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What’s changing 

For more than seven years, Pexip has been a trusted interoperability partner for Google Meet, ensuring that participants can use their legacy meeting room systems to join Google Meet calls. We are excited to expand our relationship with Pexip Connect for Google Meet hardware – which will enable Google Meet hardware to seamlessly join Microsoft Teams from both Android and ChromeOS hardware. 

Additional Details 

  • There is an additional cost associated with using this offering from Pexip.
  • The integration supports joining scheduled meetings as well as joining with a meeting code 
  • Pexip enables Google Meet hardware to join Microsoft Teams meetings through their Pexip Connect service. Additional information can be found on their website. 

Getting started 

Pexip Connect for Google Meet hardware 

  • Admins 
    • Add the Pexip customer ID to the Built-in interoperability section of the Google Meet Hardware settings in the admin console. 
  • End users: 
    • When enabled by your admin, you can join a Teams meeting from a Google Meet hardware: 
      • Join an ad-hoc meeting by tapping "Join or start a meeting" on your touch controller (or on the touch screen device) and selecting Teams from the dropdown options. 
      • Add a a room to a with Teams meeting details. 
        • Note: Calendar events that originate outside of Google Calendar must be duplicated and populated with room details manually, or have their Teams meeting details copy and pasted into the description field of a new Calendar event. 
      • Visit the Help Center to learn more about Google Meet interoperability. 

Rollout pace 

Admin Setting 


End User Availability (on Devices) 


Availability 

  • Pexip Connect for Google Meet hardware is available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers with Google Meet hardware. All currently supported Google Meet hardware devices that have not yet reached their auto-update expiration date support the feature. 
  • Please work with either Pexip directly or an authorized reseller to get access 

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What’s changing 

We’re adding two new features to help organizations minimize the impact of ransomware attacks on personal computers. Specifically, we are adding these features in beta: 

  • Ransomware detection: When users have Google Drive for desktop installed on their computers, file syncing will be paused when ransomware is detected. The user will see a notification appear on their computer. Admins will see an alert in the Admin console security center. And notification emails will be delivered to both users and admins. 
  • File restoration: Users are able to restore their files to a previous version in Drive with ease, saving them time and money without paying a ransom. Users can select and restore multiple files prior to when ransomware infected their computer, making their files inaccessible. 


Getting started 

Admins: 

  • Ransomware detection will be on by default for users in your organization. You can turn it on or off at the OU level by going to Admin console > Apps > Google Workspace > Settings for Drive and Docs > Malware and Ransomware. If ransomware is detected for your users, admins will receive an email and get an alert in the Alert center. 
  • Drive file restoration will be on by default. You can turn it on or off at Admin console > Apps > Google Workspace > Settings for Drive and Docs > Drive file restoration. 
  • Install the latest version of Drive for desktop on user computers (v.114 or later) to enable the detection alerts (syncing will still be paused on older versions).
  • Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing ransomware detection and file restoration for your organization. 
The Admin console setting for ransomware detection 

The Admin console setting for Drive file restoration 


Email to admins when potential ransomware is detected 


Admin alert in the Alert center with information on the potential ransomware detection 


Alert detail on the ransomware detection 

End users: 

  • The availability of this feature will depend on your admin’s settings. If turned on and ransomware is detected, you will see the alerts and access the interface below. 
  • Use the Help Center to learn more about restoring files in bulk with Google Drive. 

End user alert in Drive for desktop when ransomware is detected 


Interface to assist with file recovery 

Rollout pace 

Admin console setting 


File detection and restoration features 


Availability 

File restoration 

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

Ransomware detection 

Available for Google Workspace: 

  • Business Standard, Plus 
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard, Plus 
  • Education Standard and Plus 
  • Frontline Standard and Plus 

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What's changing 

In order to improve the experience of admins managing Google Meet’s Enterprise Content Delivery Network (Meet eCDN) rules, we’re updating how the “Custom Rules” peering policy works in some cases, and how assigned networks are surfaced in the MQT eCDN network table. Understanding these changes will allow customers to make full use of those improvements. 


Overlapping IP ranges 

Please note you will only see this change if you have defined overlapping IP ranges. For example, if you have defined a large range that’s allowed but including some smaller ranges that should be blocked within it. If you have non-overlapping ranges only, you won’t be affected by this change. 

