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Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – September 15, 2023

4 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.


Insert links in the Google Sheets app on iOS devices 
We’re adding the ability to insert a hyperlink into a cell in the Google Sheets iOS app by selecting a cell > clicking “+” in the top left corner > Insert > Link. If a cell contains a link, you’ll see options to edit or remove the link. | Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about working with links & bookmarks. 
Insert links in the Google Sheets app on iOS devices


Enhanced spam protection through automatic labeling of suspected spam messages in Google Voice 
If you're using Google Voice, you're familiar with our suspected spam caller warnings. We're extending this feature to SMS messages on Android and iOS devices. You'll see these labels within the message, and you can either: 
  • Confirm a suspected spam message, which causes future messages from that number to go directly into the spam folder. 
  • Mark a labeled message as not spam, after which the suspected spam label is never displayed for that number again. 
Available to Voice Starter, Standard, and Premier customers, as well as users with personal accounts in the US. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains at an extended pace (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility). 
Enhanced spam protection through automatic labeling of suspected spam messages in Google Voice



Birthday decorations for people cards 
In Google Contacts and across various Google Workspace products, you’ll begin to notice birthday decorations when hovering over another user’s people card. This small change can have a big impact on building deeper connections with your colleagues and stakeholders. Birthday decorations will be displayed on your birthday if you’ve added your birthday to your Google Account profile and you’ve set the information to be visible to others. | Available now for all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about your Google Account profile and what information others can see.
Birthday decorations for people cards
Add an organizational unit as an attribute in your external directory 
When using Directory Sync, you can now place users from the Azure Active Directory or Active Directory to a specific organizational unit on the Google Workspace side. To do so, you’ll need to add an organizational unit as an attribute in your external directory. This makes it easier to sync users who will be mapped to different organizational units on the Google Workspace side. | Directory Sync is available as an open beta to all Google Workspace customers. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about setting up users to sync based on an organizational unit attribute.
Add an organizational unit as an attribute in your external directory


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.


Dual Display on Poly Studio X Series Makes Video Meetings More Productive 
We are excited to announce dual display support for Google Meet on the Poly Studio X Series to help make video meetings more productive. With dual displays, you can see more meeting participants, presentations, and documents at once, which can help you stay focused and engaged in meetings. | Available to Google Workspace customers with Poly Studio X50, X52, and X70 devices only. | Learn more about Dual Display on Poly Studio X Series.

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:

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – September 8, 2023

5 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.


Expanding autocorrect to Google Chat on web 
Google Chat on web will now automatically correct misspelled words, making it easier to send messages without typos. Similar to functionality in Gmail and Google Docs, the corrected words are shown with a gray underline so you know when the auto-correction has occurred. | This feature is rolling out now to all English users.
Expanding autocorrect to Google Chat on web

Expanding streamlined file organization across Google Workspace 
Earlier this year, we introduced streamlined file organization with the new Google Drive location picker. As a follow up, we're expanding this updated visual experience to Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Sites and Gmail. Users will now have access to helpful suggestions when moving files, adding shortcuts to files, or creating copies of files. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains at an extended pace (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility). | Learn more about how to use Google Drive. 

Updated zoom in/out capabilities across Google Docs, Slides and Drawings
We’re introducing new zoom keyboard shortcuts in Google Docs and Slides on web to help you zoom in, zoom out, or scale to 100%. Additionally, you can now smoothly zoom in or out in Slides using the trackpad or mouse wheel with a modifier key (cmd/ctrl), making it easier to control your view of Slides. | Learn more about keyboard shortcuts for Docs and Slides. 

Expanded language support for captions in Google Meet 
Captions in Google Meet allow you to view captions as everyone speaks during a meeting. Over the course of the next several weeks, you’ll be able to use captions in more languages: 

Arabic (Arab Emirates) (Beta)

Arabic (Egypt) (Beta)

Arabic (Levant) (Beta)

Arabic (Maghrebi) (Beta)

Bengali (Bangladesh) (Beta)

Bulgarian (Bulgaria) (Beta)

Chinese (Simplified) (Beta)

Chinese, Mandarin (Traditional) (Beta)

English (UK) (Beta)

Gujarati (India) (Beta)

Hindi (Beta)

isiXhosa (South Africa) (Beta)

Kannada (India) (Beta)

Khmer (Cambodia) (Beta)

Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) (Beta)

Malayalam (India) (Beta)

Marathi (India) (Beta)

Northern Sotho (South Africa) (Beta)

Sesotho (South Africa) (Beta)

Swati (South Africa) (Beta)

Swedish (Sweden) (Beta)

Tshivenda (South Africa) (Beta)

Tswana (South Africa) (Beta)

Xitsonga (South Africa) (Beta)

Available now to all Google Workspace customers. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about using captions in Google Meet.

