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A summary of announcements from the last week:

The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog over the last week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.

Granular OAuth consent in web apps and Google Workspace add-ons

Earlier this year,  we launched an improved version of the OAuth consent screen to the Apps Script IDE and unpublished web apps and Google Workspace add-ons that allows users to specify which individual scopes they would like to authorize for that script. For example, if a script requests access to a user’s Google Sheets and Forms files, and the user only intends to use the script with Sheets files, they can decide to only allow access to their spreadsheets and not their forms. | Learn more about Granular OAuth consent in web apps and Google Workspace add-ons.

Data classification labels visible in more places across Google Drive

Beginning today, a Drive item’s applied data classification values will appear across all views on Drive on the web, including Home, My Drive, Shared Drives, and Drive search results. Previously, users needed to either navigate to Details or open the file to know a Drive item’s classification state. Now, users will immediately see the applied classification values when navigating throughout the Drive product. | Learn more about the expanded visibility of data classification labels across Google Drive.

Automatically generated captions for videos in Google Drive now available in more languages

We are expanding automatic video captions in Google Drive to support 27 new languages. This update improves accessibility for all users—including those who are hard of hearing or speak different languages—while saving time by eliminating manual caption creation and enhancing video searchability. | Learn more about new language support for automatically generated captions in Google Drive.

Fine-tune your network for Meet live streaming with extended quality metrics

Meet audit events logged for live stream viewers now contain an extended set of quality metrics. These metrics can help admins understand their viewers' perceived quality when participating in live streams. The quality metrics can be used to identify potential network configuration adjustments that can improve the live streaming experience. | Learn more about fine-tuning your network for Meet live streaming with extended quality metrics.

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Meet audit events logged for live stream viewers now contain an extended set of quality metrics. These metrics can help admins understand their viewers' perceived quality when participating in live streams. The quality metrics can be used to identify potential network configuration adjustments that can improve the live streaming experience. 

The audit events contain quality metrics about both direct media delivery from Google's servers and peer-assisted media delivery when eCDN is used. 

Some examples of the new quality metric fields
Some examples of the new quality metric fields  

Getting started

  • Admins: Access audit events for Meet through the Admin SDK.

Rollout pace

  • Available now

Availability

Audit events are logged for live stream viewers of all Google Workspace customers. Hosting live streams is available to organizers with an eligible Workspace license, including:

  • Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Education Plus and Teaching and Learning add-on

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What’s changing

Last year, we announced the ability to automatically generate captions for English-language videos in Google Drive. Today, we’re expanding this feature to support 27 additional languages.

This update makes video content stored in Drive more accessible, inclusive, and easier to understand for all users, especially those who are deaf or hard of hearing, are in a noisy environment, or speak a different primary language. Automatically generated captions also save time by eliminating the need for manual caption creation and make it easier to search for video content.

When an eligible user uploads a video to Drive, this feature will automatically detect if the video is in one of the supported languages and generate captions for it.

The new languages supported are:

  • Arabic
  • Czech
  • Dutch
  • Filipino
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hungarian
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Malay
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Vietnamese
Support for Chinese is coming soon.

Getting started

  • Admins: This feature expansion will be ON by default for all eligible organizations and will respect your existing settings for automatically-generated captions. No new admin control is being added. You can control this feature for your organization at the domain, OU, or group level. Admins can choose to:
    • Have captions generated automatically when a user uploads a video (default)
    • Turn on the feature, but require users to request captions for each video
    • Disable automatically-generated captions entirely
  • End users: For end users at organizations where automatic generation on upload is enabled, captions in these new languages will be generated automatically upon video upload. No action is required. End users who need to request captions (including users with personal Google accounts) can generate captions by doing the following: right-click the video > Manage caption tracks > Add new caption tracks. Visit the Help Center to learn more about automatically generated captions. 

Rollout pace

  • Available now

Availability

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

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What’s changing

Beginning today, a Drive item’s applied data classification values will appear across all views on Drive on the web, including Home, My Drive, Shared Drives, and Drive search results. Previously, users needed to either navigate to Details or open the file to know a Drive item’s classification state. Now, users will immediately see the applied classification values when navigating throughout the Drive product.

For any particular item, the highest ranked label with a badged list field will display the applied option. For items with more than one label applied, an additional label count icon will appear next to the badged value displaying the number of additional labels applied to the item. For items where only data classification labels without badged lists are applied, the Label name of the highest rank classification label will appear next to the file title with a non-colored badge treatment. It’s important to note that only options from badged lists will display within Workspace surfaces; a label without a badged list will display the label name. 

