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Follow through on your meeting tasks with meeting recaps in Google Chat

To make it easier for teams to move from planning to action, we’re introducing meeting recaps in Google Chat. Meeting recaps provide a convenient summary directly in Google Chat. | Learn more.

Gemini in Google Sheets is now available on iOS devices

Building upon the power of Gemini in Sheets on the web and our recent launch on Android devices, we’re excited to announce that you can now use Gemini in Google Sheets on your iOS device to quickly analyze and understand your data while on the go. | Learn more.

Publish interactive apps from the Gemini app to Google Sites

You can now export interactive apps built in the Gemini app directly to Google Sites. With one click, your app is added to a new, private site draft — fully interactive and ready to customize. From there, you can add more content, publish the site, and share it just like any other Google Site. | Learn more.

Analyze BigQuery data using natural language with Gemini in Google Sheets

We’re introducing a new way to analyze BigQuery data in Google Sheets. After connecting to BigQuery data with Connected Sheets, you can use Gemini to interact and analyze that data conversationally, right in Google Sheets. Gemini queries run against the full dataset in BigQuery, not just what’s visible in your spreadsheet. | Learn more.

Teacher-led Gemini Notebook in Google Classroom now offers insight summaries for educators and updated sharing settings for admins, including trusted domains

Following the launch of teacher-led Gemini Notebook in Google Classroom, we are introducing insight summaries for educators. This update provides teachers with greater visibility into how students interact with assigned notebooks, helping gauge instructional value and inform lesson planning. | Learn more.

An easier way to customize how Gemini works for you

We’ve introduced a centralized ”customize” hub in the Gemini app, providing a single place to tailor how Gemini responds and connects with your tools. Users can discover apps and add skills to automate repetitive workflows such as adapting to your personal writing style or adhering to specific formatting guidelines. | Learn more.

Video tile pairing is now available on Google Meet mobile to improve accessibility for users and language interpreters

Following our original feature announcement for the web, we are excited to expand video tile pairing in Google Meet to both iOS and Android mobile devices. This update allows users to pair their video tile with another meeting participant, ensuring both tiles are displayed side-by-side for other attendees. | Learn more.

Gain more creative control over Slide Decks and Video Overviews in Gemini Notebook

Gemini Notebook now gives you more creative control over Slide Decks and Video Overviews. Instead of jumping straight to a final output, Gemini Notebook can now walk you through a step-by-step creation flow so you can steer the content further and guide the visual style and format. | Learn more.

Create structured documents using just your voice with Docs Live in Google Docs on mobile

Docs Live is now rolling out to eligible Workspace users of the Google Docs mobile app on Android and iOS. This new feature acts as a hands-free thought partner and co-writer that helps you build structured, context-aware documents on the fly using natural conversation. | Learn more.

Create box and whisker charts in Google Sheets

Google Sheets now natively supports box and whisker charts, a statistical chart type that shows how a dataset is distributed. Select a range of raw numeric values and Sheets calculates the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, maximum, mean, and outliers for you, with no helper formulas needed. | Learn more.

Real-time speech translation in Google Meet expands to 63 languages with automatic language detection

Gemini-powered speech translation in Google Meet will now support 63 languages across web and mobile devices (Android and iOS), with listening support on Google Meet hardware devices. | Learn more.

Google Vault now supports filtered exports for Gemini in Workspace

Google Vault now supports eDiscovery filtered exports for Gemini in Workspace. This update adds a new data source to our AI compliance capabilities, allowing administrators to filter and export users' Gemini in Workspace conversations across apps like Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Meet in line with the security controls and privacy provisions of Vault. | Learn more.

Adjust video clip playback speed directly in Google Vids

We are introducing the ability to adjust the playback speed of individual video clips directly within Google Vids. This update gives creators precise control over pacing and scene timing, streamlining video editing so teams can optimize storytelling, improve audience engagement, and deliver polished messages without relying on third-party editing software. | Learn more.

Extract audio tracks in Google Vids

We are introducing the ability to decouple and extract the audio track from video clips directly within Google Vids. By separating audio from video, creators gain granular control over multimedia editing, making it simple to custom-tailor voiceovers, remove distracting background noise, and align tracks across scenes. | Learn more.

Take actions on your notebooks from Gemini Notebook directly in the Gemini app

Gemini Notebook is now also available as a Connected App in the Gemini app. This new integration allows you to manage and query notebooks directly within your chats using natural language. | 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.