Viewers with the “custom rules” peering policy will be matched against a list of IP ranges and their respective peering configuration (allowed or blocked). This is done by checking all listed ranges in order from top to bottom. Previously, any blocking match would supersede an allowing match, even if the allowing match came first. We’re removing the priority for blocking changes to simplify how matches are determined. 

Example for a viewer with private IP address 10.0.0.30: 

Scenario 1:

Viewer 1 private IP: 10.0.0.30
Viewer 2 private IP: 11.0.0.30

Custom rules list:
  • 10.0.0.0 - 10.0.0.255: allowed
  • 11.0.0.0 - 11.0.0.255: blocked
Fallback policy: blocked

Before:
  • Viewer 1 allowed since one allowed match
  • Viewer 2 blocked since one blocked match

After:
  • Same results, no changes in this scenario, since there are no overlapping IP ranges.

Scenario 2:

Viewer 1 private IP: 10.0.0.30
Viewer 2 private IP: 11.0.0.30

Custom rules list:
  • 10.0.0.0 - 10.0.0.255: allowed
  • 10.0.0.0 - 15.0.0.0: blocked
Fallback policy: blocked

Before:
  • Viewer 1 blocked, since one allowed and one blocked match, and blocked matches have higher priority.
  • Viewer 2 blocked, since one blocked match.

After:
  • Viewer 1 allowed, since the first match encountered (top to bottom) was to allow the IP.
  • Viewer 2 blocked, since the only matching rule was blocking the IP.

Scenario 3:

  • Viewer 1 private IP: 10.0.0.30
  • Viewer 2 private IP: 11.0.0.30

Custom rules list:
  • 10.0.0.0 - 15.0.0.0: blocked
  • 10.0.0.0 - 10.0.0.255: allowed
Fallback policy: blocked

Before:
  • Viewer 1 blocked, since one allowed and one blocked match, and blocked matches have higher priority.
  • Viewer 2 blocked, since one blocked match.

After:
  • Viewer 1 blocked, since the first match encountered (top to bottom) was to block the IP.
  • Viewer 2 blocked, since the only matching rule was blocking the IP.
Please note that smaller IP ranges should be listed before large ranges containing them (top-to-bottom).





Multiple private IP addresses are now supported 
Please note that the following change will only materialize if your viewers’ devices have multiple private IP addresses configured on their network interfaces (typically one IPv4 and one IPv6 address). 

Previously, eCDN clients would detect their private IP address and always prioritize IPv4 over IPv6. Also, only a single IP address could be detected and sent for matching against custom rules. We’re changing this so that all private IPs configured on the device’s interfaces will be used for matching. To ensure top-to-bottom evaluation, the first rule matching any detected private IP addresses will be used. 


Renaming Random peering policy 
The policy previously called Random peering policy is now called Testing peering policy. This policy is primarily intended for test purposes and is not designed to provide full performance in production. 


Meet Quality Tool improvements 
Viewers with the Testing peering policy will now be represented in the Meet Quality Tool eCDN table. Previously this table would only show viewers per configured network if the Custom Rules peering policy was used. 

Rollout pace: 

  • Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 6, 2025. 
  • Scheduled release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 28, 2025. 

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What’s changing 

Developers can use two new features to create more engaging Chat apps. Specifically, we are adding: 
  • A carousel widget: With this new carousel widget, you'll be able to interact with more complex and organized information in a horizontally scrollable carousel. 
  • Markdown support: The new Markdown support for text formatting will allow developers to specify markdown instead of converting all text to HTML. 
  • Lists and code blocks: You’ll now be able to add ordered, unordered, and nested lists, and code blocks to cards. 

Why you’d use it: 

The carousel widget provides a powerful tool for presenting complex information in an organized, scrollable, and compact format. Developers can use it to display product listings, multiple data points, or different options within a single card, creating a much more efficient and professional-looking user experience. 

Markdown support can help simplify the process to build cards, and is especially critical to developers who are building AI agents. The standard output from many LLMs is markdown. Now, instead of converting the markdown to HTML, developers can now pass the entire markdown to Chat which will handle and render the text correctly. 

Lists and code blocks are essential building blocks to enable rich display of information, enhancing readability and comprehension for users. They unlock critical use cases, such as providing structured data, displaying programming examples, and organizing complex details. 


