Google Workspace Updates: 2025

New host management control for who can ask to join a meeting

2025. június 12., csütörtök

What’s changingMeeting hosts can now control who can request to join a meeting (also known as “knocking”). This option is available when the meeting access type is “Trusted” or “Restricted” and can be configured:

From the Calendar invite by going to Video call options (gear icon) > Host controls > Meeting access type. When “Trusted” or “Restricted” is selected, you can uncheck the “Anyone with the meeting link can ask to join" box.

During the meeting by going to Host controls (lock icon) > Meeting access type. As with the Calendar invite, you can uncheck the “Anyone with the meeting link can ask to join” box.

From the Google Calendar invite, select Video call options (gear icon) > Host controls > Meeting access type

The addition of this option helps improve meeting security by ensuring only intended participants can ask to join while reducing disruptions caused by excessive knocking from unintended users.

Getting started

Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about controlling meeting access and joining a meeting.

Rollout pace

Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 12, 2025

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers

Resources

Introducing PDF summary cards in Google Drive

2025. június 12., csütörtök

What’s changing Last year, we introduced the ability to use Gemini in Google Drive to interact with PDFs and later improved upon this by integrating Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive's overlay PDF viewing experience. As a result, users have been able to get a quick overview of long, complicated PDFs, use PDF contents to make something new, like a study guide or an email draft, and more.
Today, we’re excited to expand the capabilities of Gemini in Drive files by introducing PDF summary cards. Now, upon opening a PDF, Gemini will proactively summarize the contents of the file and show relevant, clickable actions, such as “Draft a sample proposal” or “List interview questions based on this resume”. Selecting one of these options will automatically open Gemini in the side panel of Drive with the desired action.

Who’s impacted End users
Why you’d use it PDF summary cards save you time by giving you the gist of your files and help you get started using Gemini faster by surfacing relevant clickable action options.
Additional details This functionality is now available for users utilizing any of these 20+ languages.
Getting started

Admins: To access Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can turn on default personalization setting for their users in the Admin console.
End users:

To access this feature, double-click on a PDF from the Google Drive file list. The summary card will appear alongside the content, similar to comments.
Note: When Gemini initially launched in Workspace, PDFs viewed in Drive opened in a new browser tab to allow interaction with Gemini in the side panel of Drive. With this update, the default behavior will open a file in the overlay file previewer. If you prefer for PDFs to open in a new tab by default, you can update your PDF opening default behavior in your Drive settings. If you previously set a preferred PDF opening default behavior in your Drive setting, your default open behavior will remain the same.
Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Gemini in Drive to work with PDFs.

Rollout pace

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

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
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..

Resources

Google Help: Learn to use Gemini in your Google Drive files

Use Gemini in Google Forms to quickly create a new form

2025. június 11., szerda

What’s changingFollowing yesterday’s announcement of the new ability to use Gemini in Google Forms to summarize form responses, we’re excited to introduce an additional AI-powered feature in Forms.
With Help me create in Forms, users can craft a form by entering a prompt that describes the form they 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.

Who’s impacted End users
Why you’d use it Gemini helps users create a ready-to-customize draft of a form, enabling them to get started with creating high quality forms much faster and save valuable time.
Additional details At this time, this feature does not support:

The generation of multi-section forms.
The quiz-specific settings while generating quizzes in Form.

Getting started

Admins: To access Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can turn on default personalization setting for their users in the Admin console.
End users:

Generate a new form:

Go to “create a new form” from forms.google.com.
If you open a blank form, the prompt card for Help me create a form will open by default. Enter a prompt for the form you want and click on “Create.”

Not happy with the result?

Give it another try by clicking on “Retry.” Gemini may give different results for the same prompt at different times.
Tap on your prompt to change/edit it, then click “Try Again.”

Happy with the result?

Insert the generated draft of the form.
If the form already has content, you will be warned that inserting the form will replace existing content in the form.

