Google Workspace Updates: 2022

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 30, 2022

Friday, December 30, 2022

New updates There are no new updates to share this week. Please see below for a recap of published announcements.

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.

Get enhanced spam protection through automatic labeling of suspected spam calls in Google Voice
To help protect you from unwanted calls and potentially harmful scams, Google Voice will now show a “suspected spam caller” label on all calls that Google believes to be spam. | Available to all Google Voice customers | Learn more.

Completed rollouts

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

Scheduled Release Domains:
Concentrate or disconnect with scheduled Do Not Disturb on Google Chat (Web)
Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:
[Weekly Recap] Share Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files in Google Meet chat

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

Get enhanced spam protection through automatic labeling of suspected spam calls in Google Voice

Thursday, December 29, 2022

What’s changing To help protect you from unwanted calls and potentially harmful scams, Google Voice shows a “suspected spam caller” label on all calls that Google believes to be spam. Google makes this determination using the same advanced artificial intelligence that identifies billions of spam calls each month across Google’s calling ecosystem.

The new labels appear on the incoming call screen and in the user’s call history. Users can either:

Confirm a suspected spam call, which causes future calls from that number to go directly to voicemail and call history entries to be put in the spam folder
Mark a labeled call as not spam, after which the suspected spam label is never displayed for that number again

Get an alert that an incoming call is suspected spam

Getting started

Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
End users: Suspected spam labeling appears automatically when the Voice spam filter setting (Settings > Security > Filter spam) is OFF. When spam filtering is ON, all calls that Google identifies as spam are automatically sent to voicemail, and the call entry is put into the spam folder. Visit the Help Center to learn more about blocking calls and messages or marking them as spam.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on December 29, 2022

Availability

Available to all Google Voice customers

Resources

Google Help: Block calls & messages or mark as spam

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 23, 2022

Friday, December 23, 2022

New updates
There are no new updates to share this week. Please see below for a recap of published announcements.

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.

Updated experience for exporting your organization’s data

We’re introducing new capabilities for exporting your organization’s data, giving our customers greater flexibility over managing their organization’s data export needs. | Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers only. | Learn more.

Google Voice Standard customers can assign phone numbers in other Voice countries in their region

Google Voice customers on the Standard subscription in Canada, Europe and the US can assign phone numbers to any supported country in their region:

Customers in Europe can assign phone numbers in supported European countries
Customers in Canada and the US can assign phone numbers in both countries

This change gives our customers on the Standard SKU the flexibility to deploy Voice across the different countries they operate in within the same region. | Available for Google Voice Standard customers only. | Learn more.

More filter effects available for Google Meet

Google Workspace users can now access a variety of new filter effects on Google Meet on the web and mobile. These filters, such as loghead, strawberry, and working bunny, can help bring an element of fun to meetings. | Learn more.

Quickly refine search results in Google Chat with search chipsWe’re expanding an existing mobile feature to the web that helps you find exactly what you’re looking for much faster using search chips that filter your search results. | Learn more.

Completed rollouts

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

Rapid Release Domains:

Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:

More ways to prevent data exfiltration on iOS devices
New default setting for content managers to modify shared drives coming in February 2023 (Admin controls only)
Collaborate with colleagues in Google Slides through a new ‘Follow’ feature
Enjoy improved call performance with intelligent network switching in Google Voice
[Weekly Recap] Pin table headers when using pageless format on Google Docs
[Weekly Recap] Drive approvals available on Android and iOS apps
[Weekly Recap] Additional functionality for storage management
Expanded language support for captions and translated captions in Google Meet
Client-side encryption for Gmail (Beta application)
Google Voice Standard customers can assign phone numbers in other Voice countries in their region
Quickly refine search results in Google Chat with search chips

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

Quickly refine search results in Google Chat with search chips

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

What’s changing We’re expanding an existing mobile feature to the web that helps you find exactly what you’re looking for much faster using search chips that filter your search results.
The filters available to help you find messages are:

From: Messages sent from specific people.
Said in: Messages said in a specific conversation or space.
Date: Messages sent during a specific date range.
Has file: Messages that include documents, spreadsheets, slides, and more.
Has link: Messages that include links.
Mentions me: Messages that mention you.

