Context Aware Access insights and recommendations are now generally available

Qué está cambiando

We’re making it easier to apply context-aware access (CAA) policies with new insights and recommendations. We’ll proactively surface potential security gaps and suggest pre-built CAA levels which admins can deploy to remediate the security gaps. These insights will be surfaced to customers, if they have not deployed any CAA policies to their users. When you deploy a recommendation, it will first be placed in Monitor Mode, so you can understand how the policy will block user access over time, and can be reviewed in the CAA audit logs

With this release, we’ve also added the ability for admins to customize the recommendations as they see fit before they’re applied broadly. Additionally, we’ll send primary admins an email on a quarterly basis with insights and actionable recommendations.

A quién afecta

Admins

Por qué es importante

Using Context-Aware Access, admins can set up different access levels based on a user’s identity and the context of the request (location, device security status, IP address). This can help provide granular access controls without the need for a VPN, and give users access to Google Workspace resources based on organizational policies. Insights and recommendations help admins improve the cybersecurity posture of their organization by proactively identifying areas that need attention, significantly reducing the need for admins to identify these risks themselves. For example, if we detect devices with outdated operating system versions  accessing corporate Workspace data, we can surface this as an Insight & pair it with a recommendation to block such devices from accessing Workspace data with a few clicks.

Para empezar

  • Usuarios finales: There is no end user impact or action required.

Ritmo de implantación

Disponibilidad

Disponible para Google Workspace
  • Empresa Standard and Plus
  • Education Standard and Plus
  • Empresa Essentials Plus
  • Also available to Cloud Identity Premium customers

Recursos

Ask responders for a rating in Google Forms

Qué está cambiando

To add to the list of question types that users can respond to in Google Forms and enable the collection of feedback in a more engaging way, we’re introducing a rating question type. 
This new question type enables you to customize rating questions by setting a rating scale level and include rating icons, such as stars or hearts, to offer a more intuitive way to gather opinions from an audience. 
With this update, you’ll be able to analyze responses to these questions (e.g. average rating of responses and visual distributions of ratings) using the summary tab of the responses section. 

Para empezar 

Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.End users: Go to “create a new form” at forms.google.com or an existing form and add a new “Rating” question from the dropdown of different question types. Add the scale for the rating question, such as 1-5, and choose between the different icons supported: stars, hearts and thumbs up. Visit the Help Center to learn more about asking responders to provide a rating on a scale. 

Ritmo de implantación

Dominios de liberación rápida: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 7, 2024Dominios de publicación previstos: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 21, 2024

Disponibilidad

Disponible para todos los clientes de Google Workspace, suscriptores individuales de Workspace y usuarios con cuentas personales de Google. 

Recursos 

Import data from Meta Workplace to Google Chat using CloudFuze

Qué está cambiando

A principios de este año, we introduced a new migration solution from Google Workspace partner CloudFuze that enables customers to import data from Slack into Google Chat. Today, we’re announcing an additional solution from CloudFuze that enables companies using Workplace for Meta to migrate their data to Google Chat. 
This functionality is particularly useful following Meta’s announcement that Workplace will be available in read-only mode starting in September 2025 and fully unavailable in June 2026. 
With this integration, you can move existing communities, groups, individual members, and admins into Chat spaces. In addition, all of the community posts, attachments, reactions, and more will be moved into Chat with the original historical timestamps to ensure that your knowledge repository is available for users in Chat. 

A quién afecta 

Administradores y desarrolladores 

Por qué utilizarlo 

This CloudFuze solution imports your team collaboration data and knowledge repository from Meta Workplace into Google Chat. 

Para empezar 

Admins, end users and developers: Visit the Página de recursos de CloudFuze to learn how to get started with migrating Meta Workplace data into Google Chat. 

Ritmo de implantación 

Disponibilidad 

Disponible para todos los clientes de Google Workspace. Tenga en cuenta que se requiere una licencia de CloudFuze independiente para habilitar las migraciones de datos. 

Recursos 

New and improved widgets for Google Chat app cards

Qué está cambiando

Google Chat app developers have the ability to add widgets and UI elements to make their app cards customizable and encourage users to interact with their apps in a variety of ways. 
Today, we’re excited to announce new and improved widgets for Chat app cards, including: 
Modern and sleek style buttons in line with the Google Material Design 3.

En ChipList widget that provides a versatile and visually appealing way to display information. You can use chips to represent tags, categories, or other relevant data, to make it easier for users to navigate and interact with your content. 

An Overflow Menu that can be used in Chat cards to offer additional options and actions, without cluttering the card’s interface to ensure a clean and organized design. 

The option to customize the control button so that it collapses and expands sections within your Chat cards. You can choose from a range of icons or images to visually represent the section’s content, making it easier for users to understand and interact with the information. Collapsible text paragraphs that let users reveal more information on demand. This widget is perfect for presenting lengthy content or additional details that can be explored when selected, creating a dynamic and interactive user experience. 

Para empezar

Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. Developers: Chat apps can use these widgets in card messages, homepages, and dialogs. For examples, see Design an interactive card or dialog or try them using the Card Builder tool. 