Dynamic groups now supports negation queries 
You can now create or edit dynamic groups to use negation in membership queries. For example, you can opt to create a dynamic group that excludes all users from a particular sub organization or specific job title. There are a few limitations, however — any query using the “exists” macro and using the AND (&) operator or queries where the NOT operator is used inside of the “exists” macro will not be supported. | Rolling out to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains at gradual pace (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting September 11, 2023. | Available to Google Workspace Frontline Standard, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus and Cloud Identity Premium customers only. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about creating membership queries for dynamic groups and our Developer documentation for more information about formulating and testing a membership query. 
Dynamic groups now supports negation queries

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.


Expanding branding and customization capabilities to Google Sites 
You can now easily and quickly create with high-quality, pre-designed themes for Google Sites. | Available to Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus only. | Learn more about changing how your Google Site looks. 

Introducing a new ultra-low latency viewer experience for in-domain live streaming in Google Meet 
We are introducing a new ultra-low latency viewing experience for video meetings that are streamed within an organization. The new experience will be available to the first ten thousand viewers — all additional viewers will have the existing experience. | Learn more about in-domain live streaming in Google Meet. 

More Google Meet features for Google Workspace Individual users 
If you’re a Google Workspace Individual user, you can now take advantage of several new Meet features and enhancements. We hope these updates make it easier for you to connect and collaborate with your customers and stakeholders, continuing to drive your business forward. | Learn more about features for Google Workspace Individual users. 

Lock files more easily in Google Drive 
We’re adding the option to lock Drive files by right-clicking the file, selecting “File information”, and clicking “Lock”. Locking a file makes sure reviewers can’t change a file. Edits, comments and suggestions can't be added to locked documents. | Learn more about locking files in Drive.

Increased row limits in Connected Sheets for BigQuery 
We’re increasing the maximum number of rows of results returned from BigQuery for pivot tables and for data extracts. Pivot tables have been expanded to 50,000 rows (previously 30,000) and data extracts have been expanded to 50,000 rows (previously 25,000). | Learn more about Connected Sheets for BigQuery.


More Google Meet features for Google Workspace Individual users

What’s changing

If you’re a Google Workspace Individual user, you can now take advantage of several new Meet features and enhancements. We hope these updates make it easier for you to connect and collaborate with your customers and stakeholders, continuing to drive your business forward.


Feature

Description

Default ON / OFF

Participant Limit

We’re increasing the number of meeting participants from 100 to 150.

This feature will be ON by default.

Assign co-hosts

You can assign one or more co-hosts, who can help manage the flow of your meetings.

This feature will be ON by default.

Q&As

You can use the Q&A feature to engage further with your audience, giving them the opportunity to get their questions answered.

This feature will be ON by default.

Meeting Transcripts

You can use transcripts to capture the meeting discussion and meeting attendees, making it easier to follow-up after the meeting, identify action items, or simply serve as a meeting record.

This feature will be ON by default.

Guest List

Directly from Google Meet, you can see everyone invited to the meeting but have yet to join the call. You can also see their RSVP status, including “optional” attendees and RSVP notes.

This feature will be ON by default.



Getting started 

Rollout pace

  • Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on September 5, 2023

Availability

  • This update is specific to Google Workspace Individual subscribers 

Resources



Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – September 1, 2023

New updates 

There are no new updates to share this week. Please see below for a recap of published announcements. 



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.


Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on is now generally available
Beginning this week, Duet AI for Workspace Enterprise is now generally available. You can preview the power of Duet AI with a no-cost trial. | Learn more about Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on. 

Track the carbon footprint associated with the usage of Google Workspace across your organization
If you’re a Google Workspace admin, you can now track the carbon footprint and gross emissions of using Google Workspace. This means you can track the emissions impact of tools such as Google Meet, Gmail, Google Docs, and more. | Learn more about tracking carbon footprint. 

Turn ideas into action using Google Sheets
You can now use Google Sheets to quickly get started organizing your data in a straightforward, highly-visual manner. | This feature is available as part of the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on only. | Learn more about Help me organize in Sheets. 

Use studio look in Google Meet to look your best 
Studio look enhances the quality of your portrait by reducing noise and increasing sharpness, bringing you into focus more clearly. | This feature is available as part of the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on only. | Learn more about studio look in Meet. 