Getting started

Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
End users:

To find a specific message with the help of search filter chips: type your keyword(s) in the search bar in chat.google.com or Chat mobile app > hit enter. On the search results page, you can see the filter chips above the results > click on a filter chip to apply the filter on the search results.
For Chat in Gmail, type your keyword(s) in the search bar > navigate to the “messages” tab on the search results page > you can see the filter chips above the results > click on a filter chip to apply the filter on the search results.
Visit the Help Center to learn more about searching for Google Chat messages.

Rollout pace

This feature is available now for all users.

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers
Available to users with personal Google Accounts

Resources

More filter effects available for Google Meet

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Quick summaryGoogle Workspace users can now access a variety of new filter effects on Google Meet on the web and mobile. These filters, such as loghead, strawberry, and working bunny, can help bring an element of fun to meetings. The effects can be found in the effects panel and can be added before or during a call.

Additional details

Admins can control whether these effects are on or off for their users — by default, this setting is:

OFF for Google Workspace Education users.
ON by default for all other Google Workspace editions, including Google Workspace Individual users.

Getting started

Admins: To control availability of these effects, navigate to Apps > Google Workspace > Settings for Google Meet > Meet video settings in the Admin console. Visit the Help Center to learn more about how to control whether users can change their backgrounds in Meet.
End users: When enabled by your admin, visit the Help Center to learn more about using video effects and changing your background in Google Meet.

Note that effects do not “stick” between meetings, calls or breakout rooms and cannot currently be combined with backgrounds or styles.

Rollout pace

Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days feature visibility) starting on December 21, 2022

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers, legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers
Available to users with personal Google Accounts

Resources

Google Workspace Admin Help: Let users apply backgrounds & special effects
Google Help: Change background and apply visual effects in Google Meet

Google Voice Standard customers can assign phone numbers in other Voice countries in their region

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

What’s changingPreviously Google Voice customers on the Standard subscription could only assign phone numbers in the country of their subscription. Beginning today, Google Voice customers on the Standard subscription in Canada, Europe and the US can assign phone numbers to any supported country in their region:

Customers in Europe can assign phone numbers in supported European countries

Customers in Canada and the US can assign phone numbers in both countries

This change gives our customers on the Standard SKU the flexibility to deploy Voice across the different countries they operate in within the same region. Please note, to assign numbers across regions, for example a customer in Europe requiring US phone numbers, you will need to upgrade to Google Voice Premier.Getting started

Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about how Voice billing works.

End users: There is no end user action required.

Rollout pace

Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: This feature is available now for all users.

Availability

Available for Google Voice Standard customers

Resources

Google Workspace Admin Help: How Voice billing works

Updated experience for exporting your organization’s data

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

What’s changingWe’re introducing new capabilities for exporting your organization’s data, giving our customers greater flexibility over managing their organization’s data export needs. These changes include the option to:

Export user generated content by organizational unit

Export user generated content by group

This update is available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers.

Who’s impactedAdmins
Why it’s importantHistorically, data export has been limited to a customer’s full set of user generated content. However, we know our customers sometimes need a more frictionless experience for managing their data exports, especially as their business and compliance needs continue to evolve. By providing more granular and flexible export tools, our customers can retrieve the specific data they need, when they need it.

Getting started

Super Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about exporting your organization’s data and allowing your users to download their data.
End users: If enabled by your admin, visit the Help Center to learn more about downloading your Google data.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on December 20, 2022

Availability

Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers
Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Education Fundamentals, Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers

Resources

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 16, 2022

Friday, December 16, 2022

New updatesUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), 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), and available to all Google Workspace and G Suite customers.
Drive approvals available on Android and iOS appsGoogle Drive users have had the ability to send an item for approval on the web since 2021. These approvers can comment, approve, or reject a request on a file. Starting this week, Drive approvals are now available on the Drive Android and iOS apps. | Available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and legacy G Suite Business customers only. | Learn more.
New keyboard shortcuts for Google Sheets on AndroidIn continuing our mission to provide a top-class user experience on large screen devices, we’re releasing new and updated keyboard shortcut options on Android that better align with the Google Sheets web experience. | View the full list of shortcuts and learn more here.
Additional functionality for storage managementAdding shared drive storage limits and shared drives IDs are now available as part of the new set of tools for managing storage. Please refer to our original announcement for more information. | Learn more.
Previous announcementsThe announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.
Facet Enhancements for Cloud SearchIt’s now easier to configure and use Cloud Search search filters and facets with multiple enhancements to our existing functionalities. With this launch, you can use the Cloud Search Query API to configure new additional capabilities. | Available to Google Cloud Search Customers. | Learn more.
Easily format and display code in Google DocsWe’ve added a new smart canvas feature that makes this process much easier by enabling you to format and display code in Docs with code blocks. | Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus customers and Nonprofits only. | Learn more.
Email notifications from Google now available in the Alert CenterAdmins routinely receive notifications from Google to inform them about important Google Workspace updates. Now when admins receive these notifications, they’ll also be captured in the Alert Center in the admin console. This will help make it easier for admins to stay on top of important communications from Google. | Learn more.
Enjoy improved call performance with intelligent network switching in Google VoiceTo ensure the best call experience, Google Voice now automatically switches ongoing calls between cellular data service and Wi-Fi when it determines that one network type will lead to better call quality. | Learn more.
Expanded language support for captions and translated captions in Google MeetWe’ve expanded language support for standard captions and translated captions in Google Meet. | Standard captions are available for all users. Translated captions are available for meetings organized by Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers.| Learn More.
Client-side encryption for Gmail available in betaWe’re expanding customer access to client-side encryption in Gmail on the web. Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers are eligible to apply for the beta until January 20th, 2022. | Learn more.
Completed feature rolloutsThe features below have finished rolling out to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the original blog posts for additional details.
Rapid Release Domains:

[Weekly Recap] Full mouse support now available on Google Docs Android App

Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:

Improved meeting quality when joining on virtual machines

[Weekly Recap] Resizing Pivot Tables in Google Sheet

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

Client-side encryption for Gmail available in beta

Friday, December 16, 2022

What’s changingWe’re expanding customer access to client-side encryption in Gmail on the web. Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers are eligible to apply for the beta until January 20th, 2023.Using client-side encryption in Gmail ensures sensitive data in the email body and attachments are indecipherable to Google servers. Customers retain control over encryption keys and the identity service to access those keys.
Who’s impacted
Admins and end users

Why it’s important

Google Workspace already uses the latest cryptographic standards to encrypt all data at rest and in transit between our facilities. Client-side encryption helps strengthen the confidentiality of your data while helping to address a broad range of data sovereignty and compliance needs.

Client-side encryption is already available for Google Drive, Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, Google Meet, and Google Calendar (beta).

Getting started

Admins:

End users: To add client-side encryption to any message, click the lock icon and select additional encryption, and compose your message and add attachments as normal. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Client-side encryption for Gmail.

Rollout

We will be accepting beta applications and allowlisting customers over the next several weeks.

Availability

Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers
Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Education Fundamentals, Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers
Not available to users with personal Google Accounts

Resources

Expanded language support for captions and translated captions in Google Meet

Friday, December 16, 2022

What’s changing In January 2022, we announced the general availability of translated captions in Google Meet. Translated captions provide real-time translations of the speaker's language, helping to make meetings more inclusive and collaborative for meeting participants.

We’re expanding on this feature and beginning today, you can:

Translate English calls into Japanese, Mandarin (simplified), and Swedish
Translate French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish calls into English

Additionally, standard captions are now available in Japanese, Russian, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin (traditional). Visit the Help Center for a complete list of available languages.

Some languages will include a “Beta” tag as we continue to optimize performance and introduce additional languages over time. We will continue to provide updates on the Workspace Updates blog as more languages become available.

Getting started

Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
End users: This feature will be available by default. Visit the Help Center to learn more about captions and translated captions in Google Meet.
Meeting participants:

You can use live translated captions if the meeting is organized by a user with an eligible Google Workspace edition.
Captions are available for all users.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on December 16, 2022

Availability

Translated captions

Available for meetings organized by Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade

Captions

Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers

Resources

Google Help: Translated Captions in Google Meet
Google Help: Use captions in a meeting

Enjoy improved call performance with intelligent network switching in Google Voice

Friday, December 16, 2022

What’s changing To ensure the best call experience, Google Voice now automatically switches ongoing calls between cellular data service and Wi-Fi when it determines that one network type will lead to better call quality. Previously, Voice identified the ideal network only at the time the call was placed and did not make any corrections for changes in network performance that might occur during the call.

Getting started

Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.

Rollout pace

This feature is available now for all users.

Availability

Available to all Google Voice customers

Email notifications from Google now available in the Alert Center

Thursday, December 15, 2022

What’s changing Admins routinely receive notifications from Google to inform them about important Google Workspace updates. These notifications can be related to a variety of things, including security, billing or critical product changes.

