Google Workspace Updates

Use Gemini in the side panel of Google Slides in even more languages

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

What’s changingrecent language availability announcement,

Arabic
Catalan
Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Indonesian
Malay
Norwegian
Polish
Romanian
Russian
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese

With Gemini in the side panel of your Workspace apps, you can get help summarizing, brainstorming, and generating content by utilizing insights gathered from your emails, documents, and more—all without switching applications or tabs. Check out our original announcements for Gemini in the side panel of Slides, Docs, Sheets, and Drive, and Gmail for even more information.

Additional details

Users may see the “Alpha” badge as we bring more features into Gemini in the side panel of Google Workspace.
Image generation of people is not supported in these additional languages at this time.

Getting started

Admins: The default setting for Gemini features in Workspace services is on. See how you can manage access to AI features in Workspace services.
End users:

Gemini in the side panel will work according to the language you set in your Google account (myaccount.google.com/language). If you’re accessing other Gemini for Google Workspace features that are supported in English only, you will need to set your Google Account language to English.
You can access the side panel by clicking on “Ask Gemini” (spark button) in the top right corner of Slides on the web. Visit the Help Center to learn more about collaborating with Gemini in the side panel of Slides.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on March 18, 2025
Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on March 24, 2025

Availability Available to Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
Customers with the Gemini Business or Gemini Enterprise add-on*

*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

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

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

What’s changingIn 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 impactedAdmins and end usersWhy 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

Admins:

End users:

Depending on the data loss prevention rules configured by your admin, you may see a dialog letting you know that your message cannot be shared and how to fix your message so it can safely be shared. Visit the Help Center to learn more about classification labels in Gmail.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on March 18, 2025

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

Admins can now deploy Context-Aware Access for NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus

Monday, March 17, 2025

What’s changingBuilding upon the recent announcement of NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus becoming available as a Google Workspace core service with enterprise-grade data protection, we’re excited to introduce the ability for admins to specify Context-Aware Access (CAA) policies when their users access NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus.

Context Aware Access support for NotebookLM

Who’s impacted Admins and end users

Why it’s importantUsing Context-Aware Access, admins can set up different access levels for NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus based on a user’s identity and the context of the request (location, device security status, IP address). This can help provide granular access controls without the need for a VPN, and give users access to Google Workspace resources based on organizational policies.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now.

Availability Context-Aware Access is available for Google Workspace:

Enterprise Standard and Plus
Education Standard and Plus
Enterprise Essentials Plus
Frontline Standard
Cloud Identity Premium

Resources

Introducing a new building block that summarizes content with Gemini in Google Docs

Monday, March 17, 2025

What’s changingLast year, we introduced a collection of building blocks designed to help you manage important business workflows in Google Docs, including team task management, project tracking, hiring, and more.
Today, we’re excited to announce an additional building block that adds an AI-generated summary to your content using Gemini in Docs. By going to Insert > Building Blocks > AI Summary or typing “@” followed by “AI summary,” Gemini will provide a summary that you can instantly insert or edit alongside other document collaborators. In addition, you can select the refresh option to update your summary when you make changes to your document. doc content.
These AI-generated summaries make it easier to consume long documents and can be particularly useful for content such as technical documents, meeting notes, strategy documents, marketing briefs, and more.

new building block that summarizes content with Gemini in Google Docs

Getting started

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting March 17, 2025, with expected completion by April 7, 2025.

Availability Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Google One AI Premium
Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
Customers with the Gemini Business or Gemini Enterprise add-on*

*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

Google Help: Insert smart chips and building blocks in your Google Doc

Available in beta: Convert your client-side encrypted documents after a Vault or Takeout export

Monday, March 17, 2025

What’s changing After a Vault or Data export (takeout), admins can now convert their exported client-side encrypted documents to Word files. This allows organizations to maintain ownership over, access to, and analysis of sensitive data in a portable format even after it has been exported from Google Workspace.

Eligible Google Workspace admins can use this form to request access to the beta. We’ll share more specific instructions once you’re accepted into the beta.

Getting started

Admins: Client-side encryption can be enabled at the domain, OU, and Group levels (Admin console > Data > Compliance > Client-side encryption). Visit our Help Center to learn more about client-side encryption.

Rollout pace

The feature will be available immediately once you're accepted into the beta.

Availability

Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard and Education Plus customers.