Create custom, unique meeting backgrounds using generative AI 
You can now use the power of Duet AI to generate completely unique and bespoke meeting backgrounds. | This feature is available as part of the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on only. | Learn more about generative backgrounds in Meet. 

Interoperability between Google Chat and other messaging platforms — powered by Mio 
If your organization uses a mixture of messaging tools, you can now use Mio to enable messaging interoperability between Google Chat and other platforms such as Slack and Teams. This is available now in beta, with general availability expected in early 2024. | Learn more about Mio’s interoperability capabilities with Chat. 

Expanded language availability for translated captions, available with Duet AI 
We’re expanding the number of languages available for the translated captions feature. | This feature is available as part of the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on only. | Learn more about translated captions in Meet. 

Enhance your writing in Google Docs with Proofread, available with Duet AI for Workspace 
Google Docs offers several existing capabilities to help you write faster and with more confidence, such as grammar suggestions, smart compose, and smart reply. This week, we’re introducing the next generation of writing suggestions, powered by AI: Proofread. | This feature is available as part of the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on only. | Learn more about Proofread in Docs. 

Write emails, documents and more with ease and speed using Duet AI in Google Docs and Gmail 
We’re introducing AI-powered writing features that help you quickly refine existing work or get you started with something new in Google Docs and Gmail. | This feature is available as part of the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on only. | Learn more about Help me write in Docs and Gmail. 

Create original images from text within Google Slides 
By simply typing a few words in Help me visualize, you can easily create original images for your presentations. | This feature is available as part of the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on only. | Learn more about Help me visualize in Slides. 

Independent Security Verification badge in the Google Workspace Marketplace 
Beginning this week, you’ll see a new independent security verification badge for select apps in the Google Workspace Marketplace. | Learn more about the Independent Security Verification badge.

Evolving collaboration in Google Chat with smart chips 
We’re excited to announce smart chips in Google Chat on web. When composing a message in Chat, typing “@” will now display a list of suggestions for files to include as smart chips. You can search files by typing the name of the file, and the results will be based on files you’ve used most recently. Once a file is selected, you can insert it directly into your message. | Learn more about smart chips in Google Chat.


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:


Create original images from text within Google Slides

This announcement was made at Google Cloud Next ‘23. Visit the Workspace Blog to learn more about the next wave of AI innovation in Workspace. This feature is exclusive to the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on.

What’s changing

In addition to the recently introduced feature that helps users create with pre-designed branded templates in Google Slides, we’re giving you the ability to generate compelling visuals for presentations through the power of Duet AI for Google Workspace. 


By simply typing a few words in Help me visualize, you can easily create original images for your presentations. 


Whether you’re a creative agency developing early campaign concepts for a client or a consulting firm enhancing your annual planning proposal, this feature empowers everyone, regardless of artistic skill, to create unique, AI-generated images that help communicate ideas more impactfully, with less effort. 
Create original images from text within Google Slides


Who’s impacted 

End users 

Why it matters 

This feature exemplifies a dynamic new way of working that embeds the power of generative AI in Slides by enabling you to bring your creative vision to life with custom auto-generated images. 

Getting started 

  • Admins: This feature will be ON by default and there is no admin control for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise.
  • End users: 
    • To add an image, go to Insert > Image > Help me visualize or tap the Help me visualize icon in the toolbar > go to the sidebar> type in an image description (optionally select a style for your image) > click Create > then, you will see generated options > select the one you like and it will be added to your slide. 
    • Visit the Help Center to learn more about creating images with Duet AI in Google Slides. 

Rollout pace 

Availability 

Resources 

Write emails, documents and more with ease and speed using Duet AI in Google Docs and Gmail

This announcement was made at Google Cloud Next ‘23. Visit the Workspace Blog to learn more about the next wave of AI innovation in Workspace. This feature is exclusive to the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on.

What’s changing

We’re introducing AI-powered writing features that help you quickly refine existing work or get you started with something new in Google Docs and Gmail using Duet AI for Google Workspace. 

On web and mobile, you can draft and reply to messages in Gmail. Upon selecting the Help me write button, you can choose between the following options: 
  • Write your draft: Use your own words to describe the message you’d like to draft. Help me write also understands the context from previous messages in an email thread to craft reply drafts that are relevant to the conversation. 
  • Formalize your draft: Change the tone of your draft to be more formal. 
  • Elaborate on your draft: Add further detail to your email message to build on the draft. 
  • Shorten your draft: Decrease the length of your email draft. 
  • I’m feeling Lucky: Introduce fun variations on tone and style for content you’ve drafted. 

