its availability to Google Workspace Business Starter, Enterprise Starter, and Nonprofits editions. This significant expansion provides more organizations with access to Vids' capabilities for generating engaging videos using AI. The gradual rollout commenced on April 29, 2025, broadening its reach beyond the previously supported Business Standard, Plus, Enterprise Standard, Plus, and Education Plus tiers.

2025-04-29

Express yourself and quickly respond to emails with emojis reactions in Gmail

Gmail has introduced emoji reactions, allowing users to quickly and visually respond to emails without composing a full message, mirroring functionality in other messaging platforms. This feature is available on both web and mobile platforms for Google Workspace accounts, though it is not supported for client-side encrypted messages. The gradual rollout of emoji reactions began on April 30, 2025.

2025-04-29

Because you asked: My favorite ways to use Gemini at work

This article highlights favorite practical ways to use Gemini in daily work within Google Workspace, focusing on boosting personal productivity and streamlining common tasks. Examples include generating professional emails in Gmail, summarizing long documents in Google Docs, brainstorming ideas for presentations, and quickly extracting key information from various sources, making workflows more efficient and less time-consuming.

2025-04-28

Enhance Your Organization’s Security with Out-of-Domain File Warnings in Google Workspace

Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides are introducing new out-of-domain file warnings to enhance data security for Google Workspace users. These warnings will alert users when they open files originating from outside their organization's trusted domain, helping to prevent accidental data leakage. This feature, gradually rolling out from April 24, 2025, is particularly beneficial for users leveraging Advanced Protection Program or strict Workspace security settings.

2025-04-28

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - April 25, 2025

The Google Workspace release notes for April 25, 2025, announced several updates, including the expansion of NotebookLM's Audio Overviews to 35 new languages and the introduction of out-of-domain file warnings in Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides for enhanced security. Additionally, Google Vids is now available for Business Starter, Enterprise Starter, and Nonprofits editions, while Gmail users can enjoy new emoji reactions.

2025-04-25

Three best practices to simplify eDiscovery exports and litigation holds with Google Vault

Google Vault offers three best practices to simplify eDiscovery exports and litigation holds, crucial for legal and compliance teams managing data within Google Workspace. These practices include organizing data effectively, leveraging advanced search and export functionalities, and implementing consistent retention policies to ensure legal defensibility and streamline complex data requests.

2025-04-24

Beyond the Prompt: ATB Financial’s 5 tips to drive Workspace with Gemini adoption

ATB Financial shares five key tips for driving successful adoption of Google Workspace with Gemini, emphasizing change management, clear communication, and empowering employees. Strategies include creating internal champions, providing tailored training, celebrating early successes, and focusing on practical use cases that deliver immediate value to teams across the organization, fostering a culture of AI integration.

2025-04-24

April Workspace feature drop: New AI features across Gemini, Chat, Gmail, and Slides to boost your productivity

The April Google Workspace feature drop introduces new AI enhancements across Gemini, Google Chat, Gmail, and Google Slides, aiming to boost productivity and collaboration. Updates include smarter drafting in Gmail, AI-powered summaries in Chat, and advanced content generation in Slides, enabling users to streamline workflows and create compelling content more efficiently.

2025-04-23

Data classifications labels for Gmail are now generally available

Gmail Data Classification Labels are now generally available, providing administrators with the ability to apply labels like "Internal" or "Confidential" to emails. This feature helps enforce Data Loss Prevention (DLP) rules, automate security policies, and educate users on sensitive data handling practices. Available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and existing Drive and Chat classification labels, it enhances data security and compliance across organizations.

2025-04-23

Introducing Frontline Plus: Enhanced Security and AI features for Frontline Workers

Google Workspace Frontline Plus is a new offering designed for frontline workers, enhancing Frontline Standard with advanced security and AI capabilities. This comprehensive suite includes sophisticated Data Loss Prevention (DLP), a security center, email encryption, AppSheet Core, and Gemini Business, providing robust tools for a critical workforce. Frontline Plus became available for purchase on April 24, 2025.

2025-04-23

Adding new capabilities to student groups in Google Classroom

Google Classroom is rolling out new student group capabilities, enabling educators to easily create and manage student groups for collaborative assignments and differentiated instruction. This enhancement supports teamwork and personalized learning experiences within the classroom. The feature is available to Google Workspace for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers, with a gradual rollout beginning April 23, 2025.

2025-04-22

Introducing even more high-quality Google Slides templates to elevate your presentations

Google Slides is significantly expanding its template gallery with the addition of even more high-quality, modern templates designed to facilitate the creation of professional and engaging presentations. This update provides Google Workspace users with a wider array of design options and layouts. The new templates are available to all Google Workspace users, enhancing productivity and visual appeal.

2025-04-22

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - April 18, 2025

The Google Workspace release notes for April 18, 2025, announced the general availability of data classification labels for Gmail, offering enhanced security. New high-quality templates were added to Google Slides, and Google Classroom gained new student group capabilities. The new Frontline Plus SKU was introduced with enhanced security and AI features, and Google Meet expanded language support for "Take notes for me," recorded captions, and meeting transcripts.

2025-04-18

Updates for configuring your preferred language for “Take notes for me”, recorded captions, and meeting transcripts

Google Meet is significantly expanding language support for its AI-powered features, including "Take notes for me," recorded captions, and meeting transcripts, to include 12 new languages, bringing the total to 21. Users can now configure their preferred language within Meet settings. This update enhances accessibility and productivity for Google Workspace Business Standard, Plus, Enterprise Standard, Plus, Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Gemini Add-on users.

2025-04-17

Introducing the ability to grade and assign grading labels in bulk in Google Classroom

Google Classroom has introduced a new feature enabling educators to grade and assign grading labels, such as "Missing" or "Late," in bulk for assignments. This enhancement significantly streamlines the grading workflow, saving teachers valuable time. The feature is available to Google Workspace for Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Education Standard customers, improving efficiency in classroom management.

2025-04-16

Cloud Next ‘25 recap: Discover how Workspace with Gemini is driving business results with these on-demand sessions

Google Cloud Next '25 featured numerous on-demand sessions showcasing how Google Workspace with Gemini is transforming business productivity and collaboration. Key topics included generative AI applications for content creation, data analysis, enhanced security features, and customer success stories demonstrating significant efficiency gains across various industries.

2025-04-15

Google Classroom is expanding to 7 additional languages

Google Classroom is expanding its user interface to support seven additional languages: Arabic, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Norwegian, and Swedish, enhancing global accessibility. This update makes the platform more inclusive for a diverse international audience of educators and students. The expanded language support is available to all Google Workspace for Education customers, fostering broader adoption and engagement.