The carousel widget enables scrolling through information in an efficient and engaging manner 


Markdown support enables easier to use text formatting while list and code block support enables richer text format 

Getting started 

  • Developers: See our documentation to learn more about adding carousels or formatting messages. 
  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. It will be available by default when Developers choose to use it in their apps. Use our Help Center to learn more about allowing users to install Chat apps. 
  • End users: There is no end user control for this feature. It will be available by default when Developers choose to use it in their apps. Use our Help Center to learn more about Chat apps. 

Rollout pace 

  • This feature is available now. 

Availability 

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers 

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What’s changing 

We have previously launched the ability for users on the web to collaborate with Gemini in Google Drive. Now, we're excited to extend Gemini’s capabilities to users on mobile in the Drive apps for Android and iOS. This integration empowers Drive users of the mobile apps to seamlessly ask questions about their files and folders and receive conversational responses, mirroring the existing functionality available on Drive Web. 

For example, users on mobile can now use Gemini to: 

  • Summarize a long document or an entire folder so you can quickly get the main points. 
  • Discuss a topic that requires synthesizing information from one or more files in your Drive, either across your files or within a specific folder. 
  • Retrieve quick facts about a project or topic without the need to find and read the relevant documents. 

Getting started 


Rollout pace 


Availability

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Business Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Google AI Pro for Education 
  • Google One AI Premium 

Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature: 
  • Gemini Business* Gemini Enterprise* 
*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details. 

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What’s changing 


We’re upgrading Slides and Google Vids to the latest image editing model, Nano Banana. As recently detailed in this blog post, Nano Banana brings improved quality to image editing to make it easier to bring your ideas to life. 

Additionally, we are launching an option for users to edit images using custom prompts. For example, you could ask Gemini to “Place this product in a New York subway station,” and then add it to your slide or video. 





Getting started 

  • Admins: This feature will be available by default for all eligible users. The features are available to users 18 years of age or older. 
  • End users: This feature will be available by default. To use it, select any image in the Slides or Vids file > Edit image > type a custom prompt > Create. You can then preview the generated output by clicking it, and select Replace with image or Insert to add the image to the current slide. Use our Help Center to learn how to edit images with Gemini in Google Slides & Vids. 

Rollout pace 


Availability 


In Google Slides: 

  • Business Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Google AI Pro for Education 

Also available to: 
  • Google AI Pro and Ultra 
  • Gemini Business*, Gemini Enterprise* 

In Google Vids 

  • Business Starter**, Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Starter**, Standard and Plus 
  • Education Plus and Teaching and Learning (Available in both for a limited time (until May 2026)) 
  • Google AI Pro for Education 
  • Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus 
  • Nonprofits** 

Also available to: 
  • Google AI Pro and Ultra 
  • Gemini Business*, Gemini Enterprise* 

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details. 

**For a limited time, at least through May 31st, 2026, Business Starter, Enterprise Starter and Nonprofit accounts can access generative AI features in Vids. Learn about Google Vids availability. 

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What’s changing 


We’re introducing an owner role in Google Chat spaces in addition to managers and members. By increasing the number of roles, it will be easier to share the tasks associated with managing spaces with the right colleagues. For example, managers will be able to help owners with some space administration tasks, while owners will retain full control over the space. 

Specifically: 

  • Existing space managers will now be owners. Owners will retain full control over the space. 
  • A new manager role will be added. Managers will have most of the same permissions as owners, but will not be able to delete the space, or upgrade users to owners. 
  • The member role will remain unchanged. 

Both owners and managers will be able to control which roles (members, managers, or owners) have which permissions in the space settings, such as who can use the ‘@all’ function, add apps, or turn history on or off. 


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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A summary of announcements from this week:
The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.

Upcoming Change to Drive Sharing Permissions
Earlier this year, we announced that we would be updating the access experience in Google Drive. With this update, we will stop allowing restricted access on specific files and folders within a shared folder, starting September 22, 2025. Limited access should instead be managed consistently via the limited access folder setting. | Learn more about the sharing permissions changes. 


Introducing new Gmail notification features on Android and iOS devices
We're making it quicker and easier to manage your emails on mobile with two new features: You can now use the "Mark as Read" feature directly on your Android device to clear a notification. Also, sender avatars are now available on iOS devices. | Learn more about the new notification features. 


Build a deeper understanding of a topic with Learning Guide in Notebook LM
We're introducing a new “Learning Guide” option that encourages participation with probing, open-ended questions. Instead of just giving answers, it helps you break down problems step-by-step and adapts explanations to your needs, building a deeper understanding of the subject. | Learn more about Learning Guide in Notebook LM. 


