Help shape Google Ads API’s future Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server

The Google Ads API team is exploring bringing a Model Context Protocol Server to the developer base to allow third-party GenAI tools to work with advertiser accounts. We are seeking your initial input to help us shape our roadmap.

If you are interested in providing feedback in relation to this topic please follow this link to participate in a short survey.

How to get help

If you have any questions or need help, check out the Google Ads API support page for options.

 - David Stevens, Google Ads API Product Manager/span>
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Improved email notifications following Google Meet calls, plus new sharing controls for meeting hosts

What’s changing 

We’re improving the email notification that includes the notes doc when you use “Take notes for me” in Google Meet. The email will now include a summary of the meeting as well as “suggested next steps” in addition to the link to the notes document. Including this information gives meeting invitees a quick, helpful overview of the meeting in one place.
[Suggested next steps are now included in the notes email]
Suggested next steps are now included in the notes email


Also part of this update, meeting hosts and co-hosts for meetings taken on a web browser can now choose who the meeting notes should be sent to: all invited guests, invited guests in your organization, or hosts and co-hosts only. Note that the default setting is “Invited guests in your organization”.

Once you change the sharing setting, it will persist for that meeting and recurring meetings in that series. You can always change the setting as needed. Sharing is based on the Calendar invitees. 

Before you turn on “Take notes for me”, you can choose who the meeting notes should be sent to.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

Available to Google Workspace
  • Business Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • Also available with the Gemini Education Premium add-on
Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature:
  • Gemini Enterprise*
  • AI Meetings & Messaging*
*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



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Google Drive Events API now available in Developer Public Preview

What’s changing 

Google Drive is now integrated with the Workspace Events API, which allows third-party developers to create subscriptions on Drive items and receive notifications via Cloud Pub/Sub when those resources change. This offers developers a more reliable, featureful way of receiving events over the current files.watch and changes.watch methods that exist today. The following events are supported in the Developer Public Preview: 
  • A file has been: 
    • Added to a folder or shared drive. 
    • Moved to a folder or shared drive. 
    • Edited or a new revision is uploaded. 
    • Trashed or removed from the trash. 
  • An access proposal has been created or resolved on a file. 

Getting started 

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • Developers: Developers need to be enrolled in the Workspace Developer Public Preview program in order to access the API via this sign up. Once enrolled in the program, developers can reference our getting started guides: 

Rollout pace 

Availability 

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and Workspace Individual Subscribers 

Resources 

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Use Gemini in Google Drive to execute basic organizational tasks

What’s changing 

In March, we introduced the ability to create new files and folders using Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive to improve your organization and creation workflows. 

Starting today, we’ve enhanced Gemini’s organizing capabilities in Drive by allowing you to use natural language to move selected files into the folder you choose. Simply open Gemini in the side panel of Drive and type something similar to the following prompts to get started organizing: 
  • “Create a new folder in My Drive called Q2 forecast“ 
  • “Move the @Q1 wrap up file in my Q1 forecast folder to the @Q2 forecast folder” 
  • “Create a new presentation in the Q2 forecast folder” 

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Who’s impacted 

End users 

Why it’s important 

This new Gemini capability streamlines file management using natural language to perform basic actions on your behalf in Drive. 

Additional details 

At this time, only the following functions are available: 
  • Move @[file(s)] to @[folder] 
  • Move @[files(s)] to this folder 
  • Move these files to @[folder] 
  • Create a new folder (with or without specifying what to name it) 
  • Create a new Google Doc, Sheet or Slide (with or without specifying what to name it) 
In addition, you can only move up to 5 files at a time. 

Getting started 

Rollout pace

Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Business Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on 
  • Google AI Pro and Ultra 
Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature: 
  • 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

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Batch Mode in the Gemini API: Process more for less

The new batch mode in the Gemini API is designed for high-throughput, non-latency-critical AI workloads, simplifying large jobs by handling scheduling and processing, and making tasks like data analysis, bulk content creation, and model evaluation more cost-effective and scalable, so developers can process large volumes of data efficiently.
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