Friday, May 7, 2021

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - May 7, 2021

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. 


Google for Education transformation reports window open, available worldwide 
The next reporting window for Google for Education transformation reports is now available for K-12 Google Workspace for Education customers worldwide. | Learn more. 



“Show Editors” provides more context on changes made in Google Docs 
You can now view richer information on the edit history of a particular range of content in Google Docs. | Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, and Education Plus customers. | Learn more.



Improve Google Cloud Search results with Contextual Boost 
We’re adding the ability to boost Google Cloud Search results using the Cloud Search Query API for third party data sources. Contextual boost is one of the key ways used to enable search personalization.| Available to Google Cloud Search customers. | Learn more.



Additional admin controls for Google Voice ring groups 
Admins can now configure a “fixed order” pattern for their ring groups and change the maximum duration a call should ring before proceeding to the “unanswered call” behavior. | Available to all Google Workspace and G Suite customers with Google Voice standard and premier licenses. | Learn more. 



Specify which attributes are available for the Secure LDAP client 
Admins can now specify which attributes they’d like to make available for the LDAP Client, such as system, public and private attributes. | Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, and Education Plus, G Suite Enterprise, and Cloud Identity Premium customers. | Learn more.



More options for customizing a charts line and fill styling in Google Sheets 
We’ve added more for line and fill customization options for series and series items. | Learn more. 



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