Leave feedback on the generated form by using the thumb up or thumb down options.
This feature is only available in English at this time.
Visit the Help Center to learn more about creating a form with Gemini in Google Forms.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 11, 2025
Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on July 7, 2025

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
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..

Resources

Use Gemini in Google Forms to summarize form responses

2025. június 10., kedd

What’s changingLast year, we announced the general availability of Gemini in the side panel of Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive and Gmail to assist users in summarizing, analyzing, and generating content—all without switching applications or tabs. Today, we’re excited to expand Gemini to another Workspace app: Google Forms.
To help you quickly gain insights from responses to Google Form short-answer or paragraph questions, we’re introducing AI-generated text summarizations.
Starting today, Gemini will use the context of the form title, description, question, and the responses to generate a summary with key themes and takeaways.

Getting started

Admins: To access Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can turn on default personalization setting for their users in the Admin console.
End users:

If the text question has more than 3 responses, you will see an option to “Summarize responses” in the Responses tab.

After clicking "Summarize responses” to generate key insights, you can select “Retry.” Gemini may give different results for the same responses at different times.
If you’re happy with the summary, click “Copy” to use the summary in a document, email or Slides presentation.

If new responses come in after the summary has been generated, you can refresh the summary by clicking “Refresh”.
This feature is only available in English at this time.

Visit the Help Center to learn more about summarizing responses with Gemini in Google Forms.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 10, 2025
Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 26, 2025

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
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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Migrate email and calendar content from Microsoft Exchange Online to Google Workspace

2025. június 10., kedd

What’s changingThe ability to migrate email from Microsoft Exchange Online to Google Workspace, part of our new Data migration service, is now generally available. Admins can migrate email from Microsoft Exchange Online to Gmail directly from the Admin console in a few easy steps. This also includes the ability to run delta migrations, which will intelligently bring over new emails from the source without duplicating previously migrated content. This allows admins to migrate email data into Workspace at scale, in a secure, reliable, and efficient manner, helping to streamline the transition to Workspace.Additionally, we’ve added the ability for admins to migrate users’ calendars and calendar events from Microsoft Exchange Online to Google Calendar (available in open beta). This content can be migrated separately or simultaneously with email content. We’ve also increased the number of users whose emails and calendar events can be migrated to 250 users at a time.

Example of a completed migration

Additional details

You can find more information in our Help Center about migrating other forms of data from different types of source accounts.

Getting started

Admins: To perform a migration, you must be a Workspace super admin and a Microsoft Teams Entra Administrator. Visit the Help Center to learn more about migrating emails from an Exchange Online account to Google Workspace.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
Enterprise Essentials
Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus, and the Teaching and Learning add-on, Endpoint Education add-on
Frontline Starter

Resources

Google Workspace Admin Help: Migrate emails from an Exchange Online account

Generate video clips with sound using Veo 3 in Google Vids

2025. június 9., hétfő

What’s changingLast month, we announced the ability to generate high-quality, custom video clips directly within Google Vids using Veo 2. Today, we’re excited to build upon the capabilities of Veo 2 by introducing our newest model, Veo 3, that enables users to generate 8-second videos with higher quality and realistic sound.
Users can access Veo 3 by opening Google Vids > navigating to the “Generate video” icon in the right sidebar of the Vids editor > selecting Veo 3 > typing in their prompt and clicking “Create”. A preview will appear and selecting “Insert” will add the generated content directly into a user’s Vid. Here are some examples of how you’d use it and sample prompts:

Safety Training: A worker wearing a vibrant green neon safety vest with reflective stripes over a black t-shirt delivering an intro for a corporate safety video. His work truck is parked on the side of the road in a neighborhood. He says directly to the camera, "Welcome to our field technician training. This course will equip you with the skills to safely work on our network infrastructure."
Product demos: A spokesperson holding a solar powered flashlight at a campsite at dusk in the mountains says, “Hi, I’ll show you how to troubleshoot common issues with Cymbal Outdoor Goods new solar powered flashlight.”
Employee announcements: Co-workers walking through an office park and sharing how excited they are about the new educational reimbursement benefit that Cymbal banking is launching for employees.

