Tag Archives: Scheduled Release

Updates to the GitHub app for Google Chat

What’s changing 

Last year, we made updates to the Google Chat integration with GitHub, a cloud-based platform that enables users to store, share and collaborate with others to write code. Today, we’re excited to announce additional updates and functionality that improve upon the overall experience using the GitHub app for Google Chat. 

Starting today, users will have the ability to: 
  • Choose from additional controls for repository notification subscriptions, allowing users to set notifications according to their needs. For example, users can subscribe only to notifications when a deployment fails, or set notifications for Pull Requests assigned only to a particular individual. 
  • Create scheduled reminders, providing a new way for teams to stay on top of open pull requests. 
  • Set personal reminders to help keep track of pull requests that require review. 
Users can set up scheduled reminders to stay on top of open pull requests
Users can set up scheduled reminders to stay on top of open pull requests

Granular notification filters enable users to subscribe to notifications based on their preferences.
Granular notification filters enable users to subscribe to notifications based on their preferences.

Getting started 

Rollout pace 

Availability 

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

Resources 

See summaries of even more file types directly in Google Chat

What’s changing 

Earlier this year, we introduced the ability for users to easily summarize Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets files shared within a Google Chat conversation. Today, we’re excited to expand this feature to PDF, Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), CSV, txt, and zip files shared as Drive links in Chat.

Simply click the new “Summarize this file” button that appears within the respective file preview card in the conversation, and Gemini will summarize the file so you can get a quick overview without having to leave Chat. 

See summaries of even more file types directly in Google Chat

Who’s impacted 

End users 

Why you’d use it 

By providing quick, on-demand summaries of files shared in Chat, Gemini helps you save time and get the gist of shared files instantly, eliminating the need to open each document. 

Additional details 

This feature is only available on web at this time. 

Getting started 

Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Business Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Frontline Plus 
  • Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on 
Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature: 
  • Gemini Business* 
  • Gemini Enterprise* 
  • AI Meetings and Messages* 
*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business, Gemini Enterprise, and AI Meetings and Messages add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details. 

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Google Classroom now supports exporting grades and importing data with STLink SIS

What’s changing

Google Classroom teachers can now export and import select information via the new integration with Bubblecon STLink, a South Korean third-party student information system (SIS) that provides an innovative edtech platform. The integration between 'STlink service' and Google Classroom leverages the OneRoster standard by 1EdTech.

Once an admin establishes a connection between STLink and Classroom, teachers will be able to export grades from Classroom to STLink. Teachers can also import useful information, such as student rosters, co-teachers, grading periods, and grading categories from STLink into Classroom. 

Getting started 

  • Admins: To enable the feature, go to http://classroom.google.com/admin > next to “Select your SIS,” click the Down arrow > select “STLink” > “Connect to Google.” Under “SIS Setup, click “Connect” > enter the OAuth credentials. Visit the Help Center to learn more about connecting your Classroom to your SIS. 
  • End users: 
    • If your admin has connected to your SIS: 
      • Export grades by going to classroom.google.com > select the class > “Grades” > “SIS export.” 
      • Import grading categories by going to classroom.google.com > select the class > Settings > “Grading Categories” > “Import from SIS.” 
      • Import grading periods by going to classroom.google.com > select the class > Settings > “Grading Periods” > “Import from SIS.” 
      • Import student rosters by going to the People tab > “Invite Students” > “Import from SIS”. 
      • Invite co-teachers by going to the People tab > “Invite Teachers” > “Import from SIS”. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Classroom with your SIS. 

