Google Workspace Release Notes

A summary of announcements from this week: The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.

AI-powered makeup in Google Meet

Now you can choose from 12 new studio makeup looks, with a range of options from a polished, professional touch to a more expressive flair. Your AI-powered makeup remains seamless and untouched—even through everyday movements like sipping your coffee or touching your face. | Learn more about using AI makeup in Meet.

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

Earlier this year, we announced AI function in Sheets to help you generate text, summarize information, categorize data, and analyze sentiment at scale, directly from any cell in your spreadsheet. Last month, we expanded feature availability to seven additional languages. Now, we're making AI function even more powerful by automatically grounding it in results from Google Search, so it can access up-to-the-minute information from the web to answer your prompts. | Learn more about Google Search in the Sheets AI function.

Google Keep reminders now saved to Tasks

As announced last year, Keep reminders will be automatically saved to Tasks. This means that now users can view their Keep reminders as tasks in Calendar, in the Tasks app, and even ask the Gemini app about them (via the Tasks extension). As part of this launch, any existing date/time based Keep reminders will automatically be saved to Google Tasks. | Learn more about the reminders to Tasks migration.

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

Gmail with Gemini will detect when you’re trying to coordinate a time within an email and will surface a Help me schedule button in the toolbar. After you click on the Help me schedule button, Gemini will automatically suggest ideal slots based on your Google Calendar and the email's context. | Learn more about Help me schedule in Gmail.

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

Simply tap the “Summarize” button on the file preview card in your conversation. Gemini will summarize the file so you can get a quick overview without having to leave Chat. | Learn more about summarizing files in Chat.

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

Google Workspace for Education users of all ages can now use Video Overviews in NotebookLM. Users can now turn documents, slides, charts and more into engaging explainer videos that are narrated by an AI voice. | Learn more about Video Overviews in Notebook LM.

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

AppSheet Enterprise Plus users can now add the new AI Task powered by Gemini, directly into their existing AppSheet automations. The AI Task can perform the following functions: Extract, Extract Rows, Categorize, and Summarize. | Learn more about Gemini in AppSheet.

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

Earlier this year, we introduced powerful new editing options within Gemini in Sheets like creating pivot tables, applying filters, and adding conditional formatting. Building on that momentum, we’re excited to announce that Gemini can now execute multiple actions at once from a single prompt - no need to simplify your instructions or disrupt your workflow by typing multiple different prompts. | Learn more about multi-step actions using Gemini in Sheets.

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

Similar to other Google Workspace service pages, your organization’s logo will now appear next to a user’s profile picture in the Gemini app when they are using their business or education account. | Learn more about organizational logos in the Gemini app.

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

When your primary systems are compromised, you need a dependable partner to keep your organization operational. Our new Business Continuity editions are designed to serve as a robust backup solution that works in tandem with your primary, non-Google Workspace collaboration platform, providing a secure and familiar environment that can be activated when you need it most. | Learn more about the new Business Continuity editions.

Flashcards in Gemini are now available to users of all ages

Google Workspace for Education users of all ages can now use Flashcards in Gemini. Users can ask Gemini to instantly create flashcards and study guides based on your quiz results or other class materials, providing a simple and effective way to review key concepts and reinforce your learning. | Learn more about creating Flashcards with Gemini.

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A summary of announcements from this week: The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.

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

Google Workspace admins can now get better insights into how Chat apps are being used within their organization via enhanced logging and display of log information. Specifically, we are enhancing Chat event logs to add Chat app related events. Learn more about the updated Chat app logs.

Looker Connected Sheets Private IP support

Organizations who have configured private IP Looker Core instances can now enable Connected Sheets for their teams, bringing easier analysis and sharing capabilities to their users. Now, users who were previously restricted from using Connected Sheets due to Private IP controls on their Looker instances will be able to leverage powerful and intuitive spreadsheet capabilities to better understand and analyze their Looker data. Learn more about Looker connected sheets private IP support.

Set timers in Google Meet on the web

You can now create meeting timers in the Google Meet sidebar. Timers can be a valuable tool in online meetings for improving focus, managing time effectively, and ensuring equitable participation. By providing a visible, shared sense of time, they help structure the meeting and drive productivity. Learn more about using timers in Meet.

Google Meet live captions are expanding to Cantonese

We’re adding support for Cantonese to Google Meet’s live caption feature. This allows users to view real-time text of what is being spoken in the meeting, making it easier to follow along and participate. Learn more about the new languages for live captions.