Hovering over either the badged label value or the additional count icon will display additional applied labels in a tooltip. Clicking a label value will immediately open the Labels section of File Details. 

Data classification labels visible in more places across Google Drive

Getting started

  • Admins: 
    • If you've been using classification labels, there are no changes to your experience beyond improved end user visibility of applied labels. 
    • There is no admin control for this feature; however, you are able to adjust whether a label contains a badged option list and specify a color scheme within the Label Manager. 
  • End users: No action needed. Labels will start to appear on Drive items across all supported views. 

Rollout pace

  • Available now

Availability

Data classification labels in Drive are available to Google Workspace:

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

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What’s changing

Earlier this year,  we launched an improved version of the OAuth consent screen to the Apps Script IDE and unpublished web apps and Google Workspace add-ons that allows users to specify which individual scopes they would like to authorize for that script. For example, if a script requests access to a user’s Google Sheets and Forms files, and the user only intends to use the script with Sheets files, they can decide to only allow access to their spreadsheets and not their forms.

This screenshot shows the new OAuth consent screen, which lets the user provide consent for a subset of the requested OAuth scopes.
This screenshot shows the new OAuth consent screen, which lets the user provide consent for a subset of the requested OAuth scopes.

We’re excited to announce that this more granular OAuth consent screen will be expanding to an additional Apps Script execution type. Soon, published web apps and Google Workspace add-ons powered by Apps Script, including Chat apps built as add-ons, will also present users with this more granular consent screen when requesting an OAuth grant. This will allow users to provide partial OAuth consent when authorizing new applications built on these platforms. A reminder that this also includes reconsenting to applications when OAuth grants expire.

Additional details

To prepare for the release of this new consent flow, we suggest that web apps and Google Workspace add-ons developers refer to the ScriptApp and AuthorizationInfo classes. These allow Apps Script developers to programmatically interact with the scopes granted for a script. This allows developers to put in such safeguards as short-circuiting a script execution if not all scopes are granted. For more information, refer to the developer documentation. To test these changes, please see the documentation on testing web apps and Google Workspace add-ons.

Getting Started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • Developers and end users: 
    • This new consent screen will only be used for new OAuth scope grants. Pre-existing scope grants will not be affected, so no action is required by users on scripts they’ve already authorized. 

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and Workspace Individual subscribers

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A summary of announcements from the last week:

The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog over the last week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.

Block off time to work on a task in Calendar

Users can now easily block off time on their calendar to work on a specific task. On your calendar, select an empty slot > click task. From here, you can add the relevant task and description, and customize details like visibility and do not disturb settings. | Learn more about blocking off time to work on a task in Calendar.

Use Veo 3.1 ingredients-to-video to create clips from images in Google Vids

Create eight-second video clips in Google Vids using the new ingredients-to-video capability powered by Veo 3.1. Simply upload up to three images and write a prompt to generate content that maintains consistent subjects and characters. This feature allows you to tell a cohesive story for projects like brand promotions or training videos using your specific imagery as the foundation. | Learn more about Learn more about using Veo 3.1 ingredients-to-video to create clips from images in Google Vids.

Introducing Gemini 3 Pro for Gemini app

We’re bringing our most intelligent model, Gemini 3, to the Gemini app for Google Workspace customers. This update brings state-of-the-art reasoning to your most complex problems, setting a new bar for AI model performance and delivering a more powerful and helpful experience. | Learn more about Gemini 3 Pro for Gemini app.

Single-sign on with custom OpenID Connect profiles now generally available

Single-sign on with custom OpenID Connect profiles is now generally available. With this capability, admins have the option to set up a custom OpenID Connect (OIDC) profile for single sign-on (SSO) with Google as their service provider. | Learn more about Single Sign-On with custom OpenID Connect profiles.

Gemini in Google Classroom is expanding to students in higher education

Earlier this year, we launched Gemini in Google Classroom to help educators save time on planning and create more engaging lessons. In the coming weeks, we’re expanding Gemini in Classroom to students in higher education who are 18 years of age and older to help them study and learn. | Learn more about Gemini in Google Classroom expanding to students in higher education.

