Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – March 15, 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...
Subtly enhance your appearance with portrait touch-up when using Google Meet on the web
What’s changing In October 2023, we introduced portrait touch-up for Google Meet on mobile devices. Beginning today, we’re extending this functionality to Google Meet on the web. Portrait touch-up can be used to lightly touch up your appearance before or during a...
Import data from other messaging platforms using the Google Chat API is now generally available
What’s changing Google Workspace developers registered in our Workspace Developer Preview program have been able to import user data from other messaging platforms into Google Chat using the Google Chat APIs. This functionality is now generally available to all...
Select App Access Controls can now be applied at the organizational unit
What’s changing Google Workspace Admins can now configure a number of App Access Control (AAC) policies at the Organizational Unit (OU) level. Previously, this was only possible at the domain level. Specifically, this applies to: What happens when users try to sign in...
Create fully customized email campaigns using new layout editor tool
What’s changingIn 2022, we made it easier for you to send professional-looking emails, announcements, newsletters and more with layouts. These are predefined email templates that can be further customized with company or brand color schemes, logos, images, links and...
Smooth scrolling in Google Sheets now available on desktop
What’s changingWe’re excited to announce a highly-requested feature that improves control over your scrolling experience in Google Sheets. With smooth scrolling, you can scroll to a specific part of a row or column and stop wherever you’d like within the...
New enhancements in the Space Management Tool For admins: add multiple members or groups, review settings and details
What’s changing We’re introducing several updates for the Space Management Tool in the Admin console, including an improved user interface and additional management capabilities. We’ve introduced several more ways to manage a single space, including: Adding multiple...
Migrate email data from one Google Workspace account to another, available in open beta
What’s changingBeginning today, a new data migration experience is available: you can migrate your users’ email data from one Google Workspace account to another in a more reliable and efficient manner. You can configure your data migration for up to 100 users at a...
Set up dropdown chips more easily in Google Sheets
What’s changingIn 2022, we announced the ability to create dropdown chips in Google Sheets. This custom formatting smart canvas feature enables you to easily indicate statuses or various project milestones within your spreadsheet. Today, we’re building upon this by...
Google Meet co-host support added for client-side encrypted meetings
What’s changingClient-side encrypted meetings are now getting support for using the co-hosts feature. This means that an organizer can plan and book client-side encrypted video meetings on behalf of other users and assign those as co-hosts to allow them to join and...