Rollout pace

Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Education Plus and the Teaching & Learning Upgrade 

Resources 

Generate charts and valuable insights using Gemini in Google Sheets in additional languages

What’s changing 

Earlier this year, we introduced the ability for Gemini to provide insights and generate charts based on your data in Google Sheets. Today, we’re excited to expand this feature to the following languages: 
  • Spanish 
  • Portuguese 
  • Japanese 
  • Korean 
  • Italian 
  • French 
  • German 

Who’s impacted 

End users 

Why you’d use it 

This update reflects Gemini in Sheets’ enhanced intelligence as it now yields valuable outputs by transforming your requests into Python code, executing on them and then analyzing the results to perform multi-layered analysis. As a result, you’re able to do things like identify top-performing products and then instantly dive into their sales trends — all without writing a single line of code. 

Additional details 


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.

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Data migration log events are available in the Admin console

What’s changing 

Beginning today, you can now access log events for the new data migration service in the audit and investigation tool and the security investigation tool. You can search across a variety of attributes including: 
  • Who started a migration 
  • What data is being migrated 
  • When the migration was set up or executed, and more. 
Log events give admins clear insight into data migration activities in their organization, providing insights into who initiated the migration, the type of data involved, the migration progress, and even allows for proactive issue triaging and resolution. 

For Google Workspace customers with access to the security investigation tool, you can find more information on each migrated object, troubleshoot issues, create custom rules, and more. And for select Google Workspace customers, log events can be exported to BigQuery for further analysis and custom reporting. See below for more information on availability.

Data migration log events in the security investigation tool

Getting started

Rollout pace

  • Data migration log events in the security investigation tool: Available now.
  • BigQuery exports: Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 17, 2025

Availability

The audit and investigation tool is available for all Google Workspace customers.

The security investigation tool is available for Google Workspace:
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • Education Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Frontline Standard
  • Cloud Identity Premium

Exporting logs to BigQuery is available for Google Workspace:
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • Education Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Frontline Standard

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Create a Google Vid from Google Slides

What’s changing

At Google I/O, we introduced the ability to turn existing Google Slides content into engaging videos using Google Vids. Today, we’re starting to roll out the first iteration of this new experience for Vids customers. 

When creating a new video in Vids, you’ll now see an option to “Import Slides”. From there, you can select the Slides presentation you'd like to use, and choose the specific slides you want to import. Vids will then create scenes using the text, images, and elements from each slide and you can make additional edits, such as adding animations to your objects or generating AI video clips with Veo 3.

Create a Google Vid from Google Slides
Getting started 

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: 
    • When creating a new Vid, access this feature by selecting the Import Slides option. 
    • For existing Vids, you can access this feature by going to the File menu > Import slides. 
    • Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Google Slides with Google Vids.

Rollout pace 

Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Business Starter, Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus 
  • Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus 
  • Education Plus 
  • Nonprofits 
  • Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on 
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 

Adding new admin settings to control Google Form responses

What’s changing

Following last year's announcement of form creators being able to limit Google Form response access to specific users, groups, or target audiences, we’re introducing granular admin controls for form responses. 

Specifically, admins can now independently control two distinct settings: 
  • Whether users in their domain can respond to forms created externally. 
  • Whether users in their domain can share forms with external recipients. 
This new setting may help minimize data exfiltration risks by enabling admins to implement specific security measures for Forms, independent of existing Google Drive sharing restrictions. 

Getting started 

  • Admins:
    • The Forms specific admin override will be ON by default for external sharing of forms created in the domain and for responding to forms created externally. 
    • There are two distinct override settings to control if forms created inside a domain can be shared externally for responses and whether users inside the domain can respond to external forms. These overrides can be applied to organizational units, similar to other Drive sharing policies. 
    • To control whether form owners can get responses from users outside their domain, go to the Admin console > Drive and Docs settings > “Form responses > “Allow forms owned by users in [your organization] to accept responses from anyone with the link outside [your organization], even if external sharing isn't allowed.” 
    • To control whether users in the domain are permitted to respond to forms created outside of the domain, go to the Admin console > Drive and Docs settings > “Form responses” > “Allow users in [your organization] to submit responses to forms from users or shared drives. outside of [your organization], even if receiving external files isn't allowed.” 
      • If ON, users in the domain will continue to be able to respond to external forms. 
      • If OFF, the admin setting to control whether external Drive documents can be shared into the domain will apply to Forms and form responders in your domain could be blocked from responding to external forms 
    • Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing external sharing for your organization.
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. 
new admin settings to control Google Form responses

