by | Jun 21, 2024 | Noticias
What’s changing
We’re pleased to introduce an improved email notification experience for those who are using third-party calendar services—like Outlook—to collaborate with Google Calendar users. Specifically, this update improves the accuracy of Google Calendar event syncing across calendar services, while helping cut down on the amount of email noise caused by calendar sync notifications.
Email notifications that are purely intended to sync information will now be marked as such in the body of the email and sent from a distinct, identifiable email address. The body of the email includes instructions for end users on how to implement inbox filters to avoid this type of email cluttering their inbox. At scale, Outlook system administrators can use Microsoft’s Powershell to implement an email filter rule for these messages for all users. Google Workspace customers can
use this form to sign-up for the beta.
Who’s impacted
Admins and end users
Why it matters
We’ve heard from our customers that the syncing experience from Google Calendar to third-party calendars was not consistently reliable. Additionally, users lacked an effective way to filter out Calendar emails which cluttered their inbox. This update will help improve the overall experience for users collaborating with Google Calendar users.
Getting started
Rollout pace
Beta sign-ups are available now using this
form until July 10, 2024. We will be accepting beta applications and allowlisting customers over the next several weeks.
Availability
Sign-up for this beta is available for all Google Workspace customers
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by | Jun 28, 2024 | Noticias
3 New updates
Unless 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 Release at the same time. If not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete.
Your users can now express interest in Gemini for Google Workspace
We’re introducing a simple way for Workspace end users to request a Gemini license from their admins on the
Gemini for Google Workspace homepage. To send this request, Workspace end users simply select ‘Get Started’ from the Gemini for Google Workspace marketing page, then click on ‘Ask my admin’ and complete the request form. Super admins will receive this request by email, and from there they can choose to purchase a Gemini license in the Admin console.
Multi-account support now available for Google Keep on large screen Android devices
Last year, we introduced multi-instance support for Google Keep on large screen Android devices. To take this a step further, we’re now allowing multiple accounts to be used at the same time on the same device in Keep. Having two windows open side-by-side enables better insight into your notes and gives you more ways to work with, display, and organize your content across multiple accounts. | Rolling out now to
Rapid Release domains and Scheduled Release domains. | Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts.
Updates for Gemini for Workspace usage reports in the Admin console
Recently, we
introduced Gemini for Workspace usage reports in the Admin console. Beginning today, we’re introducing additional updates for these reports:
Usage reports are now available for Gemini Education and Gemini Education Premium customers. Admins can filter usage reports by OU and Groups. Admins can access these reports via Admin console under Menu > Generative AI > Gemini reports. | Also available to Google Workspace customers with the Gemini Enterprise and Gemini Business add-ons. | Rolling out now to
Rapid Release domains and Scheduled Release domains. | Learn more about
reviewing Gemini usage in your organization.
Previous announcements
The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.
Google Classroom add-ons now generally available to Google Workspace developers
Classroom add-ons generally available to all developers. These complement other Classroom API features and let educators and students experience content without having to leave Google Classroom. | Learn more about
Classroom add-ons. Manage access to eSignature in Google Workspace
The admin control for Google Workspace’s eSignature feature is live for select Google Workspace editions. Admins can control users’ ability to request signatures before eSignature rolls out to end users in the coming weeks. | Learn more about
eSignature in Google Workspace. Gemini in the side panel of Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, and Google Drive is rolling out now
We’re pleased to announce the general availability of Gemini in the side panel of Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. Learn more about the side panel in
Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive and
Gmail.
Bringing our Learning Interoperability Tools under one umbrella: Google Workspace LTI™
Going forward, all Learning Interoperability Tools, including Assignments LTI™, and Google Drive LTI™, will be consolidated into a single category: Google Workspace LTI™. | Learn more about
Google Workspace LTI™. Introducing Colab Pro and Colab Pro+ for Google Workspace
Currently, Google Workspace admins can turn Colab on for their users, allowing them to access the free version of Colab. This week, we announced the Colab Pro and Colab Pro+ standalone subscriptions for Google Workspace customers. | Learn more about
Colab for Google Workspace. Grading periods API for Google Classroom is now available in Developer Preview
Grading period endpoints and capabilities in the Classroom API are now available through the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program. | Learn more about the
Grading periods API. Additional admin space management capabilities in Google Chat API are now available in Developer Preview Program
Improving calculation speed in Google Sheets
We recently announced the latest advancements in Sheets, including that we’ve doubled the speed of calculation in Google Sheets on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers. This update can improve the speed of actions like formulas, pivot tables, conditional formatting, and more, regardless of your file size. | Learn more about
Sheets calculations. Add up to 500,000 members to spaces in Google Chat
To provide greater flexibility and inclusiveness for larger organizations, we’re excited to announce that starting today, spaces can now have up to 500,000 members. | Learn more about
large spaces in Chat.
