Limited promotion of expanded access to AI features in Google Vids for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning users

What’s changing 

Earlier this year, we announced expanded access to Google Vids, bringing basic access to Google Vids to all Google Workspace for Education users. Now, we’re excited to announce the following AI features are available to users with an Education Plus or Teaching & Learning add-on license for a limited time*: 

  • Read-along mode in teleprompter 
  • AI voice overs 
  • Text to image 
  • Replace or expand image background with AI-powered image editing 
  • Help me create (plan your video story) 
  • Transcript trim 

With access to these features, educators and students can generate custom images and video clips directly from a simple text description, add professional touches like background removal for images & AI-generated title cards, and choose from a library of preset voiceovers to give any project a polished narration. 


Additionally, access to the Veo 3 model in Vids (to generate a video based on a prompt or image), AI avatars and Slides to Vids with Gemini (includes scripts, AI voice overs & background music) is planned to be available to Education Plus and Teaching and Learning users by the end of this year. 

Education Plus and Teaching & Learning add-on admins will be able to control access in the Admin Console via the settings control for AI features in Drive and Docs, including Google Vids. 


Who’s impacted 

Admins and end users 

Additional details 

*For a limited time, at least through May 31st, 2026, users with an assigned Education Plus or Teaching and Learning license have access to generative AI features in Vids. AI features in Google Vids are available to users 18 years of age or older. 

Generative AI features in Vids are included by default in Google AI Pro for Education; learn more here. 

Getting started 


Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Education Plus and Teaching and Learning add-on 

Resources 





Limited promotion of expanded access to AI features in Google Vids for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning users

What’s changing 

Earlier this year, we announced expanded access to Google Vids, bringing basic access to Google Vids to all Google Workspace for Education users. Now, we’re excited to announce the following AI features are available to users with an Education Plus or Teaching & Learning add-on license for a limited time*: 

  • Read-along mode in teleprompter 
  • AI voice overs 
  • Text to image 
  • Replace or expand image background with AI-powered image editing 
  • Help me create (plan your video story) 
  • Transcript trim 

With access to these features, educators and students can generate custom images and video clips directly from a simple text description, add professional touches like background removal for images & AI-generated title cards, and choose from a library of preset voiceovers to give any project a polished narration. 


Additionally, access to the Veo 3 model in Vids (to generate a video based on a prompt or image), AI avatars and Slides to Vids with Gemini (includes scripts, AI voice overs & background music) is planned to be available to Education Plus and Teaching and Learning users by the end of this year. 

Education Plus and Teaching & Learning add-on admins will be able to control access in the Admin Console via the settings control for AI features in Drive and Docs, including Google Vids. 


Who’s impacted 

Admins and end users 

Additional details 

*For a limited time, at least through May 31st, 2026, users with an assigned Education Plus or Teaching and Learning license have access to generative AI features in Vids. AI features in Google Vids are available to users 18 years of age or older. 

Generative AI features in Vids are included by default in Google AI Pro for Education; learn more here. 

Getting started 


Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Education Plus and Teaching and Learning add-on 

Resources 





AI-Powered app summaries in the AppSheet Admin console

What’s changing 

Admins with an AppSheet Enterprise Plus can now ask Gemini to generate a summary of an app owned by their organization. The will enable admins to more quickly understand the purpose and capabilities of any AppSheet app. 

Many AppSheet customers have hundreds if not thousands of apps. This makes it difficult for admins to understand the utility or purpose of those apps. With this launch, admins can quickly grasp what each app does without manual investigation, saving valuable time and improving governance oversight. 


Getting started 

  • Admins: To generate an app summary using Gemini, expand the App summary generated by Gemini section, as shown. You can generate a summary for any app owned by a creator within your organization. The app summary isn't generated until you expand the section. It will persist until a new version of the app is saved by the creator. Visit the Help Center to learn more about how to generate an app summary using Gemini. 
  • End users: No end user impact. 

Rollout pace 

  • This feature is available now. 

