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.

Teachers now have access to actionable insight summaries, powered by Gemini, based on student conversations with teacher-assigned notebooks. Teachers can see:

• An overall summary of how students engaged with the assigned notebook
• A sample of common themes to help inform instruction, such as common questions, areas of strength and suggested areas to support.
• Individual student chat transcripts for assigned notebooks for additional context and to confirm the accuracy of AI provided insights.

This functionality is only available for Gemini Notebooks assigned through Google Classroom, and students will see a notification in the assigned notebook informing them that their conversations in their assigned notebook are visible to their teacher.

Additionally, Google Workspace administrators can now enable external sharing for Gemini Notebook using granular controls in the Admin console, including Trusted Domains. For example, this now allows Classroom users to create and assign notebooks if teachers and students are in different domains that are designated as trusted domains, if sharing with trusted domains is enabled by admins.

Getting started

• Admins:
• Teachers must be in a group or OU with Gemini Notebook set to On in order to create and assign a notebook, and view insight summaries. Students must be in a group or OU with Gemini Notebook set to On in order to interact with an assigned notebook. Use our Help Center to learn more about turning Gemini Notebook on or off for users. 
• Gemini Notebook external sharing is OFF by default and can be controlled at the domain, OU, and group level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing Gemini Notebook sharing settings, including Trusted Domains.
• End users:
• Gemini Notebook insight summaries will be available if Gemini Notebook is enabled by your admin, and if students have interacted with an assigned Gemini Notebook.
• Use our Help Center to learn more about using Gemini Notebook in Classroom:
• For teachers: Create and assign Gemini Notebook in Google Classroom
• For students: Use Gemini Notebook in Google Classroom (for students)
• Insight summaries are rolling out for Google Workspace for Education users. This feature will be made available for Gemini LTI™ users in the coming weeks.

Rollout pace

• Insight summaries: Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on October 19, 2026
• External sharing for Gemini Notebook using granular controls in the Admin console: Available now 

Availability

• Education: Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus

Resources

• News from Google: Building AI tailored for education, with educators in the lead
• Google Classroom Help: Create and assign Gemini Notebooks in Google Classroom
• Google Classroom Help: Use Gemini Notebook in Google Classroom (for students)

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. This means users can now ask questions on, analyze, and create views over super large data sets. Key use cases include:

• Ask questions in natural language: Ask something like “What were total sales in the Northeast last quarter?” and get an answer based on your complete BigQuery data.
• Dig deeper with follow-ups: Keep the conversation going with questions like “How does that compare to the same quarter last year?” or “Which products drove the increase?”

Ask Gemini to analyze and pull insights from your largest datasets in BigQuery

• Go from analysis to dashboard: Describe what you need, such as “Build a quarterly sales review with revenue by region, a monthly trend, and our top 10 products.” Gemini will share its plan for you to review, then build a new spreadsheet tab with native, connected, refreshable objects like database formulas, pivot tables, and charts.

Gemini can create connected charts, pivot tables, and dashboards that are always up to date with scheduled refreshes

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

Resources

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.

This makes it easy to take what you create in the Gemini app and share it with your team, customers, or students, with no code to copy and nothing to rebuild.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no new admin control for this feature. Users can only export to Google Sites if Google Sites is turned on for them and they are allowed to create and edit sites. Sites created this way follow your organization's existing Google Sites and Google Drive policies.
• End users: In the Gemini app, select Export > Google Sites on your interactive app. It opens directly in Google Sites as a new draft, ready to edit and publish.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now on web, Android, and iOS.

Availability

• Available to Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts who have access to the Gemini app.

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.

Simply tap on the Gemini spark icon, and you can ask questions about your data, generate analytical insights, and create charts. To help you get started, we've included suggested prompts such as “Summarize this table,” and “Analyze for insights.”

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Getting started

• Admins: There is no specific admin control for this mobile feature beyond the general Gemini for Google Workspace enablement at the domain/OU level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing Gemini access.
• End users: This feature will be available by default for eligible users. To access it, open a compatible spreadsheet on your iOS device and tap the Ask Gemini icon. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Gemini in Google Sheets.

Rollout pace

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

Availability

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

Resources

• Google help article: Collaborate with Gemini in Google Sheets

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, including:

• Meeting summary: A high-level overview highlighting key discussion topics and takeaways.
• Direct artifact links: One-click access to the full Gemini meeting notes document, the meeting recording, and the transcript.
• Key decisions: Core conclusions and agreements reached during the call.
• Action items: Assigned next steps with designated owners so team members can immediately take action.

Automatically review key decisions, action items, and artifact links directly in Google Chat after your meeting ends.

Meeting recaps will appear automatically for any conversation with ‘Take notes for me’ enabled in Google  Meet, in the Chat space associated with that meeting, bringing essential post-call takeaways directly into the flow of your team's ongoing conversations. Participants can review agreed-upon next steps, and colleagues who missed the meeting or joined late can catch up on what happened without reading lengthy transcripts or hunting for files.

Additional details

• Requirements: Meeting recaps are generated when “Take notes for me” is active during a Google Meet call and an associated meeting chat conversation exists.
• Notes sharing settings: If the meeting host sets “Send notes to” in Google Meet to “Hosts and co-hosts only,” a recap card will not be posted to the group chat.
• Silent notifications: To reduce distraction, recap cards are delivered silently, without bolding the conversation or adding an ‘unread’ badge in the conversation roster.
• Recap card management: Any participant in the meeting conversation can delete the recap card by clicking More options (three dots) > Delete. Deleting the recap card removes the summary from the chat thread, but the original notes document remains safely stored in Google Drive.

Getting started

• Admins: This feature will be ON by default for organizations with Gemini for Google Workspace enabled. It honors existing “Take notes for me” and Gemini admin policies. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Gemini for Google Workspace on or off for your organization.
• End users: There is no end-user setting for this feature. Meeting recaps will automatically appear in the meeting’s chat conversation once the call ends. Visit the Help Center to learn more about getting meeting recaps with Gemini in Google Chat and using “Take notes for me” in Google Meet.

Access full notes in Google Drive or manage recap cards directly from the chat thread.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) started on October 16, 2026 
• Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 27, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Standard and Business Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus
• Other Editions: Frontline Plus

Resources

• Google Help: Get meeting recaps with Gemini in Google Chat
• Google Help: Use “Take notes for me” in Google Meet
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Manage Google Workspace smart features for your users