Resources

Google Workspace Admin Help: About client-side encryption

Upcoming changes to how retention policies are applied to 1:1 direct messages in Google Chat

Monday, March 17, 2025

What’s happening Many Google Workspace organizations rely on Google Chat to facilitate communication and collaboration, including with users in the same domain, users in other Workspace Domains, and users with personal Google accounts. Currently, each organization in an external 1:1 direct message conversation can set their own retention policy, which impacts what messages end users see in the Chat user interface and what admins see in Google Vault.

To provide a more consistent product experience across conversation types, we are changing how retention policies are applied to 1:1 direct messages with external participants.

Following this change, 1:1 direct messages with external participants will respect the retention policy of the user who created the conversation. If a user in your organization did not create the conversation, they may see more or fewer messages in the Chat user interface after this change since the creator’s policy will be respected. You can see who created the conversation by scrolling to the top of the conversation, or hovering over the external badge.

This change does not impact an admin’s ability to apply a retention policy or ability to access 1:1 direct messages in Google Vault or Data Export for users with a Google Vault policy applied.

If you do not have Vault, or do not have a Vault policy applied, changes in access to conversations will apply to the Chat user interface and Data Export.

Additionally, today, in the case that two users within the same organization have conflicting retention policies, we respect those policies separately for each user in the Chat user interface, and in Google Vault. Once the migration happens, we will respect the longer of the two retention policies for both the Chat user interface and Google Vault. If one user has a custom retention rule while the other has only a default retention rule, the custom rule will take precedence for both users.

If an auto-deletion policy applies to one user in the conversation, that policy will delete messages for both users in the Chat user interface. If both users have an auto deletion policy, the shorter of the two policies will be respected for both users. Even if messages are deleted from the Chat user interface, they will continue to be retained in Google Vault in accordance with the configured retention policy.

Starting May 1, 2025:

All new external 1:1 direct messages will respect the retention policy of the creator.

For users with a Vault policy applied, the creator’s policy will only impact messages in the Chat product user interface.

Starting June 2, 2025:

Existing 1:1 direct messages will migrate to respect the retention policy of the creator.

For users with a Vault policy applied, the creator’s policy will only impact messages in the Chat product user interface.

By August 1, 2025:

We anticipate the migration will be complete.

Until February 1, 2026:

We will preserve impacted 1:1 direct messages in Google Vault or Data Export for 6 months past the end of the migration to allow organizations to download a copy of the data.

Why it matters

It’s important to note that if your organization has a Google Vault policy applied to your users, you will not lose access to any conversations—even if they no longer appear in the Chat product user interface. If your organization does not have Vault or does not have a Vault policy applied, some conversations that were previously available may no longer be available in Data Export or Vault.

Getting started

Admins:

For more information, including answers to common questions about this change, check out our admin guide to message retention changes.
We recommend that you confirm your external chatting settings and ensure you have Vault policies properly configured (if applicable) to preserve data for the desired amount of time. Visit the Help Center to learn more about retaining messages in Google Chat with Vault and using Vault to search Google Chat.
If you’d like to obtain a copy of all conversations not created by your organization, you can perform a Vault or Data Export after August 1, 2025. To reduce the size of the export, you can use the Vault search operator “is:externalmanaged” after August 1, 2025.

End users: Visit the Help Center to learn about message history for conversations with work or school accounts.

Resources

Google Workspace Admin Help: Guide to Chat 1:1 DM retention changes

Google Workspace Admin Help: Integrate Chat with a third-party archiving solution

Google Workspace Admin Help: Export all your organization's data

Google Workspace Admin Help: Control external Chat and spaces chat options

Google Help: Retain messages in Google Chat with Vault

Google Help: Export your data from Google Chat

Google Help: Search for Google Chat messages

Google Workspace Admin Help: Use Vault to search Google Chat

Google Workspace Admin Help: Retain messages in Google Chat with Vault

Google Help: Learn about message history for conversations with work or school accounts

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - March 14, 2025

Friday, March 14, 2025

3 New updatesUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time. If not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete.

Updates to the attachment menu in the Gmail appWe’ve updated and added new attachment options to the Gmail app on Android and iOS devices.

On Android, in addition to the current options for attaching a file or inserting an item from Drive, you’ll now notice a dedicated menu item for Camera.

On iOS, we recently replaced the attachment sheet that previously appeared at the bottom of your screen after clicking the attachment icon. Now, iOS users will see a menu experience similar to the one on Android devices that includes: Photos, Camera, Files, and Drive.

