Following our initial announcement and recent rollout update, skills in Google Workspace — reusable, custom instructions that guide Gemini to apply your team’s rules, templates, and reference files — are now rolling out across Google Workspace Studio and Workspace apps. Here’s how to get started:

• Create, test, and share skills in Google Workspace Studio and Google Docs: Build skills from scratch, start from new turnkey templates, or edit Markdown-native (SKILL.md) files directly in Google Workspace Studio, and test how they generate email drafts, documents, or presentations before turning them on. You can also draft and collaborate on skills in Google Docs, and share copies of your skills from Workspace Studio so teammates can customize and enable them for their own workflows.
• Create and edit skills in context across Workspace apps: You can prompt Gemini directly in Gmail, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Drive, and Google Chat to create, refine, and test skills without leaving the app you’re working in.
• Use skills automatically or with an @, and connect them to Studio flows: Once you turn on a skill, Gemini in Gmail, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Drive, and Google Chat can automatically recognize when that skill is relevant and apply it to your prompt, or you can invoke one or more skills explicitly at any time with an @mention (including combining multiple skills in a single request). Skills can also trigger Workspace Studio flows configured with a “Start manually” or “On a schedule” starter step.

These capabilities unlock powerful ways to standardize everyday work across your team. For example:

• A marketing or sales team can maintain approved brand voice, tone, and structure across email drafts in Gmail, proposals in Docs, and pitch decks in Slides.
• A finance or legal specialist can standardize recurring contract, proposal, or invoice reviews against reference guidelines stored in Google Drive.
• A project lead can generate recurring status updates grounded in living meeting notes, Chat conversations, and Drive files without re-typing formatting instructions each week.

Create, test, and invoke skills across Google Workspace Studio and Workspace apps

A few things to know for end users:

• Supported surfaces, mobile access, and language: Creating, editing, testing, and sharing skills are available on the web. Invoking skills is supported on the web in Workspace Studio, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Drive, and Google Chat, as well as in the Google Chat mobile app on Android and iOS. Skills in Workspace are not yet available in Google Sheets or Google Meet, and currently support English prompts and instructions only.
• How skill sharing and Drive file permissions work in Workspace Studio: Sharing a skill from Workspace Studio gives recipients an independent copy that they can review, customize, and turn on in their own skills library (subsequent edits you make to your skill won’t overwrite copies others have already saved). If your skill references Google Drive files, you’ll also need to share access to those files with recipients.
• Skills in Workspace are separate from skills and Gems in the Gemini app: Skills created in Workspace do not sync automatically with skills or Gems in the Gemini app, and the upcoming automated migration of remaining Gems in 2027 will convert Gems to draft skills exclusively in the Gemini app — not in Workspace Studio or Workspace apps. Because both environments use the open SKILL.md format, you can manually copy instructions between the Gemini app and Workspace if you want to use a skill in both places. 
• Impact on automated Workspace Studio flows and transitioning off “Ask a Gem”: As previously announced, you can no longer add new Ask a Gem steps to flows in Workspace Studio. Visit the Help Center to learn more about replacing Gems with skills in Workspace Studio flows.

Getting started

• Admins:
• Skills in Workspace Studio and Gemini in Workspace are ON by default for eligible Google Workspace editions and can be disabled at the domain, organizational unit (OU), or group level in the Admin console. Visit the Help Center to learn more about allowing people to use skills in Studio and Gemini in Workspace. 
• External sharing of skills from Workspace Studio follows your organization’s Studio sharing controls in the Admin console. Visit the Help Center to learn more about allowing people to share skills externally.
• New with general availability, admins can monitor and audit skill activity in the Admin console using Workspace Studio log events.
• Review the Help Center guide on preparing your organization for the transition from Gems to skills.
• End users:
• Skills in Workspace are available by default (unless disabled by your admin). Create and manage skills in Google Workspace Studio, using Skill Builder in Google Docs, or by prompting Gemini directly in Gmail, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Drive, and Google Chat.
• Visit the Help Center to learn more about how skills work in Google Workspace Studio, using skills in Gmail, Docs, Slides, Drive, and Chat, and how the transition from Gems to skills impacts Workspace Studio flows.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on November 9, 2026 
• Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on November 30, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
• Education Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education
• Other Add-ons: AI Expanded Access

Note that skills in Google Workspace are available only to users age 18 and older.

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Allow people to use skills in Studio and Gemini in Workspace
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Allow people to share skills externally
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Workspace Studio log events
• Google Workspace Admin Help: About the transition from Gems to skills
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Prepare for the transition to skills
• Workspace Studio Help: Learn how skills work in Google Workspace Studio
• Workspace Studio Help: How the Gems transition to skills impacts Workspace Studio flows
• Google Help: Using skills in Gmail, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Drive, and Google Chat
• Google Workspace Updates Blog: Introducing skills in the Gemini app and Workspace, plus what’s next for Gems
• Google Workspace Updates Blog: An update on the launch of skills in the Gemini app and Workspace 
• Google Workspace Blog: Teach Gemini your team’s know-hows with skills in Google Workspace
• AI skills 101: Customizing AI from Google for your role
• Education Guide: Gemini Gems and Skills Transition

We’re making it faster to confirm automatically applied classification labels in Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Previously, files labeled by AI classification or default classification rules only showed a Review button in the top banner. Now, when a single label is automatically applied, users with permission to modify it see Accept and Edit buttons directly in the banner.

