Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – November 7, 2025

 

A summary of announcements from the last week:
The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog over the last week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.

New to Google Meet: Continue your conversations in Google Chat
GStarting November 10, your Google Meet in-meeting messages will be powered by and available in Google Chat. That means the meaningful feedback that was messaged during the meeting, or key resources and links that were shared are now easily accessible to meeting attendees after the meeting, in a shared Google Chat conversation. | Learn more about continuing conversations between Chat and Meet. 

Controls for restricting conversation creation in Google Chat available to more organizations
We are expanding an existing Google Chat feature to more Workspace customers. This feature gives administrators the ability to limit who can create new conversations in Google Chat. When this setting is applied to users (through an organizational unit or a Google Group), those users will be prevented from initiating new conversations, or adding new members to existing conversations. | Learn more about the new Google Chat controls. 

Updated Chat header helps you navigate chat more quickly and easily
We are introducing a redesigned Google Chat conversation header on the web. The new header offers a simpler, more consistent layout that makes key tools easier to find and use. It includes a side panel where users can access shared content and manage tasks without leaving the conversation view. | Learn more about the new header in Google Chat. 

Set sharing expirations on files and folders in shared drives
We previously introduced the option to set expirations on files that reside in shared drives using the Google Drive API. Today, we are bringing the ability to set expiring access for files and folders in shared drives directly from the sharing dialog. This highly-requested feature brings the ease and security of My Drive access controls into your collaborative shared drives. | Learn more about expiring access in shared drives. 

Bringing inline threading to direct messages in Google Chat
We’re excited to announce that inline threading is rolling out for direct messages (DMs) and group direct messages (gDMs) in Google Chat. This has been a highly requested feature, and we're pleased to deliver it as part of our effort to simplify the Chat experience and address top user feedback about conversation consistency. | Learn more about threading in Chat DMs. 

Gemini Deep Research now integrates with your Workspace content
We’re expanding the capabilities of Gemini’s Deep Research feature by integrating it with your Google Workspace apps. This update allows Deep Research to seamlessly gather information from your content in Gmail, Chat, and Drive - including Slides, Sheets and Docs files - in addition to the web, to create a more comprehensive and personalized report. | Learn more about using Deep Research with your Workspace content. 

Use a wider range of emoji reactions in Google Meet
Google Meet users now have access to the full emoji library for reactions in Google Meet. Reactions let users engage with the content in a meeting, share meaningful feedback or praise, and celebrate company culture all through emoji. | Learn more about additional emoji reactions in Meet. 

Long Term Support Channel Update for ChromeOS

A new LTS  version 138.0.7204.296 (Platform Version: 16295.81.0), is being rolled out for most ChromeOS devices. 

This version includes selected security fixes including:


447192722  High CVE-2025-11756 Use after free in Safe Browsing.

446722008  High CVE-2025-11460 Use after free in Storage..

452296415 High CVE-2025-12036 Inappropriate implementation in V8.

432035817  High CVE-2025-8879 Heap buffer overflow in libaom.

Release notes for LTS-138 can be found here 

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Andy Wu
Google Chrome OS

Agent Garden – Samples for learning, discovering and building

Agent Garden is now available to all users to simplify AI agent creation and deployment using the Agent Development Kit (ADK). It provides curated agent samples, one-click deployment via Agent Starter Pack, and customization through Firebase Studio. It helps developers with complex business challenges and multi-agent workflows, with Renault Group cited as an early success story.

Announcing the Agent Development Kit for Go: Build Powerful AI Agents with Your Favorite Languages

The Agent Development Kit (ADK), an open-source, code-first toolkit for building powerful and sophisticated AI agents, now supports Go. ADK moves LLM orchestration and agent behavior directly into your code, giving you robust debugging, versioning, and deployment freedom. ADK for Go is idiomatic and performant, leveraging Go's strengths, and includes support for over 30+ databases and the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol for collaborative multi-agent systems. Start building today!

Announcing User Simulation in ADK Evaluation

The new **User Simulation** feature in the Agent Development Kit (ADK) replaces rigid, brittle manual test scripts with dynamic, LLM-powered conversation generation. Developers define a high-level `conversation_plan`, and the simulator handles the multi-turn interaction to achieve the goal. This dramatically reduces test creation time, builds more resilient tests, and creates a reliable regression suite for AI agents.

Chrome Dev for Desktop Update

The Dev channel has been updated to 144.0.7512.4 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

Use a wider range of emoji reactions in Google Meet

What’s changing 

Google Meet users now have access to the full emoji library for reactions in Google Meet. Reactions let users engage with the content in a meeting, share meaningful feedback or praise, and celebrate company culture all through emoji. 


A user sending Emoji reactions “Heart on fire” and “Party face” from the extended set 

Getting started 


Limitations 

  • Meet Rooms hardware will not have the extended Emoji selections available but will be able to receive and display reactions from the extended Emoji set. The currently existing options will remain available to send reactions. Joining the Meet call with companion mode from your personal device will enable you to send reactions from the extended Emoji set. 
  • Live stream viewers will not have the extended Emoji selections available but will be able to receive and display reactions from the extended Emoji set. The current existing options will remain available to send reactions. 
  • On iOS devices, the capability to send reactions from the extended set will be added at a later point in time. On the initial rollout, iOS users will be able to see reactions from the extended set sent by those on compatible platforms. 
  • Organizational custom Emojis are not supported. 

Rollout pace 

Admin controls 


End user feature availability 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 

  • Business Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus 

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