Refine Google Chat messages with Gemini to communicate with confidence and clarity
You can now use Gemini to refine messages you’re composing within Google Chat on the web. Gemini can help you improve clarity, conciseness, and accuracy in wording, grammar, and spelling. This can be particularly useful when composing an important message to a large space or a senior stakeholder, or for users communicating in a second language. | Learn more about refining messages in Google Chat.  


Generate data with AI function in Sheets now available in seven additional languages
Earlier this year, we announced AI function in Sheets. You can use the AI function to prompt Gemini to generate text, summarize information, categorize data, or analyze sentiment at scale with generated content appearing directly in the cells you choose. Now, AI function is available to users in Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, and German. | Learn more about the new languages for AI Function. 


AI-Powered app summaries in the AppSheet Admin console
Admins with an AppSheet Enterprise Plus can now ask Gemini to generate a summary of an app owned by their organization. The will enable admins to more quickly understand the purpose and capabilities of any AppSheet app. | Learn more about AI-powered app summaries. 


Limited promotion of expanded access to AI features in Google Vids for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning users
Earlier this year, we announced expanded access to Google Vids, bringing basic access to Google Vids to all Google Workspace for Education users. Now, we’re excited to announce the following AI features are available to users with an Education Plus or Teaching & Learning add-on license for a limited time*. | Learn more about expanded access to Vids AI features. 


Reporting rules are now activity rules
To simplify the admin experience for creating rules and monitoring alerts, we are combining reporting rules with activity rules: Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Education Plus, Cloud Identity Premium, Chrome Enterprise Premium and Enterprise Standard customers will retain all the functionality of the activity rules experience and can now also create rules without thresholds. | Learn more about activity rules. 


Gemini in Google Sheets now provides smarter, more conversational formula generation
Earlier this year, we made it easier to generate charts and insights using Gemini in Google Sheets. Building on that momentum, we’re excited to announce a significant enhancement to formula generation in Gemini for Sheets. Specifically, we've upgraded Gemini to include detailed natural language formula explanations, provide formula error explanation and self-correction, and to output multiple formula options. | Learn more about improved formula generation in Google Sheets. 


Create videos from your existing Google Slides presentations using Gemini in Google Vids
Earlier this year, we announced the first iteration of the ability to turn existing Google Slides content into engaging videos using Google Vids. Now, we’re expanding that functionality to include Gemini-generated scripts, AI voiceovers, and background music. This makes it easier and faster to transform your existing content into a shareable, engaging video. | Learn more about creating Vids from Slides. 


Educators can now create and assign NotebookLM and Gems in Google Classrooms
Over the last year, we’ve brought the capabilities of Gemini to Google Classroom to support new ways of teaching and learning. A few months ago, we expanded Gemini in Classroom to help educators use AI for their common teaching tasks. Today, we’re making it possible for educators to use Google’s NotebookLM and Gems to create teacher-led AI experiences for students of all ages in Google Classroom. | Learn more about creating and assigning notebooks and Gems in Classroom. 


Generate stories using Gemini with Read Along in Google Classroom
Starting today, educators will be able to use Gemini to create their own stories with Read Along in Classroom, in addition to the existing ability to upload their own content into Read Along as part of the assignment creation process. Now, with the help of Gemini, educators have an enhanced ability to further customize their students’ experience and differentiate their instruction by generating content specific to students’ needs. | Learn more about generating stories using Read Along. 


Configure up to 20 conditional notifications per Google Sheet
Last year we introduced conditional notifications in Google Sheets, which allow users to create custom rules in spreadsheets that send email notifications when certain criteria are met. Now we are expanding rule limits for conditional notifications from 10 to 20 rules per spreadsheet. | Learn more about the increased conditional notifications limit. 


Gems in Gemini Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI™) is now rolling out
We’re excited to announce the launch of Gem integration with Gemini Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI™). This will mean that third party Learning Management Systems (LMS) Canvas by Instructure and PowerSchool Schoology Learning will be able to use Gems. | Learn more about Gems in Gemini LTI. 