New Google Meet links when changing recurrence or start time of recurring Calendar events

To create a more consistent and secure meeting experience, we're changing what happens when you edit recurring Google Calendar events. Previously, when users modified the start time or recurrence of recurring events and applied the change to "This and following events," the remaining events used the original Google Meet link. | Learn more about Google Meet link updates when changing recurring Calendar events.

Introducing Nano Banana Pro in Slides, Vids, Gemini app, and NotebookLM

We’re excited to introduce Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image), our new state-of-the-art image generation and editing model. Starting today, Nano Banana Pro is rolling out to Google Workspace customers in Google Slides, Vids, the Gemini app, and NotebookLM. | Learn more about Nano Banana Pro in Slides, Vids, Gemini app, and NotebookLM.

Collaborate seamlessly across Google Workspace and Egnyte

Egnyte’s enhanced Google Workspace integration is now generally available to all customers.  With this update, users can now securely locate, open, edit, and manage their Google Workspace files in Egnyte’s web UI, mobile app, and desktop client. | Learn more about seamless collaboration across Google Workspace and Egnyte.

Preview unread Google Chat messages from the left-hand menu

We’re excited to introduce a new way to triage your messages. Now, you can preview the last unread message in conversations directly from the left-hand menu, without marking it as read. Simply hover over a bolded conversation to peek at the message. When you are ready to engage, click to jump straight into the conversation or thread and take action. | Learn more about previewing unread Google Chat messages.

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What’s changing

We’re excited to introduce a new way to triage your messages. Now, you can preview the last unread message in conversations directly from the left-hand menu, without marking it as read. 

Simply hover over a bolded conversation to peek at the message. When you are ready to engage, click to jump straight into the conversation or thread and take action. 


Preview unread Google Chat messages

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. This feature will be ON by default as it rolls out.

Rollout pace

Availability

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

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What’s changing

Egnyte’s enhanced Google Workspace integration is now generally available to all customers.  With this update, users can now securely locate, open, edit, and manage their Google Workspace files in Egnyte’s web UI, mobile app, and desktop client.

This latest update delivers a faster, more intuitive, and more collaborative experience for users who rely on both Egnyte and Google Workspace in their daily workflows, including:

  • Dual file storage – Files are securely stored in both Egnyte and Google Drive, providing flexibility for users and IT teams while maintaining Egnyte’s data governance and access controls
  • Egnyte add-ons for Google Workspace – Share Egnyte files directly from Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides for faster, more integrated collaboration without switching between apps
  • Smart canvas and Gemini access – Leverage Google Workspace’s smart canvas capabilities and Gemini features within Egnyte’s updated integration for a more dynamic, interactive editing experience
  • Additional Improvements – Backend optimizations to enhance overall performance, usability, and reliability 

Getting started

  • Admins: 
    • The Egnyte Workspace add-on to control file sharing must be enabled by Workspace admins for their domains in the Google Workspace Marketplace Settings menu.  
    • Egnyte admins must also enable the integration for their domains via “Egnyte Apps & Integration Settings” in the Egnyte Settings menu. Visit the Egnyte Help Center to learn more. 
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this integration. Visit the Egnyte for Google Workspace Landing Page to learn more.

Rollout pace

This integration is available now. New users of the integration will see the upgraded experience by default. Existing users will be migrated to the new version in a phased manner but can contact Egnyte support to migrate sooner.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

  • Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus
  • Nonprofits
  • Frontline Starter, Standard, Plus

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What’s changing

We’re excited to introduce Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image), our new state-of-the-art image generation and editing model. Starting today, Nano Banana Pro is rolling out to Google Workspace customers in Google Slides, Vids, the Gemini app, and NotebookLM.

Google Slides:

“Help me visualize” in Slides now uses Nano Banana Pro to help anyone create stunning infographics, images, and slides. We also added an all-new experience, “Beautify this slide”, to help people create thoughtfully designed visuals—based on the content of an existing slide—that can be used as individual slides. Here’s what’s coming:

  • Infographic: Generate detailed, professional infographics directly in Slides, all with just a simple prompt. Nano Banana Pro is connected to Google Search’s vast knowledge base, meaning it does an incredible job at representing real-world objects and places, all while taking into account the details you describe in your prompt.
  • Images: The same experience you know, now using Nano Banana Pro. Create stunning, realistic images that help add value to any slide deck.  
  • Beautify this slide: In just a click, “Beautify this slide” turns your ideas into a compelling visual with more accurate, legible text while modeling the look and feel of the overall deck. Like what you see? Simply select “insert as new slide” and the visual will be added directly into your deck as an individual slide.