2025-04-15

Introducing silent reading mode in Google Classroom’s Read Along

Google Classroom's "Read Along" feature is introducing a new silent reading mode, allowing students to practice reading independently without audio prompts or feedback. This mode still provides AI-powered insights on reading performance, such as fluency and accuracy, to teachers. Available for Google Workspace for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers, this enhances personalized reading practice and assessment.

2025-04-15

Control Workspace Business and Enterprise users’ access to new Google Workspace with Gemini features before general availability

Google Workspace administrators now have the ability to control access to Gemini Alpha features for their Business and Enterprise users, providing greater oversight of experimental AI capabilities. This enables organizations to manage early access to new Gemini functionalities while maintaining control over their Workspace environment. The gradual rollout of this administrative control began on April 17, 2025, enhancing security and feature management.

2025-04-15

Use Gemini in Google Classroom to generate questions or a quiz based on specific text

Google Classroom is integrating Gemini to empower educators with an AI-powered tool for generating questions directly from text content, such as articles or handouts. This feature streamlines the creation of quizzes, discussion prompts, and study guides, saving teachers valuable time in preparing learning materials. It is available to Google Workspace for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers.

2025-04-14

Google Docs code blocks now available in additional programming languages

Google Docs is significantly enhancing its code block feature by adding support for 12 new programming languages, bringing the total to 30, with improved syntax highlighting. New additions include Bash, Swift, Scala, R, and Kotlin, catering to a broader range of developers. This update, available to all Google Workspace users, greatly improves collaboration and documentation for technical teams.

2025-04-14

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - April 11, 2025

The Google Workspace release notes for April 11, 2025, detail several updates, including enhanced admin control over Gemini Alpha features for Business/Enterprise users and a new silent reading mode in Google Classroom's Read Along. Google Classroom also expanded its UI to seven new languages and integrated Gemini for generating questions from text. Google Docs now supports 12 additional programming languages in code blocks, and Gemini App and Gemini for Workspace received BSI C5 attestation.

2025-04-11

More choice for Google Meet hardware: Introducing our partnership with Neat

Google Meet Hardware is expanding its ecosystem by partnering with Neat, a leading video conferencing device manufacturer, offering customers more choice and flexibility for meeting room solutions. This collaboration integrates Neat's innovative devices with Google Meet, enhancing the video conferencing experience with advanced features and reliable hardware for seamless collaboration within Google Workspace.

2025-04-10

Save time making changes or updates to AI voiceovers in Google Vids

Google Vids is expanding its AI voiceover capabilities to support additional languages, enabling users to generate natural-sounding narrations for videos in a wider linguistic range. This enhancement makes video content more globally accessible and inclusive. The updated AI voiceover feature is available to all Google Vids users, streamlining multilingual video production.

2025-04-10

The Gemini app, as well as Gemini features in Google Workspace, are now BSI C5 certified

The Gemini App and Gemini for Google Workspace have successfully achieved BSI C5 attestation, a rigorous German government cloud security standard. This certification underscores Google's strong commitment to robust security and data protection, providing critical assurance for organizations in regulated industries, especially within Germany. This milestone is expected to boost enterprise adoption and trust in Gemini's capabilities.

2025-04-10

New AI capabilities in Workspace to help every business drive results

Google Workspace is rolling out new AI features, primarily through Gemini, designed to drive tangible business results by boosting productivity and fostering innovation. These AI capabilities help automate tasks such as content drafting, data analysis, and summarizing information, enabling businesses to make faster decisions and improve efficiency across their operations, from small businesses to large enterprises.

2025-04-09

Educators can now upload content to Read Along in Google Classroom

Google Classroom's "Read Along" feature now enables educators to upload their own content, such as PDFs or Google Docs, for students to use in reading practice. This update provides teachers with increased flexibility to customize reading assignments with relevant materials. The feature is available to Google Workspace for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers, enhancing personalized learning.

2025-04-09

Create and manage grading periods using the Google Classroom API

The Google Classroom API now supports programmatic creation and management of grading periods, enabling developers to integrate with Student Information Systems (SIS) and automate administrative tasks. This enhancement provides greater flexibility for schools and districts to manage academic timelines efficiently. The feature is available to all Google Workspace for Education customers, fostering streamlined educational workflows.

2025-04-09

Reference your Google Calendar using Gemini in the side panel of Gmail in additional languages

Gemini can now reference Google Calendar information using additional languages beyond English, making the AI assistant more versatile for a global user base. This enhancement allows Google Workspace users with Gemini Business, Enterprise, or Education upgrades, and Gemini Advanced subscribers, to inquire about their schedules in their preferred language. This improves accessibility and productivity for international teams.

2025-04-09

Preview summaries in the Google Chat home view now available in three additional languages

Gemini's AI-powered summarization feature within Google Chat is now accessible in additional languages beyond English, benefiting global teams with increased efficiency and comprehension. This allows users to quickly grasp the essence of chat conversations in their preferred language. The feature is available for Google Workspace Business, Enterprise, Education Plus, and Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers.

2025-04-09

MAS gets more out of its creative workflows using Google Workspace with Gemini

MAS, a global apparel and textile manufacturer, is leveraging Gemini within Google Workspace to significantly enhance its creative workflows, allowing designers to generate ideas and refine concepts more efficiently. This AI integration helps MAS streamline the design process, accelerate content creation, and improve collaboration across its teams, leading to faster product development cycles and increased innovation in a competitive industry.

2025-04-07

Help me write in Google Docs now available in four additional languages

Gemini's "Help me write" feature in Google Docs is expanding its language support to include additional languages beyond English, enabling users to leverage AI for drafting, refining, and generating content more broadly. This enhancement makes AI-powered writing assistance more accessible and efficient for diverse linguistic needs. The feature is available for Google Workspace Business, Enterprise, Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Gemini Add-on users.

2025-04-07

Help me write in Gmail now available in Japanese and Korean

Gemini's "Help me write" feature in Gmail is expanding its language support beyond English, enabling users to draft emails with AI-powered assistance in a wider array of languages. This makes the AI writing tool more accessible and useful for a global user base. The feature is available for Google Workspace Business, Enterprise, Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Gemini Add-on users.

2025-04-07

More options for exporting your Google Workspace data are available in open beta

Google Workspace is initiating an Open Beta to provide administrators with expanded options for exporting organizational data, likely through Google Takeout, enhancing data governance and compliance. This update offers greater flexibility and control over data portability, crucial for fulfilling regulatory requirements and internal policies. The beta program allows organizations to test these new export capabilities before general availability.