Updates to Gmail log events
To support more granular incident investigations and to expand access to this critical security data, we’ve made a few changes to the Gmail Audit Logs. 1. Addition of the Gmail log events to the audit and investigation tool. 2. Addition of the Gmail log events to the AdminSDK Reports API. 3. Gemini Data Access Logging for Gmail log events.  | Learn more about updates to Gmail log events.  
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What’s changing 

To support more granular incident investigations and to expand access to this critical security data, we’ve made a few changes to the Gmail Audit Logs. 

1. Addition of the Gmail log events to the audit and investigation tool 
Gmail log events, previously only available to customers with access to the Security investigation tool (Security > Security center > Investigation tool), will now also be available to customers with access to the audit and investigation tool (Reporting > Audit and investigation) when Gmail is enabled as an application. This is change is now available. 

2. Addition of the Gmail log events to the AdminSDK Reports API 
Gmail log events are now available in the Google Workspace Admin SDK Reports API, providing programmatic access to this data. 

3. Gemini Data Access Logging for Gmail log events 
Addressing customer feedback for more granularity in reporting on how Gemini accesses data, a “message content accessed” log event will now be triggered when the Gemini app or Gemini for Workspace apps access Gmail messages on behalf of a user. Those events will have a client type of “API” and an actor application name of “Gemini or Gemini for Workspace”. These events will become available to customers gradually over the next few weeks. 

Who’s impacted 

Admins 

Why it matters 

Granular audit logs are critical to helping organizations investigate cybersecurity incidents and understand their data usage. The changes announced today expand access to this critical data and expand the depth of analysis that can be performed. 

Rollout pace 

  • Gradual rollout - please see launch timing notes for each change listed above. 

Getting started 


Availability 

  • Available for Google Workspace with audit log eligible licenses. To learn more about the audit log availability for your license types, please review this Help Center article.




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What’s changing 

We’re excited to announce the launch of Gem integration with Gemini Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI™). This will mean that third party Learning Management Systems (LMS) Canvas by Instructure and PowerSchool Schoology Learning will be able to use Gems. We mentioned this launch when we announced that NotebookLM was added to Gemini LTI™, and are now pleased that the Gems integration is rolling out. 

Educators could use the Gem integration to create Gems for FAQs that help students quickly find answers to common questions about assignments, and more. Students could use it to get in-the-moment assistance with real-time coaching using Gems (coming soon). 



Getting started 


Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 

  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus 
  • Google AI Pro for Education 

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Update (Oct 16): We updated the "Availability" section of this post to reflect the accurate edition availability for the feature. Previously, some editions were listed incorrectly. 

What’s changing 

Last year we introduced conditional notifications in Google Sheets, which allow users to create custom rules in spreadsheets that send email notifications when certain criteria are met. Now we are expanding rule limits for conditional notifications from 10 to 20 rules per spreadsheet. For example, users can choose to be notified when a given task’s status changes or when they are added as an assignee. By expanding the rule limit per spreadsheet, users can take advantage of the feature more frequently and for a wider range of use cases. 



Users can customize up to 20 rules that outline the criteria for when an email is sent 


When rule conditions are met, recipients will receive emails informing them of the change 

Getting started 

  • Admins: This feature will be on by default. There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: This feature will be available by default. To use it, go to Google Sheets > Tools > Conditional Notifications and configure up to 20 new rules. Use our Help Center to learn more about using conditional notifications. 

Rollout pace 

  • This feature is available now. 

Availability 

Available to Google Workspace:

  • Business Standard, Plus 
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard, Plus 
  • Education Plus 
  • Enterprise Essentials

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What’s changing 

Starting today, educators will be able to use Gemini to create their own stories with Read Along in Classroom, in addition to the existing ability to upload their own content into Read Along as part of the assignment creation process. 

Now, with the help of Gemini, educators have an enhanced ability to further customize their students’ experience and differentiate their instruction by generating content specific to students’ needs. In addition, generating content expands the use of Read Along to older students, for example, an educator can ask Gemini to generate a story on a topic from a science class at a reading level that is more appropriate for the learner. 

From the assignment creation screen, open Read Along, and select “Generate.” From there you select a target grade for the story, add in a topic or plot, list any additional details like length of the story or learning goals, and add any keywords you want in the story and click “Generate Story”. Gemini will create a story that can be reviewed and further edited by the educator, and then assigned to students.