Additional details

Getting started

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 9, 2025

AvailabilityAvailable for Google Workspace:

Business Starter**, Standard and Plus
Enterprise Starter**, Standard and Plus
Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus
Nonprofits**
Google AI Pro and Ultra
Customers with a Gemini Business*, Gemini Enterprise*, Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on

*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. Resources

Generate fully editable charts using Gemini in Google Sheets

2025. június 9., hétfő

What’s changingEarlier this year, we introduced the ability for Gemini to provide insights and generate charts based on your data in Google Sheets. At that time, the generated charts could only be inserted as static images over cells in a spreadsheet. Starting today, Gemini can produce fully editable charts that regenerate if the spreadsheet data changes.
To create a chart, click Gemini in Sheets and type in a prompt, such as “create a chart with date on the x-axis and total on the y-axis.” Gemini will produce a chart in the side panel of Sheets, and once you insert it, the chart will appear on a new tab. There, you’ll be able to edit all aspects of the chart, including title, colors, and more.

Generate fully editable charts using Gemini in Google Sheets

Who’s impacted End users Why you’d use it This functionality enables users to generate editable charts using Gemini in Sheets. For example:

A marketing manager analyzing campaign performance can ask "Create a bar chart showing campaign performance by market.”
A small business owner managing cash flow can ask "Create a line graph with my annual projects each month this year.”
A financial analyst investigating inventory trends can ask "create a pie chart showing the inventory amount breakdown from the past year.”

Additional details

Generated charts are tied to the data in the newly created tab, not to the originally analyzed data. Any changes you want to make to the data in the chart should be made in the new tab.
For the most accurate results, ensure your data is in a consistent format, with clear headers and no missing values.
When asking Gemini in Sheets to analyze your data, be as specific as possible in your prompts to ensure Gemini understands your request.
For complex analysis, Gemini in Sheets’ performance is most consistent in files below 1 million cells.
For certain chart types, Gemini in Sheets may still produce charts as images. Image charts are not directly editable or linked to your Sheet data, so they won't update automatically if your data changes.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on June 9, 2025

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
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.
Resources

Google Help: Collaborate with Gemini in Google Sheets

Data regions support for Gemini features in Google Workspace is now available

2025. június 9., hétfő

What’s changingBeginning today, Gemini features in Google Workspace apps, like Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps or “Help me write” in Google Docs, for example, will now adhere to your organization’s data regionalization requirements. As with other data, Admins have the flexibility to configure controls for EU processing, US processing, or both, including granular settings down to the organizational unit (OU) level.

Who’s impacted

Admins

Why it matters

Data regions are critical for ensuring many customers can meet their own internal requirements, as well as other legal, regulatory, and data sovereignty requirements by controlling the geographical location of their data at rest. Expanding these controls to Gemini features in Google Workspace allows our customers to adopt Gemini features broadly in their organization with confidence that their data is being processed and stored in the location they require.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus customers, as well as the Assured Controls and Assured Controls Plus add-on

Resources

Audit reports for data regions are now available in the Admin console

2025. június 9., hétfő

What’s changing Using the security investigation tool, admins can now access a new data set: policy compliance log events. Admins can use these logs to view a list of their Assured Controls users, their assigned data regions, and any advanced data region settings.

Policy compliance log events in the security investigation tool

Who’s impacted

Admins

Why it’s important

Policy compliance log events help admins quickly generate detailed reports of users assigned to specific data regions, which are critical for ensuring and providing data region settings are in line with internal policies and external regulatory guidelines. Querying these logs in the security investigation tool streamlines the auditing process, saving time and effort.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Enterprise Plus and Frontline Plus customers with Assured Controls and Assured Controls Plus

Resources

Use Gemini in Google Docs on Android devices in 20+ languages

2025. június 9., hétfő

What’s changingWe’re excited to bring the power of Gemini in Docs to your Android devices so that you can understand, summarize, and ask questions about documents on mobile. As a result, you can use Gemini to surface insights and key points on-the-go. Plus, Gemini in Docs on Android is available in 20+ languages.