Beautify your slides with Nano Banana Pro in Slides

NotebookLM: 

With Nano Banana Pro in NotebookLM, you can now visualize key insights from your sources as high-quality infographics. This allows you to distill complex information and relationships into a single, high-impact visual that makes your data easier to digest. You can also create complete and polished slide decks directly from your sources and share them as a PDF. See it in action.

Google Vids:

In Google Vids, Nano Banana Pro allows you to generate and edit images with greater precision. With new multi-turn prompting, you can refine your visuals iteratively, helping you create custom, production-ready assets to include in your videos.

Gemini app: 

Generate high-quality, sophisticated visuals that help bring your creative ideas to life in the Gemini app. Simply select “Create images” and “Thinking” from the model drop down menu to access Nano Banana Pro. 

Note: Workspace customers will get promotional access to higher usage limits of Nano Banana Pro in these apps for at least 60 days, allowing users to experiment with these features. Per-user usage limits will apply afterward; we’ll provide more information in a future update prior to any changes. At this time, image generation and editing is only available to users over the age of 18.

Developers and business teams can also access Nano Banana Pro on Vertex AI, and soon in Gemini Enterprise. Learn more.

Getting started

  • Admins: There are no admin controls for this feature.
  • End users: Visit the Help Center for more information on generating images in Gemini, NotebookLM, Slides, and Vids.

Rollout pace

Availability

Nano Banana Pro in Google Slides, Google Vids, the Gemini app, and NotebookLM is available for:

  • Google Workspace Business Standard and Plus 
  • Google Workspace Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Google AI Pro and AI Ultra
  • Google AI Ultra for Business
  • Google AI Pro for Education
Nano Banana Pro in the Gemini app and NotebookLM is also available for Google Workspace: 

  • Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Business Starter
  • Enterprise Starter
  • Nonprofits
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus
  • Frontline Starter, Standard, Plus
Nano Banana Pro in Google Vids is also available for Google Workspace: 

  • Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus 
  • Business Starter *
  • Enterprise Starter *
  • Nonprofits *
  • Education Plus and Teaching and Learning add-on*
*For a limited time, at least through May 31, 2026, these plans can access generative AI features in Vids. Learn about Google Vids availability.

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What’s happening

To create a more consistent and secure meeting experience, we're changing what happens when you edit recurring Google Calendar events. Previously, when users modified the start time or recurrence of recurring events and applied the change to "This and following events," the remaining events used the original Google Meet link.

Moving forward, when users modify the start time or recurrence of a recurring event for "This and following events," the remaining events will automatically generate a new, unique Meet link. The original event series will keep the original Meet link. All properties of the Meet conference (for example the host, cohosts, access restriction, recording) are preserved for both Meet links.

This change ensures each new recurring event series gets its own distinct and secure Meet link, which prevents the unintentional reuse of meeting links across separate Calendar events. This is one of multiple updates we’re making to create a more reliable experience for using Meet with Calendar events.

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

  • This feature is available now.

Availability

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

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What’s changing

Earlier this year, we launched Gemini in Google Classroom to help educators save time on planning and create more engaging lessons. In the coming weeks, we’re expanding Gemini in Classroom to students in higher education who are 18 years of age and older to help them study and learn.

From a central destination in Google Classroom, students will be able to access learning tools available with Gemini for Education, a no-cost version of the Gemini app built for educational institutions where you get expanded access to our most capable AI model and data isn’t reviewed by humans or used to train AI models.

Students will be able to

  • Learn about a topic: Get on-demand support and explanations of challenging concepts or step-by-step guidance with Guided Learning.
  • Take a quiz: test your knowledge with personalized practice quizzes based on specific topics or class materials to help prepare for exams.
  • Practice with flashcards: Easily transform notes and class materials into custom digital flashcards for quick review.
  • Create a study guide: Make a study guide about a certain topic, or upload class notes and materials for more personalized resources. 
Google Classroom

Additional details

Getting started

Gemini in Classroom is only available in English for Google Workspace for Education users over the age of 18. The student experience will be available for users whose role is defined as “Student” in Classroom, are in a higher education organization, and are in a group or OU with both Gemini and Gemini in Classroom set to On.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available for Google Workspace Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus

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 What’s changing

Single-sign on with custom OpenID Connect profiles is now generally available. With this capability, admins have the option to set up a custom OpenID Connect (OIDC) profile for single sign-on (SSO) with Google as their service provider. 

