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Create more natural, expressive AI voiceovers in Google Vids with upgraded Gemini 3.8 Flash Lite TTS

We are upgrading the underlying text-to-speech (TTS) engine powering AI voiceovers and avatar narration in Google Vids to the latest Gemini 3.8 Flash Lite TTS model. | Learn more.

Introducing skills in the Gemini app and Workspace, plus what’s next for Gems

We recently introduced skills—reusable prompts that guide Gemini—in the Gemini app and Google Workspace. Over the coming weeks, skills will roll out to Workspace users and eventually replace Gems as the tool for tailoring instructions for specific tasks. | Learn more.

Customize the style of your captions in Google Vids

Captions in Google Vids are now fully customizable. Until now, captions came in a set style. You can now change their font and typography, where they sit on screen, and how they animate, so they match your brand or the look of your video. | Learn more.

Programmatic comment and suggestion support now available in the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides APIs

Developers can now programmatically create, read, and manage comments across Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides using their respective developer APIs. In Google Docs, this update also introduces API support for suggested edits, allowing automated tools and third-party systems to propose document revisions for user review rather than altering content directly. | Learn more.

Simple setup option for Workspace Client-side encryption

We are introducing a new option which can make the initial setup of Google Workspace Client-side encryption (CSE) significantly easier and faster for admins. | Learn more.

Find your learning tools all in one place with the student hub in Gemini

We recently announced a new, dedicated hub in the Gemini app to help get students started with all of Gemini's learning tools. Initially available in personal accounts, the Gemini student hub is now available to Google Workspace for Education users of all ages. | Learn more.

Built-in interoperability between Google Meet and Microsoft Teams on Android (AOSP) devices, now generally available

We are making video conferencing device interoperability between Google Meet and Microsoft Teams generally available. It was previously available in preview. | 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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We are making video conferencing device interoperability between Google Meet and Microsoft Teams generally available. It was previously available in preview. This launch will enable you to:

  • Join Microsoft Teams meetings from Android (AOSP)-based Google Meet hardware devices.
  • Join Google Meet meetings from Android (AOSP)-based Microsoft Teams Rooms devices.

See our early preview announcement for more details.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet hardware devices running Android/AOSP 

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We recently announced a new, dedicated hub in the Gemini app to help get students started with all of Gemini's learning tools. Initially available in personal accounts, the Gemini student hub is now available to Google Workspace for Education users of all ages. The hub helps keep students organized; they can start a study notebook, create flashcards, take a practice quiz, and more. As Gemini creates more learning tools, you’ll find them in the student hub.

Getting started

  • Admins: The Gemini app and related in-app tools are controlled by the Generative AI settings in the Workspace Admin console. The Gemini student hub is subject to these existing controls. Visit the Help Center for more information on turning the Gemini app on or off.
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. To get started, visit gemini.google.com/students or select Students in the Gemini app menu.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and Workspace Individual subscribers outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), and users with personal Google accounts globally

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We are introducing a new option which can make the initial setup of Google Workspace Client-side encryption (CSE) significantly easier and faster for admins.

CSE now supports a simple setup path in the Admin console which can help customers get up and running with CSE in minutes. By combining Cloud HSM Keys with Google Identity, we have automated much of the setup flow which could be time consuming.  In a few clicks, admins can set up and deploy CSE, reducing the time to live and allowing customers to use their existing GCP resources to add CSE protection to your most sensitive data.

Customers use Client-side encryption across Workspace applications to encrypt emails, files, meetings and events, to comply with sovereignty and compliance regulations from HIPAA to ITAR. With Client-side encryption, data is encrypted by customer keys before it ever reaches Google servers, making the customer the sole arbiter of their data. Previously, this privacy control required deep technical knowledge to set up  a third-party key service and configure an identity provider. With simple setup, admins from enterprise to small businesses can start encrypting their important data within minutes.

For admins who require more custom configurations leveraging third-party key services, that option is also still available via the standard CSE setup process.


Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Enterprise: Enterprise Plus with the Assured Controls or Assured Controls Plus add-on

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Developers can now programmatically create, read, and manage comments across Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides using their respective developer APIs. In Google Docs, this update also introduces API support for suggested edits, allowing automated tools and third-party systems to propose document revisions for user review rather than altering content directly.

These additions allow organizations and developers to connect internal review tools, automated content pipelines, and project tracking systems directly to Google Workspace editors. Key capabilities include:

  • Docs API: Programmatically add, review, and reply to comments, and submit proposed text changes as suggestions.
  • Sheets API: Programmatically add, review, and reply to comments on specific cells.
  • Slides API: Programmatically add, review, and reply to comments associated with individual slides and specific presentation elements.

Programmatic comment support within the Docs, Sheets, and Slides Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers remains in developer preview in accordance with the preview status of the MCP servers.

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Getting started

Availability

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

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