Create vertical and square videos in Google Vids

You can now create and edit videos in vertical (9:16) and square (1:1) sizes in Google Vids, in addition to the widescreen/horizontal format (16:9) already supported. These additional sizes will give you more flexibility to create content and export to a variety of platforms like YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and TikTok. Learn more about the new aspect ratio options in Vids.

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A summary of announcements from this week: The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.

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

We’re introducing an owner role in Google Chat spaces in addition to managers and members. By increasing the number of roles, it will be easier to share the tasks associated with managing spaces with the right colleagues. | Learn more about the new membership roles in Chat spaces.

Use Nano Banana to edit images in Google Slides and Vids

We’re upgrading Slides and Vids to the latest image editing model, Nano Banana. As recently detailed in this blog post, Nano Banana brings improved quality to image editing to make it easier to bring your ideas to life. | Learn more about the updates to image editing in Slides and Vids.

Collaborate with Gemini in Google Drive now available on mobile

We have previously launched the ability for users on the web to collaborate with Gemini in Google Drive. Now, we're excited to extend Gemini’s capabilities to users on mobile in the Drive apps for Android and iOS. | Learn more about interacting with Gemini on Drive mobile.

Improve Chat apps with display carousels and richer text formatting

Developers can use two new features to create more engaging Chat apps. Specifically, we are adding a carousel widget, Markdown support, and lists and code blocks. | Learn more about the new options for Chat apps.

Meet eCDN custom rules improvements for new and existing configurations

In order to improve the experience of admins managing Google Meet’s Enterprise Content Delivery Network (Meet eCDN) rules, we’re updating how the “Custom Rules” peering policy works in some cases, and how assigned networks are surfaced in the MQT eCDN network table. | Learn more about the changes to Meet eCDN configurations.

Ransomware detection and file restoration for Google Drive available in beta

We’re adding two new features to help organizations minimize the impact of ransomware attacks on personal computers. Specifically, we are adding these features in beta: Ransomware detection and File restoration. | Learn more about the new protection features for Drive.

Microsoft Teams Interoperability with Pexip Connect

For more than seven years, Pexip has been a trusted interoperability partner for Google Meet, ensuring that participants can use their legacy meeting room systems to join Google Meet calls. We are excited to expand our relationship with Pexip Connect for Google Meet hardware – which will enable Google Meet hardware to seamlessly join Microsoft Teams from both Android and ChromeOS hardware. | Learn more about Teams interop with Pexip.

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

Taking notes during meetings is crucial for tracking action items and key decisions. With our Gemini-powered “Take notes for me”, you can stay fully engaged in the conversation while ensuring nothing gets missed. Event organizers can now enable Take notes for me when scheduling the event or preparing their meeting in Calendar. | Learn more about the easier set up for take notes for me.

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

We're making it quicker and easier to find and use your favorite apps and actions in Google Chat with a redesigned integrations menu that lets you search for apps and execute commands with fewer clicks. The menu is accessible through the "+" button next to the compose bar or by typing "/". | Learn more about the new integrations menu in Chat.

Create custom, AI-generated meeting backgrounds on Mobile devices

You can now create custom background images with Gemini from your Android or iOS device. Meeting backgrounds can help obscure your surroundings during a meeting or they can enhance the meeting itself. | Learn more about using AI backgrounds on mobile.

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

Access Transparency, Access Management, and Access Approvals now cover Gemini App data. These features provide admins full transparency into when Gemini App data is viewed for support purposes, control over which Google support staff can view this data, and control over when this data can be viewed by Google for support purposes. | Learn more about the additional visibility and controls for Gemini app data.

Express yourself with stickers in Google Chat

Users can now send expressive stickers in their conversations in Google Chat on the web. Stickers can provide users with more options to express themselves in their Chat conversations, alongside emojis, GIFs, and other media-based messages. | Learn more about sending stickers in Chat.

Send Gmail end-to-end encrypted emails to anyone

Generally available today, Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) users can send end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) emails to anyone, even if the recipient uses a different email provider. Recipients will receive a notification and can easily access the encrypted message via a guest account, ensuring secure communication without the hassle of exchanging keys or using custom software. | Learn more about encrypted emails in Gmail.

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

Starting today, Gemini in Chrome is available to Google Workspace users with access to the Gemini app. Gemini in Chrome is an AI browsing assistant to help you get things done on Mac, Windows and iOS devices. | Learn more about using Gemini in Chrome.

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A summary of announcements from this week: The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.