Gemini in the Google Docs app on an Android phone

Who’s impacted End users Why you’d use it Gemini is included in Google Workspace business plans, allowing you to easily work on-the-go without switching apps or downloading a separate AI solution. Now you can use Gemini in Docs on Android devices to:

Get the gist of a long research report with an AI generated summary that you can read on your phone while commuting
Ask Gemini questions about a specific detail buried in a budget document so that you know the answer going into your meeting
Quickly create the first draft of a launch plan with a simple prompt after a team brainstorm while the details are fresh in your mind

Additional details

Certain features, such as Help me write, Help me create, and image generation are not available on mobile at this time.
Getting started

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

Access Gemini by tapping on the spark icon on the top app bar. You can then navigate through different actions such as, “summarize this document,” or “suggest improvements” options, or submit a prompt of your own.
This feature is only available on Android tablets and phones running Android 8+
Visit the Help Center to learn more about collaborating with Gemini in Google Docs.

Rollout pace

AvailabilityAvailable to Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on

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.
Resources

New class analytics and insights for educators in Google Classroom

2025. június 9., hétfő

What’s changingIn 2023, we introduced a centralized view of Classroom analytics for teachers and education leaders. This analytics dashboard provides direct visibility into student performance and engagement in Google Classroom. Starting today, teachers can view this data via an “Analytics” tab on their class pages.
In addition, teachers will be able to see relevant insights on the class analytics page that alert them on how students are progressing and where they may need additional support. Here are a few examples:

2 students haven't visited your class page in the last week
3 students' grades increased over 25% since last month
1 student turned in over half their assignments late in the last month

send a quick reminder to the class or individual students through private comments

This, along with our previously announced feature that shows the number of students who haven’t edited attachments, gives teachers a more comprehensive view of how students are progressing on assignments and provides them with the tools to provide timely reminders.
Who’s impactedAdmins and end users
Why you’d use it Classroom analytics provide relevant insights that are immediately actionable, so education leaders and teachers can make informed decisions around how to best support student success.
Student engagement signals gives teachers visibility into student progress on academic work and helps them provide effective interventions to best support students.
Additional details Insights will appear based on factors such as proximity to the due date of an assignment and when student activity, such as a scoring below 70%, is present.
Getting started

Admins:

End users:

Rollout pace

Insights on the class analytics page:

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 9, 2025, with expected completion by August 1, 2025

Analytics Tab:

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on Jun 9, 2025, with expected completion by June 30, 2025

Student Engagement Metrics:

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now

Availability

A Google Workspace for Education Plus license is required to access this feature for both education leaders and teachers. Learn more about assigning licenses in the Help Center.

Resources

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - June 6, 2025

2025. június 6., péntek

2 New updatesUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if 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.Mark a thread as unread in Google ChatUsers currently have the ability to mark messages as unread in the main conversation stream of Google Chat. This week, we’re excited to announce this feature is now available for threads in spaces. As a result, users can return to threads when it's convenient for them and more efficiently stay on top of their messages. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains. | Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about marking a conversation as read or unread.
Language expansion for Read Along in Google Classroom We’re excited to announce that Arabic and Urdu are now available when using Read Along in Google Classroom. As a result:

Students can now read books in Arabic and Urdu with Diya's help. Teachers can assign books in Arabic and Urdu.
Teachers can create books in Arabic and Urdu and assign them to students.

Rollout to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Available to Google Workspace Education Plus, the Teaching and Learning add-on, and customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about Read Along in Google Classroom.

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.

Integrate Jira with Gmail to create, update, and track work items directly in your inbox

In 2023, Atlassian introduced Jira and Confluence smart chips, which brings together popular tools used for project management and content collaboration. Since then users have been able to easily access Jira issues and Confluence pages within Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, and now we’re excited to announce a new integration with Gmail that's now included as part of the Jira and Confluence app. | Learn more about the Gmail integration with the Jira and Confluence app.