Rapid Release Domains:
Scheduled Release Domains:
Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:
For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).
by | Jun 21, 2024 | Noticias
3 New updates
Unless 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 Release at the same time. If not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete.
Now generally available: Build AppSheet automations using Google Forms
AppSheet helps users automate manual workflows by integrating with data sources like Google Drive, Chat and Sheets, and earlier this year we announced its integration with Google Forms in beta. This week, we’re excited to announce this is now generally available. | Roll out to
Rapid Release domains and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Available to Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus and the Teaching & Learning Upgrade, Frontline Starter, Frontline Standard, AppSheet Starter, AppSheet Core, AppSheet Enterprise Standard, and AppSheet Enterprise Plus customers only. | Learn more about
AppSheet’s integration with Google Forms and
building your first app and automation using Google Forms. The ability to add and remove Google Groups as space members using the Google Chat API is now generally available
Last year, we announced the ability to create spaces, memberships, group chats, and more using the Google Chat API. This week, we’re excited to introduce the option for developers to add and remove Google Groups as space members using the Google Chat API. | Rolling out now to
Rapid Release domains and Scheduled Release domains. | Available to all Google Workspace customers. | Learn more about accessing Chat APIs through the
Google Chat API.
Comments and action items in client-side encrypted Google Docs is now generally available
Previous announcements
The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.
Insert images into practice sets in Google Classroom
Teachers can now import images, like graphs, charts or photos, into practice sets using files from Google Drive or directly from their computer. | Learn more about
inserting images into practice sets. Help your students learn to read with Read Along in Classroom
We’re introducing Read Along in Google Classroom, a new feature that helps students build their independent reading skills by enabling teachers to assign differentiated reading activities, based on Lexile® measure, grade level, or phonics skills. | Learn more about
Read Along in Google Classroom. External users can now securely collaborate on client-side encrypted files
We’re expanding visitor sharing, a feature that provides secure, pincode-based collaboration over sensitive data with people, to include client-side encrypted files. This allows users to securely collaborate with external partners on sensitive Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides files, while maintaining the confidentiality of the information with the granular control of encryption keys, identity verification and user permissions. | Learn more about
visitor sharing. Create interactive YouTube assignments in Google Classroom more quickly and efficiently, with the help of AI
We’re introducing AI-suggested questions that educators can easily attach to a video based on its content when creating interactive YouTube assignments in Google Classroom. | Learn more about
YouTube assignments in Classroom.Google Meet adds 52 new languages to translated captions and 11 more languages for closed captions
For all Google Workspace customers and users with personal accounts, we’ve expanded support for closed captioning. In addition, for Gemini for Google Workspace customers, we are adding 52 languages to translated captions with full language support. | Learn more about
translated captions and closed captions. Improved syncing experience between Google Calendar and third-party calendars
We’re pleased to introduce an improved email notification experience for those who are using third-party calendar services—like Outlook—to collaborate with Google Calendar users. | Learn more about the
improved syncing experience on Calendar.
Rapid Release Domains:
Scheduled Release Domains:
Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:
For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).
by | Jun 24, 2024 | Noticias
What’s changing
We’re pleased to announce the general availability of Gemini in the side panel of Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. Through the side panel, Gemini can assist you with summarizing, analyzing, and generating content by utilizing insights gathered from your emails, documents, and more—all without switching applications or tabs. The updated interface automatically summarizes the content you’re working on and provides contextually relevant prompts to help you get started.
Who’s impacted
End users
Why you’d use it
The side panel will use Google’s most capable models including the Gemini 1.5 Pro model with a longer context window and more advanced reasoning, allowing you to harness the power of Gemini directly from your most used Google Workspace apps. Here are a few examples of when you’d use it:
Docs: Gemini in Docs side panel can help you write and refine your content, summarize information, help you brainstorm, create content based off of other files, and more.
Gemini in Docs side panel
Slides: Gemini in Slides side panel can help you generate new slides, generate custom images, summarize presentations and more.
Using Gemini in Slides side panel
Sheets: Gemini in Sheets side panel can help you track and organize data. In the side panel, you can quickly create tables, generate formulas and ask how to accomplish certain tasks in Sheets.
Using Gemini in Sheets side panel
Drive: Gemini in Drive side panel can summarize one or multiple documents, get quick facts about a project, or deep dive on a topic without needing to find and click through numerous documents.
Using Gemini in Drive side panel
Additional details
We’re also introducing Gemini in the Gmail side panel, which you can leverage to summarize email threads, draft an email, suggest responses to an email thread, and more. For more information, see our
announcement on the Workspace Updates blog.