Getting started 


Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning add-on

Resources 

  • Google Workspace Admin Help: Turn Google Read Along on or off for users 
  • Google Help: Read Along in Google Classroom



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What’s changing 

Over the last year, we’ve brought the capabilities of Gemini to Google Classroom to support new ways of teaching and learning. A few months ago, we expanded Gemini in Classroom to help educators use AI for their common teaching tasks. Today, we’re making it possible for educators to use Google’s NotebookLM and Gems to create teacher-led AI experiences for students of all ages in Google Classroom. 

Now, educators can instantly create interactive AI learning experiences for students using NotebookLM and Gems right from Google Classroom – and using their class materials. They can then be assigned to students for extra practice, support, and learning opportunities: 

  • Using NotebookLM, educators can select resources from their class to instantly create an interactive study guide and other learning aids like podcast-style audio overviews, mind maps, and more – grounded only in the materials educators upload. See examples. 


  • Educators can create a Gem, which is a custom version of Gemini, for their students to interact with. Teachers can select class materials to inform a new Gem, whether they create one from scratch or select one of the templates in Classroom (Study partner, Quiz me, Brainstorm partner, or Real-world connector). Because Gemini is informed by learning science research through LearnLM, educators’ Gems will lean into best-in-practice pedagogical behaviour as students interact with them – helping students to better understand concepts and test their knowledge, rather than just give them the answer. See examples for educators. 



Once created, students will be able to access the teacher-created notebook or Gem on their Classwork page in Classroom, either as a “Class learning resource” at the top of the page, or as part of an assignment. 

Who’s impacted 

Admins and end users 

Why you’d use it 

Creating Gems and notebooks from within Google Classroom makes it easier to create AI learning experiences grounded in class materials, as well as to help keep educators in the loop when students are interacting with AI. 

Getting started 

Admins: 


End users: 

  • This feature will be available by default if NotebookLM or Gemini/Gems sharing are enabled by your admin. 
  • Teachers can create a notebook or Gem in Classroom by doing one of the following: 
    • Go to Classroom > Coursework where they will see options for ‘NotebookLM’ or ‘Gem’ 
    • Go to Classwork > Create > Assignment or Material where they will see options for ‘NotebookLM’ or ‘Gem’ under ‘Attach’ 
  • Students will have access to teacher-created notebooks or Gems from the Classwork item that the teacher attached it to. Students may also see these at the top of the Classwork page if the teacher selects the option to ‘highlight at top of Classwork.’ 
  • Use our Help Center to learn more about using NotebookLM or Gems in Classroom: 

Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 

  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus 

Resources 



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Update (Oct 10, 2025): This article has been updated due to a change in the rollout timing for Scheduled Release domains. Previously, we expected rollout to Scheduled release to start on October 7, 2025. Now, we expect rollout to start on October 14, 2025. 

What’s changing 

Earlier this year, we announced the first iteration of the ability to turn existing Google Slides content into engaging videos using Google Vids. Now, we’re expanding that functionality to include Gemini-generated scripts, AI voiceovers, and background music. This makes it easier and faster to transform your existing content into a shareable, engaging video. 



Just like before, open vids.new > choose “Convert Slides” > select the Slides presentation you'd like to use, and choose the specific slides you want to import. To use the new Gemini features, ensure the “Include AI voiceover, script, and background music” toggle is enabled. 

Vids will then create scenes from each slide and insert scripts, voiceovers and background music. You can make additional edits, such as adding animations to your objects or generating AI video clips with Veo 3. 

Getting started 

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • End users: 
    • When creating a new Vid, access this feature by selecting the Convert Slides option. 
    • For existing Vids, you can access this feature by going to the File menu > Convert slides. 
    • Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Google Slides with Google Vids. 

Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Business Starter (until May 2026), Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Starter (until May 2026), Standard and Plus 
  • Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus 
  • Available for a limited time (until May 2026) in both Education Plus and Teaching and Learning
  • Nonprofits (until May 2026) 

Also available to 
  • Google AI Pro for Education add-on 
  • Google AI Pro & Ultra add-ons 

Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature: 
  • Gemini Business* Gemini Enterprise* 
*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details. 

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What’s changing 

Earlier this year, we made it easier to generate charts and insights using Gemini in Google Sheets. Building on that momentum, we’re excited to announce a significant enhancement to formula generation in Gemini for Sheets. Specifically, we've upgraded Gemini to include detailed natural language formula explanations, provide formula error explanation and self-correction, and to output multiple formula options. 

With these updates, Gemini can provide a full, reasoned response, making formula generation smarter and more resilient, and helping users to understand the formulas and calculations happening in their sheets. 

