Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – August 23, 2024
1 New updateUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both Rapid and Scheduled...
Automate your workflows on Google Chat with IFTTT and UKG Flow integrations
What’s changing Following the announcement at Google Cloud Next 2024, we’re excited to introduce Google Chat integrations with IFTTT and UKG Flow. The IFTTT integration enables users to automate Chat with 1,000+ of today's most popular apps. For example, Chat users...
Picture-in-picture in Google Meet will now open automatically when switching tabs
What’s changing Have you ever lost your video screen after switching to another tab? Google Meet’s picture-in-picture feature helps to solve that problem, but now we’ve made it even easier. Picture-in-picture mode will now automatically trigger when you switch tabs...
Business Starter customers will soon have access to shared drives
What’s changingLast year, we announced that we’re updating the storage model in Business Starter from per-user storage to pooled storage. Today, we’re excited to share that organizations with Business Starter will officially have access to shared drives starting...
Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – October 4, 2024
4 New updatesUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both Rapid and...
Upload additional types of documents to Gemini (gemini.google.com) for insights and analysis
What’s changing Beginning today, Google Workspace users with a Gemini Business, Enterprise, Education or Education Premium license can now upload a variety of files from Google Drive or locally from your device into Gemini (gemini.google.com): Document and text files,...
“Take notes for me” in Google Meet is now available
What’s changingToday, we’re pleased to announce that “take notes for me” will begin rolling out to Google Meet for select Google Workspace customers. “Take notes for me” is an AI-powered feature in Google Meet that automatically takes notes, allowing you to focus on...
Google Meet provides consolidated email for all meeting artifacts
What’s changingCurrently, Google Meet sends an email for each type of meeting artifact initiated in a meeting, including meeting recordings, meeting transcripts, Gemini notes with “take notes for me,” live streams and more. Going forward, you’ll receive one email...
Customize Gemini (gemini.google.com) for your specific needs with Gems
What’s changing At Google I/O 2024, we pre-announced Gems, custom AI experts that you can build across a variety of topics. In a few easy steps, you can describe what you want your Gem to do and how you’d like it to respond — Gems will help complete specific goals,...
Gmail Q&A: A new way of searching your inbox with Gemini on Android devices
What’s changingA few months ago, we announced the general availability of Gemini in the side panel of Gmail, which not only allows users to summarize and suggest responses to email threads, but also includes using Gemini in Gmail on web to ask questions and find...