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Gemini in Chrome expands to more languages and regions, including Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East

Many of Chrome's latest AI features are rolling out to users in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and more. 

GIF showing Gemini in Chrome side panel


Gemini in Chrome empowers business and education users with AI tools that integrate seamlessly into their daily browsing workflows while maintaining strict data governance. It’s also available to users with personal Google accounts who can access the Gemini app.

Gemini in Chrome allows users to:

  • Get answers and insights: Summarize articles, clarify complex concepts, or find specific information based on the context of open tabs.
  • Generate content: Draft emails and social media posts, or create images directly in the browser.
  • Go live: Engage in two-way voice conversations with Gemini Live to brainstorm ideas or prepare for meetings.

Getting started

  • Admins: This feature is ON by default unless you’ve already disabled the Gemini app service setting or the Chrome Gemini setting. The feature can be turned on or off at the domain, OU, or group level. Refer to the Help Center or our previous announcement for information on the terms of service and privacy considerations for the feature.
  • End users: To access Gemini in Chrome, click the Gemini icon at the top of your browser. You must meet the criteria listed here. Learn more about using Gemini in Chrome here.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace plans, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts on ChromeOS, MacOS and Windows devices

Resources

Chrome Enterprise & Education Help: Gemini in Chrome
Google Workspace Admin Help: Turn the Gemini app on or off
Google Workspace Admin Help: Review Gemini usage in your organization

CEL finds a new home at github.com/cel-expr!

by Olena Huang, CEL (Common Expression Language) team

We're excited to announce that the official Common Expression Language (CEL) repositories have moved to a dedicated GitHub organization. Visit the new cel-expr repository now!

Why the move?

This move is a key step in strengthening the CEL ecosystem. By centralizing our projects, including the language specification, Go, C++, C, Java, and Python implementations, under the cel-expr organization, we aim to:

  • Enhance Branding: Create a clear and unified brand identity for CEL.
  • Improve Discoverability: Make it easier for users and contributors to find all official CEL resources in one place.
  • Ensure Consistency: Foster consistency across all CEL projects.
  • Streamline Development: Simplify our development and release processes.

What's Changing?

The following repositories now reside in the cel-expr organization:

  • google/cel-spec is now cel-expr/cel-spec
  • google/cel-cpp is now cel-expr/cel-cpp
  • google/cel-go is now cel-expr/cel-go
  • google/cel-java is now cel-expr/cel-java
  • cel-expr/cel-python and cel-expr/cel-c have already been in the cel-expr namespace

All future development, issues, and pull requests for these projects will take place in their new homes within the cel-expr organization. This is a non-breaking change, due to automatic redirects, but you should update your URLs where possible.

What Stays the Same?

We've worked to make this transition as seamless as possible:

  • Automatic Redirects: GitHub will automatically redirect all web traffic and git operations from the old google/cel-* URLs to the new cel-expr/cel-* locations. Your existing links and git remote configurations pointing to the old URLs should continue to work for cloning and fetching.
  • Preserved History: The full commit history, issues, and pull requests for each repository have been migrated and are available in the new locations.

Action Required: Update Your Dependencies

While existing links and git remote configurations pointing to the old URLs should continue to work thanks to GitHub's redirects, we recommend updating your dependency management configurations (e.g., go.mod, pom.xml, requirements.txt, etc.) to point directly to the new repository URLs under https://github.com/cel-expr. This ensures you are fetching the latest code and releases from the canonical source.

We're thrilled about this new chapter for CEL, bringing all our core components under one roof. We believe this will foster a stronger CEL community and accelerate the development and adoption of CEL.

Explore the new organization at https://github.com/cel-expr!

Unlocking the Power of the TPU Stack: Introducing our new Developer Hub

Google has officially launched the TPU Developer Hub, a centralized educational resource designed to help model builders and developers maximize the performance of Google Cloud TPUs. The hub offers code-first resources, open-source recipes, and deep-dive documentation covering hardware architecture, software optimization, debugging, parallelism, and networking. These materials are tailored for both human developers and AI-assisted tools to streamline everything from large-scale training to low-latency inference workloads.

AI note-taking is now available in Google Voice

“Take notes for me” is available in Google Voice for your phone calls. This powerful new feature records and transcribes calls, summarizes key points, and organizes action items, which are sent via Gmail and stored in the Voice app. This built-in tool eliminates manual note-taking, ensures critical details are never lost, and drives a highly professional customer experience.

This feature is available for new Voice users by default and requires manual enablement for existing Voice users. Admins can easily turn it on in the admin console at the domain, OU, or group level. Once turned on, eligible users will see the “Record” button become a “Notes” button during calls.

When you tap "Notes" during a Voice call, your conversation will be recorded and transcribed, while Gemini captures notes. When you hang up, you'll get an email with your notes in the body of the email. You can then find the transcript, audio recording, and notes saved right inside the Voice app alongside call details.





Privacy, ownership, and consent
  • Post-call notes and transcriptions are strictly accessible only to the individual who initiated the AI capture. If multiple people start it, everyone gets their own separate artifact.
  • An audio disclosure ("This call is being recorded and captured by AI") ensures all participants are fully informed the moment the feature is activated. Admins are able to customize the consent in the admin console. Admins can also customize the consent language to align with their company's standards.
Note that this feature is only available in English at this time.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers with Voice Standard and Voice Premier add-ons, as well as customers with Voice Standard standalone plans

Resources