1. Detailed natural language formula explanations: 
Complex formulas can now be returned with step-by-step explanations of how they work. This improves user understanding and builds trust, making it easier to learn and adapt formulas for future use. If Gemini doesn’t provide an explanation as part of the response, you can always ask in your next query how the generated formula works. 




2. Error explanation and self-correction: 
Gemini can now explain why a formula failed (e.g., "the date in A1 is formatted as text") and, in a follow-up turn, use the error message to generate a corrected formula that solves the underlying issue. 



3. Multiple formula options: 
For more complex tasks or when there are several ways to achieve a result, Gemini can now provide multiple formulas. 


Getting started 

  • Admins: To access Gemini in Workspace apps, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can turn on the personalization setting for their users in the Admin console. 
  • End users: You can access Gemini for Sheets in the side panel by clicking on “Ask Gemini” (spark button) in the top right corner of Sheets. Visit the Help Center to learn more about collaborating with Gemini in Sheets. 

Rollout pace 

  • This update is already available for all Gemini users. 

Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Business Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Google AI Pro for Education

Also available to: 
  • Google AI Pro and Ultra 

Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature: 
  • Gemini Business* Gemini Enterprise* 
*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details. 

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What’s changing 

To simplify the admin experience for creating rules and monitoring alerts, we are combining reporting rules with activity rules: 

Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Education Plus, Cloud Identity Premium, Chrome Enterprise Premium and Enterprise Standard customers will retain all the functionality of the activity rules experience and can now also create rules without thresholds. Thresholds are applied cumulatively across user actions, not on a per-activity basis. 


New threshold mode, which triggers rule every time the event occurs 

For Google Workspace Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, and Enterprise Essentials customers, all existing reporting rules will automatically be converted to activity rules. Admins gain the ability to configure notification frequencies and access more descriptive alerts. However, applying thresholds and actions to rules are not available for these Workspace editions. 


Admins will now be able to set notification frequency to limit the number of alerts or emails they receive 

Who’s impacted 

Admins 

Why it matters 

Reporting rules inform admins what happened, while activity rules help admins control what happens. By combining reporting rules with activity rules, admins receive the benefits of a more streamlined workflow with additional ways to work with rules and gain insights from more detailed reporting. 

Additional details 

Additionally, “Reporting rules” will be shown as “Activity rules” in various locations within the Admin console, including the “Add rules” user interface at Security > Investigation tool > Create activity rule. 

Getting started 

Admins: 
  • Visit the Help Center to learn more about creating and managing activity rules. 
  • With this change, admins with the “Reports” privilege have automatically been assigned the “Activity Rules View” and “Activity Rules Manage privileges”. Super admins have these privileges assigned by default. These privileges can also be assigned to a custom admin role. 
End users: 
  • There is no end user action required. 

Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 

  • Business Starter, Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus 
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard and Plus 
  • Cloud Identity Premium 

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What’s changing 

Earlier this year, we announced expanded access to Google Vids, bringing basic access to Google Vids to all Google Workspace for Education users. Now, we’re excited to announce the following AI features are available to users with an Education Plus or Teaching & Learning add-on license for a limited time*: 

  • Read-along mode in teleprompter 
  • AI voice overs 
  • Text to image 
  • Replace or expand image background with AI-powered image editing 
  • Help me create (plan your video story) 
  • Transcript trim 

With access to these features, educators and students can generate custom images and video clips directly from a simple text description, add professional touches like background removal for images & AI-generated title cards, and choose from a library of preset voiceovers to give any project a polished narration. 


Additionally, access to the Veo 3 model in Vids (to generate a video based on a prompt or image), AI avatars and Slides to Vids with Gemini (includes scripts, AI voice overs & background music) is planned to be available to Education Plus and Teaching and Learning users by the end of this year. 

Education Plus and Teaching & Learning add-on admins will be able to control access in the Admin Console via the settings control for AI features in Drive and Docs, including Google Vids. 


Who’s impacted 

Admins and end users 

Additional details 

*For a limited time, at least through May 31st, 2026, users with an assigned Education Plus or Teaching and Learning license have access to generative AI features in Vids. AI features in Google Vids are available to users 18 years of age or older. 

Generative AI features in Vids are included by default in Google AI Pro for Education; learn more here. 

Getting started 


Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Education Plus and Teaching and Learning add-on 

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