2025-04-04

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - April 4, 2025

The Google Workspace release notes for April 4, 2025, detail significant updates including the Google Classroom API now supporting grading period management and Read Along allowing content uploads. Gemini's "Help me write" feature in Gmail and Docs, and Gemini summaries in Chat, received language expansions. Google Vids' AI voiceovers were updated, and a beta for more Workspace data export options was launched. Additionally, NotebookLM and the Gemini app were designated core services for education, with updates to NotebookLM sources, and admins gained control over Workspace app access in Gemini.

2025-04-04

How-to guide: Adopting Zero-Trust security with Google Workspace

This article outlines a strategic approach to adopting Zero Trust security principles within Google Workspace, emphasizing continuous verification and least privilege access. Key steps include implementing strong authentication with passkeys, micro-segmentation, and advanced threat detection, providing comprehensive guidance for organizations to enhance their cybersecurity posture and protect sensitive data from evolving threats.

2025-04-03

NotebookLM and the Gemini app are now Core Services with enterprise-grade data protection for all education customers

NotebookLM and the Gemini App have been officially designated as core services for Google Workspace for Education customers, affirming their adherence to Google's strict privacy and security standards for educational environments. This designation guarantees no ads and no use of student data for advertising purposes, providing schools and districts with trusted, AI-powered tools for learning and productivity. This is a significant step for secure AI adoption in education.

2025-04-03

Pre-configure the Google Workspace apps admin setting for the Gemini app ahead of general availability

Google Workspace administrators can now pre-configure user access to Google Workspace applications like Gmail, Drive, and Docs within Gemini, ahead of its general availability. This crucial administrative control enables organizations to proactively manage data access and enforce compliance policies before Gemini's full rollout. The feature is available for Google Workspace Business, Enterprise, Education, and Nonprofits editions, ensuring controlled AI integration.

2025-04-02

Introducing updates to sources for NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus

NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus are receiving updates to expand their supported sources, enabling users to import and analyze information from a wider array of file types and platforms. This enhancement significantly boosts the AI's capability to process diverse content and generate comprehensive insights. The update is available for all NotebookLM users, increasing its versatility for research and learning.

2025-04-02

New in Gmail: Making end-to-end encrypted emails easy to use for all organizations

Gmail is rolling out easy-to-use client-side end-to-end encryption for all businesses, significantly enhancing data privacy and security for sensitive communications. This feature allows organizations to maintain control over encryption keys, ensuring that even Google cannot access the content of encrypted emails, thereby meeting stringent compliance requirements for regulated industries within Google Workspace.

2025-04-01

Support for continuous framing on select Logitech Google Meet on ChromeOS

Google Meet is enhancing its video conferencing capabilities with the introduction of Continuous Framing for Logitech Series One Room Kits. This AI-powered feature automatically adjusts camera framing to ensure all participants remain optimally visible and positioned during meetings, even if they move. This significantly improves the in-room meeting experience by providing dynamic and intelligent camera control.

2025-04-01

Creating visually stunning presentations in Google Slides just got easier

Google Slides is introducing new AI-powered features and design tools to make creating visually stunning presentations easier and more efficient within Google Workspace. These enhancements include intelligent layout suggestions, improved image and video integration, and advanced text formatting options, empowering users to produce professional and engaging presentations with less effort.

2025-03-31

New sidebar with design elements in Google Slides makes building presentations easier

Google Slides is rolling out a redesigned sidebar featuring new design elements to enhance the presentation creation process. This update aims to streamline user workflow by providing easier access to tools for formatting, layout, and content insertion. The improved user interface is available to all Google Workspace users, making professional presentation design more intuitive and efficient.

2025-03-31

Introducing Audio Overviews, now available in the Gemini app

The Gemini App is launching an "Audio Overview" feature, which provides users with AI-generated audio summaries of complex topics or lengthy documents. This enhancement significantly improves accessibility and comprehension, offering a quick and convenient way to absorb information. The feature is available to Google Workspace users with Gemini Business, Enterprise, and Education upgrades, as well as Gemini Advanced subscribers.

2025-03-31

Help me create in Google Docs now available in seven additional languages

Gemini's "Help me create" feature in Google Docs is expanding its language support, enabling users to generate entirely new documents or sections from text prompts in additional languages. This AI-powered content generation tool broadens its accessibility for diverse linguistic needs. The feature is available to Google Workspace Business, Enterprise, Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Gemini Add-on users.

2025-03-31

Improve communication and representation with Dynamic layouts in Google Meet

Google Meet is rolling out dynamic layouts that intelligently adjust participant tiles based on ongoing meeting activity and shared content. This enhancement aims to optimize screen space and improve visibility for all participants, making virtual meetings more engaging and efficient. The dynamic layouts are available to all Google Workspace users, improving the overall video conferencing experience.

2025-03-28

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - March 28, 2025

The Google Workspace release notes for March 28, 2025, introduced dynamic layouts for Google Meet and additional language support for Gemini in Drive's PDF viewer. Google Slides gained proportional scaling for objects, while Google Drive received new nudges for Gemini, and Gmail's "Help me write" expanded to more languages. Google Classroom's mobile app also expanded language support, and Google Drive now runs on ARM-compatible Windows PCs. Lastly, Google Vids received new "Help me create" capabilities.

2025-03-28

March Workspace feature drop: More effective meetings, AI features for Vids, and more language capabilities

The March Google Workspace feature drop brings new AI capabilities and enhancements across various applications, significantly boosting productivity and collaboration. Key updates include smarter drafting in Gmail, improved data analysis in Google Sheets, and advanced content generation with Gemini, designed to streamline workflows and foster creativity for users.

2025-03-26

Gemini in Drive PDF Viewer is now available in 20+ additional languages

Gemini's integration within the Google Drive PDF viewer is now accessible in additional languages, enabling users to leverage AI for summarizing, querying, and extracting information from PDFs in diverse linguistic contexts. This enhances productivity and document comprehension for a broader global audience. The feature is available to Google Workspace users with Gemini Business, Enterprise, or Education upgrades, and Gemini Advanced subscribers.

2025-03-26

Interview: Thinking through the ethics of AI assistants with Iason Gabriel from Google DeepMind

Iason Gabriel from Google DeepMind discusses the critical importance of thinking through the ethics of AI assistants, emphasizing responsible development and deployment. The article highlights considerations such as fairness, privacy, transparency, and accountability, guiding the ethical integration of AI tools like Gemini into platforms like Google Workspace to ensure beneficial and trustworthy applications.

2025-03-25

Because you asked: Reviewing how you use your time

This article offers practical strategies for reviewing and optimizing time usage within Google Workspace to enhance productivity and focus. Tips include leveraging Google Calendar's time insights, tracking task completion in Google Tasks, and minimizing distractions by customizing notifications, helping users gain a clearer understanding of their workday and identify areas for efficiency improvement.

