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Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – September 27, 2024

3 New updates

Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time. If not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete.



Use Gemini in Google Sheets to generate structured tables
We’re excited to announce that users can now generate structured tables with Gemini in the side panel of Google Sheets. Prior to this update, tables were output as plain text ranges without set column types or structure. Now, Gemini can help you simplify and accelerate spreadsheet building by bringing format and structure to unorganized ranges through table generation. | Rolling out to Rapid Release domains now; launch to Scheduled Release domains planned for October 17, 2024. | Available for Google Workspace customers with Gemini Business, Enterprise, Education, Education Premium add-ons and users with the Google One AI Premium subscription. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about using tables in Google Sheets.
Use Gemini in Google Sheets to generate structured tables
Refreshed illustrations in the Google Calendar app on Android and iOS devices
We’re introducing more modern illustrations for Google Calendar events like coffee, lunch or doctors appointments on Android and iOS. You’ll also notice updated monthly illustrations for background images in the schedule view on your mobile device or tablet. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains. | Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. 
Refreshed illustrations in the Google Calendar app on Android and iOS devices

New “Gemini Advanced” branding for Gemini for Google Workspace add-on users
The Gemini app (gemini.google.com) will now display a "Gemini Advanced" label for users with a Gemini Enterprise, Business, Education, Education Premium add-on. This will better indicate to users the advanced capabilities of the app included in these plans. We're also updating this branding across our Help Center to better indicate which features and settings are specific to these add-ons. | Rollout to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about Gemini for Google Workspace.
New “Gemini Advanced” branding for Gemini for Google Workspace add-on users

Previous announcements

The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.


Kickstart ideas, brainstorm activities, and differentiate content with the help of Gemini in Google Classroom 
This week, we officially introduced a new Gemini Education tab in Classroom that grants quick access to numerous AI tools. | Learn more about Gemini in Classroom. 

Introducing security advisor, a new set of tools and insights to help small businesses protect their organization against cyber attacks 
To help small businesses, we’re introducing security advisor, a set of new insights and tools designed to enhance security for small businesses – including threat defense, account security, and data protection capabilities. | Learn more about security advisor. 

Customize your Google Docs with polished cover images 
We’re making it easy for you to personalize and differentiate documents with full-bleed cover images that extend from one edge of your document to the other. | Learn more about cover images. 

Preview and test upcoming features on Google Meet hardware devices 
Using the new “Feature preview” setting, specific Google Meet hardware devices can be configured to test upcoming features prior to general availability. | Learn more about testing Meet hardware features. 

Gmail allows more senders to protect their brand using BIMI Common Mark Certificates 
We introduced two additional updates for BIMI that will continue to keep inboxes safe: Gmail now supports Common Mark Certificates (CMC) and BIMI verified check marks are now displayed on Android and iOS. | Learn more about BIMI Common Mark Certificates. 

Google Sheets tables are now integrated with conditional notifications 
There is a new integration between conditional notifications and tables in Sheets. | Learn more about tables and conditional notifications. 

Gemini in Gmail will now provide contextual Smart Replies 
We’re excited to announce a new Gemini in Gmail feature, contextual Smart Replies, that will offer more detailed responses to fully capture the intent of your message. | Learn more about contextual Smart Replies.

Completed rollouts

The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the original blog posts for additional details.


Rapid Release Domains: 
Scheduled Release Domains: 
Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains: 
For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases). 

Gemini in the Gmail app will now provide contextual Smart Replies

What’s changing

In 2017, we introduced Smart Reply in Gmail, a feature that utilizes machine learning to suggest three quick responses to emails based on the email's content. Thanks to this feature, users have saved time, especially when on the go, by easily responding to emails with minimal effort. 

However, we realize there are scenarios in which users would like to respond with more than a simple “Sounds good to me!” or a “Yes, I’m working on it”. As a result, we’re excited to announce a new Gemini in Gmail feature, contextual Smart Replies, that will offer more detailed responses to fully capture the intent of your message. 

