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Use Gemini in the side panel of Google Chat in additional languages

What’s changing 

Over the last few months, we’ve released the use of Gemini in the side panel of Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive, Google Slides and Gmail in additional languages and today we’re excited to expand the availability of Gemini in the side panel of Chat to the following languages: 
  • Spanish 
  • Portuguese 
  • Italian 
  • German 
  • Japanese 
  • French 
  • Korean 

Gemini in Chat helps users collaborate more effectively in their spaces, group messages and direct messages by providing conversation summaries, identifying action items, and searching the web. For additional information on Gemini in Chat, check out our original announcement of Gemini in the side panel of Chat. 


Additional details

Users may see the “Alpha” badge as we bring more features into Gemini in the side panel of Google Workspace. 


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 
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 and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

Resources 

Try Canvas, a new way to collaborate with the Gemini app

What’s changing

Starting today, you can create, format, and refine your documents or code in Canvas, a new collaborative space in Gemini. 


Generate and iterate on first drafts: after generating a first draft in Canvas, you can rapidly refine and ask Gemini for feedback to suggest edits. Update specific sections or the whole draft, and use the quick editor tools to change the tone, length, or formatting. From essays to blog posts to reports, up-level your documents in Canvas. If you want to collaborate with others on the content you just made, you can export it to Google Docs with a click.




Generate & iterate on code: Easily convert your ideas into working prototypes for web apps, code snippets and scripts, and more. Ask Gemini to generate & preview React or HTML code directly in Canvas in a familiar code editor, and review Gemini's changes on each turn.



Canvas is available globally across all Gemini-supported languages.


Additional details

  • Currently, Canvas is available on web (gemini.google.com) for Google Workspace business and education users. We’re planning to support Canvas in the Gemini mobile app for these users at a later date.
  • Canvas is available to Google Workspace for Education users 13+ or the applicable age in your country.

Getting started


Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:
  • Business Starter, Standard, Plus
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard, Plus
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus
  • Frontline Starter and Standard
  • Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Nonprofits

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

See summaries of shared Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets files directly in Google Chat

What’s changing

Similar to how Google Chat’s summaries in the home view provide users with a bulleted synopsis of message content, we’re excited to introduce a new way to preview files shared in Chat. 

Starting today, users can easily summarize Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets files shared within a Chat conversation. 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. 

Gemini summaries for linked Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides

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. 


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 
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 and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

Resources 

Gmail data loss prevention now supports “sensitive content snippets”

What’s changing

We recently launched data loss prevention for Gmail and, beginning today, Admins can see “Sensitive content snippets” for Gmail messages that trigger data loss prevention rules. This content is logged  in the security investigation tool and admins can use the information to better identify security risks, determine whether a false positive was returned, and decide on an appropriate course of action.

Snippets are already available for DLP events for Drive, Chat, and Chrome. Visit our Help Center and our previous announcement for more information.

Matched content and information about the data detector type is displayed in the side panel under ‘Log Details’ in the Security Investigation Tool

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

Available to Google Workspace 
  • Frontline Standard
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus, and the Teaching and Learning add-on
  • Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Also available for Chrome Enterprise Premium

Resources


Beta update: Data loss prevention rules based on classification labels are now applied instantly in Gmail on the web

What’s changing

In November 2024, we announced an open beta for data classification labels in Gmail. To further enhance the experience, we’re pleased to announce that auto-classification labeling with data loss prevention (DLP) rules and actions triggered by classification labels detected in the message will now be applied instantly when using Gmail on the web. Previously, users were informed of any implications after messages left the inbox. With this update, the feedback is instant, providing the opportunity to educate users on why their message is classified, blocked or quarantined, and how to remedy the issue to keep their email communications flowing. 

With this new functionality, and with this feature still in an open beta period, we strongly encourage you to continue providing feedback so we can optimize the feature for general availability. You can also use the form to sign-up for feedback sessions with the Google user research team to provide more detailed feedback.




Who’s impacted

Admins and end users

Why it matters
Google Workspace's expansion of data classification labels to Gmail gives admins the ability to mitigate data exfiltration and gain a deeper understanding of shared data based on information type and sensitivity level to apply data protection policies appropriately. Some ways you can use Data Protection Rules with Classification Labels are:

    • Prevent messages based on a specific classification (e.g. Confidential, Internal, NTK) from being accidentally shared with unauthorized users.
      • You can create a rule with specific label(s) as a condition and choose an action to trigger when a message is sent:
        • Warn: users will see a notification that their message may contain sensitive information, helping to prevent accidental sharing. Note that this action does not block the message from being sent.
        • Block: users will be notified that their message will not be sent unless the label is changed or removed (if data organization policy allows).
        • You can also create a rule in a way that allows for sharing labeled messages only if confidential mode is enabled for the message.