Now when admins receive these notifications, they’ll also be captured in the Alert Center in the admin console. This will help make it easier for admins to stay on top of important communications from Google.

Getting started

Admins:

Admins with the Alert Center privilege will see these notifications in the Alert center. Primary admins will also receive these notifications via email
Visit the Help Center to learn about configuring who should receive email alerts, the alert center and viewing alert details, and admin audit logs.

End users: There is no end user impact or action required.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on January 24, 2022

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers

Resources

Easily format and display code in Google Docs

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

What’s changingCurrently, when working in Google Docs, collaborators who want to present code have to paste it in the document and then manually apply styles by highlighting syntax.
We’re adding a new smart canvas feature that makes this process much easier by enabling you to format and display code in Docs with code blocks.

Who’s impactedEnd users

Why you’d use it This feature gives you the ability to visualize code with industry standards, making code readable and collaboration much easier.

Getting started

Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
End users: To format and display code in a Doc, select Insert > Building blocks > Code blocks > choose your programming language or search @ > Code blocks > choose your programming language. Visit the Help Center to learn more about inserting smart chips & building blocks in your Google Doc.

Rollout pace

Availability

Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus customers and Nonprofits
Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Education Fundamentals, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Frontline, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers
Not available to users with personal Google Accounts

Resources

Roadmap

This feature was listed as an upcoming release.

Facet Enhancements for Cloud Search

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

What’s changingIt’s now easier to configure and use Cloud Search search filters and facets with multiple enhancements to our existing functionalities. With this launch, you can use the Cloud Search Query API to configure new additional capabilities:

Faceting support for integer type fields, such as priority levels for support tickets or the number of pages in a document
Out of the box Faceting support for document size, document creation, and custom date fields
New default reserved operators for document size and created date fields
Simplified Query API response with filters being directly provided in the response

Expanding filter options creates a more user friendly search experience, making it easier and faster to narrow search results to the most relevant documents.

Getting started

Rollout pace

This feature is available now for all users.

Availability

Available to Google Cloud Search Customers

Resources

Developer Documentation: Create a search interface with the Query API

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 9, 2022

Friday, December 9, 2022

Pin table headers when using pageless format on Google Docs When your Google Doc is set to the pageless format, you can now pin one or more table rows as header rows. When you scroll vertically past the top of the table, the headers will remain visible at the top of the window until you scroll to the bottom of the table. | Learn more.

Easily share files in Google Meet chat on web Currently, when you share the link to a Google Drive file in Meet chat, you have to ensure the document is shared with those on the call, either proactively or reactively, on a separate screen. Starting this week, when sharing a file in Meet chat, you will now be prompted to update the file sharing permissions to reflect which meeting attendees you’d like to have access to a particular file, all within Meet. | Roll out to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains began December 5, 2022 at an extended pace (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility). | Learn more.

Warning banners for external email recipients on iOS devices

Beginning today, you'll see a warning banner when adding external recipients to an email on iOS. These warnings are already available for Gmail on the web and Android devices. Note that admins can turn these specific warning labels on or off for their organization. | Roll out to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains began December 9, 2022 at an extended pace (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility).

Improvements for using Miro in Google Meet

We've made two enhancements for the Miro experience within Google Meet:

Meeting participants will see a dialog invite instead of a chat message asking them to join a whiteboarding session.
Meeting hosts now have the option to end collaboration for the group as a whole. Alternatively, meeting participants will have the ability to leave the session individually.

We hope these improvements create a smoother collaborative experience when using Miro within Google Meet. | Learn more here and here.

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.

More ways to prevent data exfiltration on iOS devices In 2020, we released several data exfiltration protections for iOS devices. Today, we’re announcing the next set of enhancements for data exfiltration protections for iOS. We’re expanding these security controls to give admins more ways to protect sensitive company data on iOS devices. | Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Enterprise for Education, and Cloud Identity Premium customers only. | Learn more.

New default setting for content managers to modify shared drives coming in February 2023 Starting this week, admins will see a new shared drive setting that can be enabled or disabled to give content managers the ability to share folders in shared drives. In February 2023, all content managers will have the ability to share folders by default. If you’d like this feature to remain off for end users, disable the setting now. | Available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Plus, Education Standard, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Nonprofits, as well as legacy G Suite Business customers only. | Learn more.