2025-03-24

The ability to run Google Drive on Arm-compatible Windows PCs is now generally available

Google Drive for desktop now officially supports ARM-compatible Windows PCs, enabling users with modern devices featuring Snapdragon processors to run the application natively. This compatibility enhancement is expected to improve performance and extend battery life for these specific Windows users. This update broadens Google Drive's accessibility and optimization across different hardware architectures.

2025-03-24

Use the Google Classroom Mobile App in additional languages

The Google Classroom mobile app is significantly expanding its language support, improving accessibility for a broader global user base of students and educators. This enhancement allows users to interact with the application in more native languages. This is part of Google's ongoing effort to make educational tools more inclusive worldwide.

2025-03-24

Help me write in Gmail now available in three additional languages

Gemini's "Help me write" feature in Gmail is expanding its language support beyond English, enabling users to draft emails with AI-powered assistance in a wider array of languages. This makes the AI writing tool more accessible and useful for a global user base. The feature is available for Google Workspace Business, Enterprise, Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Gemini Add-on users.

2025-03-24

Get started with Gemini in Google Drive quickly with new “nudges”

Google Drive is rolling out new "nudges" designed to encourage users to leverage Gemini for tasks such as summarizing documents, generating new content, or organizing files. These contextual prompts aim to boost Gemini adoption and enhance productivity directly within Google Drive. The feature is available to Google Workspace users with Gemini Business, Enterprise, or Education upgrades, and Gemini Advanced subscribers.

2025-03-24

Google Slides introduces proportional scaling for objects to maintain visual clarity

Google Slides has introduced proportional scaling for objects, such as images, shapes, and text boxes, which now scale proportionally by default when dragged from their corners. Users can hold the Shift key to override this behavior. This enhancement simplifies design consistency and makes it easier for all Google Workspace users to create professional-looking presentations.

2025-03-24

How MEDITECH is integrating Gemini into highly regulated healthcare workflows

MEDITECH, a leading Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendor, is integrating Gemini into its highly regulated healthcare workflows, demonstrating how AI can enhance efficiency while maintaining strict compliance. This partnership allows MEDITECH to leverage Gemini within Google Workspace for tasks like summarizing clinical notes and drafting administrative communications, accelerating operations without compromising patient data privacy or regulatory standards.

2025-03-21

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - March 21, 2025

The Google Workspace release notes for March 21, 2025, announced new features including contextual smart replies for Business/Enterprise customers and enhancements to NotebookLM. Gemini integrations expanded with new languages for the Chat and Slides side panels, and a new "Canvas" interface for the Gemini App was introduced, alongside summaries of shared Workspace files in Google Chat and a new Gemini-powered summary building block in Google Docs. Gmail DLP was updated with sensitive content snippets and instant rule application, NotebookLM gained context-aware access, and a beta launched for converting client-side encrypted documents after Vault or Takeout export.

2025-03-21

Contextual Smart Replies now available for Google Workspace Business and Enterprise editions

Contextual Smart Replies, an AI-powered feature offering intelligent, context-aware response suggestions, are now available to Google Workspace Business and Enterprise customers. This enhancement is designed to improve communication efficiency and speed across various channels, such as Google Chat and Gmail. By providing relevant response options, it helps users reply faster and maintain conversational flow, boosting productivity in professional settings.

2025-03-20

Adding new capabilities to Google Vids’ ‘Help me create’

Google Vids is introducing new "Help me create" capabilities, empowering users to generate more complex and customized video content through enhanced AI prompts. This expands the tool's capacity to assist with video production, providing greater creative control and streamlining the video creation workflow. The new features are available to all Google Vids users, fostering more sophisticated AI-powered video development.

2025-03-20

Beyond the prompt: How to measure the value Gemini brings to your company

This article explains how to measure the value Gemini brings to a company, moving beyond simple prompts to quantify ROI and impact within Google Workspace. Key metrics include time saved on routine tasks, improved content quality, faster data analysis, and enhanced employee satisfaction, providing a framework for organizations to assess the tangible benefits of AI adoption and demonstrate business value.

2025-03-19

New features available in NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus

NotebookLM is rolling out new features, likely enhancing its AI capabilities for summarizing, querying, and organizing research materials, further solidifying its role as an AI-powered research assistant. These updates aim to improve the platform's utility and efficiency for users conducting in-depth research. The new features are available to all NotebookLM users, fostering more effective information synthesis.

2025-03-19

Gemini in Workspace apps and the Gemini app are first to achieve FedRAMP High authorization

Gemini in Workspace apps and the standalone Gemini app have achieved FedRAMP High Authorization, making Google the first to offer generative AI capabilities at this stringent security level for U.S. government agencies. This critical authorization ensures that federal customers can securely leverage AI for tasks like data analysis and content generation within Google Workspace, meeting the highest standards for cloud security and data protection.

2025-03-18

5 ways to help your small business thrive with Google Drive

Google Drive offers five essential ways to help small businesses thrive, focusing on secure collaboration, efficient file management, and robust data backup. These include easy sharing, version control, offline access, integration with Google Workspace apps, and reliable cloud storage, empowering small businesses to improve productivity and ensure business continuity.

2025-03-18

Beta update: Data loss prevention rules based on classification labels are now applied instantly in Gmail on the web

Gmail Data Loss Prevention (DLP) rules and classification labels are now applied instantly, drastically reducing the latency between policy definition and enforcement. This ensures more immediate and effective protection against sensitive data leakage, enhancing organizational security posture. The improved real-time enforcement is available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus and Education Plus customers.

2025-03-18

Use Gemini in the side panel of Google Slides in even more languages

Gemini's integration within the Google Slides side panel is now available in many new languages, allowing users to leverage AI assistance for presentation tasks like generating slides and writing content in diverse linguistic contexts. This significantly enhances productivity and creative potential for a global audience. The feature is available to Google Workspace Business, Enterprise, Education Plus, and Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers.

2025-03-18

Gmail data loss prevention now supports “sensitive content snippets”

Gmail Data Loss Prevention (DLP) has been enhanced to provide administrators with sensitive content snippets, offering a small excerpt of flagged content when a DLP rule is triggered. This provides better context for policy violations without exposing the entire sensitive document, improving incident response and privacy. The feature is available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus and Education Plus customers.

2025-03-18

See summaries of shared Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets files directly in Google Chat

Google Chat will now automatically generate summaries of shared Google Workspace files, including Docs, Sheets, Slides, and PDFs, when they are linked in a chat conversation. This AI-powered feature enables users to quickly grasp the essence of a document without leaving Google Chat, significantly improving workflow efficiency. The feature is available for Google Workspace Business, Enterprise, Education Plus, and Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers.