    • Enforce classification on every message or specific messages
      • You can create a rule that warns users or blocks the message if a specific classification label is not found in the message. This can help educate users and drive adoption of your organization’s data classification policy among users.
    • Automatically apply classification labels messages if specific information types are found in the message
      • You can create a rule to automatically apply a specific classification label if certain criteria is met. For example, credit card information or medical information are contained within the email. 
      • You can also configure the rule to allow users to modify the label to a more appropriate one based on the situation and data classification policy of your organization.
    For more detailed information, please refer to our beta announcement as well as our Help Center.


    Additional details

    At this time, this update is only supported when using Gmail on the web. Stay tuned for further updates about instantaneous support in Gmail iOS and Android clients.

    Getting started

    Rollout pace

    Availability

    The Label Manager and manual classification is available to Google Workspace:
    • Frontline Starter and Standard
    • Business Standard and Plus
    • Enterprise Standard and Plus
    • Education Standard and Education Plus
    • Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus


    Data loss prevention rules with labels as a condition or labels as an action are available to:
    • Enterprise Standard and Plus
    • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus, and the Teaching & Learning Upgrade
    • Frontline Standard
    • Cloud Identity Premium (with a Workspace Edition that includes Gmail)

    Resources



    Deep Research and Gems in the Gemini app are now available for more Google Workspace customers

    What’s changing 

    Beginning today, we’re expanding the availability of Deep Research and Gems in the Gemini app to Google Workspace: 
    • Business Starter 
    • Enterprise Starter 
    • Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus 
    • Frontline Starter and Standard 
    • Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus
    • Nonprofits 
    Note: There is no change to Google Workspace or Education customers with access to Gemini Advanced already using Deep Research or Gems. 

    Who’s impacted

    Admins and end users


    Why it matters

    Gems are AI experts that you can customize across a variety of topics, helping you complete specific goals, tasks, and workflows based on your inputs, while reducing repetitive prompting. You can use Gems to gather target feedback on new products or services, get suggestions on your writing, brainstorm creative learning experiences and more. You can further customize your Gems by anchoring them to specific files, including Google Docs or Google Sheets via Drive, for even more relevant responses. 


    You can also take advantage of a variety of our pre-made Gems to quickly get started, like “Sales pitch ideator” to create compelling pitch materials to drive conversions, “Copy creator” to draft on-brand marketing copy, “Learning coach” to build knowledge with step-by-step study guidance and practice activities, and “Sentiment analyzer” to dive into customer feedback and identify trends, and more.




    Deep Research helps save hours of work by browsing the web on your behalf, analyzing information in real-time, and developing comprehensive research reports in minutes to get you up to speed on just about anything. You can use Deep Research to understand your business landscape with comprehensive reports on emerging trends in any industry or competitor products and services. It can also help educators and students 18+ with grant writing, lesson planning, class projects and more. 






    Additional details

    • Currently, some features in Gems are only available in a limited set of languages. Refer to this article in our Help Center for more information: Gems in Gemini Apps.
    • Currently, Deep Research and Gems are limited to the Gemini web app (gemini.google.com) for Google Workspace business and education users 18 years and older. We’re planning to support Deep Research and Gems in the Gemini mobile app for these users at a later date.
    • Deep Research use is limited to five reports per user per 30 day period for the Google Workspace editions indicated in this post. For full usage of Deep Research, we recommend exploring Google Workspace business and education plans with access to Gemini Advanced. 

    Getting started



    Rollout pace


    Availability

    Available for Google Workspace:
    • Business Starter
    • Enterprise Starter
    • Education Standard, Plus, and Fundamentals
    • Frontline Starter and Standard
    • Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus
    • Nonprofits

    “Take notes for me” in Google Meet is available in seven additional languages

    What’s changing 

    Today, we are excited to start rolling out support “take notes for me” in the following seven additional languages: 
    • French 
    • German 
    • Italian 
    • Japanese 
    • Korean 
    • Portuguese 
    • Spanish 

    When you enable "take notes for me” in Google Meet, you'll see the language in which the notes will be taken. You can click on the language to change it or you can change your language from Settings > Meeting records > Language spoken in the meeting. Note that multilingual meetings are not supported at this time.

    Turning “Take notes for me” on


    All meeting participants will see a blue pencil icon on their screen and a notification that notes are being taken. They can click on the pencil to see the meeting notes taken so far.


    Getting started


    Rollout pace


    Note: This update will be rolling out at a much slower pace than usual as we carefully monitor performance and quality. We'll update this post when the rollout for each language is complete.


    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 Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

    Resources


    More languages are available for recorded captions and transcripts in Google Meet

    What’s changing

    Starting today, transcripts in Google Meet are available in seven additional languages:

    • French
    • German
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Portuguese
    • Spanish




    Additionally, captions included with a meeting recording will be available in three additional languages:
    • Italian
    • Korean
    • Japanese


    Getting started

    • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
    • End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about using recorded captions and transcripts in Google Meet. 

    Rollout pace


    Note: This update will be rolling out at a much slower pace than usual as we carefully monitor performance and quality. We'll update this post when the rollout for each language is complete.

