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What’s changing 

Last year, we introduced web and mobile updates that enable you to unsubscribe from individual emails in Gmail more easily. Today, we’re building upon this with Gmail's new "Manage subscriptions" feature. 

With the “Manage subscriptions” view, you can organize your subscription emails and easily unsubscribe from the ones you no longer want – all from a single place. 

To find this view, click the navigation bar in the top-left corner of your inbox and select “Manage subscriptions.” Your active subscriptions are sorted by the most frequent senders alongside the number of emails they’ve sent you in the past few weeks. If there’s a sender you no longer wish to receive emails from, you can easily unsubscribe in one click, and Gmail will send an unsubscribe request to the sender on your behalf. 

Manage email subscriptions from a single location in Gmail

Additional details 

If you are a bulk sender wanting to know more about unsubscribe requirements, please see additional details here. 

Getting started 

Rollout pace

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Availability 

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

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What’s changing 

We’re improving the email notification that includes the notes doc when you use “Take notes for me” in Google Meet. The email will now include a summary of the meeting as well as “suggested next steps” in addition to the link to the notes document. Including this information gives meeting invitees a quick, helpful overview of the meeting in one place.
[Suggested next steps are now included in the notes email]
Suggested next steps are now included in the notes email


Also part of this update, meeting hosts and co-hosts for meetings taken on a web browser can now choose who the meeting notes should be sent to: all invited guests, invited guests in your organization, or hosts and co-hosts only. Note that the default setting is “Invited guests in your organization”.

Once you change the sharing setting, it will persist for that meeting and recurring meetings in that series. You can always change the setting as needed. Sharing is based on the Calendar invitees. 

Before you turn on “Take notes for me”, you can choose who the meeting notes should be sent to.

Getting started

Rollout pace

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

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What’s changing 

Google Drive is now integrated with the Workspace Events API, which allows third-party developers to create subscriptions on Drive items and receive notifications via Cloud Pub/Sub when those resources change. This offers developers a more reliable, featureful way of receiving events over the current files.watch and changes.watch methods that exist today. The following events are supported in the Developer Public Preview: 
  • A file has been: 
    • Added to a folder or shared drive. 
    • Moved to a folder or shared drive. 
    • Edited or a new revision is uploaded. 
    • Trashed or removed from the trash. 
  • An access proposal has been created or resolved on a file. 

Getting started 

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • Developers: Developers need to be enrolled in the Workspace Developer Public Preview program in order to access the API via this sign up. Once enrolled in the program, developers can reference our getting started guides: 

Rollout pace 

Availability 

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and Workspace Individual Subscribers 

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Update: April 20, 2026. This feature is no longer available - you can no longer create or move files in folders using Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive.

What’s changing 

In March, we introduced the ability to create new files and folders using Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive to improve your organization and creation workflows. 

Starting today, we’ve enhanced Gemini’s organizing capabilities in Drive by allowing you to use natural language to move selected files into the folder you choose. Simply open Gemini in the side panel of Drive and type something similar to the following prompts to get started organizing: 
  • “Create a new folder in My Drive called Q2 forecast“ 
  • “Move the @Q1 wrap up file in my Q1 forecast folder to the @Q2 forecast folder” 
  • “Create a new presentation in the Q2 forecast folder” 

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Who’s impacted 

End users 

Why it’s important 

This new Gemini capability streamlines file management using natural language to perform basic actions on your behalf in Drive. 

Additional details 

At this time, only the following functions are available: 
  • Move @[file(s)] to @[folder] 
  • Move @[files(s)] to this folder 
  • Move these files to @[folder] 
  • Create a new folder (with or without specifying what to name it) 
  • Create a new Google Doc, Sheet or Slide (with or without specifying what to name it) 
In addition, you can only move up to 5 files at a time. 

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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Update

[July 8, 2025]: We have updated the Rollout section with the latest timelines -- please see below for more information.


What’s changing

Currently, when you’re using the Gemini app, you can use Gems, custom AI experts that can help you complete specific goals, tasks, and workflows based on your input. You can also take advantage of pre-made Gems as well, like writing editor, coding partner, sales pitch ideator, and more. 

Today, we’re bringing the power of Gems directly into the side panel of Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Drive, and Gmail.

Who’s impacted

Admins and end users

Why you’d use them

Gems can help you further leverage the power of Gemini in a way that’s customized to your needs more efficiently by minimizing repetitive prompting. You can now take advantage of Gems directly from the side panel of several Google Workspace apps. This includes your custom Gems or pre-made gems. Without needing to switch between applications, you can use Gems in the side panel to:

  • Leverage a copywriting Gem to create posts and content tailored to your target audience, pre-loaded into the Gem.
  • Create a Gem that helps with sales interactions that is grounded on information for a specific company, prospect, or industry. 
  • Leverage an "assistant gem" tailored to your job role to help provide more relevant summaries for you and content for internal communications.
  • Leverage a Gem designed to help pressure test content from a certain persona (e.x C-Suite or CEO) to help you create the most compelling message.

Additional details

If you don't see a Gem that meets your needs, or want to customize a Gem for a specific task, you can create your own at gemini.google.com/gems/create. Both custom and premade Gems will appear in the side panel across all supported Workspace applications, and can leverage many Workspace capabilities including @ mentioning, accessing files and folders in your corpus, and more. Visit the Help Center for more information on working with Gems.

Getting started

  • Admins: There are no admin controls for Gems or Gemini in the side panel of supported Google Workspace apps.

  • End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Gems. You can access the Gemini in the side panel by clicking on “Ask Gemini” (spark button) in the top right corner of Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive on the web. Visit the Help Center to learn more about collaborating with Gemini in Google Drive, as well as Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides, and Gmail.

Rollout pace


Availability

  • Available for Google Workspace customers who can access Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps and Gems in the Gemini app.

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