2025-03-18

Try Canvas, a new way to collaborate with the Gemini app

The Gemini App is launching "Canvas," an innovative interactive workspace designed for users to visually brainstorm, organize thoughts, and develop ideas with Gemini's AI assistance. This flexible interface supports both creative and analytical tasks, enhancing productivity and ideation. The feature is available to Google Workspace users with Gemini Business, Enterprise, and Education upgrades, as well as Gemini Advanced subscribers.

2025-03-18

Use Gemini in the side panel of Google Chat in additional languages

Gemini's integration within the Google Chat side panel is now available in new languages, allowing users to access AI assistance such as summarization and drafting directly within their chat conversations. This expansion enhances productivity and collaboration for global teams. The feature is available to Google Workspace Business, Enterprise, Education Plus, and Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers.

2025-03-18

Upcoming changes to how retention policies are applied to 1:1 direct messages in Google Chat

Google Workspace is updating its retention policy for direct messages that involve external participants, offering administrators more granular control over how long these chat messages are retained via Google Vault. This change helps organizations better address their compliance and data governance requirements for external communications. The update provides enhanced flexibility in managing data lifecycles for sensitive interactions.

2025-03-17

Available in beta: Convert your client-side encrypted documents after a Vault or Takeout export

Google Workspace is introducing a beta feature that allows for the conversion of client-side encrypted (CSE) documents into a readable format after export from Google Vault or Google Takeout. This critical update addresses challenges in e-discovery and data portability for CSE content, enabling organizations to decrypt and review sensitive data. The beta is available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus and Education Plus customers.

2025-03-17

Introducing a new building block that summarizes content with Gemini in Google Docs

Google Docs is rolling out a new building block that allows users to easily insert AI-generated summaries of their documents, powered by Gemini, directly into the document itself. This feature significantly enhances collaboration and enables quick comprehension of lengthy content. It is available to Google Workspace Business, Enterprise, Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Gemini Add-on users.

2025-03-17

Admins can now deploy Context-Aware Access for NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus

NotebookLM is now integrating with Google Workspace's Context-Aware Access policies, enabling administrators to implement granular access controls based on user context such as device, location, or IP address. This enhances security and compliance for sensitive research data within NotebookLM. The feature is available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus and Education Plus customers, ensuring secure access to AI-powered research tools.

2025-03-17

Introducing AppSheet User Pass

AppSheet is implementing a minor update to its user authentication process, likely aimed at streamlining login flows or improving integration with Google Workspace identity management. This change seeks to enhance the user experience and administrative ease for AppSheet applications. Further details on the specific impact for users and administrators were provided in the broader release notes.

2025-03-14

Consent re-confirmation for under 18 users accessing Additional Services will soon be required

Google Workspace for Education is implementing consent reconfirmation for under-18 users attempting to access "additional services" (non-core Google services). This ensures strict compliance with child privacy regulations like COPPA and GDPR, providing parents and guardians with renewed control over their children's data sharing. It reinforces data protection for minors in educational environments.

2025-03-14

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - March 14, 2025

The Google Workspace release notes for March 14, 2025, announced several updates, including consent reconfirmation for under-18 Education users and AppSheet user authentication bypass. Gemini Gems (Deep Research) became available to more Workspace customers, while Google Meet expanded language support for "Take notes for me," recorded captions, and transcripts. Authenticated AppSheet apps can now be embedded in Google Sites, and Google Docs client-side encryption supports export to Microsoft Word. More AI features rolled out for Business/Enterprise, Gemini side panel added four languages, and Google Meet hardware can view guest lists. Finally, Gemini in Drive gained file/folder creation, and Gemini in Gmail can add Calendar events.

2025-03-14

BLADE takes air travel to new heights with Google Workspace

BLADE, a leading urban air mobility company, is taking air travel to new heights by leveraging Google Workspace to streamline operations and enhance collaboration. Google Workspace, including Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Meet, enables BLADE to manage complex logistics, coordinate flights, and communicate seamlessly across its global teams, supporting efficient customer service and rapid expansion.

2025-03-13

Deep Research and Gems in the Gemini app are now available for more Google Workspace customers

Gemini Gems, offering advanced deep research capabilities such as synthesizing information from multiple sources, is now accessible to a broader range of Google Workspace customers. This expansion extends AI-powered research tools beyond initial early access. It is available for Business Standard/Plus, Enterprise Standard/Plus, Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Gemini Add-on users, enhancing scholarly and business intelligence.

2025-03-13

The future of work is here: Top Workspace sessions you don’t want to miss at Cloud Next ’25

Google Cloud Next '25 highlighted top Google Workspace sessions focused on transforming work with AI, featuring deep dives into Gemini's capabilities and practical applications. Sessions covered topics like enhancing productivity in Google Docs and Sheets, improving collaboration with AI-powered features, and ensuring enterprise-grade security and compliance within the Workspace ecosystem.

2025-03-12

Export your client-side encrypted documents to Microsoft Word files

Google Docs with client-side encryption (CSE) now offers the capability to export documents to Microsoft Word (.docx) files, enhancing interoperability and external collaboration. This feature allows users to share and work on encrypted documents with individuals who utilize Microsoft Office, while maintaining an essential layer of security. It bridges the gap between Google Workspace and external collaborators needing to view CSE content.

2025-03-12

More languages are available for recorded captions and transcripts in Google Meet

Google Meet is expanding its language support for recorded captions and meeting transcripts, making meeting recordings more accessible and reviewable for a broader global audience. This enhancement benefits Google Workspace Business Standard, Plus, Enterprise Standard, Plus, Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Gemini Add-on users. The update ensures comprehensive linguistic support for post-meeting analysis and compliance.

2025-03-12

Embed AppSheet apps directly in Google Sites

Authenticated AppSheet applications can now be seamlessly embedded directly into Google Sites, enabling robust integration of custom business apps within an easy-to-use website builder. This enhancement improves workflow, secures data access, and provides a unified experience for users needing interactive applications on their Google Sites. The feature streamlines internal tool deployment and access.

2025-03-12

“Take notes for me” in Google Meet is available in seven additional languages

Google Meet's AI-powered "Take notes for me" feature is significantly expanding its language support to include additional languages, enabling the generation of meeting notes in diverse linguistic contexts. This enhancement boosts accessibility and productivity for global teams. The feature is available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Plus, Enterprise Standard, Plus, Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Gemini Add-on users.

2025-03-12

More AI-powered features in Google Meet and Google Chat are coming to Google Workspace Business and Enterprise editions

Google Workspace Business and Enterprise editions are gaining access to an expanded suite of AI-powered features across multiple applications, designed to boost productivity, automation, and intelligent assistance for corporate users. This broad rollout leverages Gemini and other advanced AI technologies. The enhancements aim to streamline workflows and provide competitive advantages for businesses of all sizes within the Workspace ecosystem.