Ritmo de implantación 

Ámbitos de liberación rápida y liberación programada: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 7, 2024 

Disponibilidad 

Available to all Google Workspace customers 

Recursos

New document tabs in Google Docs provide a better way to organize your documents

Qué está cambiando

We’re excited to introduce document tabs in Google Docs, a new feature to help you organize longer documents, centralize information, and make collaboration easier. 
You can now use tabs to draft and build content in a way that makes it possible for you to find what you’re looking for quickly and stay on task. Plus, readers can navigate through your document with ease and focus on sections that matter most to them. 
Tabs in Docs can be particularly useful when you need to break down long, structured documents into smaller, more digestible sections. For example: 
A marketing manager can build a campaign brief using different, focused tabs for budget, goals, and creative ideas. A sales leader creating pitch templates can now have dedicated tabs for each industry or territory. A customer service representative can create tabs for each solution to address common customer service issues. A project manager can create a tab for budget, roles and responsibilities, goals, and key dates so that their working team can stay on track. A team manager can keep a record of routine documentation, such as recurring meeting notes, agendas, performance reviews, and quarterly planning updates. Within each tab, you can also create subtabs to add even more structure to your document. For instance,
a budget tab could include subtabs for travel expenses and agency fees, or a team makeup tab could include subtabs explaining each team’s roles and responsibilities. 

A quién afecta

Usuarios finales 

Por qué utilizarlo 

Structuring your Docs with tabs helps to organize longer documents, brings together existing documents more cohesively, and makes collaboration easier. 

Más información 

Users have the option to set an emoji for each tab to visually represent its content and make navigation easier. The emoji will show to the left of the tab title in the left panel, which replaces the default article icon. 

Para empezar

Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. End users: For documents containing 2 or more tabs and new documents, the left panel will open by default to let users navigate and manage tabs easily. When the left panel is closed, users can open it at all times by clicking on the Tabs & outline icon in the top left corner. You can also share links to specific tabs rather than sharing the link to an entire document by clicking on the three dots menu for a given tab > Copy link.  Visit the Help Center to learn more about using document tabs in Google Docs.

Ritmo de implantación 

Dominios de liberación rápida: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 7, 2024 Dominios de liberación programada: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on October 21, 2024 

Disponibilidad 

Disponible para todos los clientes de Google Workspace, los suscriptores de Google Workspace Individual y los usuarios con cuentas personales de Google. 

Recursos 

Send video messages in Google Chat

Qué está cambiando 

A principios de año anunciamos voice messages in Google Chat, giving users a new way to communicate with others more effectively. Today, we are introducing video messages in Chat, a new capability that helps you save time, convey more information, add tone or emphasis, and can be useful in a number of scenarios, such as: 
Sales or customer support team members sending video updates about new features or account changes. Executives sharing company-wide announcements or strategic updates, fostering transparency and engagement across the organization. Team members sending a video with outstanding updates in lieu of attending a live meeting. 

A quién afecta 

Usuarios finales 

Por qué es importante 

This update offers users with more flexibility in how they communicate within Chat. 

Más información

Video message cannot be recorded on the following browsers and OS: ChromeOS, Linux and Firefox. 

Para empezar 

Administradores: Esta función estará activada por defecto y puede desactivarse a nivel de dominio u OU desactivando todos los archivos adjuntos. Visite el Centro de ayuda para obtener más información sobre controlar el intercambio de archivos en el chat. A efectos de Bóveda de Google, Google para llevary Herramientas de moderación de la Herramienta de Investigación de Seguridad (SIT), voice messages are treated as attachments (like any other message in Chat). End users: To record a video message, select the record button in the Chat compose box and click “video message.” Then simply record your message and press send.You can preview or re-record your video before sending your video message. You can send video messages in 1:1 DMs, group DMs, and spaces, and they can be interacted with (quoted, reacted to, replied to in thread, etc) just like any other Chat message. Video messages will be stored in the Media section of the Shared tab. You can send video messages on web and receive them on all platforms. The ability to record and send video messages on mobile is not available at this time. Visit the Help Center to learn more about sending a video message in Google Chat y enviar y compartir archivos en mensajes de Google Chat. 

Ritmo de implantación 

Dominios de liberación rápida: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 7, 2024Dominios de publicación previstos: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 25, 2024

Disponibilidad 

Disponible para Google Workspace: 
Business Starter, Standard, Plus Enterprise Standard, Plus Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus Nonprofits Frontline Starter, Standard 

Recursos 

Automate meeting recording, transcripts and notes for your Google Meet meetings

Qué está cambiando

Admins now have the option to configure meeting recordings, meeting transcripts, and “take notes for me”* as on by default for newly created meetings. Meeting hosts and co-hosts can edit these settings in the Calendar invite, as well as turn these artifacts off during the meeting. We hope these settings help ensure artifacts are created for specific meetings or series of meetings, like sales calls or town hall meetings, without relying on manual intervention. When these meeting artifacts are turned on, attendees will be notified when they join the green room and when they join the meeting. 

Apps > Google Workspace > Google Meet > Meet video settings > Automatic transcription

Apps > Google Workspace > Google Meet > Meet video settings > Automatic recording

Apps > Google Workspace > Google Meet > Meet video settings > Automatic note taking
*”Take notes for me” requires a Gemini add-on. See below for more information.