Upcoming Change to Drive Sharing Permissions

• Earlier this year, we announced that we would be updating the access experience in Google Drive. With this update, we will stop allowing restricted access on specific files and folders within a shared folder, starting September 22, 2025. Limited access should instead be managed consistently via the limited access folder setting. | Learn more about the sharing permissions changes.

Introducing new Gmail notification features on Android and iOS devices

• We're making it quicker and easier to manage your emails on mobile with two new features: You can now use the "Mark as Read" feature directly on your Android device to clear a notification. Also, sender avatars are now available on iOS devices. | Learn more about the new notification features.

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

• We're introducing a new “Learning Guide” option that encourages participation with probing, open-ended questions. Instead of just giving answers, it helps you break down problems step-by-step and adapts explanations to your needs, building a deeper understanding of the subject. | Learn more about Learning Guide in Notebook LM.

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

• You can now use Gemini to refine messages you’re composing within Google Chat on the web. Gemini can help you improve clarity, conciseness, and accuracy in wording, grammar, and spelling. This can be particularly useful when composing an important message to a large space or a senior stakeholder, or for users communicating in a second language. | Learn more about refining messages in Google Chat.

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

• Earlier this year, we announced AI function in Sheets. You can use the AI function to prompt Gemini to generate text, summarize information, categorize data, or analyze sentiment at scale with generated content appearing directly in the cells you choose. Now, AI function is available to users in Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, and German. | Learn more about the new languages for AI Function.

AI-Powered app summaries in the AppSheet Admin console

-Admins with an AppSheet Enterprise Plus can now ask Gemini to generate a summary of an app owned by their organization. The will enable admins to more quickly understand the purpose and capabilities of any AppSheet app. | Learn more about AI-powered app summaries.

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

• Earlier this year, we announced expanded access to Google Vids, bringing basic access to Google Vids to all Google Workspace for Education users. Now, we’re excited to announce the following AI features are available to users with an Education Plus or Teaching & Learning add-on license for a limited time*. | Learn more about expanded access to Vids AI features.

Reporting rules are now activity rules

• To simplify the admin experience for creating rules and monitoring alerts, we are combining reporting rules with activity rules: Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Education Plus, Cloud Identity Premium, Chrome Enterprise Premium and Enterprise Standard customers will retain all the functionality of the activity rules experience and can now also create rules without thresholds. | Learn more about activity rules.

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

• Earlier this year, we made it easier to generate charts and insights using Gemini in Google Sheets. Building on that momentum, we’re excited to announce a significant enhancement to formula generation in Gemini for Sheets. Specifically, we've upgraded Gemini to include detailed natural language formula explanations, provide formula error explanation and self-correction, and to output multiple formula options. | Learn more about improved formula generation in Google Sheets.

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

• Earlier this year, we announced the first iteration of the ability to turn existing Google Slides content into engaging videos using Google Vids. Now, we’re expanding that functionality to include Gemini-generated scripts, AI voiceovers, and background music. This makes it easier and faster to transform your existing content into a shareable, engaging video. | Learn more about creating Vids from Slides.

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

• Over the last year, we’ve brought the capabilities of Gemini to Google Classroom to support new ways of teaching and learning. A few months ago, we expanded Gemini in Classroom to help educators use AI for their common teaching tasks. Today, we’re making it possible for educators to use Google’s NotebookLM and Gems to create teacher-led AI experiences for students of all ages in Google Classroom. | Learn more about creating and assigning notebooks and Gems in Classroom.

Generate stories using Gemini with Read Along in Google Classroom

• Starting today, educators will be able to use Gemini to create their own stories with Read Along in Classroom, in addition to the existing ability to upload their own content into Read Along as part of the assignment creation process. Now, with the help of Gemini, educators have an enhanced ability to further customize their students’ experience and differentiate their instruction by generating content specific to students’ needs. | Learn more about generating stories using Read Along.

Configure up to 20 conditional notifications per Google Sheet

• Last year we introduced conditional notifications in Google Sheets, which allow users to create custom rules in spreadsheets that send email notifications when certain criteria are met. Now we are expanding rule limits for conditional notifications from 10 to 20 rules per spreadsheet. | Learn more about the increased conditional notifications limit.

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

• We’re excited to announce the launch of Gem integration with Gemini Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI™). This will mean that third party Learning Management Systems (LMS) Canvas by Instructure and PowerSchool Schoology Learning will be able to use Gems. | Learn more about Gems in Gemini LTI.