OIDC is a modern authentication layer built on top of the OAuth 2.0 protocol and verifies a user's identity without exposing their password to the applications they are accessing. OIDC enables secure, seamless authentication across various platforms, including web, mobile, and cloud environments. With this update, admins have more secure options to configure SSO for their organizations. Previously, only OIDC with pre-configured Microsoft Entra ID profile was supported in addition to SAML.


Single-sign on

Getting started

Rollout pace

  • This feature is available now.

Availability

  • Available for all Google Workspace customers except Essentials Starter customers and Workspace Individual subscribers
  • Also available for Cloud Identity and Cloud Identity Premium customers

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What’s changing

We’re bringing our most intelligent model, Gemini 3, to the Gemini app for Google Workspace customers. This update brings state-of-the-art reasoning to your most complex problems, setting a new bar for AI model performance and delivering a more powerful and helpful experience.

From the first time you use it, you’ll notice that responses are more helpful, delivering high-quality information with easier-to-read formatting. Gemini 3 brings significant improvements to reasoning across text, images, audio and video, and it’s now the best model in the world for multimodal understanding. Whether you're analyzing data or brainstorming creative ideas, this new model can help you tackle your most ambitious projects.

Starting today, you can try our first model of the series, Gemini 3 Pro, by selecting “Thinking” from the model drop down menu in the Gemini app on desktop, mobile app, and mobile web. Gemini 3 is starting to roll out globally to users over the age of 18 in all countries and languages where the Gemini app is available.

We've also updated the Gemini app with a clean, modern interface. The new navigation sidebar includes a "My Stuff" folder that makes it easier to find and interact with images, videos and reports you recently created. 

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 3 Pro model is subject to these existing controls. Visit the Help Center for more information on turning the Gemini app on or off.
  • End users: End users who have access to the Gemini app will receive the new 3 Pro model update automatically.

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

  • Business Starter, Standard, Plus
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard, Plus
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus
  • Google AI Pro for Education
  • Frontline Starter, Standard, Plus
  • Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Nonprofits

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What’s happening

Use the new “Ingredients to Video” capability powered by Veo 3.1 in Google Vids to create eight-second video clips. 

Simply choose up to three images, write an instructive prompt, and Veo in Vids will generate the clip. 

This new capability generates clips with consistent subjects, characters, and objects to help you tell a strong, cohesive story. Whether you’re creating a clip to use in a brand promotion, training video, or employee onboarding video, you can now use your preferred images to accurately bring your story to life.




Vids Veo 3.1


Generate a video of a woman holding a mug, then cut to the company branded packaging using the provide images


Generate a video of a woman holding a mug, then cut to the company branded packaging using the provide images


Generate a video of a woman interacting a the product using the provided images


Generate a video of a woman interacting with the product using the provided images


Things to try
  • Upload a product image to produce videos that consistently feature the product in different contexts, angles, and action.
  • Upload a character image to create a multi-shot story where the character's face remains identical, even with changing expressions and camera angles.
  • Upload a company logo image to incorporate the logo consistently within videos, such as a cinematic intro or a persistent watermark.

Getting started 

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace: 

  • Business Starter, Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus 
  • Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus 
  • Nonprofits
  • Google AI Pro for Education
  • Education Plus and Teaching and Learning add-on**
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 31, 2026, Business Starter, Enterprise Starter, Nonprofit, Education Plus, and Teaching and Learning add-on accounts can access generative AI features in Vids. Learn about Google Vids availability. 

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What’s changing 

Users can now easily block off time on their calendar to work on a specific task. On your calendar, select an empty slot > click task. From here, you can add the relevant task and description, and customize details like visibility and do not disturb settings. Now you can work on a specific task without any disruptions. You'll also see the task on your task list and get reminded until the task is completed 


Getting started 

  • Admins: This feature will be available by default. There are no admin controls for this feature. 
  • End users: This feature will be available by default. Use our Help Center to learn how to reserve time for Tasks on Calendar. 

Rollout pace 


Availability 

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

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

Leverage the power of Gemini models to apply data classification labels in Google Drive - beta applications now open
Earlier this year, we announced a series of changes to AI classification for Google Drive, including a revamped user interface, an on-demand model training process, and support for multiple custom-trained models. Today, we’re excited to share the next step in the product’s evolution: Gemini-based models for data classification, now available in closed beta.  | Learn more about using Gemini with data classification labels. 

