January 5, 2024
Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - January 5, 2024
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.
In the coming weeks, we’ll be introducing several improvements to Chrome-on-iOS that will help admins more seamlessly apply policies and preferences across their users’ managed devices. This launch will align with the planned release of Chrome 120. | Learn more about updates for managed iOS devices.
Improvements to Google Meet ultra-low latency live streaming
We’re introducing several improvements for the overall experience of the ultra-low latency viewing experience for video meetings that are streamed within an organization. | Live streaming is available for Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Essentials Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Education Plus customers only. Live streamed meetings can be viewed by Google Workspace Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Education Plus, Essentials Starter, and Essentials users only. | Learn more about Google Meet ultra-low latency live streaming.
Convert Google Forms into practice sets in Google Classroom
Teachers can now import a Google Form into practice set questions, and benefit from the assistive features, such as suggested resources and hints, in-the-moment support for students and insights. | Available to Google Workspace Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade only. | Learn more about importing questions from Google Forms.
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:
- Improvements to Google Meet ultra-low latency live streaming (Android & Meet in Gmail)
Scheduled Release Domains:
Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:
- More insights to help admins troubleshoot Google Meet hardware issues
- New ways to use the Google Sheets app on iOS devices
- Admins in Google Vault can now export hyperlinked Google Drive content from Gmail messages (Vault user interface updates and API updates)
- eSignature is now generally available for Google Workspace Individual subscribers
- Turn on snippets for additional context surrounding data loss prevention rule violations (open beta)
- Manage conversations by muting notifications in Google Chat (web)
- Huddly cameras bring continuous framing to Google Meet Series One room kits
- Dynamic groups limit increased to 500
- Convert Google Forms into practice sets in Google Classroom
For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).