2025-03-11

Quickly add events to Google Calendar based on your emails with Gemini in Gmail

Gemini's integration into Gmail now empowers users to add events to Google Calendar directly from email content using natural language prompts. This feature streamlines scheduling and task management by allowing users to create calendar entries without leaving their inbox. It is available to Google Workspace users with Gemini Business, Enterprise, or Education upgrades, as well as Gemini Advanced subscribers.

2025-03-10

Create files and folders using Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive

Gemini's integration into Google Drive now enables users to create new files and folders using natural language prompts, leveraging AI to streamline file management and content creation. This enhances productivity by allowing users to verbally or textually command Drive actions. The feature is available to Google Workspace users with Gemini Business, Enterprise, or Education upgrades, as well as Gemini Advanced subscribers.

2025-03-10

View invited meeting participants on Google Meet hardware

Google Meet hardware devices, such as the Series One Room Kits, now enable users to view the meeting guest list directly from the in-room controller. This enhancement streamlines meeting management and improves participant awareness within physical meeting spaces. The feature facilitates better preparation and interaction for attendees joining from conference rooms.

2025-03-10

Use Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps in four more languages

The Gemini side panel, integrated across various Google Workspace applications such as Docs, Sheets, and Slides, is expanding its language support to include four additional languages. This enhancement makes AI assistance more accessible and useful for a wider global audience of non-English speaking users. This continuous language expansion improves the overall user experience and productivity within Workspace.

2025-03-10

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - March 7, 2025

The Google Workspace release notes for March 7, 2025, detailed updates including enhancements for generating meeting backgrounds with Gemini and the Gemini in Slides side panel supporting seven new languages. A Salesforce extension for Gemini in Gmail was introduced to streamline CRM interactions, and Google Calendar received improvements for better interoperability with Outlook.

2025-03-07

Meet Deep Research, your new AI research assistant

Google introduces 'Deep Research,' an advanced AI research assistant designed to revolutionize how users gather and synthesize information, particularly within Google Workspace. Powered by generative AI, this tool can quickly analyze vast datasets, summarize complex documents, and generate insights, significantly enhancing the efficiency and depth of research for professionals and academics alike.

2025-03-06

Google Cloud named a Leader in the 2025 Forrester Data Security Platforms Wave

Google Cloud has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Data Security Platforms, Q1 2025 report, underscoring its robust capabilities in data protection and security. This achievement highlights Google Cloud's comprehensive suite of tools, including those integrated with Google Workspace, for safeguarding sensitive data, ensuring compliance, and providing advanced threat protection for enterprises.

2025-03-06

Enhancements for custom and AI-generated backgrounds in Google Meet

Google Meet is rolling out updates for its Gemini AI-powered feature that generates meeting backgrounds, enhancing the quality, variety, and customization options for virtual backgrounds. These improvements allow for more personalized and engaging virtual meeting environments. The updated feature is available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Plus, Enterprise Standard, Plus, Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Gemini Add-on users.

2025-03-06

Google Workspace with Gemini: 128 ways our customers are transforming how they work with AI

Google Workspace customers like ATB Financial, Equifax, and Augustana University are transforming their work with AI, leveraging Gemini to enhance productivity and innovation. These organizations use AI to automate routine tasks, streamline content creation in Docs and Gmail, accelerate data analysis in Sheets, and foster deeper collaboration, demonstrating significant operational efficiencies and business value across diverse industries.

2025-03-05

How to use the Salesforce extension for Gemini in Gmail

This article demonstrates how to use the Salesforce extension with Gemini in Gmail, streamlining workflows for sales and marketing professionals. By integrating these tools, users can leverage Gemini to draft personalized emails based on Salesforce CRM data, summarize customer interactions, and generate relevant follow-up content directly within Gmail, significantly boosting productivity and customer engagement.

2025-03-05

Use Gemini in the side panel of Google Slides in seven new languages

Gemini's integration within the Google Slides side panel is expanding its language support to include seven new languages, allowing users to leverage AI assistance for presentation tasks like generating slides and writing content in diverse linguistic contexts. This significantly enhances productivity and creative potential for a global audience. The feature is available to Google Workspace Business, Enterprise, Education Plus, and Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers.

2025-03-05

Improving Google Calendar's interoperability with Microsoft Outlook

Google Calendar is implementing improvements to enhance its interoperability with Microsoft Outlook, aiming to streamline cross-platform scheduling in hybrid work environments. These enhancements include better handling of meeting invitations, free/busy information, and calendar updates, making it smoother for users to manage their schedules regardless of their preferred calendar application. This update addresses common pain points in mixed software ecosystems.

2025-03-03

Introducing the Salesforce for Gemini extension in Gmail

A new Salesforce extension for Gemini in Gmail is being introduced, enabling users to interact with Salesforce data directly from their inbox using Gemini's AI capabilities. This allows for tasks like summarizing customer emails or updating CRM records, significantly streamlining sales and customer service workflows. The integration enhances productivity by bringing critical CRM functionality into the email experience.

2025-03-03

Google Vids is updating its AI voiceovers with more expressive options

Google Vids is expanding its AI voiceover capabilities to support additional languages, enabling users to generate natural-sounding narrations for videos in a wider linguistic range. This enhancement makes video content more globally accessible and inclusive. The updated AI voiceover feature is available to all Google Vids users, streamlining multilingual video production.

2025-02-28

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - February 28, 2025

The Google Workspace release notes for February 28, 2025, announced several updates, including expanded AI voiceovers in Google Vids and new inventory reporting for richer insights in Google Drive. Google Voice introduced SIP Link support in new countries, call delegation, and the ability to transfer personal numbers to Workspace accounts. Additionally, HubSpot integration with Google Chat was launched, and Google Drive now supports video transcripts.

2025-02-28

Integrating HubSpot with Google Chat

Google Chat is integrating with HubSpot, enabling users to receive HubSpot notifications and interact with CRM data directly within their chat conversations. This integration streamlines sales and marketing workflows, enhancing team collaboration and efficiency. It allows for quick access to customer relationship management information without leaving the Google Chat environment, boosting productivity.

2025-02-27

Expanding SIP Link for Google Voice to new countries

Google Voice SIP Link is expanding its availability to additional countries, enabling organizations to connect their existing telephony infrastructure, such as PBXs and SBCs, directly with Google Voice. This provides more flexible and cost-effective calling solutions, supporting a hybrid approach to communication. The expansion helps international businesses leverage their current investments while adopting Google Voice.

2025-02-27

New Google Drive Inventory Reporting enhancements provide even richer insights into file permissions

Google Drive is launching enhanced inventory reporting, offering administrators richer insights into organizational Drive usage, file types, and sharing patterns. This provides crucial data for robust data governance, security audits, and efficient storage management. The feature is available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus and Education Plus customers, empowering better oversight of cloud storage.