Whether you’re setting up a meeting with a prospective client or reworking an intro email for a new team member, Help me write in Gmail saves you the time by eliminating the tedious task of writing emails and provides the right tone and style for any message occasion.
Duet AI in Gmail formalizing notes into a polished email.
Duet AI in Gmail formalizing notes into a polished email.

Using Help me write in Docs, simply type a few words describing a topic you’d like to write about and a draft will be instantly generated for you. You can see suggestions as needed and refine the generated content further with the following options: 
  • Tone: Change the tone of the content to be more casual or more formal. 
  • Summarize: Generate a summary for an entire document or a section. 
  • Bulletize: Use bullets to represent your text. 
  • Elaborate: Add further detail to build on the generated text. 
  • Shorten: Make your content more concise by decreasing its length. 
  • Retry: Receive a different generated draft based on your description. 
  • Custom: Provide your own instruction to refine the generated content. 
Whether you’re a recruiter drafting a customized job description or an account executive drafting a sales pitch, Help me write saves you the time and effort of writing the first version of a document by enabling you to focus on bringing your ideas to life instead of conquering a blank page. 
Duet AI in Docs helping to write a job description.
Duet AI in Docs helping to write a job description.


We’re also combining the power of smart canvas with Help me write by weaving smart chips, variables, and building blocks into generated content. This combination will help if you need to include information like status or add variables for details you’d want to customize like your teammate’s names, job titles and more. By providing you with structured data and shortcuts to take action when creating comprehensive plans or messages, this update will help you go from concept to completion much faster without ever leaving your document. 


Who’s impacted 

End users 


Getting started 

Rollout pace 

Availability 


Resources 

Interoperability between Google Chat and other messaging platforms — powered by Mio

This announcement was made at Google Cloud Next ‘23. Visit the Workspace Blog to learn more about the next wave of AI innovation in Workspace. 

What’s changing 

If your organization uses a mixture of messaging tools, you can now use Mio to enable messaging interoperability between Google Chat and other platforms such as Slack and Teams. This is available now in beta, with general availability expected in early 2024. 




Who’s impacted 

Admins 


Why it matters 

We know that communication and collaboration happens over multiple channels and tools. This can cause missed messages, silos of communication, and a frustrating experience monitoring multiple chat tools. 


That’s why we’re partnering with Mio, a leading provider of collaborative interoperability solutions helping customers enhance their productivity by streamlining communication across multiple channels. You can leverage Mio to create a seamless experience between Chat and the various tools you need to get your work done. 


Getting started 



Availability 

Note: In order to leverage Mio’s interoperability capabilities, Mio licenses are required. 
  • Beta Availability: To request beta access, reach out to your account rep or submit this form to contact Mio. 
  • General Availability: Available to Google Workspace Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Frontline Starter, Frontline Standard, and Nonprofits customers 

Resources 

Turn ideas into action using Google Sheets

This announcement was made at Google Cloud Next ‘23. Visit the Workspace Blog to learn more about the next wave of AI innovation in Workspace. This feature is exclusive to the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on.

What’s changing

Through Duet AI for Google Workspace, you can now use Google Sheets to quickly get started organizing your data in a straightforward, highly-visual manner. By simply describing what you want to accomplish using Help me organize, Sheets will generate a plan, tracker, budget, schedule, and more in the form of a template with sample text and smart chips that are easily editable. Once inserted into the grid, you can make the template your own by assigning owners, updating statuses, and bringing in relevant information such as location or time. 


Whether you’re a travel agent planning a trip for a company retreat or a team lead establishing onboarding plans for new hires, Help me organize gives you a running start for creating highly-organized plans, trackers, timelines and more. 
Turn ideas into action using Google Sheets

Who’s impacted 

End users 


Why it’s important 

Through the power of Duet AI for Google Workspace, you can now get started organizing information faster than ever before in Google Sheets. 


Additional details 

Help me organize makes template tables with sample data, and does not have access to the data within your spreadsheet or elsewhere. 


Getting started 

  • Admins: This feature will be ON by default and there is no admin control for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise.
  • End users: 
    • To use the Help me organize feature, write a description of what you need in the sidebar > click Create > View the generated table preview. 
      • Note: You must write a minimum of 2 characters in the sidebar. The maximum number of characters is 150. 
    • The Help me organize sidebar is surfaced for any empty tab (new or existing Sheets files). 
    • You can re-open Help me organize from the insert menu or the toolbar via a new icon. You can also re-trigger the sidebar when adding a new tab. 
    • Visit the Help Center to learn more about organizing with Duet AI in Google Sheets. 