Rollout to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete for iOS devices. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains for Android devices. | Available to Google Workspace customers, Google Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about sending attachments with your Gmail message.
Additional accessibility tags for Tables, Equations, and Checkboxes in PDFs exported from Google DocsLast year, we added structural and accessibility tagging in PDFs exported from Google Docs to improve the ability for users with screen readers and other assistive technology to read and navigate PDFs. We’re building upon this by introducing support for tables, equations, and checkboxes. As a result, users will be able to export a wider range of content in an accessible format. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains. | Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Google Docs with a screen reader.

2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental model upgrades in the Gemini app and Deep Research
Additionally, we're upgrading Gemini Deep Research to use the 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental model. With advanced reasoning from 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental, Gemini is even better at all stages of research from planning to delivering even more insightful and detailed reports.
Rollout to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | The improved version of 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental and Deep Research with 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental is available for Google Workspace Business Starter, Standard and Plus; Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus; Frontline Starter and Standard; Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus; Education Standard and Plus; and Google Workspace for Nonprofits and customers with a Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on, and anyone who previously purchased a Gemini Business or Gemini Enterprise add-on. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about using the Gemini app with a work or school account in general, as well as for in-depth research.

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.

Quickly add events to Google Calendar based on your emails with Gemini in Gmail

In addition to asking Gemini in Gmail to perform calendar related actions or answer questions about your calendar, you can now add an event to your calendar directly from an email. | Learn more about adding events to your calendar from Gmail using Gemini.

Create files and folders using Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive

We're excited to expand Gemini in Drive capabilities by introducing the ability to create new Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and folders in your Drive. | Learn more about creating files and folders in Drive using Gemini.

View invited meeting participants on Google Meet hardware

You can now see participants who were invited to the meeting but have yet to join the call right on Google Meet hardware. | Learn more about invited Meet participants.

Use Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps in four more languages

Gemini in the side panel of Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and Gmail can now be used in four additional languages: Greek, Catalan, Indonesian, and Malay. | Learn more about new languages for Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps.

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

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 this week, even more AI-powered features are available for Business and Enterprise editions. | Learn more about additional AI-powered features.

Export your client-side encrypted documents to Microsoft Word files

Launching in beta, you can now export client-side encrypted Google Docs to Word files. This means you'll continue to own the encryption keys that protect your files to prevent unauthorized access from any third party (including Google or foreign governments) but convert your files as needed. | Learn more about exporting your client-side encrypted documents to Microsoft Word files.

Embed AppSheet apps directly in Google Sites

You can now embed authenticated AppSheet applications as iframes directly within Google Sites pages. | Learn more about AppSheet apps in Sites.

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

Transcripts in Google Meet are now available in seven additional languages: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. | Learn more about recorded captions and transcripts in Google Meet.

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

We’re rolling out support “take notes for me” in the following seven additional languages: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. | Learn more about “Take notes for me” in Google Meet.

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

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

Learn more about Deep Research and Gems.

Introducing AppSheet User Pass

You can now license any user of your apps with AppSheet User Pass. | Learn more about the AppSheet User Pass.

Consent re-confirmation for under 18 users accessing Additional Services will soon be required

In September 2024, we communicated that we now require admins who have Additional Services enabled for users under the age of 18 to re-review them on an annual basis. Admins are always in control of which services their users have access to, and this gives admins an opportunity to ensure the right users have access to the right services. | Learn more about consent re-confirmation for under 18 users accessing Additional Services.

Completed rollouts

The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the original blog posts for additional details.

Rapid Release Domains:

Adding real-time Markdown styling and code formatting support in Google Chat

Scheduled Release Domains:

Scroll through live captions and translated captions in Google Meet

Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:

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

Consent re-confirmation for under 18 users accessing Additional Services will soon be required

Friday, March 14, 2025

What’s changingWhen a Google Workspace for Education admin chooses to enable Additional Services for students under the age of 18 to use, they acknowledge that they may be required to collect parental or guardian consent. This includes access to services like YouTube, Google Translate, Google Photos, Google Books, Google Earth and more.In September 2024, we communicated that we now require admins who have Additional Services enabled for users under the age of 18 to re-review them on an annual basis. Admins are always in control of which services their users have access to, and this gives admins an opportunity to ensure the right users have access to the right services.

If admins do not want to provide access to Additional Services for their under 18 users, they can turn them off for those users.

If admins want to keep Additional services enabled for under 18 users, they need to reconfirm parental consent in the admin console.