Updates to Gmail log events

• To support more granular incident investigations and to expand access to this critical security data, we’ve made a few changes to the Gmail Audit Logs. 1. Addition of the Gmail log events to the audit and investigation tool. 2. Addition of the Gmail log events to the AdminSDK Reports API. 3. Gemini Data Access Logging for Gmail log events. | Learn more about updates to Gmail log events.

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Previous announcements

• Enhancing meeting privacy for copied Calendar events When users copy or duplicate events in Calendar, the Meet conference won’t be copied over. This ensures that Meet access and meeting notes remain tied to the original event and its attendees. If the user intends to participate in the same Meet conference, they can copy over the Meet code separately. | Learn more about the updates to copied Calendar events.
• Seamlessly join Google Meet conferences from any calendar app With this launch, the Google Meet link will be added to the location field when a Google Calendar user invites a user of a different calendar app (such as Microsoft Outlook) to a meeting with Google Meet. This helps users of other calendar services such as Outlook to easily find the Meet link when it's time to join by ensuring it doesn't get lost in the event details. | Learn more about the easier way to access Google Meet from other calendar apps.
• Automatically install Chat apps to your conversations Chat apps will now automatically be added as needed to future conversations after being installed by a user. Previously, a user had to manually install a Chat app into every space, group chat, and direct message. | Learn more about the updates to copied Calendar events.
• Now generally available: Convert your Client-side encrypted Google Sheets after a Vault or Takeout export Client-side encryption supports ediscovery and data portability for our customers. After an export using Vault or the data export tool (takeout), admins can decrypt the previously client-side encrypted content. This launch now adds full support with a conversion tool so that admins can convert decrypted Google Sheets into a Microsoft Excel file. | Learn more about the new capabilities with CSE and Google Sheets.
• Changes to Manage Google Meet hardware and calendars privilege To improve security and clarity, the Manage Google Meet hardware and calendars privilege will no longer grant broad access to all calendars in your organization. Currently: This privilege allows admins to assign calendars to Meet hardware devices AND grants full read/write access to all calendars in your organization. Starting October 15, 2025: This privilege will no longer grant read/write access to your organization’s Google Calendars. | Learn more about the changes to admin privileges.
• Quizzes in the Gemini app are now available to under-18 users Earlier this year, we announced the ability to generate quizzes for any subject using Canvas in the Gemini app by uploading relevant documents or simply entering a prompt like “Give me a practice quiz about the nervous system”. Now, this feature is also available to users under 18 years of age. | Learn more about the expanded access to Quizzes in the Gemini app.
• Ask Gemini in Meet: Your Personal Meeting Assistant Ask Gemini in Meet will soon be available in Google Meet for select Google Workspace customers, offering advanced features to improve your meeting experience. You can use Ask Gemini to: Summarize ongoing discussions, improve meeting outcomes by identifying key action items, or catch up on what you missed. | Learn more about Ask Gemini in Google Meet.
• Get proactive summaries of text responses in Forms Previously, users were able to request summaries of responses to specific questions in Google Forms using Gemini. Now, users will see proactive Gemini generated insights in Forms for short-answer or paragraph questions when reviewing responses. | Learn more about proactive summaries in Forms.
• Introducing Gems sharing in the Gemini app, including admin controls With this launch you can share Gems with other users in your organization and beyond. Gems are customizable versions of Gemini that you can personalize to be experts on any topic. Once shared, other users can edit, use, or make a copy of the Gem. | Learn more about sharing Gems.
• Gemini in Chrome will soon be generally available, pre-configure access for end users in advance In the coming weeks, we’re starting the roll out of Gemini in Chrome to all Google Workspace users with access to the Gemini app. Gemini in Chrome is an AI browsing assistant to help you get things done on Mac and Windows devices. Ahead of the general availability roll out, admins can decide whether access to Gemini in Chrome is “Allowed” or “Not allowed” for their users. | Learn more about the pre-launch controls for Gemini in Chrome.

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

• Chat users can now receive real-time push notifications for reactions on their messages. This can help users stay on top of reactions on their messages and avoid missing potentially important updates.

Public notebooks in partnership with OpenStax

• We've partnered with OpenStax, the leading provider of free, peer-reviewed textbooks, to transform some of their most popular academic titles into interactive Notebooks. These ready-to-use Notebooks are designed to help high school and college students turn passive reading into active learning. With content curated from subjects like Biology, Psychology, and Business, you can instantly engage with complex material and accelerate your understanding.

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

• The Shared Signals Framework (SSF) is a community supported initiative of the OpenID Foundation, focused on developing and maintaining a standardized protocol for cross-system communication between security platforms to share security insights and events. To support the SSF initiative, Google Workspace is implementing a SSF Receiver to ingest Continuous Access Evaluation Profile (CAEP) signals.