New AI-powered audio overviews for PDFs in Google Drive
We’re introducing AI-powered audio overviews for PDFs in Google Drive. This new Gemini for Google Workspace feature allows your users to instantly convert long, text-heavy PDFs—such as industry reports, contracts, or lengthy meeting transcripts—into a conversational, podcast-style audio summary. | Learn more about AI audio overviews in Drive. 

Available in open beta: Migrate files from Dropbox to Google Drive
Beginning today, the new Data Migration Service can be used to migrate files and folders from Dropbox to Google Drive. This allows organizations to transition easily from Dropbox to Google Workspace, by copying over files, folders and associated permissions securely. | Learn more about the Dropbox migration beta. 

Option for longer meeting notes with “take notes for me” in Google Meet
Meeting participants can now configure the length of their meeting notes when using the "take notes for me" feature in Google Meet. By selecting the "Longer" option from the "Notes Length" menu, you can generate notes that are roughly twice as long as the standard document to help capture all the important details. | Learn more about expanded options for taking notes. 

Analyze large-scale .csv files in Google Sheets with a new direct-to-BigQuery import
We're making it easier than ever to analyze massive datasets by more seamlessly connecting Google Sheets and BigQuery. Now, users will see a new option to import .csv files containing datasets of any size directly to BigQuery while opening large .csv files. | Learn more about the improved integration with BigQuery. 

Desk phone support and on-demand call recording now available in the Google Voice Starter plan
We’re expanding the capabilities of our Google Voice Starter plan by adding two highly requested features already available in Voice Standard and Voice Premier plans today: Desk phone and analog telephone adapter (ATA) support, and On-demand call recording. | Learn more about the new Google Voice features. 

Help me create in Google Forms now available in seven additional languages
Earlier this year, we announced Help me create in Google Forms. Now, it is also available to users in Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, and German. | Learn more about the new languages for Help me create in Forms. 
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What’s changing

Earlier this year, we announced Help me create in Google Forms. Now, it is also available to users in Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, and German. You can use Help me create to enter a prompt that describes the form you want to create or a prompt that references supporting Docs, Sheets, Slides, or PDFs. Gemini will then generate a draft form, incorporating details from any files you reference, that can be used instantly or further customized.  


Help me create in Spanish helps users create a form with a simple prompt


Help me create in Spanish helps users create a form with a simple prompt

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace: 

  • Business Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Google AI Pro for Education
  • Google AI Pro and Ultra 
Also available to:

  • Gemini Business, 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 expanding the capabilities of our Google Voice Starter plan by adding two highly requested features already available in Voice Standard and Voice Premier plans today:

  • Desk phone and analog telephone adapter (ATA) support: Organizations using Google Voice Starter can now provision and manage compatible desk phones and adapters. This provides more flexibility, allowing users to make and receive calls on traditional desk hardware if they prefer.
  • On-demand call recording: End users can now easily record important calls for future reference, training, or compliance. An intuitive record button will be available in the Google Voice interface during active calls.
These features make the Google Voice Starter plan a more complete solution for organizations that need core telephony features combined with the flexibility of Google Workspace.

Getting started

  • Admins:
    • Desk phone support: This feature must be enabled by an administrator. 
    • Call recording: This feature will be ON by default for Voice Starter add-on subscriptions. It can be disabled at the organizational unit (OU) or group level. Note there is no admin control for Voice Starter standalone subscriptions (with a personal @gmail.com account).
  • End users:
    • Desk phone support: Once enabled by your admin, you can add a new desk phone in your Google Voice settings.
    • Call recording: If enabled for your account, you will see a “Record” button during your calls.

Rollout pace

  • Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting November 12, 2025

Availability

  • Available for Google Voice Starter, Standard, and Premier

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What’s changing

We're making it easier than ever to analyze massive datasets by more seamlessly connecting Google Sheets and BigQuery. Now, users will see a new option to import .csv files containing datasets of any size directly to BigQuery while opening large .csv files from Drive or via the Data > Data Connectors menu flow in Sheets. From there, users can analyze the entire dataset using familiar Sheets features such as charts, pivot tables, and formulas via Connected Sheets. 

Previously, preparing a large dataset for analysis in Connected Sheets was often a multi-step process that could have involved relying on separate data pipelines, processing tools or multiple upload steps, all before the user could return to Sheets to start their analysis. This new connectivity expedites the analysis workflow by allowing users to directly ingest large datasets and begin analysis seamlessly, all within a single interface. This update will help users move from raw data to insights much faster.