If admins do not take action, under 18 users who previously had access to Additional Services will lose access in the coming weeks. Admins can re-enable access to Additional Services at any time.

How admins can take action
Admins were first provided notice of this re-confirmation requirement in September 2024, which indicated a 6 months notice to complete the re-review process before the March 2025 rollout. The banner in the admin console has turned red to alert admins that action is required. While the rollout begins in March, it might take several weeks before some users in your organization are impacted.You can easily view which applications require consent reconfirmation from Admin console > Apps > Additional Google services. You can re-confirm consent by checking the box next to the app, hovering over the app, or using the three-dot overflow menu.

Experience for impacted end users

If users lose access to a specific service they’ll be notified “Your Google Workspace for Education account is designated as under 18 and your organization’s admin has not granted you access to this Additional Service. To regain access, inform your admin that you need this service to be enabled.“

Who’s impacted

Admins and end users under the age of 18

Why it’s important

Admins are in control of which services their users have access to, and to do so in alignment with both our terms of service and local laws and regulations that determine what services are appropriate for users under 18. Since admins manage which services their students have access to, only they can enable or disable access for their under 18 users.

This is a guide to support admins with collecting consent from parents, which includes this template for communicating with parents and guardians around collecting consent.

Additional details

The requirement to review and re-confirm access to Additional Products is an annual requirement customers must complete for their under 18 users, subject to their Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: This update will start taking effect as early as March 2025, though it may take several weeks to reach all customers.

Availability

This change impacts Google Workspace:

Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus

Resources

Introducing AppSheet User Pass

Friday, March 14, 2025

What’s changingStarting today, you can license any user of your apps with AppSheet User Pass. Each User Pass grants unlimited access to an AppSheet app for the month and your users can consume as many User Pass licenses as they need. This gives you the flexibility to pay for the features that will make a difference for your users, whether they are internal or external to your organization, signed-in or unauthenticated.Additional detailsHow is an AppSheet User Pass is different from traditional Google Workspace licenses?:

User Pass licenses are available to your app users as a pool, rather than assigned to individual users through the Google Admin console. Licenses are automatically consumed each time an eligible user accesses one of your AppSheet Enterprise Plus or AppSheet Core apps. Eligible users include those that do not already have an AppSheet license or have a license of a lower tier than the app owner, including internal, external, or unauthenticated users.

Users consume a license for each app they use - allowing you to license your app users at a discounted rate. User Pass will not independently grant these users the ability to build apps with Core or Enterprise features, but it is possible for an eligible user to consume more than one User Pass license if they access multiple unique apps in a month. For example:

Please also note that:

The pool of User Pass licenses resets at the end of the calendar month and unused licenses do not rollover. You will only be charged for the user pass licenses that you have committed to purchase.
AppSheet User Pass will be available through Workspace and the Partner Sales Console.
We recently alerted customers that starting April 10, 2025, the AppSheet Enterprise Standard External User and AppSheet Enterprise Plus External User licenses will no longer be available for purchase. Customers with existing external user licenses will not see any interruption in service during this transition and will receive additional notice with next steps.

Getting started

Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about User Pass. User pass licenses can be monitored in the AppSheet Admin Console via the Licenses page.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
Education Standard and Plus
Frontline Standard
AppSheet Enterprise Plus

Resources

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

Thursday, March 13, 2025

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 impactedAdmins 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

Getting started

Admins:

Deep Research and Gems are available in the Gemini app (gemini.google.com) by default — there is no admin control for this feature.
File upload from Google Drive in Gems requires you to turn on Workspace extensions in Gemini. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Google Workspace extensions on or off for your organization.

End users:

Visit the Help Center to learn more about performing in-depth research and using Gems in the Gemini app.
File upload from Google Drive in Gems requires you to connect Google Workspace apps & services in Extensions setting.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on March 13, 2025

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

Resources

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On the “What’s new in Google Workspace?” Help Center page, learn about new products and features launching in Google Workspace, including smaller changes that haven’t been announced on the Google Workspace Updates blog.

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Updates

Use Gemini in the side panel of Google Slides in even more languages

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

Admins can now deploy Context-Aware Access for NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus

Introducing a new building block that summarizes content with Gemini in Google Docs

Available in beta: Convert your client-side encrypted documents after a Vault or Takeout export

Upcoming changes to how retention policies are applied to 1:1 direct messages in Google Chat

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - March 14, 2025

Consent re-confirmation for under 18 users accessing Additional Services will soon be required

Introducing AppSheet User Pass

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

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