2025-02-27

Workspace feature drop: 4 new ways to help you do your best work

The February Google Workspace feature drop introduces new AI enhancements and productivity features across its applications, aimed at improving collaboration and efficiency. Key updates include smarter content suggestions in Docs and Slides, advanced search capabilities, and refinements to existing AI tools like Gemini, designed to help users streamline tasks and foster creativity.

2025-02-26

Transferring your personal Google Voice number to a Google Workspace business account just got easier

Google Voice users can now seamlessly transfer their personal Google Voice numbers to a Google Workspace business account. This feature simplifies number management for professionals, allowing them to consolidate personal and business communications under their Workspace administration. It provides greater flexibility for users who wish to integrate their existing voice numbers into their corporate infrastructure.

2025-02-26

Forum Virium Helsinki builds a thriving workplace with Google Workspace and Gemini

Forum Virium Helsinki, a municipal innovation company, is building a thriving workplace by leveraging Google Workspace to enhance collaboration and operational efficiency. The suite of tools, including Google Docs, Sheets, and Meet, enables their project-based teams to communicate seamlessly, manage projects effectively, and foster an innovative environment focused on developing smart city solutions for Helsinki.

2025-02-25

Google Voice now supports call delegation

Google Voice has introduced call delegation, a significant feature that allows users to assign delegates who can make and receive calls on their behalf. This enhances business communication flexibility, particularly for executive assistants or teams managing shared lines, by streamlining call handling and ensuring important calls are not missed. The feature improves operational efficiency for professional users.

2025-02-25

Enhancing video navigation and accessibility with Google Drive video transcripts

Google Drive now automatically generates transcripts for uploaded video files, significantly enhancing accessibility, searchability, and comprehension of video content. This feature allows users to quickly find specific information within videos and aids in content review. It is available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Plus, Enterprise Standard, Plus, Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Gemini Add-on users, improving video asset management.

2025-02-24

Beyond the prompt: How Understood.org uses Gemini to reduce stress and save 10 hours per project

Understood.org, a non-profit organization, is leveraging Gemini within Google Workspace to significantly reduce stress and save up to 10 hours per project by automating tasks. By using Gemini to summarize research documents, draft communications, and generate content, Understood empowers its team to focus on strategic initiatives for neurodivergent individuals, demonstrating substantial productivity gains and improved workflow efficiency.

2025-02-21

New Chat Usage Analytics Updates for Admins and Developers

Google Chat is receiving updates to its usage analytics, offering administrators more comprehensive data and insights into chat activity, adoption rates, and communication trends. These enhanced analytics assist with resource planning, policy enforcement, and understanding collaboration patterns within organizations. The feature is available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus and Education Plus customers, improving IT oversight.

2025-02-21

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - February 21, 2025

The Google Workspace release notes for February 21, 2025, included updates to Chat usage analytics and the availability of Deep Research for Workspace in Gemini Advanced. Google Meet's "Take notes for me" feature gained transcript citations, and the Policy API reached general availability. Additionally, a tool to migrate data from Microsoft Teams to Google Chat was introduced, and Google Meet received call control updates.

2025-02-21

How gen AI can help us make better decisions

Generative AI, particularly tools like Gemini within Google Workspace, can help us make better decisions by rapidly synthesizing vast amounts of information, identifying patterns, and simulating various scenarios. By automating data analysis in Google Sheets and generating comprehensive reports in Google Docs, AI empowers decision-makers with deeper insights and reduces cognitive load, leading to more informed and strategic outcomes.

2025-02-20

Updated design for Google Meet meeting controls on Android and iOS

Google Meet is implementing various call control updates, likely enhancing features for both hosts and participants to manage meetings more effectively. These improvements may include more intuitive muting, camera controls, and streamlined participant management. The updates aim to create a smoother, more controlled, and efficient virtual meeting experience for all Google Workspace users.

2025-02-20

Migrate data from Microsoft Teams channels to Google Chat spaces using CloudM

Google Workspace is introducing new tools designed to facilitate the migration of data from Microsoft Teams to Google Chat, streamlining the transition process for organizations moving to Google Workspace. This enables businesses to transfer their collaboration history, files, and content, ensuring continuity when switching from Microsoft 365. The feature simplifies a complex migration, promoting broader adoption of Google Chat.

2025-02-20

The Policy API is now generally available with support for auditing more security features

The Google Workspace Policy API has reached general availability, empowering administrators to programmatically manage and enforce organizational policies across various Workspace services. This API facilitates automation of policy management and seamless integration with existing IT systems, enhancing administrative efficiency and compliance. Its general release marks a significant step for IT automation within the Workspace ecosystem.

2025-02-20

“Take notes for me” in Google Meet now captures citations to transcripts

Google Meet's "Take notes for me" feature now includes transcript citations, directly linking AI-generated notes to specific moments within the meeting transcript. This enhancement improves the accuracy, verifiability, and contextual understanding of meeting summaries. The feature is available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Plus, Enterprise Standard, Plus, Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Gemini Add-on users, making meeting documentation more robust.

2025-02-20

Gemini Deep Research and experimental models now available to Google Workspace users in Gemini Advanced

Deep Research capabilities are now accessible for Google Workspace users through Gemini Advanced, enabling them to leverage Gemini for in-depth information synthesis, complex problem-solving, and comprehensive analysis across various sources within their Workspace environment. This advanced AI feature enhances scholarly and business intelligence by providing powerful research assistance. It targets users requiring sophisticated data analysis and knowledge extraction.

2025-02-20

Expanding data regions coverage to Google Classroom

2025-02-19

Use Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps in seventeen more languages

2025-02-19

Workspace data loss protection (DLP) for Gmail is now generally available

2025-02-18

“Take notes for me” in Google Meet now captures “next steps”

2025-02-18

Scroll through live captions and translated captions in Google Meet

2025-02-18

Updating the access experience in Google Drive

2025-02-18

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - February 14, 2025

2025-02-14

Create names for group direct messages in Google Chat

2025-02-13

Introducing the board tab in Google Chat

2025-02-13

Create and vote on polls directly in Google Chat

2025-02-11

Improving the cover images experience in Google Docs

2025-02-11

Data classification labels in Gmail are now available on all Android and iOS devices

2025-02-11

From checkboxes to checkmates: How Google Workspace can help you achieve CMMC 2.0 compliance

Google Workspace helps organizations achieve CMMC 2.0 compliance by providing robust security features, data governance controls, and audit capabilities essential for handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The platform's integrated security, including advanced threat protection and data loss prevention, allows defense contractors and others to meet stringent government requirements, ensuring data integrity and confidentiality.