Selecting Accept confirms the label in a single click, while Edit opens the Labels side panel to make changes. Users can also confirm the classification from the side panel using the new Accept label button. If multiple labels are automatically applied, the banner continues to show Review so users can check them in the side panel.

Eliminating extra steps removes friction for users, making it easier to confirm automated classifications and maintain accurate label metadata across your organization.

Users can click Accept directly in the banner to confirm a single automatically applied classification label, or click Edit to review it in the Labels side panel.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no new admin control for this feature; it will be ON by default for organizations using default classification or AI classification with Drive labels. Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing classification labels.
• End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. When a single classification label is automatically applied to a file you can edit, click Accept in the banner at the top of the file (or Accept label in the Labels side panel) to confirm it, or click Edit to modify the label value. Visit the Help Center to learn more about applying and reviewing classification labels on files in Google Drive.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on November 9, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
• Education: Education Standard and Plus
• Other Editions: Frontline Starter, Standard, and Plus; Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus; Nonprofits

Note: Default classification is available on all editions listed above. AI classification is available on Enterprise Plus, Frontline Plus, and with the AI Security, or Google AI Pro for Education add-ons. 

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Apply classification labels to new files automatically
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Automatically classify files in Google Drive with AI
• Google Drive Help: Apply classification labels to files in Google Drive

Display Custom Policy in the Green Room before Google Meet Calls

To help ensure end users at your organization are familiar with your organization’s policies for handling meeting artifacts like recordings, transcriptions and notes by Gemini, we’re introducing the ability to set custom policy text from the admin console that is displayed prior to users joining Google Meet calls. | Learn more.

Upload an image to create a custom avatar in Google Vids

Users can now upload images to create custom avatars directly within Google Vids. This enables greater options for customization and more precise creative control by uploading your own image, in addition to the ability to build a custom avatar from scratch. Note: Rollout for this feature is paused. We will post an update when it resumes. | Learn more.

Educators can now add Guided Learning to assignments in Google Classroom to help students get extra support

Building on our announcement earlier this year, a new Google Classroom integration that lets teachers add Guided Learning to any assignment is now rolling out globally in all Gemini-supported languages. Guided Learning is a mode in the Gemini app designed to help students deepen their understanding with step-by-step guidance, rather than giving the answer. | Learn more.

Now available in beta: Automatically apply client-side encryption (CSE) to confidential Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive files

Administrators can automatically apply client-side encryption (CSE) to control access to sensitive files across their organization using Policy-Based Enforcement, now available in beta. | Learn more.

Get actionable insights with Gemini in Google Forms

Making sense of form responses and figuring out what to do next can take time, especially when you're working through many responses across multiple questions. We're introducing actionable insights in Google Forms, which uses Gemini to analyze your form responses, uncover key trends, and recommend next steps so you can act on your results faster. | Learn more.

Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash now in Vids with 15-second generations and improved quality

Users now have access to Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash directly within Google Vids. Omni 1.2 provides longer duration videos up to 15 seconds and improved quality resulting in higher character consistency and vocal realism. | Learn more.

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

Users now have access to Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash directly within Google Vids. Omni 1.2 provides longer duration videos up to 15 seconds and improved quality resulting in higher character consistency and vocal realism.

Omni in Vids user experience

• Choose a length up to 15s: Customize a clip’s duration by sliding from 3-15s to improve video pacing. 
• Improved reference consistency: Generations now offer better consistency when using references ensuring characters or products look the same across generations.
• Greater speaker variety: Outputs offer improved speaker variety with wider dynamic ranges improving realism.

Getting started

• Admins: This feature does not have an admin control.
• End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Omni in Vids.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on November 5, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
• Education: Education Plus
• Consumer: Users with personal Google accounts; Google AI Pro and Ultra
• Other Editions: Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus; Nonprofits; Individual
• Education Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education; Teaching and Learning
• Other Add-ons: AI Expanded Access*

*Users with AI Expanded Access add-on licenses have higher limits on usage of Omni in Vids.

Resources

• Google Vids AI Limits: Learn about availability of AI features
• Google Vids Editors Help: Use AI to generate video clips

Making sense of form responses and figuring out what to do next can take time, especially when you're working through many responses across multiple questions. Today, we're introducing actionable insights in Google Forms, which uses Gemini to analyze your form responses, uncover key trends, and recommend next steps so you can act on your results faster.

With this launch, you can generate insights directly from the Responses tab of your form. Gemini analyzes your responses by writing and running Python code, so findings like counts, percentages, and comparisons are grounded in your actual response data. Gemini spots patterns and cross-question correlations to reveal how different answers connect. Finally, Gemini summarizes the most important takeaways and suggests recommended next steps.

Actionable insights can help with a wide range of forms, such as:

• Event and product feedback: Understand what respondents valued most and where there's room for improvement.
• Research surveys: Quickly spot trends and patterns across responses.
• Registration and application: Get a clear picture of who is signing up or applying.

Gemini uncovers insights from a feedback form for a business networking event and recommends next steps

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. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
• End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about actionable insights in Google Forms.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) started on November 2, 2026 
• Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on November 19, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Standard, and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Standard, and Plus
• Education: Education Plus
• Consumer: Google AI, Pro, and Ultra
• Education Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education; Teaching and Learning

Resources

• Google Help: Summarize & analyze responses with Gemini in Google Forms