After initiating an email reply, users will see a few response options at the bottom of their screen that take the full content of the email thread into consideration. Hover over each response to get a quick preview of the text, select the one that feels right for the situation, and edit it as you see fit or send the response immediately. 
Get reply suggestions with Gemini in Gmail

Who’s impacted 

End users 


Why it’s important 

The contextual Smart Reply feature saves time and makes inbox management easier. 


Getting started


Rollout pace 

Web & Mobile: 

Availability 

Available for Google Workspace customers with these add-ons: 
  • Gemini Business, Enterprise, Education, Education Premium 
  • Google One AI Premium 

Resources 

Kickstart ideas, brainstorm activities, and differentiate content with the help of Gemini in Google Classroom

What’s changing

Earlier this year, we introduced the Gemini Education and Gemini Education Premium add-ons to give education customers ​​new and powerful ways of working, teaching and learning with Gemini for Google Workspace. We also piloted Gemini in Google Classroom with new lesson planning features that are informed by LearnLM, our new family of models fine-tuned for learning, based on Gemini and grounded in educational research. 


Today, we’re excited to officially introduce a new Gemini Education tab in Classroom that grants quick access to the following AI tools: 

  • Outline a lesson plan: Use a scaffolded experience to generate lesson plan ideas based on what you’d like students to be able to demonstrate 
  • Craft a compelling hook: Spark curiosity and engage your students with a compelling start for your class 
  • Generate a quiz: Generate a quiz and export to Forms based on target grade level, length, and the types of questions you want to include 
  • Re-level text: Generate a new version of your text based on target grade level 
We are working closely with schools and educators globally to develop additional helpful tools. If you’re interested in joining the pilot program, learn more here. 

Gemini in Google Classroom



Who’s impacted 

Admins and end users 


Why it’s important 

Gemini in Google Classroom provides educators with a suite of generative AI tools that can generate new and unique content and make learning more personal and engaging for students. 


Additional details 

Gemini in Classroom is only available in English for education users over the age of 18. 


Getting started 

Rollout pace 

Availability 

Available for Google Workspace customers with these add-ons: 
  • Gemini Education and Education Premium 

Resources 

AI on Android Spotlight Week begins September 30th

Posted by Joseph Lewis – Technical Writer, Android AI

AI on Android Spotlight Week is our latest installment of the Spotlight Weeks series. We'll have a full week of investigation into the latest advancements in AI for Android developers. We’ll feature a variety of exciting activities, including an AMA with Google AI experts, technical talks, early access to our new tools and API, and demos of the latest Android generative AI technologies. AI on Android Spotlight Week kicks off next week on September 30th through October 4th, and will feature information and activities for developers, researchers, and enthusiasts interested in the future of generative AI app development on Android-powered devices.

Get the latest on Android AI developer strategies

During our Spotlight Week: AI on Android, we’ll feature a number of new and exciting opportunities to learn more about how to work with generative AI and machine learning for Android app development, including:

    • Conversations about on-device and cloud based GenAI solutions with Gemini Nano, Vertex AI in Firebase, and LiteRT (formerly known as TensorFlow Lite)
    • Partner demos and deep dives into the latest AI technologies and how to integrate them in Android apps
    • Discussions around model capabilities, developer tools and integration strategies from web to mobile
    • Answers to top questions from dev community about AI on Android

How to participate

Our Spotlight Week: AI on Android will happen entirely online, across Android Developer’s channels - YouTube, X, LinkedIn, and on d.android.com: check the Android AI developer page on Monday, September 30, 2024 to read our next blog post with full details!

Follow @AndroidDev on X for the latest updates, and help spread the word about AI on Android Spotlight Week, and use #AndroidAI on your favorite social media platforms to ask questions and share your AI projects with the community. We’re excited for you to join us!

NotebookLM now available as an Additional Service

What’s changing 

Last year, we introduced an Early Access App called NotebookLM, an experimental product using some of Google's most advanced models, like Gemini 1.5 Pro, that helps you gain critical insights grounded in the content of source documents you trust. 

Today, we’re excited to announce that NotebookLM is officially available as an Additional Service. 

