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What’s changing

We’re expanding image generation powered by Nano Banana in the Gemini app to Google Workspace users of all ages. 

This update brings a highly requested and powerful creative tool to younger users, helping them visualize ideas and bring their work to life. For example, a student working on a presentation can now ask Gemini to "create an image of a cell's mitochondria for my biology project" or "generate a picture of a public square in ancient Rome."

Expanding access to this feature provides a more consistent creative experience for all Workspace users.

Users under 18 years old can improve upon their generated images with follow-ups, but cannot edit them directly or use uploaded images for image generation. To prepare to bring image generation to younger users, we conducted rigorous testing specific to users under 18. We’ve trained Gemini to recognize areas that are inappropriate to youth, and implemented safety features and guardrails, including content filters, to help prevent unsafe content, such as illegal or age-gated substances, from appearing in its responses to these users.  As a reminder, these filters aren't perfect, so please grant access as appropriate for different age levels. Teachers and staff should continue to help students use Gemini responsibly.

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Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available for Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus users of all ages

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To support more granular incident investigations, we’re expanding the Workspace audit logging datasets available on the Admin SDK (Reports API) to include these additional datasets:

  • Admin data action logs
  • Contacts logs
  • Assignments logs
  • Directory Sync logs
  • Profile logs
  • Graduation logs
  • LDAP logs
  • Meet hardware logs
  • Takeout logs
  • Tasks logs
  • Cloud search logs
  • Access evaluation logs
  • Data migration logs
Additionally, the Reports API now supports in-depth filtering on resource details. You can now filter by labels and resources from your audit logs, allowing for fetching more granular logs. To learn more about this in detail, you can check out the activities list API documentation.

Granular audit logs are critical to helping organizations investigate cybersecurity incidents and understand their data usage. The changes announced today expand the depth of analysis that can be performed.

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A summary of announcements from the last week:

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

Accelerate validation of Google Meet eCDN configuration at scale with Silent Test Mode

We are introducing Silent Test mode, a new offering that lets you run a large-scale eCDN (Enterprise Content Delivery Network) test with your users and devices, across your entire network, while minimizing any risk of impacting the viewer experience. | Learn more about accelerating validation of Google Meet eCDN configuration at scale with Silent Test Mode.

Share stereo sound with audio content in Google Meet

Presenters will now be able to share stereo sound when presenting content with stereo audio in Google Meet. During virtual meetings, presenters often share content with audio, such as music before a meeting starts, videos for review or discussion during the meeting, and more. | Learn more about sharing stereo sound with audio content in Google Meet.

Share your device’s audio when presenting in Google Meet

Sharing your screen is an essential part of collaborating and presenting in Google Meet. Often, you may also want to share audio as part of your presentation. We’re excited to announce that you can now share your device audio when presenting a specific window or your entire screen. | Learn more about sharing your device’s audio when presenting in Google Meet.

Keep your team informed: Introducing the Feeds app for Google Chat

We’re excited to introduce the new Feeds app for  Google Chat. This app makes it simple for teams to bring important, real-time external updates—such as news, blog posts, and industry research from any Atom or RSS feed—directly into their group conversations and spaces. | Learn more about the new Feeds app for Google Chat.

Block messages from unknown senders in Google Chat

We’re introducing a new setting in Google Chat that gives users more control over who can invite them to 1:1 conversations and spaces. While the default setting allows invitations from anyone, users can now choose to restrict incoming requests to known senders only. | Learn more about blocking messages from unknown senders in Google Chat.

Our best avatars in Google Vids yet, now powered by Veo 3.1

Earlier this year we launched AI avatars in Google Vids to streamline video creation, and today we’re excited to announce that our avatars are now powered by Veo 3.1, Google’s state-of-the-art video generation model. | Learn more about the new avatars in Google Vids, now powered by Veo 3.1.