Para empezar

Admins: These settings can be applied at the domain, OU, or Group level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about choosing automatic meeting artifact settings for your organizationUsuarios finales: Visiten el Centro de ayuda para obtener más información sobre recording a meeting, using meeting Transcriptsy taking notes with Gemini in Meet.

Ritmo de implantación

Dominios de liberación rápida y programada: Full rollout (1-3 days for feature visibility) starting on October 8, 2024

Disponibilidad

Available to Google Workspace Business Standard and PlusEnterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials PlusEnterprise Standard and PlusEducation Plus, and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade

Take notes for me” requires a Gemini Business, Enterprise, Education, Education Premium, or AI Meetings & Messages add-on.

Transcriptions now available for voice messages in Google Chat

Qué está cambiando 

A principios de este año, we introduced the ability to send voice messages in Google Chat to help users save time, convey more information, and emphasize the most important information for the message receiver. To build upon this highly requested communication feature and increase accessibility in Chat, we’re excited to announce voice messages transcription. 
Starting today, users will be able to see an automatic transcription of voice messages in Chat on web and mobile. This update enables content consumption in a user’s preferred format or the format that is most convenient at that particular moment. 

Para empezar 

Admins:This feature will be ON by default and can be disabled at the domain or OU level by disabling all attachments. Visit the Help Center to learn more about controlar el intercambio de archivos en el chat. A efectos de Google Vault, Google para llevary Herramientas de moderación de la Herramienta de Investigación de Seguridad (SIT), voice messages and transcriptions are treated as attachments (like any other message in Chat). End users: You can send voice messages on mobile (to direct messages, group chats and spaces) and receive them on all platforms, including web. To review the voice messages transcription, click “View transcript” underneath the voice message. You can close the voice transcription by clicking “Hide transcript”. For screen reader users, voice transcripts are treated as readable texts. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Google Chat with a screen reader. Transcription will adhere to your Google Account’s language settingsVisite el Centro de ayuda para obtener más información sobre sending a voice message in Google Chat. 

Ritmo de implantación 

Android, iOS, and web: 
Ámbitos de liberación rápida y liberación programada: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 8, 2024 

Disponibilidad 

Disponible para todos los clientes de Google Workspace y suscriptores de Google Workspace Individual 

Recursos 

Third-party smart chips now available in Google Sheets

Qué está cambiando 

El año pasado, we introduced the ability to pull rich data from apps directly into Google Docs with third-party smart chips. Since then, many users have embedded content from partner apps, including Asana, Jira y Confluence, Canva, Lucid, Loom, Whimsicaly Zoho Proyectos, and now we’re expanding the capability to Google Sheets. 
Starting today, users can add chips inteligentes that pull information from third party apps into Sheets. Users can also paste third-party chips inserted in Docs directly into a spreadsheet. 
Para acceder chips inteligentes de tercerosun administrador o usuario debe instalar primero el complemento de un socio desde la sección Google Workspace Marketplace. After that, simply paste a link from the third-party source into your spreadsheet and click “tab”. You will then see a smart chip populate in your sheet that previews critical information from the app, right in the flow of your work. 

Para empezar 

Admins: You can only create and use a third-party smart chip if a developer has enabled it for that application. You will also need to install or allowlist the specific add-on for that application to ensure end users have access. Visit the Help Center to learn how to install Marketplace apps in your domain y managing Google Workspace Marketplace apps. Desarrolladores: visiten el Centro de ayuda para obtener más información sobre how to make third-party smart chips. End users: Specific add-ons for third-party applications must be installed by your admin or allowlisted for you to use this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more about inserting third-party smart chips from other applications. To convert a link to a third-party into a smart chip, you can either: Paste a link from the third-party source into your spreadsheet and select “tab” Replace the link with a chip within the hover card that appears when you place your cursor over the link. Users who have installed a third-party add-on will see a hovercard of information defined by the third-party upon hovering over the chip: 
Visite el Centro de ayuda para obtener más información sobre insertar chips inteligentes de terceros procedentes de otras aplicaciones. 

Ritmo de implantación

Dominios de liberación rápida: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 8, 2024 Dominios de publicación previstos: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 28, 2024 

Disponibilidad 

Disponible para todos los clientes de Google Workspace, suscriptores individuales de Workspace y usuarios con cuentas personales de Google. 

Recursos 

Easily find and connect to featured partner apps from the Google Workspace Marketplace

Qué está cambiando 

We’re adding a new category within the Google Workspace Marketplace: Featured partner apps. Here, you can quickly find and install the most popular Google Workspace apps.

Para empezar

Administradores: visiten el Centro de ayuda para obtener más información sobre controlar el acceso de los usuarios a las aplicaciones del Marketplace y installing Google Workspace Marketplace apps.
Usuarios finales: Use this link to browse our featured partner apps in the Google Workspace Marketplace and this Help Center article about browsing the Google Workspace Marketplace. Depending on your Admin configuration, you may or may not  be able to install apps yourself or apps may be installed for you by your admin.