Rollout pace 

Availability 

Resources 

Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on is now generally available

This announcement was made at Google Cloud Next ‘23. Visit the Workspace Blog to learn more about the next wave of AI innovation in Workspace. This feature is exclusive to the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on.

What’s changing

From the beginning, Google Workspace was built to allow you to collaborate in real time with other people. And with the launch of Duet AI, we’re making it possible to collaborate just as easily with AI. Duet AI is a powerful collaborator that can act as a coach, thought partner, source of inspiration, and productivity booster — all while ensuring every user and organization has control over their data.


Beginning today, Duet AI for Workspace Enterprise is now generally available. You can preview the power of Duet AI with a no-cost trial.


Who’s impacted

Admins


Why it’s important

Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise enables organizations to create, connect, and collaborate like never before.

You can use Duet AI to:
  • Help you write and refine emails in Gmail - even on the go from your mobile device
  • Help you write, refine, and proofread content in Google Docs
  • Generate original images for your presentations directly in Google Slides
  • Create plans for projects in Google Sheets with just a simple prompt
  • Look your best in Google Meet with studio look 
  • Generate  background images in Google Meet
  • Use translated captions in Google Meet

In the coming months, we’ll be introducing more features for Duet AI such as studio lighting and sound for Meet, Enhanced Smart Fill for Google Sheets and more. We’ll share more details here on the Workspace Updates blog as those features become available.

Getting started


Availability

The Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on is available for purchase with the following Google Workspace editions:
  • Business Standard and Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus, Education Fundamentals, Frontline Starter and Frontline Standard
Note: Duet AI features are only available for users over the age of 18.


Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – August 25, 2023

2 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.


Copy space member email address in Google Chat 
Space managers and members can now copy the email addresses of members in a space on Google Chat. This option is ON by default for spaces with 100 members or less. The option to copy space member email addresses will be disabled in spaces with 100+ members. 
Copy space member email address in Google Chat

Filter by expression for Connected Sheets for Looker 
You can now use common filter expressions from Looker such as “last 30 days”, “last quarter”, or “NOT 50” to filter on pivot tables in Connected Sheets for Looker. | Learn more about Connected Sheets. 


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.


View speaker notes while co-presenting Google Slides in Google Meet
Co-presenters are now also able to view speaker notes. | Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, the Teaching & Learning Upgrade, and Workspace Individual customers only. | Learn more about viewing speaker notes while co-presenting Google Slides in Google Meet. 

Stronger protection for additional sensitive actions taken in Gmail 
Last year, we introduced stronger safeguards around sensitive actions taken in your Google Workspace accounts. We’re extending these protections to sensitive actions taken in Gmail. | Learn more about stronger protection in Gmail. 

See message view counts in Google Chat spaces 
Space members can now see view counts for messages in all spaces. | Learn more about view counts in Google Chat spaces. 

View & compare script versions with Apps Script project history 
We're announcing project history, a new interface for developers to view previously deployed script versions and compare versions to the current script version. | Learn more about Apps Script project history. 

Displaying Microsoft Outlook users as organizers in Google Calendar 
Microsoft Outlook user who organize meetings are now listed amongst the other meeting attendees in Calendar as the meeting organizer. | Learn more Microsoft Outlook organizers in Google Calendar. 

Introducing Workday app for Google Chat 
We’re adding a new Workday app for Google Chat that allows you to perform quick actions in Workday, such as requesting time off, filing expense reports and looking up colleague's information, all without leaving Google Chat. | Learn more about the Workday app for Google Chat.

Join client-side encrypted meetings from your mobile device 
You can join a client-side encrypted meeting directly from the Google Meet and Calendar apps. | Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers hosting client-side encrypted calls only. | Learn more about client-side encrypted meetings from your mobile device. 

Third-party app access enhancements for Google Workspace for Education 
All Google Workspace for Education Admins must review and confirm access settings for third-party configured apps that are currently accessible to your users by Oct 23, 2023 in order for users designated as under 18 to maintain access to those third-party apps. | Available to Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus, and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade only. | Learn more about third-party app access. 

Enhance your Google Keep notes on Android with rich text formatting 
We’re adding rich text formatting options to new notes on Keep. This highly requested feature enables you to customize and add emphasis to your text through bolding, underlining, italicizing, and heading styles. | Learn more about rich text formatting on the Keep app.


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:

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