Updated admin setting for improved video quality in Google Meet

In April 2026, we updated Meet to improve video quality on high-resolution displays. We’re now updating the way the Admin console setting that limits video bandwidth works to reduce data usage and improve call quality. | Learn more.

Educators and students can now share Gemini Canvas creations directly to Google Classroom

Educators and students of all ages can now seamlessly attach Gemini Canvas artifacts, like websites, quizzes, interactive games, infographics, and more, to Google Classroom assignments and posts. | Learn more.

Assign mobile device management admin privileges based on organizational unit

We’re giving admins more granular control over how mobile device management privileges are delegated. Specifically, admins can be assigned privileges for specific organizational units (OUs), adding another layer of security by scoping access only to necessary OUs. | Learn more.

Data regions support for the Gemini app now available

The Gemini app adheres to your organization’s data regionalization requirements. As with Google Workspace, admins have the flexibility to configure controls for EU storage and processing, US storage and processing, or both, including granular settings down to the organizational unit (OU) level. | Learn more.

Create fully native and editable presentations with Gemini in Google Slides

You can now create a full, multi-slide presentation using Gemini in Google Slides. With a single prompt, you can ground the presentation in existing content from Google Drive, match the style of another presentation, and build fully editable slides, allowing you to make any necessary adjustments. | Learn more.

Ask Gemini in Drive now available on mobile

In April, we announced the general availability of Ask Gemini in Drive on the web. We’re now bringing this feature to the Drive Android and iOS apps. | Learn more.

Work with delegated Gmail accounts from mobile devices

Previously, users could only work with delegated Gmail accounts through the web interface. We are updating the Gmail app for iOS and Android to allow delegates to read, manage, and compose emails on behalf of a delegator directly from their mobile devices. | Learn more.

AI Overviews in Drive now available on mobile

In April, we announced the general availability for Drive AI Overviews in Drive on the web. We’re now bringing this feature to the Drive Android and iOS apps. | Learn more.

Import 3D bar charts into Google Sheets

Google Sheets now fully supports the import of 3D bar charts. Previously, when users imported files containing 3D bar charts into Sheets, they would be displayed as 2D bar charts. With this update, importing these types of files, including from Microsoft Excel, will yield a more seamless experience. | Learn more.

The announcements above were published on the Workspace Updates blog over the last week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to incredible storytelling, which fuels the game development scene in what is one of the world's fastest-growing gaming markets. But while the…

The Chrome team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 151 to the Beta channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. Chrome 151.0.7922.10 contains our usual under-the-hood performance and stability tweaks, but there are also some cool new features to explore - please head to the Chromium blog to learn more!

A partial list of changes is available in the Git log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.

Chrome Release Team
Google Chrome

Hi everyone! We've just released Chrome Dev 152 (152.0.7924.0) for Android. It's now available on Google Play.

You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog, and for details on web platform updates, check here.

If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Chrome Release Team
Google Chrome

Hi everyone! We've just released Chrome Beta 151 (151.0.7922.6) for Android. It's now available on Google Play.

You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog, and for details on web platform updates, check here.

If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Chrome Release Team
Google Chrome

My first job in America was with an air filter company.

I grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 2007, my family and I were living in Ireland, and I worked as a civil servant. That year, my wife and I packed up our lives, took our three-year-old daughter, and moved to America with just two suitcases and no jobs waiting for us. We had a place to stay in Florida for two weeks. I never would have guessed that I’d end up running two companies in North Carolina, or that having fast internet would become so important to keeping them going.

Not long after we arrived, I started working for a small company that made air filters. I had never worked out of a truck or visited customers face-to-face before. Getting out, meeting people, and doing hands-on work suited me much better than sitting at a desk all day.

Six months after arriving in the States, we came to North Carolina, where we’ve been ever since. I stayed in the HVAC field, working for AIRCON Service Group, primarily serving commercial clients. After nearly 20 years in the business, my partner Tim Hobbs and I bought the company in 2019.

COVID hit just a year later, and life got more complicated for everyone. But for us, it also opened up an unexpected opportunity. My commercial customers started asking about indoor air quality and better filters. I knew the options out there weren’t good enough. So, I spent the next year and a half developing a new product. I did the prototyping myself, and eventually, we created our own air filter. We launched FiltersDirectUSA in 2022, making the filters right here in Garner, North Carolina, and today we ship to customers in 34 states. The filters are made from recycled plastic, and with help from our partner, the nonprofit Tidey Ocean, we remove a pound of plastic from the ocean with every order.

Today, I run the companies with almost 20 employees, an office in Garner, and my home in Holly Springs. Staying connected is crucial. Switching to high-speed fiber made a big difference for both companies.

We got GFiber in our Garner office first. We usually have five or six people working on computers at the same time, using different programs for accounting, dispatch, Shopify orders, and email marketing. With our old provider, things would slow down and lag. Now, everything runs smoothly, all day, every day.

A key part of FiltersDirectUSA is the live chat on our Shopify store, which I manage myself. When customers visit and have questions, I need to answer while they’re still online. Whether I’m at my desk in Garner or at home in Holly Springs, I have to respond quickly. Reliable internet is a must.

When GFiber became available in Holly Springs, we switched right away. Before that, I bought a mesh system to improve coverage, but it sat unused for almost a year because it was too hard to set up, even for someone who’s pretty good with technology.

GFiber got our home network set up in our initial installation visit,and it was so easy. We have one extender downstairs and one upstairs, so now the whole house and even the backyard have coverage. 

Our install tech also helped also got us set up with the GFiber app. The parental controls are really helpful. We have three kids — 22, 17, and 11 — so each one has their own schedule. The app lets me set separate cutoffs for my 17-year-old son’s phone and gaming console. If I didn’t, he’d be gaming and on TikTok way past bedtime.

It’s funny that I limit my son’s TikTok time, but I use the app myself to market FiltersDirectUSA and even sell through a TikTok Shop. I film most of our business videos at home, and sometimes neighbors help out with product shoots. With a fast, reliable connection, I don’t have to worry about buffering or losing video quality.

I never imagined I’d own even one business, let alone two. Ours really is an “only in America” story. We’re making air filters in North Carolina, shipping them all over the country, and doing our best to stay connected so that both businesses run smoothly. It also means I get to enjoy fast internet at home, and make sure my son isn’t up gaming at midnight!

Posted by Mark McNally, Co-Founder & CEO FiltersDirectUSA, and Vice President, AIRCON Service Group 

Android and Samsung helped B3 securely scale mobile device management and AI capabilities for their management workforce.

The open-source Genkit framework has introduced the Agents API, a full-stack tool designed to simplify the complex plumbing of conversational AI by packaging message history, tool loops, and streaming into a single interface. The API supports flexible, server- or client-managed state persistence—allowing for advanced workflows like history branching, long-running detached tasks, and multi-agent coordination—while seamlessly connecting backends to frontends via a unified wire protocol. Currently available in preview for TypeScript and Go, it also integrates with the Genkit Developer UI to allow developers to easily test, debug, and inspect agent snapshots without writing client code.

Answering the questions of "why we built ADK 2.0". This explains the rationale, some of the features, and why a developer should consider upgrading. This will be published the day after ADK go 2.0 launches.

The Google Cloud Workbench Notebooks extension for VS Code has officially launched, allowing developers to connect their local IDE to scalable, cloud-based Jupyter environments. This integration streamlines the machine learning lifecycle by eliminating context switching and providing direct access to high-performance Google Cloud infrastructure. To support transparency and community-driven innovation, the newly released extension is fully open-sourced and available on GitHub and the VS Code Marketplace.