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Workspace audit logs: New functionality and expanded event fields in the Admin console

Today we’re announcing the release of several enhancements to deepen the security investigation capabilities of the Workspace audit log, including expanded fields across many data sources.

These new enhancements include:

  1. Introduction of owner details for resource attribute
  2. Expansion of resource and actor attributes to additional data sources
  3. Introduction of new device info attribute for multiple data sources

New owner details for enhanced resource visibility in Security Investigation Tool and Audit logs

We’re adding a new “Owner details” field to the “Resources” attribute, making it easier to identify who owns a resource during security investigations. This field uses two primary components:

  • Owner Type: Specifies the category of the owner, which can be an individual person (User), the entire organization (Customer), or a Group.
  • Owner Identity: Contains specific details, such as IDs or email addresses, of that owner.


It will be available for all data sources wherever the resource field is present: Directory sync, Gmail, Meet, Groups, Keep, Looker Studio, Drive, Meet hardware, Chat, Admin, Data migration, Chrome, Voice, Calendar, Vault, Assignments and Groups enterprise log events.

Expanded coverage for resources and actor application info in Security Investigation tool / Audit and Investigation tool

To ensure you have a complete view across various Workspace services, we are expanding two critical attributes to additional log events:

  • Resources: Expanding to Chrome, Voice, Vault, and Assignment log events
  • Actor application info: Expanding to Chrome, Voice, Group, Meet, Assignments, and Admin data action log events

Comprehensive device information in Security Investigation tool / Audit and Investigation tool, Admin SDK (Reports API), SecOps, and BigQuery

Administrators can now gain crucial context about the devices used to perform actions. We are introducing the User device info attribute, which provides details such as User device ID, User device OS version, or User device type (e.g., DESKTOP_MAC, DESKTOP_WINDOWS).

This information is available for many log sources, including: Contact, Gemini workspace, Keep, Meet hardware, Chat, Chrome, Directory sync, Drive, Group, Meet, Rule, Looker studio and SAML log events. 

List of event fields and their descriptions
Detail for Admin SDK (Reports API)

Getting started

Rollout pace

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Speeding Up AI: Bringing Google Colossus to PyTorch via GCSFS and Rapid Bucket

Google Cloud has introduced a high-performance integration that connects Rapid Storage directly to PyTorch via the fsspec interface to eliminate AI training bottlenecks. By utilizing Google’s Colossus architecture and bidirectional gRPC streaming, the solution offers up to 15 TiB/s aggregate throughput and significant reductions in latency. These improvements allow developers to speed up total training time by 23% with zero code changes required beyond updating the storage bucket type.

Early Stable Update for Desktop

The Stable channel has been updated to 148.0.7778.96/.97 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.


Srinivas Sista

Google Chrome

Google Ads API v20 sunset reminder

Google Ads API v20 will sunset on June 10, 2026. Starting on this date, all v20 API requests will begin to fail. Migrate to a newer version prior to June 10, 2026 to ensure your API access is unaffected.

Here are some resources to help you with the migration:

You can view a list of methods and services your project has recently called using the Google Cloud Console:

  1. Open APIs & Services in the Google Cloud Console.
  2. Click Google Ads API in the table.
  3. On the Metrics subtab, you should see your recent requests plotted on each graph. You can see which methods you've sent requests to in the Methods table. The method name includes a Google Ads API version, a service, and a method name, such as 
    google.ads.googleads.v20.services.GoogleAdsService.Mutate.
    1. (Optional) Choose the timeframe you want to view for your requests.

If you have any questions or want to discuss this post, please reach out to Google Ads API support or start a discussion on our “Google Advertising and Measurement Community” Discord server.

- Ben Karl, on behalf of the Google Ads API Team

Chrome for Android Update

 Hello Everyone! We've just released Chrome 148 (148.0.7778.96) for Android to a small percentage of users. It'll become available on Google Play over the next few days. You can find more details about early Stable releases here.

This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Krishna Govind
Google Chrome

Chrome Beta for Desktop Update

The Beta channel has been updated to 148.0.7778.96 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