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Custom event colors in Google Calendar

Google Calendar is expanding its event coloring options, moving beyond the current limitation of 11 predefined colors for events. Going forward, users are offered an expanded color palette so they can personalize events and visually organize their calendar with ease, giving each user access to up to 200 custom colors for individual events via both the native web and mobile apps as well as the Calendar API. This fulfills a long-standing feature request from both business and personal users for more customizable options.

Users will be able to select from 24 default colors. On Calendar on the web (or via API), users can define additional colors by using a full RGB color picker.

UI showing how to select an event color in Calendar

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • End users: This feature will be ON by default and can be customized by the user. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

  • Rapid Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 17, 2026
  • Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 29, 2026

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts

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Early Stable Update for Desktop

The Stable channel has been updated to 150.0.7871.24/.25 for Windows and Mac as part of our early stable release to a small percentage of users. A full list of changes in this build is available in the log.

You can find more details about early Stable releases here.

Interested in switching release channels?  Find out how here. 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.


Daniel Yip

Google Chrome

Chrome Beta for Desktop Update

The Beta channel has been updated to 150.0.7871.24 for Windows, Mac and Linux.

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

Enhanced AI avatar features and capabilities in Google Vids

With the integration of Gemini 3.1 Flash Text-To-Speech (TTS) and the latest capabilities in Veo 3.1, AI avatars in Google Vids have become more realistic and expressive than ever. We’re excited to announce expanded language support, a new collection of avatar defaults, and the ability to direct your custom avatars to take action in any generated video.

Expanded preset avatars with more expressive speaking


Several examples of realistic avatars

Several examples of 3D cartoon avatars

Samples of new default avatars

We’ve expanded avatar options from 23 to 53 default presets, spanning photorealistic, 3D cartoon, and graphic novel styles. This broader gallery includes avatars like Sofia, Jack, Charlie, Finley, and Eleanor, all powered by Gemini Audio to speak with greater degrees of expression, realism, and conversational tones.

Expanded speaker support to 24 languages


List of supported languages

Full list of language support in Google Vids UI

We’ve added support for 16 new languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Arabic, Indonesian, Russian, Dutch, Polish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Romanian, and Ukrainian. These languages join our existing set—English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, and German—bringing the total to 24 supported languages for AI avatar and voiceovers.

Create custom avatars with the latest Gemini voice model


UI for creating a custom avatar, including box to add a name
User experience of assigning new voices to custom avatars

With custom avatars in Vids, you can design your avatar using Nano Banana Pro. Starting today, you can choose from 30+ voices powered by Gemini Audio that offer increased expression, language support, and steering control over how they speak.

Direct your custom avatars to take action in addition to speaking



Generated sample of a directed custom avatar

Previously, users could only direct default avatars. Now, you can add custom avatars as an ingredient in generated video clips, unlocking new ways to have your customized spokesperson tell your story. Every generation preserves your custom avatar's appearance and voice, ensuring your customizations are preserved throughout new generations.

  • Control custom actions: Instruct your avatar to walk, talk, and use objects simply by typing a text prompt describing their actions.
  • Use image references: Upload additional images to direct your avatar in customized locations or with branded logos.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Education: Education Plus
  • Consumer: All users with personal Google accounts, including Google AI Pro and Ultra
  • Other Editions: Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus; Nonprofits; Individual
  • Education Add-ons: Teaching and Learning; Google AI Pro for Education
  • Other Add-ons: AI Expanded Access*
*Users with AI Expanded Access add-on licenses have higher limits on usage of AI avatars in Vids.

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Create longer Veo videos and generate multiple at once in Google Vids

Starting today, we’re introducing powerful new ways to create and iterate on video content in Google Vids using Veo. These updates provide all Vids users with the ability to create longer videos with consistent characters and generate multiple videos in parallel, enabling you to bring your vision to life faster than ever before.

  • Longer Veo videos: You can now extend existing video clips using Veo to create longer, more immersive content while ensuring perfect storytelling continuity across your scenes.
  • Generate multiple clips at once: Increase your productivity by kicking off multiple video generation requests at once, allowing you to explore different styles and prompts simultaneously to save time.


Extend video clips using Veo

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Education: Education Plus
  • Consumer: All users with personal Google accounts, including Google AI Pro and Ultra
  • Other Editions: Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus; Nonprofits; Individual
  • Education Add-ons: Teaching and Learning; Google AI Pro for Education
  • Other Add-ons: AI Expanded Access*
*Users with AI Expanded Access add-on licenses have higher limits on video generation using Veo in Vids.

Resources