Availability 

  • Available for Google Workspace: AppSheet Enterprise Plus 

Resources 




AI-Powered app summaries in the AppSheet Admin console

What’s changing 

Admins with an AppSheet Enterprise Plus can now ask Gemini to generate a summary of an app owned by their organization. The will enable admins to more quickly understand the purpose and capabilities of any AppSheet app. 

Many AppSheet customers have hundreds if not thousands of apps. This makes it difficult for admins to understand the utility or purpose of those apps. With this launch, admins can quickly grasp what each app does without manual investigation, saving valuable time and improving governance oversight. 


Getting started 

  • Admins: To generate an app summary using Gemini, expand the App summary generated by Gemini section, as shown. You can generate a summary for any app owned by a creator within your organization. The app summary isn't generated until you expand the section. It will persist until a new version of the app is saved by the creator. Visit the Help Center to learn more about how to generate an app summary using Gemini. 
  • End users: No end user impact. 

Rollout pace 

  • This feature is available now. 

Availability 

  • Available for Google Workspace: AppSheet Enterprise Plus 

Resources 




Chrome for Android Update

   Hi, everyone! We've just released Chrome 140 (140.0.7339.207) for Android. It'll become available on Google Play over the next few days. 

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.


Android releases contain the same security fixes as their corresponding Desktop releases (Windows & Mac: 140.0.7339.207/.208, Linux: 140.0.7339.207) unless otherwise noted.


Krishna Govind
Google Chrome

Generate data with AI function in Sheets now available in seven additional languages

What’s changing 

Earlier this year, we announced AI function in Sheets. You can use the AI function to prompt Gemini to generate text, summarize information, categorize data, or analyze sentiment at scale with generated content appearing directly in the cells you choose. Now, AI function is available to users in Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, and German. 


Getting started 

  • Admins: This feature will be available by default to users with Gemini in Sheets enabled. Use our Help Center to learn more about managing access to Gemini features in Workspace services. 
  • End users: This feature will be available by default for users with access to Gemini in Sheets using Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, or German. Use our Help Center to learn more about using the AI function in Google Sheets. 

Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Business Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Google AI Ultra for Education 

Also available to: 
  • Google AI Pro and Ultra 
  • Gemini Business* Gemini Enterprise* 
*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details. 

Resources 

Introducing improved diagnostics for enhanced conversions for leads imports

Today in the Google Ads UI, you will see updated enhanced conversions for leads diagnostics that feature a number of improvements that offer better visibility into the state of your conversion import implementation. The goal of these changes is to help you identify common problems and address them quickly.

Here are some of the changes you’ll see:

  1. New "Importing limited user-provided data" Alert: A new, high-priority alert has been introduced to detect a common implementation error, where users fail to import incremental conversions that contain user-provided data (UPD) but not a GCLID. We recommend that you import all of your conversion data that has user-provided data, regardless of whether or not it has a GCLID. Doing so helps to find cross-device or Youtube EVC conversion touchpoints, driving performance uplift. You may not see these benefits if you omit UPD-only conversions.
  2. Improved Status for "Tagless" Implementations: A new "Good" status has been added to validate setups where advertisers import conversions with both a GCLID and user-provided data, but do not have the Google tag implemented on their website. Previously, this valid configuration could trigger confusing "Urgent" alerts. If you have not implemented the Google tag on your website, it’s important to include GCLIDs in your conversion imports whenever possible in order to get performance benefits.
  3. Reprioritized Alert Logic: Alert priorities have been updated to be more intelligent. For users sending GCLIDs with their offline data, import-related issues will be prioritized as more critical, while tag-related issues will be downgraded in severity.
  4. Complete Alert Visibility: The diagnostics interface has been updated to show all alerts at once, regardless of their severity tier. This allows developers to see a complete picture of all required and recommended actions upfront, rather than fixing one issue only to uncover another.
  5. Deprecation of CLICK_NOT_FOUND: The informational CLICK_NOT_FOUND error has been removed from the Diagnostics UI and API, and, correspondingly, the debug_mode parameter in the UploadClickConversions method that triggers it in API responses has also been removed. See this related blog post for reference.

Reach out to the Google Ads API support channel if you have any questions or need support. If you want to discuss this change with us, join our “Google Advertising and Measurement Community” Discord server.

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