Understand changes more quickly with condensed version history in Sheets

• We are introducing a new condensed view for version history in Google Sheets. By default, Sheets will now only show rows with cells that had changes in the selected version. The condensed version history will help users identify relevant edits to the sheet more quickly and efficiently.

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

• NotebookLM can now turn your documents into interactive flashcards and quizzes, creating a personalized study session, generated in seconds and grounded only in your source materials. Prep for exams, master a new skill, and share it with anyone with a simple link.

See file summaries on the Home page in Google Drive

• You can now see Gemini summaries directly within the suggested files surfaced on the Home page in Google Drive. These summaries will show on select Docs, Sheets, Slides, and PDFs in your suggested file list. You can click the “See more” button that appears on hover to view a more in-depth analysis, or ask Gemini follow up questions about the file in the Gemini side panel.

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

• When scanning documents with Google Drive on your mobile device, you can crop or rotate your file, adjust its color by applying filters, erase shadows, and more. This week, we’re excited to introduce updates to adjustment options to provide you with a seamless and improved user experience while editing scanned documents.
• Learn more about the new document scanning experience

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

• We are simplifying our offerings and bringing even more value by consolidating Gemini Education and Gemini Education Premium into a single add-on subscription, Google AI Pro for Education. This includes all the advanced features previously found in Gemini Education Premium. Google AI Pro for Education provides access to Gemini in Google Workspace apps, including AI-powered note taking and summaries in Google Meet, expanded access to premium models and features in Gemini for Education and NotebookLM, and more proactive security with AI-enhanced data loss prevention.
• Learn more about the new Gemini offering for Education customers.

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

• Earlier this year, we added updates to the AI voiceover features within Help me create in Google Vids. Starting today, you’re now able to include Google Slides presentations as reference materials when constructing your prompts using Help me create and will receive improved Slides analysis and content incorporation into video drafts.
• Learn more about using slides to help create your Vids.

Use Gemini to refine text in Slides

• You can now refine text within a text box in Google Slides using Gemini. In just a few clicks, you can ask Gemini to help rephrase, shorten, formalize, or bulletize the current text using pre-set options optimized for Slides. Alternatively, you can enter your own prompt to have Gemini refine the text. This can help you quickly polish the text on your slides and improve the consumability of the content.
• Learn more about using Gemini to refine text in Slides.

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

• Admins can now apply Context-Aware Access (CAA) policies to apps which use OpenID Connect (OIDC), which are a subset of OAuth apps that are authenticated using Google sign-in. Admins can use a single setting to apply CAA policies to all OIDC apps by default.

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

• Gemini can now answer questions or give you summaries about images in Drive. For example, you could now ask Gemini to summarize this image, extract text from this image, extract information from this receipt/invoice into a table, generate alternate text for this image, or write a story about this image.

Image editing now available in the Gemini app

• The Gemini app for Google Workspace users now includes powerful image editing capabilities. Users can reimagine photos with prompts, start with a generated image or upload their own, and prompt Gemini to combine it with other photos, change the context or location, change details within the image, and more.

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

• Building on intelligent suggestions for table conversion, Gemini now automatically formats your data as a table and creates a meaningful table name (e.g., Project_Status) when you accept a “Convert to table” suggestion.

Edit videos more easily using the transcript in Google Vids

• Gemini in Vids can generate a transcript of your recording, identify and trim filler words and awkward pauses out of the transcript with one click to help you sound your best and eliminate tedious editing tasks.

Deliver your message with AI avatars in Google Vids

• You can write a script and choose an AI avatar to deliver your content in Google Vids. AI avatars provide a fast, consistent way to narrate your videos, useful for training videos or when you don’t have time or budget to film a spokesperson.

Convert images to video with Veo 3 in Google Vids

• You can upload an image into Google Vids and input a prompt to convert the image into a high quality eight-second video with sound using Veo 3, transforming static shots into engaging short videos based on your instructions.

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

• Google Drive Inventory reporting now supports scheduling a daily export of your Drive data assets to BigQuery, in addition to the existing weekly cadence.

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

• Users now have a quicker way to start editing right from Drive, using Google Vids. With this launch, when a user is previewing their video in Drive, there will be an "Open" button in the upper right that will open the video in Vids. Vids will automatically open the video file, and from there you can further edit as you see fit.