Stay up to date on the latest changes to your files in Drive using “Catch me up”

Gemini can identify relevant files from a user’s Drive with changes since it was last viewed and provide an overview of those changes. | Learn more about “Catch me up” in Drive.

Google Meet and Cisco Webex interoperability now includes presented content via a wired HDMI connection

We’re expanding the interoperability between Google Meet and Cisco Webex to include the ability to present content via a wired HDMI connection. | Learn more about Google Meet and Cisco Webex interoperability.

Upload code folders or import your GitHub repositories directly into the Gemini app

Starting this week, we’re expanding the ability to upload code folders to select Google Workspace users. Additionally, all Google Workspace users can now easily add their GitHub repositories into the Gemini App, providing Gemini the context of their codebase. | Learn more about code folders and GitHub repositories in the Gemini app.

Use suggestions in your client-side encrypted Google Docs

You can now see suggestions when viewing a client-side encrypted Google Doc. Those with edit access will be able to interact with suggestions, including adding, editing, accepting, and rejecting suggestions. | Learn more about suggestions in client-side encrypted Google Docs.

Present content from camera in Google Meet

We’re introducing a new capability that lets users directly present content from their camera feed into a meeting, for example a document camera, video production tool, or an external camera. | Learn more about presenting content in Meet.

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:

Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:

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

Present content from camera in Google Meet

2025. június 4., szerda

What’s changingWe’re introducing a new capability that lets users directly present content from their camera feed into a meeting, for example a document camera, video production tool, or an external camera. This is helpful for customers who utilize external production systems or other dedicated cameras to share video content during meetings, including:

Streaming produced video content (e.g., for town hall meetings).

Professional sharing live feeds from external video source (e.g. microscope, camera)

Educators presenting paper content using a document camera.

Additionally, Presenting content from a camera supports up to 1080p/30FPS.

Additional details

We're also introducing several improvements to the overall screen sharing functionality to make presenting smoother and more efficient:

Starting any type of screen sharing (i.e. desktop, window or tab) is faster than before.
Additionally, video quality during screen sharing is sharper and provides better handling of dynamic scenes, such as scrolling text or video content.
To minimize disruptions, any previous presentation will now automatically resume if a second presenter stops sharing their screen.
We've also updated the user interface to make the screen sharing button larger and positioned more intuitively alongside other key controls, making it easier to find when you need it.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 4, 2025
Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 11, 2025

Availability

Available for Google Workspace

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Frontline Standard
Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus
Education Plus, the Teaching & Learning add-on, as well as the Endopoint Education Upgrade
Workspace Individual Subscribers

Resources

Google Help: Presenting content from a camera in Google Meet

Use suggestions in your client-side encrypted Google Docs

2025. június 4., szerda

What’s changing You can now see suggestions when viewing a client-side encrypted Google Doc. Those with edit access will be able to interact with suggestions, including adding, editing, accepting, and rejecting suggestions. This update adds to existing functionality for client-side encrypted docs, which includes comments and action items. Further, this added functionality helps brings user experience parity to encrypted documents while ensuring your data is behind encryption keys you control, including the identity provider used to access those keys

Suggestions in a client-side encrypted doc

Getting started

Rollout pace

Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 4, 2025

Availability

Available to Google Workspace

Enterprise Plus
Education Standard and Plus
Frontline Plus

Resources

Google Workspace Admin Help: About client-side encryption
Google Help: Get started with encrypted files in Drive, Docs, Sheets & Slides

Upload code folders or import your GitHub repositories directly into the Gemini app

2025. június 4., szerda

What’s changing Starting today, we’re expanding the ability to upload code folders to select Google Workspace users. Additionally, all Google Workspace users can now easily add their GitHub repositories into the Gemini App, providing Gemini the context of their codebase.

In the text box select “Add files +” and select “Import code”

You can choose to upload code from GitHub when importing code into Gemini.