2025-02-10

Google Meet Learning Tools Interoperability™ update: control when meeting recordings are shared with a new toggle

2025-02-10

Google Vault now supports the Gemini app

2025-02-07

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - February 7, 2025

2025-02-07

Three do’s and don’ts to get the most out of your migration to Google Workspace

This article outlines three crucial 'dos and don'ts' for a successful migration to Google Workspace, emphasizing planning, communication, and training. Key recommendations include thorough pre-migration assessment, phased rollout, and leveraging Google's migration tools, while advising against insufficient user training or neglecting data hygiene, ensuring a smooth transition and maximizing platform adoption.

2025-02-06

Easily convert data to people chips and update chip format in Google Sheets

2025-02-06

How-to guide: Defending against malware and phishing attacks

Google Workspace provides a comprehensive guide to defending against malware and phishing attacks, outlining proactive security measures and best practices for users and administrators. Recommendations include enabling advanced phishing protection in Gmail, utilizing Safe Browsing, implementing multi-factor authentication, and providing ongoing security awareness training to mitigate these prevalent cyber threats.

2025-02-05

NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus now available as a Google Workspace core service with enterprise-grade data protection

2025-02-05

Know who an event is shared with when using shared Google Calendars

2025-02-04

Now generally available: Easily migrate files from Microsoft OneDrive to Google Drive

2025-02-04

Now generally available: improved syncing experience between Google Calendar and third-party calendars

2025-02-03

Additional improvements to everyday actions in Google Sheets

2025-02-03

Google Meet adds more screen reader options for in-meeting reactions

2025-02-03

Developers can now add form field validation to Google Workspace add-ons and Google Chat app cards

2025-02-03

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - January 31, 2025

2025-01-31

Beyond the prompt: Question your way to better prompting

Google emphasizes a 'question your way to better prompting' strategy to optimize generative AI interactions, encouraging users to iteratively refine their queries for improved results with Gemini. By asking follow-up questions, clarifying ambiguity, and experimenting with different phrasing, users can unlock more precise and valuable outputs from AI tools within Google Workspace, enhancing productivity and creative outcomes.

2025-01-30

Better understand app access with the new Access Evaluation log event

2025-01-30

Logitech Android devices for Google Meet can now join Webex and Zoom calls

2025-01-30

More options now available to customize digital signage on your Google Meet hardware

2025-01-30

Generate charts and valuable insights using Gemini in Google Sheets

2025-01-29

Layout selection now available between Google Meet hardware and Zoom Rooms calls

2025-01-29

Curate and customize the Chrome Web Store for your organization

2025-01-29

Use Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps to generate images in seven additional languages

2025-01-29

Uber resolves issues faster with Google AppSheet and Google Apps Script

Uber is resolving issues faster by leveraging Google AppSheet and Google Apps Script to create custom applications that streamline internal operations and enhance productivity for its global workforce. These no-code and low-code solutions automate complex workflows, integrate with Google Workspace data sources like Google Sheets, and reduce manual intervention, improving efficiency across various departments.

2025-01-28

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - January 24, 2025

2025-01-24

3 ways to strengthen your new gen AI muscles

To strengthen new generative AI 'muscles,' individuals and teams should actively experiment with AI tools like Gemini, practice prompt engineering, and integrate AI into daily workflows for continuous learning. This iterative approach helps users understand AI's capabilities and limitations, fostering skill development and maximizing productivity across Google Workspace applications.

2025-01-23

Because you asked: Beating procrastination

This article offers practical strategies for beating procrastination and boosting productivity within Google Workspace, focusing on time management and task prioritization. Tips include breaking down large tasks, setting clear deadlines with Google Calendar, utilizing Google Tasks for checklist management, and leveraging focus time to minimize distractions, helping users maintain momentum and achieve goals more effectively.

2025-01-22

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - January 17, 2025

2025-01-17

Sundogs rises to meet creative challenges at scale using Google Workspace with Gemini

Sundogs, a creative agency, is using Google Workspace with Gemini to meet creative challenges at scale, significantly enhancing its content creation and client communication workflows. Gemini helps Sundogs' designers and marketers generate compelling copy, brainstorm ideas, and summarize client feedback, enabling faster project turnaround and greater creative output while maintaining high-quality standards.

2025-01-16

Configure Google Meet hardware devices to trust private certificate authorities

2025-01-16

See phonics-based performance insights for decodable books in Google Classroom

2025-01-16

Use tokens as placeholders for user specific information when configuring managed iOS applications

2025-01-16

Google Workspace enables the future of AI-powered work for every business

Google Workspace is empowering businesses with new AI capabilities, primarily through Gemini, designed to enhance productivity, streamline operations, and foster innovation across all sizes of organizations. These AI features are integrated into core applications like Gmail, Docs, and Sheets, enabling users to automate routine tasks, generate high-quality content, and gain deeper insights from their data.

2025-01-15

The best of Google AI, now included in Workspace Business and Enterprise plans

2025-01-15

New Chrome Browser Profile Reporting for Workspace users available in the Admin console

2025-01-14

4 common gen AI pitfalls to avoid in 2025

This article outlines four common pitfalls to avoid when implementing generative AI, such as over-reliance on AI, ignoring data privacy, lack of human oversight, and insufficient ethical considerations. Google emphasizes responsible AI adoption within Google Workspace and with Gemini, advocating for careful planning, robust governance, and continuous human involvement to maximize benefits and mitigate risks.

2025-01-13

Generate vocabulary lists using Gemini in Google Classroom

2025-01-13

Introducing the ability to ‘grade all’ in Google Classroom

2025-01-13

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - January 10, 2025

2025-01-10

4 ways Gemini for Workspace can help sellers and marketers spend more time doing what they do best

Gemini in Google Workspace offers four key ways to help sellers and marketers focus on their core competencies: automating content creation for emails and presentations, summarizing market research, analyzing sales data, and personalizing customer communications. This AI integration allows them to streamline routine tasks, enhance outreach strategies, and gain deeper insights, ultimately boosting productivity and customer engagement.

2025-01-09

Use Gemini to interact with PDFs in Google Drive’s overlay file previewer

2025-01-09

Google Meet provides additional privacy for livestreaming with new eCDN On-Premises API

2025-01-09

Prevent the downloading, printing, or copying of files by all users with Enhanced IRM for Google Drive Data-Loss Prevention

2025-01-09

Granular OAuth consent in Google Apps Script IDE executions

2025-01-08

Updated smart feature settings give users increased choice and control

Google Workspace is rolling out updated Smart Feature Settings that provide users with increased choice and control over how their data is used across various Google products. These granular controls allow individuals to manage data usage for AI-powered features, ensuring enhanced privacy and transparency while still benefiting from intelligent functionalities within applications like Gmail, Docs, and Calendar.

2025-01-07