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External users can now securely collaborate on client-side encrypted files

What's changingWe'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 ...

Help your students learn to read with Read Along in Classroom

What's changingIn 2019, we launched Read Along as an Android reading app to help young readers have fun while learning to read. Read Along has an in-app reading buddy who guides readers along as they read aloud, offering assistance when they struggle, and rewarding them with stars when they're successful. Today, ...

Insert images into practice sets in Google Classroom

What's changingSince adding practice sets to Google Classroom in 2023, we've made numerous improvements such as giving teachers more control over the resources for students in practice sets and adding the option to convert Google Forms into practice sets. Today, we're excited to introduce a new feature that will ...

Introducing audit logs for these API-based actions

What's changingDrive log events provide admins with visibility into their organisation's user activity in Drive. Previously, download activity for files triggered by the use of Google Workspace APIs was not visible to admins as a Drive log event. Today, we're adding audit logs for these API-based actions to the ...

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - May 24, 2024

2 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 Scheduled Release at the same time. If not, each stage ...