Getting started
Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.End users: You can access the Gemini in the side panel by clicking on “Ask Gemini” (spark button) in the top right corner of Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive on the web. Visit the Help Center to learn more about collaborating with Gemini in
Google Drive, as well as Google
Docs,
Sheets, and
Slides.
Rollout pace
Rapid Release domains: Full rollout (1-3 days for feature visibility) starting on June 24, 2024
Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on July 8, 2024
Availability
Available for Google Workspace customers with:
Gemini Business and Enterprise add-onGemini Education and Education Premium add-onGoogle One AI Premium
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by | Jun 24, 2024 | Noticias
What’s changing
In addition to the
recent announcement of Gemini in the side panel of Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, and Drive, we’re excited to introduce the general availability of Gemini in the Gmail side panel. Built to leverage Google’s most capable models, including the Gemini 1.5 Pro model with a longer context window and more advanced reasoning, you can now use Gemini in Gmail on web to:
Summarize an email thread Suggest responses to an email thread Get help drafting an email Ask questions and find specific information from emails within your inbox or from your Google Drive files While Gemini in Gmail will provide proactive prompts to help you get started, you can also ask freeform questions. For example, you can ask Gemini to search your inbox for things like “What was the PO number for my agency?”, “How much did the company spend on the last marketing event?”, or “When is the next team meeting?”. And just like that, you’ll have the information you need to quickly reply without having to ever leave Gmail.
Starting today, you can also use Gemini in the Gmail mobile app on Android and iOS to analyze email threads and see a summarized view with the key highlights, just as you can with the side panel on the web. This is useful when you’re on the go, especially because reading through long email threads can be time consuming and even a bit of a challenge on a smaller screen. Additional mobile features like
Contextual Smart Reply and Gmail Q&A are coming soon.
Who’s impacted
End users
Why you’d use it
While Gemini in Gmail helps you view, understand and respond to email content, it also connects to other Workspace apps like Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive. For example, let’s say you’re planning a company offsite and get an email from a team member asking for the hotel information so they can book a room. Now you can ask Gemini to look it up from a Google Doc that contains all the offsite details, using a simple “what is the hotel name and sales manager email listed in @Company Offsite 2024.” Then you can easily insert this into your reply to get your team member the help they need.
Getting started
Rollout pace
Web:
Mobile:
Availability
Available for Google Workspace customers with:
Gemini Business and Enterprise add-on Gemini Education and Education Premium add-on Google One AI Premium
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by | Jun 24, 2024 | Noticias
What’s changing
Starting today, the admin control for Google Workspace’s eSignature feature is live for select Google Workspace editions. Admins can control users’ ability to request signatures before eSignature rolls out to end users in the coming weeks.
To configure this setting, go to Apps > Google Workspace > Drive and Docs > eSignature in the Admin console. Admins can manage eSignature access at the Organizational Unit (OU) level or the Group level, as shown below:
The eSignature control in the Admin console
Why you’d use it
Admins can manage access to eSignature in advance of the feature rollout to end users so only the appropriate groups will have the ability to request eSignatures. Note: the admin control does not restrict users from providing eSignatures via the feature.
Additional details
eSignature for Google Docs is rolling out to end users soon
In the coming weeks, we will roll out eSignature for Google Docs to end users on select Google Workspace editions. eSignature offers a variety of features to help you streamline requesting and capturing signatures, helping you stay organized and keep your work moving along. Specifically, you can:
Request eSignatures, including signatures from more than one user and from non-Gmail users.View the status of pending signatures and find completed contracts.Keep contract templates to initiate multiple eSignature requests.View an audit trail of completed contracts,Use custom text fields to request additional information from signers, such as job titles, email addresses and more. Sign contracts from both mobile devices and PCs.
Getting started
Admins: This feature will be ON by default and can be configured at the OU and Group level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about
turning eSignature on or off for your users.End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about
sending signature requests & sign documents with eSignature.
Rollout pace
Admin setting
End user availability
Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on July 8, 2024
Availability
Available to Google WorkspaceBusiness Standard and PlusEnterprise Starter, Standard and PlusEnterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus Education Plus customers
eSignature is already available for Google Workspace individual subscribers.
by | Jun 24, 2024 | Noticias
What’s changing
In 2022, we made it easy to seamlessly access popular Education Technology tools directly in Google Classroom. We partnered with 20+ EdTech companies, including
Kahoot!,
Pear Deck,
IXL,
ReadWorks, and
Nearpod, to build Google Classroom add-ons. These new integrations let educators and students easily find, use, and grade great content in their favorite EdTech tools without having to navigate to external websites and apps.