Part of the upload dialog when users choose to import a file to BigQuery via the Google Sheets interface


Part of the upload dialog when users choose to import a file to BigQuery via the Google Sheets interface


Users with appropriate permissions will also see a new option to import with Connected Sheets when a file is too large for native upload to Sheets


Users with appropriate permissions will also see a new option to import with Connected Sheets when a file is too large for native upload to Sheets

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

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

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What’s happening

Meeting participants can now configure the length of their meeting notes when using the "take notes for me" feature in Google Meet. By selecting the "Longer" option from the "Notes Length" menu, you can generate notes that are roughly twice as long as the standard document to help capture all the important details. Turn on longer notes for technical discussions, complex project meetings, or any session where every detail is critical.

Caption: Longer notes can be enabled by selecting “Longer” in Notes Length settings. Alt text: An animation showing the process of selecting the “Longer” option in the Notes Length settings for the “Take notes for me” feature in Google Meet.

Caption: Longer notes can be enabled by selecting “Longer” in Notes Length settings.

Alt text: An animation showing the process of selecting the “Longer” option in the Notes Length settings for the “Take notes for me” feature in Google Meet.

Note: This feature is currently only available in English. 

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • End users: This feature will be OFF by default and can be enabled by the user. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

  • Business Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • Google AI Pro for Education
  • Frontline Plus
Also available to:

  • Google One AI Premium 
  • Google AI Pro and Ultra
  • Gemini Business, 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

Beginning today, the new Data Migration Service can be used to migrate files and folders from Dropbox to Google Drive. This allows organizations to transition easily from Dropbox to Google Workspace, by copying over files, folders and associated permissions securely. 

You can start and complete a migration in a few simple steps:

  • Connect to your Dropbox business account from which you want to copy data.
  • Specify which users or team folders you want to copy from and which user’s MyDrive or Google shared drive should contain the copied data.
  • Specify users and groups whose permissions should be copied.
Example of a running Dropbox to Google Drive migration
Example of a running Dropbox to Google Drive migration

Additional details

  • You can migrate data from up to 100 Dropbox users or team folders at a time to MyDrive or Google shared drives respectively.
  • You can find comprehensive reporting on migration progress, including site and file counts (migrated/skipped). You can also export migration reports for error investigation and troubleshooting. 
  • Delta updates are available to migrate newly added or updated files.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

  • Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus
  • Nonprofits

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Update (March 31, 2026): Please see our latest post for updated details and timelines.

What’s happening

To improve data governance, we’re changing how secondary calendar ownership is defined in Google Calendar. A secondary calendar is any calendar that you create or a group calendar that is shared with you. Previously, secondary calendars could only be managed at the organization level. 

Going forward, each secondary calendar will have a single, dedicated owner. When a new secondary calendar is created, the creator becomes the calendar owner. For existing secondary calendars, an owner will be automatically assigned based on the calendar’s permissions. The calendar will inherit the organizational policies from its owner. This provides fine-grained control for admins to define policies for each calendar, such as data regions or assured controls.

Additionally, we’re introducing the ability to transfer secondary calendar ownership to another user in the same organization, through Google Calendar settings (for end users) or the Admin console (for admins). This is especially helpful when a calendar owner changes teams or leaves the organization, to ensure the calendar remains associated with the appropriate owner.

How the owner is shown in Calendar settings
How the owner is shown in Calendar settings

How the owner can be transferred from Calendar settings
How the owner can be transferred from Calendar settings
How the owner can be transferred in the Admin console
How the owner can be transferred in the Admin console

Additional details

The Google Calendar API has been updated to reflect these changes. Developers can retrieve the secondary calendar owner using the API for Calendars and CalendarList. In addition, we’ve added updates to ensure only the secondary calendar owner can delete the calendar, and that their access level cannot be downgraded as long as they are the owner.

Please refer to the API release notes for additional information.

Getting started

  • Admins: This feature will be ON by default and cannot be disabled. To help manage this transition, admins can now transfer the ownership of secondary calendars from one user to another directly in the Admin console.
  • End users: This feature will be ON by default and cannot be disabled. For existing secondary calendars, an owner will be automatically assigned based on the calendar’s permissions. End users who own a secondary calendar can transfer ownership to another user.

Rollout pace

Availability

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