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Gemini Notebook is now also available as a Connected App in the Gemini app. This new integration allows you to manage and query notebooks directly within your chats using natural language.

You can type @Gemini Notebook in a Gemini chat to quickly create new notebooks, add sources to a notebook, save key notes, or retrieve information from their existing notebooks. Gemini can also automatically detect when to use the Gemini Notebook Connected App for relevant prompts. For example, you can ask Gemini to:

  • Create, edit, or delete a notebook ("Create a Gemini Notebook about solar farm market trends")
  • Add, update, or delete sources in a notebook ("Add a copy of this chat to my notebook about Bio 101 course")
  • List notebooks and their sources (“Show me a list of all the sources in my notebook about US National Parks”)
  • Answer questions using context from your notebook ("What do my Gemini Notebooks say about butterfly migration?")

Getting started

  • Admins: Access to the Gemini Notebook Connected App is ON by default, and is controlled using the Gemini and Gemini Notebook access settings. As an administrator of your organization's Google Accounts, you can control who can use the Gemini Notebook Connected App. The Gemini Notebook Connected App is available to users who are in a group or OU with both Gemini Notebook and Gemini set to On. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Gemini and Gemini Notebook on or off for users.
  • End users: This feature will be ON by default for users globally, except in the European Economic Area, where it will be OFF by default. This feature can be controlled in Settings > Connected Apps in the Gemini app. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

Availability

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

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We are introducing the ability to decouple and extract the audio track from video clips directly within Google Vids. By separating audio from video, creators gain granular control over multimedia editing, making it simple to custom-tailor voiceovers, remove distracting background noise, and align tracks across scenes.

Previously, video tracks could only be muted or unmuted as a single entity and were strictly scene-bound. With this update, you can extract a video's audio as a standalone clip that can play under other video tracks or span freely across multiple scenes on your timeline.

Key capabilities include:

  • Single-click extraction: Instantly separate any video clip’s audio track into a standalone audio clip on the timeline.
  • Independent timeline editing: Trim, move, or delete the detached audio track independently of your video footage without disrupting clip timing.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

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

Resources

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We are introducing the ability to adjust the playback speed of individual video clips directly within Google Vids. This update gives creators precise control over pacing and scene timing, streamlining video editing so teams can optimize storytelling, improve audience engagement, and deliver polished messages without relying on third-party editing software.

Whether presenting a fast-paced software walkthrough or slowing down technical steps, video speed controls make scene fine-tuning seamless.

Key capabilities include:

  • Speed up footage (up to 2x): Condense long demonstrations, trim visual downtime, and keep audience attention sharp.
  • Slow down playback (down to 0.25x): Emphasize intricate visual moments, highlight key user interface steps, and make technical tutorials easier to follow.

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

Availability

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

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Google Vault now supports eDiscovery filtered exports for Gemini in Workspace. This update adds a new data source to our AI compliance capabilities, allowing administrators to filter and export users' Gemini in Workspace conversations across apps like Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Meet in line with the security controls and privacy provisions of Vault:

  • Filter conversations by custodian and date range: Define export scopes by specific user accounts or organizational units (OUs) up to 5,000 users in size, and filter by a specific date range (with time zone selection).
  • Export conversations in a JSON format: Export matching conversation histories via the Vault UI or API. While exported in JSON, the metadata tags align with the GenAI conversation format used in the Gemini app.
  • Include conversation context: Exports include user prompts, AI responses, generated attachments (such as images), and links to referenced Workspace files (such as Drive documents or Gmail threads) and citations.


Google Vault enables customers to govern and export their Google Workspace data from a central tool to meet legal and regulatory obligations. Additional information governance features for Gemini in Workspace, such as retention rules and litigation holds, will follow in future releases.

Additional details

  • Application scope: This update captures Gemini in Workspace conversations created when conversation history is turned on across integrated Workspace apps (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Meet). 
  • Conversation history settings: Admins can use OU-level conversation history and deletion settings in the Admin console to govern data retention (such as preventing manual conversation deletion by users or configuring automatic deletion after a period of inactivity).
  • UI experience: Admins can start an export directly from the Search tab in Vault by selecting "Gemini in Workspace" from the newly alphabetized service dropdown, entering their filter criteria, and clicking "Export."
  • API support: Support for Vault API users will be available within 14 days of the UI rollout.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Plus
  • Other Editions: Frontline Standard and Plus; Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • Education: Education Fundamentals, Standard and Plus
  • Other Add-ons: Vault

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