You can import code from public or private repositories, and ask questions about it, including:

Code understanding: You can ask Gemini to help you understand the codebase, answer questions about specific functions
Improve code: You can ask Gemini to make the code more efficient, suggest code additions and improvements
Generate code: You can ask Gemini to write event handlers for the attached code to recommend products to users
Debug your code: You can ask Gemini to help identify why your code is generating an error message and how to resolve it.

Additional details

The code folder upload feature, as well as the GitHub app, are only available for users who are 18+.
Code folder upload is limited to the Gemini web app (gemini.google.com).
The GitHub app is not available to Google Workspace users accessing Gemini as an additional Google service.

Getting started

Admins:

Code folder upload is available in the Gemini app by default - There is no admin control for this feature.
Github must be accessible to your users via the Google Workspace Marketplace. Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing access to apps in the Google Workspace Marketplace.

End users:

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now.

Availability

Available to Google Workspace

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Also available with the Gemini Education and Education Premium add-ons

Resources

Google Meet and Cisco Webex interoperability now includes presented content via a wired HDMI connection

2025. június 4., szerda

What’s changingWe’re expanding the interoperability between Google Meet and Cisco Webex to include the ability to present content via a wired HDMI connection. This functionality will allow you to:

Present HDMI content into Webex meetings from Google Meet hardware devices

Present content into Google Meet meetings from supported Cisco devices. Wired presentations using HDMI and USB-C are supported, as well as wireless presentations using Apple AirPlay and Miracast.

This is designed to make it even easier for our customers and their users to connect and collaborate with people outside of the Meet ecosystem. To learn more about interoperability between Google Meet and Cisco Webex, check out this previous announcement.

Presentation via HDMI in a Webex meeting on Google Meet hardware

Getting started

Admins:

End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about how to present using an HDMI cable.

Rollout pace

Rapid and Scheduled Release: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 4, 2025

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet hardware devices

Resources

Stay up to date on the latest changes to your files in Drive using “Catch me up”

2025. június 3., kedd

What’s changing We’re excited to introduce “Catch me up,” a new feature that helps users easily stay up to date on their files.
Starting today, Gemini can identify relevant files from a user’s Drive with changes since it was last viewed and provide an overview of those changes. This includes file edits on Docs and file comments on Docs, Sheets, and Slides. While this list isn’t meant to be comprehensive, it aims to highlight changes that may be helpful and important

Who’s impacted End users
Why you’d use it “Catch me up” provides a high-level overview of important changes across documents from your Drive, or a synopsis of the main changes and comments in a particular file since it was last opened to ensure users are always up to date.
Additional detailsThis feature is only available in English at this time.
Getting started

Admins: To access Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can turn on default personalization setting for their users in the Admin console.
End users:

You can get a high-level “Catch me up” update by navigating to Google Drive Home and selecting the “Catch me up” nudge at the top of the page. The response will show in the Gemini side panel.
For a specific doc, Gemini can help you identify if there have been changes to that file since you last viewed it and provide an overview of what changed. You can get caught up on a specific doc by going to any doclist in Google Drive > looking for files with the catch me up activity indicator (which means there are likely changes to the file since the last time you viewed it) > either clicking the icon directly, or selecting the file and clicking “catch me up” from the selection toolbar.

Visit the Help Center to learn more about collaborating with Gemini in Google Drive.

Rollout pace Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 3, 2025
Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
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.

Resources

Integrate Jira with Gmail to create, update, and track work items directly in your inbox

2025. június 2., hétfő

What’s changingIn 2023, Atlassian introduced Jira and Confluence smart chips, which brings together popular tools used for project management and content collaboration. Since then users have been able to easily access Jira issues and Confluence pages within Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, and now we’re excited to announce a new integration with Gmail that's now included as part of the Jira and Confluence app.
Users can now create new Jira issues, view up-to-date information about existing issues, and take action all directly from Gmail.
Whether you're tracking projects, managing tasks, or collaborating across teams, this integration expansion across multiple Workspace apps keeps everything connected – without disrupting your workflow.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now.