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

• We’re excited to introduce a new way to access all your booking pages directly in the Calendar side bar. Plus, users who don’t have an appointment schedule yet will now have a pre-configured booking page.

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

• With this launch, you can reference Calendar, Tasks, and Keep in your conversations with Gemini Live. Gemini Live enables in-depth two way conversations to help you brainstorm ideas, explore new concepts, and more.

Effortlessly work with ServiceNow data across Google Chat and Sheets

• ServiceNow is now integrated with Google Chat and Sheets. With the ServiceNow and Google Chat integration, users are now able to interact directly with ServiceNow's Virtual Agent within Google Chat.
• With the ServiceNow and Google Sheets integration, users can bypass manual file downloads and uploads and export data from ServiceNow directly into Sheets.

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

• Prior to today, when using the arrow keys to move objects in Google Slides, the object would move a great distance.
• To improve upon this experience, the using the arrow keys to “nudge” an object will now move by 1 pixel.

Create and manage student groups using the Google Classroom API

• We are excited to announce the launch of the Google Classroom API Student Groups endpoints which enable developers to manage student groups and group members on behalf of administrators and teachers.

Listen to your documents using Gemini in Google Docs

• For those who prefer to listen to document content, we’re excited to introduce the ability to create audio versions of your documents using Gemini in Google Docs.

Improving the ISEMAIL and ISURL functions in Google Sheets

• To ensure more domains and email addresses are properly recognized by functions, we’re improving the way =ISURL() and =ISEMAIL() are evaluated to more accurately return TRUE when appropriate.

Catch up on unread messages within a conversation in Google Chat

• You can currently use Gemini in Google Chat to summarize unread conversations in the Chat home view and to summarize files shared in conversations.
• To build upon this, we’re adding the ability to catch up on unread messages in a direct message, group conversation, or space.

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

• In the coming weeks, we will be introducing an updated user interface for some Google Meet hardware.
• To explore this upcoming feature, we encourage Admins to change the feature preview setting to enable Early preview for their devices.

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

• With this launch, we are increasing the credit limit to use with Whisk and Flow for Google AI Ultra for Business users from 12,500 per user per month to 25,000 per user per month.

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

• Users now have a quicker way to start editing right from Drive, using Google Vids. With this launch, when a user is previewing their video in Drive, there will be an "Open" button in the upper right that will open the video in Vids. Vids will automatically open the video file, and from there you can further edit as you see fit.

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

• We’re excited to introduce a new way to access all your booking pages directly in the Calendar side bar. Plus, users who don’t have an appointment schedule yet will now have a pre-configured booking page.

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

• With this launch, you can reference Calendar, Tasks, and Keep in your conversations with Gemini Live. Gemini Live enables in-depth two way conversations to help you brainstorm ideas, explore new concepts, and more.

Effortlessly work with ServiceNow data across Google Chat and Sheets

• ServiceNow is now integrated with Google Chat and Sheets. With the ServiceNow and Google Chat integration, users are now able to interact directly with ServiceNow's Virtual Agent within Google Chat. With the ServiceNow and Google Sheets integration, users can bypass manual file downloads and uploads and export data from ServiceNow directly into Sheets.

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

• Prior to today, when using the arrow keys to move objects in Google Slides, the object would move a great distance. To improve upon this experience, the using the arrow keys to “nudge” an object will now move by 1 pixel.

Create and manage student groups using the Google Classroom API

• We are excited to announce the launch of the Google Classroom API Student Groups endpoints which enable developers to manage student groups and group members on behalf of administrators and teachers.

Listen to your documents using Gemini in Google Docs

• For those who prefer to listen to document content, we’re excited to introduce the ability to create audio versions of your documents using Gemini in Google Docs.

Improving the ISEMAIL and ISURL functions in Google Sheets

• To ensure more domains and email addresses are properly recognized by functions, we’re improving the way =ISURL() and =ISEMAIL() are evaluated to more accurately return TRUE when appropriate.

Catch up on unread messages within a conversation in Google Chat

• You can currently use Gemini in Google Chat to summarize unread conversations in the Chat home view and to summarize files shared in conversations. To build upon this, we’re adding the ability to catch up on unread messages in a direct message, group conversation, or space.

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

• In the coming weeks, we will be introducing an updated user interface for some Google Meet hardware. To explore this upcoming feature, we encourage Admins to change the feature preview setting to enable Early preview for their devices.

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

• With this launch, we are increasing the credit limit to use with Whisk and Flow for Google AI Ultra for Business users from 12,500 per user per month to 25,000 per user per month.

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