Introducing Gemini 3 Flash for the Gemini app

Introducing Gemini 3 Flash, our latest model with frontier intelligence built for speed, in the Gemini app. It delivers next-generation intelligence at lightning speeds.Built on the foundation of Gemini 3, our most intelligent model, 3 Flash is designed to get answers now, make light work of daily tasks, and connect to the real world instantly. | Learn more about Gemini 3 Flash for the Gemini app.

Google AI Ultra for Business plan adds enhanced NotebookLM experience

Specifically designed for organizations with high demand research needs, Google AI Ultra for Business, an add-on plan for Workspace customers, provides teams with the highest-tier access to Gemini models, unparalleled feature limits, and the capacity to handle the most intricate models. | Learn more about the enhanced NotebookLM experience in the Google AI Ultra for Business plan.
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Specifically designed for organizations with high demand research needs, Google AI Ultra for Business, an add-on plan for Workspace customers, provides teams with the highest-tier access to Gemini models, unparalleled feature limits, and the capacity to handle the most intricate models. Now, Google AI Ultra for Business users can access an enhanced NotebookLM experience. NotebookLM, a research and thinking partner, gives you: 

  • Highest access to Gemini’s models
  • Highest feature limits for the features you know and love like Audio & Video Overviews, Slide Decks, and more
  • Largest notebook size with the most number of sources per notebook
  • Priority access to features like the Long option for Slide Decks and the removal of watermarks on Slide Decks and Infographics
Refer to Turn NotebookLM on or off for users for a detailed overview.

Getting started

  • Admins: NotebookLM is ON by default and can be disabled at the domain, OU, or group level. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Google AI Ultra for Business licensed users will see the “Ultra” badge in the upper right corner in NotebookLM. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

  • Available now

Availability

  • Google AI Ultra for Business add-on

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What’s changing

Introducing Gemini 3 Flash, our latest model with frontier intelligence built for speed, in the Gemini app. It delivers next-generation intelligence at lightning speeds.

Built on the foundation of Gemini 3, our most intelligent model, 3 Flash is designed to get answers now, make light work of daily tasks, and connect to the real world instantly. It delivers speed and efficiency while continuing to provide strong performance – ideal for everyday tasks that benefit from faster processing, like search, summarization, document analysis and data extraction. And it also delivers a leap in multimodal understanding, so you can ask it questions across images, audio, video, and text.

Try using Gemini 3 Flash to summarize, analyze, and extract data: 

  • “Analyze the attached project status report: provide a one-paragraph executive summary highlighting key progress and roadblocks, and extract all assigned action items, listing the item, responsible person, and deadline in a table format.”
  • “Compare the attached two research paper abstracts: summarize the core findings of each, and identify any significant contradictions or disagreements in their conclusions.”
Or for everyday planning, brainstorming, writing and studying:

  • “I want to launch a new direct to consumer coffee brand in New York. Help me ideate some names, taglines, and go-to-market strategies based on best practices to have a successful launch in a competitive market.”
  • “Turn my notes into a follow-up email to Sarah confirming what we discussed. Keep the tone professional and polite, but concise and action-oriented.”
  • "Help me outline a lesson plan for 7th-grade history on the Roman Republic, focusing on primary source analysis and project-based learning."
  • "Create a 10-question practice quiz on the concepts covered in the attached notes for my upcoming physics exam."
Gemini 3 Flash can be accessed in the Gemini app by selecting “Fast” for quick answers and “Thinking” to help solve more complex problems faster. Gemini 3 Pro is also available as “Pro” in the model picker and remains the best choice for advanced math and code.














Getting started

  • Admins: The Gemini app and related in-app tools are controlled by the Generative AI settings in the Workspace Admin console. The Gemini 3 Flash model is subject to these existing controls. Visit the Help Center for more information on turning the Gemini app on or off.
  • End users: End users who have access to the Gemini app will receive the new Gemini 3 Flash model update automatically.

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

  • Business Starter, Standard, Plus
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard, Plus
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus
  • Google AI Pro for Education
  • Frontline Starter, Standard, Plus
  • Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Nonprofits
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