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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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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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