Availability

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

Resources

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - May 30, 2025

2025. május 30., péntek

4 New updatesUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if 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.Gemini app conversation history settings are starting to take effect Earlier this month, we announced that admins could pre-configure new Gemini conversation history settings. Starting this week, these settings will begin to be enforced for Gemini app users. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains. | This update impacts all Google Workspace users with access to the Gemini app. | For more information, please refer to our original announcement.
Remove the background from your images in Google Slides, Drawings & Vids using 20+ languages Last year, we announced the ability to remove the background from your images in Google Slides, which is a feature that's also available in Drawings and Vids. Previously, this feature was only available to users with their Google Account language set to English. This week, we’re happy to announce this functionality is now available for users utilizing any of these 20+ languages. | Rollout to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Available to Google Workspace Business Standard and Plus; Enterprise Standard and Plus; customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on, and anyone who previously purchased a Gemini Business or Gemini Enterprise add-on. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about removing an image background.
Send feedback directly to the owner of a Google Form We’re adding a new setting to Google Forms which will allow form responders to contact form owners. This can be helpful in a variety of situations, including reporting potential issues within the form, general questions, and more. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release domains; launch to Scheduled Release domains planned for June 10, 2025. | Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about how to contact form owner.

Translate the Workspace Updates blog in over 100 languagesYou can now use Google translate to view content on the Workspace Updates blog in over 100 languages. The translation option can be found in the footer of the website and it can also be used on mobile browsers when you select “View web version” at the bottom of the page.

Use the “Select Language” drop down and choose the language you would like to translate to. To access this feature on mobile, select the “View web version” option first.

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.

Introducing video engagement insights in Google Drive

You can now see the total number of times a video is opened under a new Analytics section within the Details panel. | Learn more about video insights in Drive.

Understand your videos much faster using Gemini in Google Drive

Starting this week, you can now use Gemini in Drive to get summaries and ask questions about the content of videos in your Drive. | Learn more about understanding videos using Gemini in Drive.

Configure Calendar interoperability with Microsoft Office 365 using the Microsoft Graph API

Admins can now use the Microsoft Graph API to enable Calendar interoperability with Microsoft Office 365. | Learn more about Calendar Interoperability.

New Gemini summary cards now available in the Gmail app on Android and iOS devices

Starting this week, summaries will be available at the top of the email content for messages where a summary is helpful, such as longer email threads or messages with several replies. Gemini will synthesize all the key points from the email thread and any replies thereafter will also be a part of the synopsis, keeping all summaries up to date. | Learn more about Gemini summary cards in Gmail.

Preview summaries in the Google Chat home view with the help of Gemini in four additional languages

Gemini summaries in home are now available in four additional languages: French, Italian, Japanese and Korean. | Learn more about Gemini summaries in Chat home.

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:

Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:

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

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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

New host management control for who can ask to join a meeting

Introducing PDF summary cards in Google Drive

Use Gemini in Google Forms to quickly create a new form

Use Gemini in Google Forms to summarize form responses

Migrate email and calendar content from Microsoft Exchange Online to Google Workspace

Generate video clips with sound using Veo 3 in Google Vids

Generate fully editable charts using Gemini in Google Sheets

Data regions support for Gemini features in Google Workspace is now available

Audit reports for data regions are now available in the Admin console

Use Gemini in Google Docs on Android devices in 20+ languages

New class analytics and insights for educators in Google Classroom

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - June 6, 2025

Present content from camera in Google Meet

Use suggestions in your client-side encrypted Google Docs

Upload code folders or import your GitHub repositories directly into the Gemini app

Google Meet and Cisco Webex interoperability now includes presented content via a wired HDMI connection

Stay up to date on the latest changes to your files in Drive using “Catch me up”

Integrate Jira with Gmail to create, update, and track work items directly in your inbox

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - May 30, 2025

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