    Availability

    Transcripts are available for Google Workspace:
    • Business Standard and Plus
    • Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
    • Education Plus and the Teaching & Learning Add-on
    • Workspace Individual Subscribers

    Captions included in a meeting recording are available for Google Workspace:
    • Business Plus and Standard
    • Education Plus for users with a "Staff" or "Student" license, and the Teaching & Learning add-on
    • Enterprise Essentials and Essentials
    • Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
    • Workspace Individual Subscribers
    • Google One subscribers with 2 TB or more storage space

    Resources


    More AI-powered features in Google Meet and Google Chat are coming to Google Workspace Business and Enterprise editions

    What’s changing 

    Earlier this year, we announced that we’re including the best of Google AI in Workspace Business and Enterprise plans without the need to purchase a separate Gemini add-on. Beginning today, additional AI-powered features are available for Business and Enterprise editions: 


    For Google Meet: 
    • Generated background images: With Gemini in Meet, you can generate unique and bespoke meeting backgrounds. Meeting backgrounds can help obscure your surroundings during a meeting or they can enhance the meeting itself. Users will also benefit from our latest model upgrade for background generation, as well as additional style options, like a professional office, library, or home office to help refine their custom backgrounds. 
    • Studio look: Gemini in Meet uses machine learning to detect and enhance (if necessary) the quality of your portrait by reducing noise and increasing sharpness, bringing you into focus so you can look your best in meetings. 
    • Studio lighting: Using machine learning, Gemini in Meet will simulate studio-quality lighting and adjust light position and brightness in your video feed, so you're perfectly lit for your meeting. Note: Studio lighting is only available on devices that meet certain browser and processor requirements. Visit the Help Center to learn more about device requirements for studio lighting. 
    • Studio sound: Gemini in Meet will automatically recreate and balance missing or distorted frequencies helping to make your voice come through crisp and clear. This can be especially useful when dialing in via phone or using bluetooth headsets for example. 

    For Google Chat: 
    • Translate for me: Chat will automatically detect and translate over 120 languages to a user’s preferred language while keeping the original message available for review. Instead of navigating outside of Chat to translate a message, this reduces friction and improves collaboration with colleagues, partners and customers in other parts of the world. 

    For Google Drawings: 
    • Background image removal: Gemini’s image background removal functionality (also available in Slides and Vids) is now available in Google Drawings.

    Getting started

    Rollout pace

    Availability

    Available for Google Workspace:
    • Business Standard and Plus
    • Enterprise Standard and Plus

    These features are already available to Gemini for Workspace add-on customers. Note that as of January 15, 2025, Gemini Business, Gemini Enterprise, AI Meetings & Messaging, and AI Security add-ons are no longer available for purchase. Please refer to this announcement for more details.



    More AI-powered features in Google Meet and Google Chat are coming to Google Workspace Business and Enterprise editions

    What’s changing 

    Earlier this year, we announced that we’re including the best of Google AI in Workspace Business and Enterprise plans without the need to purchase a separate Gemini add-on. Beginning today, additional AI-powered features are available for Business and Enterprise editions: 


    For Google Meet: 
    • Generated background images: With Gemini in Meet, you can generate unique and bespoke meeting backgrounds. Meeting backgrounds can help obscure your surroundings during a meeting or they can enhance the meeting itself. Users will also benefit from our latest model upgrade for background generation, as well as additional style options, like a professional office, library, or home office to help refine their custom backgrounds. 
    • Studio look: Gemini in Meet uses machine learning to detect and enhance (if necessary) the quality of your portrait by reducing noise and increasing sharpness, bringing you into focus so you can look your best in meetings. 
    • Studio lighting: Using machine learning, Gemini in Meet will simulate studio-quality lighting and adjust light position and brightness in your video feed, so you're perfectly lit for your meeting. Note: Studio lighting is only available on devices that meet certain browser and processor requirements. Visit the Help Center to learn more about device requirements for studio lighting. 
    • Studio sound: Gemini in Meet will automatically recreate and balance missing or distorted frequencies helping to make your voice come through crisp and clear. This can be especially useful when dialing in via phone or using bluetooth headsets for example. 

    For Google Chat: 
    • Translate for me: Chat will automatically detect and translate over 120 languages to a user’s preferred language while keeping the original message available for review. Instead of navigating outside of Chat to translate a message, this reduces friction and improves collaboration with colleagues, partners and customers in other parts of the world. 

    For Google Drawings: 
    • Background image removal: Gemini’s image background removal functionality (also available in Slides and Vids) is now available in Google Drawings.

    Getting started

    Rollout pace

    Availability

    Available for Google Workspace:
    • Business Standard and Plus
    • Enterprise Standard and Plus

    These features are already available to Gemini for Workspace add-on customers. Note that as of January 15, 2025, Gemini Business, Gemini Enterprise, AI Meetings & Messaging, and AI Security add-ons are no longer available for purchase. Please refer to this announcement for more details.