Create drop-down chips in Google Sheets We’ve added dropdown chips in Google Sheets, a custom formatting feature that is already available in Docs. They also enable you to easily indicate statuses or various project milestones outlined in your Sheet. | Learn more.

Collaborate with colleagues in Google Slides through a new ‘Follow’ featureWe’re introducing a new ‘Follow’ feature that allows you to collaborate with colleagues in real-time on Google Slides. Simply, click on a collaborator’s avatar in the Slides toolbar to jump to whatever slide they are on, and continue to move with them as they navigate and make changes to a presentation. | Learn more.

Completed feature rollouts

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

Rapid Release Domains:
Concentrate or disconnect with scheduled Do Not Disturb on Google Chat (Web)
The new Gmail user interface is becoming the standard experience

Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:
Google for Education transformation reports window open for customers worldwide
Manage projects & tasks with a new timeline view on Google Sheets
[Weekly Recap] Use smart chips in Google Sheets as links on mobile
[Weekly Recap] Offline printing now available for Google Sheets
Trust rules in Google Drive now generally available
Use Key Migration to change or add key services for Client-side encryption
[Weekly Recap] Easily assign Tasks from Google Docs on mobile
Use Access Approvals to control data access during support or maintenance
New Consolidated Controls Page for Google Takeout
Sharing suggestions in Google Drive make collaborating easier
[Weekly Recap] Improving drag & drop on the Google Drive Android app
[Weekly Recap] Drag content from Google Slides into other apps on Android
Concentrate or disconnect with scheduled Do Not Disturb on Google Chat (Mobile)
[Weekly Recap] Improved search results based on recent search activity in Gmail
Facet Enhancements for Cloud Search

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

Collaborate with colleagues in Google Slides through a new ‘Follow’ feature

Thursday, December 8, 2022

What’s changing

We’re introducing a new ‘Follow’ feature that allows you to collaborate with colleagues in real-time on Google Slides. Building upon the existing feature to see what slide your colleague is on, you can now click on a collaborator’s avatar in the Slides toolbar to jump to whatever slide they are on, and continue to move with them as they navigate and make changes to a presentation.

Getting started

Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
End users: This feature will be ON by default. To follow a collaborator, click their avatar in the Slides toolbar. If you hover over a followed avatar, a “Following” badge will appear. To stop following a collaborator, click on their avatar again.

You will also stop following the collaborator if:

The collaborator refreshes or leaves the presentation.
You make any edits to the presentation.
You click a different slide.
You enter Slideshow mode.

Visit the Help Center to learn more about following a collaboration on Google Slides.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on December 8, 2022

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers
Available to users with personal Google Accounts

Resources

Create drop-down chips in Google Sheets

Thursday, December 8, 2022

What’s changing Today we’re adding dropdown chips in Google Sheets. This is the latest smart canvas feature highlighting the next evolution of collaboration for Google Workspace. Dropdown chips are a custom formatting feature that is already available in Docs, and they enable you to easily indicate statuses or various project milestones outlined in your Sheet.

Additionally, we’ve modified the workflow for creating and managing all data validation rules, including dropdown chips and checkboxes. You can now view and edit all existing rules that have been created in a specific Sheets tab and create additional rules from a new sidebar view. This update improves the consistency of your overall Sheets experience as this now mirrors the workflows for creating conditional formatting, protected ranges, and named ranges rules.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers
Available to users with personal Google Accounts

Resources

Roadmap

This feature was listed as an upcoming release.

Useful Links

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In the Google Cloud Community, connect with Googlers and other Google Workspace admins like yourself. Participate in product discussions, check out the Community Articles, and learn tips and tricks that will make your work and life easier. Be the first to know what's happening with Google Workspace.

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Learn about more Google Workspace launches

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

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 30, 2022

Get enhanced spam protection through automatic labeling of suspected spam calls in Google Voice

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 23, 2022

Quickly refine search results in Google Chat with search chips

More filter effects available for Google Meet

Google Voice Standard customers can assign phone numbers in other Voice countries in their region

Updated experience for exporting your organization’s data

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 16, 2022

Client-side encryption for Gmail available in beta

Expanded language support for captions and translated captions in Google Meet

Enjoy improved call performance with intelligent network switching in Google Voice

Email notifications from Google now available in the Alert Center

Easily format and display code in Google Docs

Facet Enhancements for Cloud Search

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 9, 2022

Collaborate with colleagues in Google Slides through a new ‘Follow’ feature

Create drop-down chips in Google Sheets

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