Rollout pace

Availability 

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers 

Resources 

New host management control for who can ask to join a meeting

What’s changing

Meeting hosts can now control who can request to join a meeting (also known as “knocking”). This option is available when the meeting access type is “Trusted” or “Restricted” and can be configured:

  • From the Calendar invite by going to Video call options (gear icon) > Host controls >  Meeting access type. When “Trusted” or “Restricted” is selected, you can uncheck the “Anyone with the meeting link can ask to join" box.
  • During the meeting by going to Host controls (lock icon) > Meeting access type. As with the Calendar invite, you can uncheck the “Anyone with the meeting link can ask to join” box.

From the Google Calendar invite, select Video call options (gear icon) > Host controls >  Meeting access type


The addition of this option helps improve meeting security by ensuring only intended participants can ask to join while reducing disruptions caused by excessive knocking from unintended users.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers

Resources

Introducing PDF summary cards in Google Drive

What’s changing 

Last year, we introduced the ability to use Gemini in Google Drive to interact with PDFs and later improved upon this by integrating Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive's overlay PDF viewing experience. As a result, users have been able to get a quick overview of long, complicated PDFs, use PDF contents to make something new, like a study guide or an email draft, and more. 

Today, we’re excited to expand the capabilities of Gemini in Drive files by introducing PDF summary cards. Now, upon opening a PDF, Gemini will proactively summarize the contents of the file and show relevant, clickable actions, such as “Draft a sample proposal” or “List interview questions based on this resume”. Selecting one of these options will automatically open Gemini in the side panel of Drive with the desired action.
Drive PDF summary cards

Who’s impacted 

End users 

Why you’d use it 

PDF summary cards save you time by giving you the gist of your files and help you get started using Gemini faster by surfacing relevant clickable action options. 

Additional details 

This functionality is now available for users utilizing any of these 20+ languages. 

Getting started 

  • Admins: To access Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can turn on default personalization setting for their users in the Admin console. 
  • End users: 
    • To access this feature, double-click on a PDF from the Google Drive file list. The summary card will appear alongside the content, similar to comments. 
    • Note: When Gemini initially launched in Workspace, PDFs viewed in Drive opened in a new browser tab to allow interaction with Gemini in the side panel of Drive. With this update, the default behavior will open a file in the overlay file previewer. If you prefer for PDFs to open in a new tab by default, you can update your PDF opening default behavior in your Drive settings. If you previously set a preferred PDF opening default behavior in your Drive setting, your default open behavior will remain the same. 
    • Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Gemini in Drive to work with PDFs. 

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 

Migrate email and calendar content from Microsoft Exchange Online to Google Workspace

What’s changing

The ability to migrate email from Microsoft Exchange Online to Google Workspace, part of our new Data migration service, is now generally available. Admins can migrate email from Microsoft Exchange Online to Gmail directly from the Admin console in a few easy steps. This also includes the ability to run delta migrations, which will intelligently  bring over new emails from the source without duplicating previously migrated content. This allows admins to migrate email data into Workspace at scale, in a secure, reliable, and efficient manner, helping to streamline the transition to Workspace.

Additionally, we’ve added the ability for admins to migrate users’ calendars and calendar events from Microsoft Exchange Online to Google Calendar (available in open beta). This content can be migrated separately or simultaneously with email content. We’ve also increased the number of users whose emails and calendar events can be migrated to 250 users at a time.

Example of a completed migration


Additional details

You can find more information in our Help Center about migrating other forms of data from different types of source accounts.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:
  • Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise Essentials
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus, and the Teaching and Learning add-on, Endpoint Education add-on
  • Frontline Starter

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