Over the past year, NotebookLM, now available globally in over 100 languages, has been made more powerful with new features, and early users have been using NotebookLM to supercharge their learning and work. For example, NotebookLM can: 
  • Be an interactive expert in your trusted sources: Once you upload source documents (e.g. Google Doc and Slides, PDFs, web URLs, copied text) into a notebook, you can ask NotebookLM questions about the information in your sources. As a result, it will respond with an answer from the sources you’ve uploaded along with inline citations from those documents to show you what NotebookLM based its answers on. 

  • Generate new ideas and connect dots: NotebookLM can also be used to generate a variety of content based on your sources, like summaries, briefing docs, timelines, FAQs, study guides or even audio overviews (a new feature that lets you listen to a conversation about your source). NotebookLM can also spark creativity, help you brainstorm new ideas and make connections in your sources. You can save a response to a note, so you can come back to polish it later.

NotebookLM demo


Who’s impacted

Admins and end users 18+ 


Why you’d use it 

NotebookLM is an AI-powered research assistant that lets people in your organization interact with trusted source content to get grounded insights. You can upload sources, such as your research notes, course materials, interview transcripts, or corporate documents, and instantly NotebookLM becomes an expert in the material that matters most to you. 


Additional details 

As an Enterprise or Education user whose use of Google Drive is subject to the Workspace Terms of Service or the Workspace for Education Terms of Service, your uploads, queries and the model's responses in NotebookLM will not be used or reviewed by human reviewers to train AI models. NotebookLM is an Additional Service covered under the Google Terms of Service. 


Getting started 


Rollout pace

  • This feature is available now. 

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts 

Resources 

Gemini reports now include user-level usage, including app usage insights

What’s changing 

We’re incorporating additional data in Gemini reports to help our customers gain a deeper understanding of Gemini usage and adoption across their organizations. 

Gemini reports now include user and app level Gemini usage and adoption data based on the last 28 days of usage. These insights can help admins identify power users in their organization, whom they can tap into for practical use cases and best practices, which can then be shared broadly with other users to drive adoption. Identifying users with lower adoption rates is equally important and can provide helpful context for creating training, change management programs and materials, and more. 

Gemini Reports > User-led usage

From Menu > Generative AI > Gemini Reports > User-led usage you can track active Gemini usage days and how that usage is spread across various apps. You can also export this information for further analysis.


As of August 22, usage of gemini.google.com is now captured in the org-level usage portion of the report under the “Chat with Gemini” label, as well as in the new user-level usage reports. Including gemini.google.com usage and adoption information provides a more complete picture of how users are interacting with all Gemini tools across Workspace.
Gemini.google.com adoption data can be found under the “Chat with Gemini” label. Data reported as of August 9, 2024
Gemini.google.com adoption data can be found under the “Chat with Gemini” label. Data reported as of August 9, 2024



Note: Gemini reports are denoted as 'beta' as we continue to optimize reporting functionality based on customer feedback. These are subject to the "Pre-General Availability Offerings Terms" section of the Google Workspace Service Specific Terms"


Getting started 


Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace customers with these add-ons: 
  • Gemini Business, Enterprise, Education, Education Premium 

Resources 

Gemini (gemini.google.com) now shows related content links in its responses

What’s changing 

Starting today, you can access additional information on topics directly in Gemini’s (gemini.google.com) responses to your prompts. Specifically, you’ll see links to related content in responses to fact-seeking prompts — you can click the arrow chips to dive deeper into the topic. If you have a Gemini for Workspace license and Google Workspace extensions in Gemini are enabled, Gemini will also now include inline links to relevant emails referenced in responses where the Gmail extension is used. 


Including this information offers another easy way to dig deeper into Gemini’s responses. You can also use Gemini’s double-check feature to verify responses by using Google Search to highlight which statements are corroborated or contradicted on the web.


Additional details

  • At this time, this feature is limited to English prompts only.
  • This feature is available in most countries where Gemini (gemini.google.com) is available

Getting started

Rollout pace


Availability

  • Available to any Google Workspace users with access to gemini.google.com.
  • Users with a Gemini Business, Enterprise, Education, Education Premium add-on license will see Gmail citations if Google Workspace extensions in Gemini are enabled by their admin.