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Data regions support for the Gemini app now available

Beginning today, 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.

Data regions are critical for ensuring many customers can meet their own internal requirements, as well as other legal, regulatory, and data sovereignty requirements by controlling the geographical location of their data at rest. Expanding these controls to the Gemini app allows our customers to adopt Gemini broadly in their organization with confidence that their data is being processed and stored in the location they require.

Getting started

Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about data regions, choosing a geographic location for your data, setting up advanced settings for data regions, and what data is covered by data regions.
End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now

Availability

Enterprise: Enterprise Plus (provides in-region processing and storage capabilities)
Education: Education Plus and Education Standard (provides in-region storage capabilities only)
Other Editions: Frontline Plus (provides in-region processing and storage capabilities)

Resources

Google Workspace Admin Help: Data regions: Choose a geographic location for your data
Google Workspace Admin Help: What data is covered by a data region policy?
Google Workspace Admin Help: About Assured Controls and Assured Controls Plus

Source: Google Workspace Updates

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.

Previously available in beta, we’re now making this feature generally available, with improvements to the way devices are displayed to help admins view and manage their devices more efficiently.

Example experience for an admin with OU-level permissions

Getting started

Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about administrator roles and delegating device management administrator privileges.
End users: There is no end user impact or action required.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on June 29, 2026

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers

Resources

Google Workspace Admin Help: Create an admin role for an organizational unit
Google Workspace Admin Help: Delegate device management administrator privileges

Source: Google Workspace Updates

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. Right from Gemini Canvas, users can click on the “Share to to Classroom” button. This update allows users to enrich their classroom communication and coursework by embedding interactive materials directly into their existing workflows.

By removing the friction of exporting or linking external files, this feature helps teachers diversify their lesson materials and enables students to share creative outputs more efficiently. The integration ensures that rich, interactive media is easily accessible to everyone in the class, supporting a more engaging and dynamic digital learning environment.

Getting started

Admins:

The ability to share Gemini Canvas artifacts will be ON by default and can be managed via a new Admin console setting. Additionally, sharing is governed by your organization’s existing Drive sharing policies. If Drive content is set to be shareable outside the organization, your Gemini assets will be as well. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
To share Gemini Canvas artifacts to Google Classroom, students and educators must also be in a group or OU with Gemini set to On. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Gemini on or off for users.

End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. If enabled by your admin, you can share your Gemini canvases and media to Classroom, select Share > Share to Classroom > select the class and/or assignment you want to share it with. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Gemini.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now

Availability

Education: Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus

Resources

Google Workspace Updates Blog: Share chats, canvases, and generated media from the Gemini app securely via Google Drive
Google Workspace Admin Help: Turn conversation sharing on or off
Google Workspace Admin Help: Turn the Gemini app on or off

Source: Google Workspace Updates

The Gemini app is bringing personalized image creation to more users.

Personal Intelligence makes the Gemini app feel tailored to you. With your permission, it pulls from Google tools like Gmail, Google Photos, YouTube and Search to provid…

Source: The Official Google Blog

Deprecating Structured Data Files v9, v9.1, and v9.2

Today we’re announcing the deprecation of Structured Data Files v9, v9.1, and v9.2. These three versions will all sunset on January 28, 2027.

Migrate to v10 or higher before the sunset date to avoid any interruption of service. Follow the steps in the SDF v10 Migration Guide to update your settings to use the new version. Use the enumerated schema differences between every deprecated version and v10 listed in the migration guide to update your integration.

After January 28, 2027, the following changes will apply to all users:

The default version of partners and advertisers that use v9, v9.1, or v9.2 will be updated to v10.
sdfdownloadtasks.create requests using SDF_VERSION_9, SDF_VERSION_9_1, or SDF_VERSION_9_2 in the request body will return a 400 error.

If you have any questions or want to discuss this post, please reach out to us on our “Google Advertising and Measurement Community” Discord server.

- Trevor Mulchay, Display & Video 360 API Team

Source: Google Ads Developer Blog

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.

Previously, the ‘Limit video bandwidth’ setting only limited video bandwidth on the uplink; it now limits bandwidth on the downlink as well. In addition, we’re improving quality for two-person calls by increasing the uplink bandwidth usage in this scenario.

Updated setting for Meet default video quality

Getting started

Admins: Your existing settings will remain applied. Visit the Help Center to learn more about configuring default video quality.
End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.