Today, we’re excited to make Classroom add-ons generally available to all developers. Now, developers can build an add-on to allow teachers to do the following within Classroom:
Discover and attach content to coursework
Preview content from student perspective
Review student responses to activities
Save time with automatic grading of student responses
Admins, end users, and developers
Why it’s important
Add-ons complement other Classroom API features and let educators and students experience content without having to leave Google Classroom. In addition, Classroom add-ons show up directly in Google Classroom as well on the Google Workspace Marketplace, which is the hub for administrators to manage tools across all of their Google products.
Getting started
Rollout pace
This feature is now available
Availability
Available for Google Workspace:
Education Plus and the Teaching & Learning Upgrade
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by | Jun 25, 2024 | Noticias
What’s changing
Going forward, all Learning Interoperability Tools, including Assignments LTI™, and Google Drive LTI™, will be consolidated into a single category: Google Workspace LTI™. There are no functionality changes with this update, but you will notice the following:
Assignments will be renamed to Google Workspace LTI™ in the Admin console and Google Workspace LTI™ in the Google Cloud console All LTI tools managed in the Admin console with the Google Workspace LTI™ service The Google Assignments Help Center will be rebranded to Google Workspace LTI™. The community forum will remain the same.
Getting started
Admins: You’ll notice these updates automatically. Visit the Help Center to
learn more about Google Workspace LTI™.End users: There is no end user impact or action required.
Rollout pace
Available now.
Availability
Available for Google Workspace:
Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus, and the Teaching & Learning Upgrade
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by | Jun 25, 2024 | Noticias
What’s changing
Currently, Google Workspace admins can turn Colab on for their users, allowing them to access the free version of Colab. Beginning today, we’re pleased to announce the Colab Pro and Colab Pro+ standalone subscriptions for Google Workspace customers:
Collab Pro offers 100 compute units that grant access to additional powerful GPUs, memory, features, and productivity enhancements enabled with AI assistance.Colab Pro+ gives you all the benefits of Colab Pro like productivity enhancements enabled with AI assistance, plus an additional 400 compute units for a total of 500 per month that grant access to additional powerful GPUs, along with background execution for our longest-running sessions.
Who’s impacted
Admins and end users
Why it’s important
Colab provides access to Google’s powerful computational resources, which can be used to train machine learning models and perform other data-intensive tasks — all from your web browser. It can be used for a variety of data science and machine learning tasks, including:
Exploratory data analysisDeveloping with the Gemini APIMachine learning model developmentNatural language processing such as text classification and sentiment analysisImage processing such as object detection and image classification.
We know that many Colab users are also Google Workspace users, especially those within educational institutions. Colab Pro and Colab Pro+ can help enhance their work and research with more compute units, faster GPUs, more memory and more.
Further, these offerings can help admins efficiently subscribe an entire team or organization to Colab, thereby minimizing the friction associated with setting up individual accounts for each user. By managing subscriptions at the group level, organizations can more effectively support collaborative workflows and ensure that all team members have access to the resources they need.
Getting started
Admins:
Access to the Admin console is required to initiate purchase. To purchase Workspace Colab Pro or Colab Pro+, go to Billing > Get more services > More products. Visit the Help Center to learn more about how to assign licenses to users after purchase, as well as available Google Workspace subscriptions.For Google Workspace for Education K-12 customers: The access control for Colab is OFF by default and requires Admins to enable this control if they want users in their domain to access Google Colab. Before turning access to Colab ON, Admins are required to obtain parental consent for <18 users because Colab is included as an Additional Service. Consent can be requested with this
notice template.
End users: Colab is OFF by default and can be enabled by your Admin. Note that if you have purchased Colab’s “Pay As You Go” offering for yourself, you can continue using it in addition with Colab Pro and Pro+.
Rollout pace
Gradually rolling out over the coming months to all customers
Availability
Colab Pro and Colab Pro+ are standalone subscriptions available to all Google Workspace customers with a
verified domain.
by | Jun 25, 2024 | Noticias
What’s changing
We recently
announced several new features for the Google Chat API that enable admins to manage spaces at scale. These features include the ability to audit spaces, delete inactive spaces in bulk, and more.
Today, we’re pleased to announce more space management capabilities, which include the ability to:
Look up details about specific space.Update space details, including the name of a space, space description, and space guidelines. Verify user’s membership status in a specific space. Upgrade a role from space member to space manager.
These features are available now through our Developer Preview Program — see here for more information on how to enroll in the Developer Preview program.
Getting started
Admins and developers: If you are part of the Google Workspace Developer Preview, you will get these features by default. Otherwise, you must apply for access using this form. Use our Developer Documentation to learn how to authenticate and authorize using administrator privilege. End users: There is no end user impact or action required.
Rollout pace
New features for the Google Chat API scoped to admin users are available to participants of Google Workspace Developer Preview Program.
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