As the number of global mobile phone users continues to grow, countries have begun modifying their existing telephone numbering plans in order to expand the set of available phone numbers. When this happens, all impacted phone users gain a modified or appended digit on their mobile or landline phone numbers. After a period of time, their old numbers are no longer able to receive messages or calls.

As announced by ANATEL, Brazil recently completed a modification to its telephone numbering plan and affected numbers now contain an extra digit.

To prevent G Suite users with affected Brazilian phone numbers from being locked out of their accounts, Google will be updating their account recovery and two-step verification (2SV) phone numbers to include the extra digit in the coming weeks. These numbers will be updated based on the scheme published by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). No action is required on the part of the user, and they will receive email and phone notifications describing the changes, including their updated numbers. Note that users can update their phone numbers anytime in their phone number or two-step verification settings.

Moving forward, to ensure continued access to accounts, Google plans to continue to make these modifications on behalf of G Suite users when they are impacted by changes to telephone numbering plans in their countries.

Launch Details
Release track:
Launching to both Rapid release and Scheduled release in the coming weeks. Please monitor the G Suite release calendar for specific timing.

Editions:
Applicable to all G Suite editions

Rollout pace:
Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility)

Impact:
All end users with impacted Brazilian phone numbers

Action:
Change management suggested/FYI


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We previously announced that a new Google Accounts login page, aimed at giving users an improved experience to sign in to their accounts across devices, would start slowly rolling out on April 5, 2017.

Based on customer feedback, we’ve decided to push the start of that rollout back to April 10, 2017, so we can further clarify how this change will impact G Suite customers.

What’s changing for all G Suite customers
The Google Accounts login page will have a new look and feel, consistent across computers, phones, and tablets. The rollout will start with a small set of users on April 10 and ramp up slowly over the course of several weeks.
Additional changes for customers not using a third-party SSO provider
In addition to the design changes described above, the new Google Accounts login page will also remove the “Stay signed in” checkbox that at certain times appeared for G Suite customers who did not use a third-party SSO provider.


We learned that users didn’t fully understand the implications of interacting with the "Stay signed in" checkbox across all browsers. To mitigate confusion, we're removing the checkbox and users will remain signed in unless they specifically sign out. When using shared or public devices, we recommend using private browsing windows.

Additional changes for customers using a third-party SSO provider when accessing third-party applications

If you’re using a third-party SSO provider to access Google applications, such as Gmail, Calendar, Drive, etc., your G Suite users will not see any differences apart from the newly designed Google Accounts login page described above.

If you’re using a third-party SSO provider to access third-party applications, your G Suite users will see an additional account selection page when they log in. This page will make it clear to them which account they’re authenticating, as well as the permissions they’re granting to applications.


Your G Suite users will be shown the account selection page either before or after being redirected to the third-party application, depending on whether they’re signed in to their browser and the specific third-party application they’re accessing. Please refer to the FAQ below for more details on when the account selection page will be shown.

Additional questions are addressed in the FAQ below.

-- Frequently Asked Questions --

Does this impact G Suite customers who are using Google as their identity provider?
If you’re a G Suite customer whose identity provider is Google, the only change you’ll see is the redesigned Google Accounts login page.

Which third-party SSO providers are included in this launch?
All third-party SSO providers, including Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) SSO, will use this new Google Accounts login flow.

When will G Suite users see the additional account selection page?
The account selection page will not be shown in either of these cases:

• when G Suite users are accessing Google applications such as Gmail, Calendar, Drive, etc.
• if you don’t use a third-party SSO provider.

For customers using third-party SSO providers and accessing third-party applications, the account selection page will be shown in the situations below.

If there are accounts already signed in to the browser:

• G Suite users will simply be required to confirm the G Suite account that they would like to use before being redirected to the third-party SSO provider, as illustrated in the post above.

If there are no accounts already signed in to the browser:

• If the third-party application has set the domain hint (“hd”) parameter, the user will be redirected to the third-party SSO provider and the account selection page will be shown with the G Suite account that is returned.
• If the third-party application has not set the "hd" parameter, the user must enter the account they would like to use prior to being redirected to the third-party SSO provider.

For more details on the “hd” parameter, please refer to the Google Developers Blog post or reference the developer documentation directly.

Will I need to confirm my account and grant the requested permissions every time I log in to a third-party application with a third-party SSO provider?After being prompted to confirm the correct Google account and granting the requested permissions upon initial login, only the account selection page will be shown again upon subsequent login attempts.

How can I remove my account from the account selection page?
G Suite accounts can be removed from the account selection page by clicking the “Remove an account” link.


Are all browsers impacted?
Yes, newer versions of all supported browsers will have this change applied, including Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge, Safari, and Opera.

Users of older browsers or those browsers that do not have JavaScript enabled will temporarily continue to see the old Google Accounts login page.

When will my users see these changes?
The rollout will start on Monday, April 10, to a small set of users. It will ramp up slowly over the course of several weeks.



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Starting April 5, 2017, we’re rolling out an update to the Google Accounts sign-in page to give users an improved experience to securely sign in to their accounts. This new design will make browser sign-in flows consistent across computers, phones and tablets.

If you use third-party applications within your organization, or you use a third-party Single Sign-on (SSO) provider, we recommend contacting your developer(s) or SSO provider to see if any updates are necessary. To learn more, visit today’s G Suite Developer blog post.

Source: G Suite Update Alerts