Google Workspace Updates

Quick launch summaryYou can now set up Google Meet breakout rooms in advance on Google Calendar. This makes it easier for teachers and meeting facilitators to prepare for differentiated learning, be thoughtful about group dynamics and avoid losing valuable time...

What’s changingWe’re introducing a new Google Meet Global Dialing subscription, which will:Enable users to dial out to more than 100 countries directly from a Meet call. This is currently only available to 2 countries.Increase the number of countries users can dial in...

New updatesUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time (if not, each stage of...

Quick launch summaryIn order to prevent unauthorized users from responding on your behalf to Google Calendar event invitations, you’ll now be required to be logged in to use any of the RSVP hyperlinks in invite emails. Previously, organizers or anyone with a specific...

Quick launch summary Shared drives can be used to store, search, and access files with a team. Admins can choose whether to let file editors in their organization move content from My Drive to shared drives, as long as the file owner is a member of the shared...

Quick launch summary Last year, we announced a new interface for Google Vault. The new interface makes it easier to navigate Vault and includes new productivity features for faster task completion. See our beta blog post for more information on the improvements in the...

Quick launch summaryYou can now enable Gmail IMAP and Gmail POP separately and enable access via IMAP on a per-app basis in the Admin console.In addition to granularly allowing mail clients to sync via IMAP and/or POP, there’s also a new option to specify a list of...

What’s changingWe’re making it easier to join Google Meet calls from third-party video conferencing systems. Specifically,If you’re using third-party video conferencing hardware with a third-party calendar service, you can now enable your users to join Meet video...

What’s changing Today we’re introducing Assured Controls for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, an add-on that helps customers control cloud service provider access and attain their information governance goals. As part of the Assured Controls feature set, we’ll first...

What’s changing Data regions for Google Workspace allows customers to choose a specific geographic location—in the U.S., in Europe, or globally distributed—for their covered data at rest to help meet organizational or compliance needs. We’re now extending data regions...

What’s changingOver the next few weeks, we’ll begin making access to Google Workspace services from Google Assistant generally available to any customers with the “Search and Assistant” additional service enabled. This was previously available in beta.Who’s...

Quick launch summaryWe’re giving teams and organizations more ways to connect and collaborate by adding Google Chat, Google Calendar, and Jamboard to Google Workspace Essentials, all included at no additional cost.We know that different types of workers have different...

New updatesThere are no new updates to share this week. Please see below for a recap of published announcements.Previous announcementsThe announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for...

What’s changingIf a room declines your event, Google Calendar can now find a similar room to replace it, automatically.Who’s impactedAdmins and end usersWhy you’d use itIn the past, when a room declined a Calendar meeting, your users may not have noticed until the...

Last year, we announced that Google Workspace will officially stop supporting Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) on March 15, 2021. To avoid any possible disruptions in service, such as degraded performance or security vulnerabilities, please be sure to switch to a different...

Quick launch summary It’s now easier to find the original source file for Google Drive-stored video or audio files embedded in a Google Slides presentation. Users can click the new ‘link to Drive’ button on an embedded video or audio file to quickly open the source...

What’s changingWhen a Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals or Education Plus host leaves their meeting, they can now choose to keep others on the call or to end the call instead, ejecting everyone else.We’ll launch this feature to additional Google Workspace...

What’s changing We’re adding two new options in Calendar, which will help you better communicate your work availability to your colleagues. Specifically, you can: Create repeating out of office entries. Split your working hours into multiple segments each day. At the...

Quick launch summary We’ve added two new ways that make it easier to find comments that require your attention and action in Google Docs on the web. New comment activity since the last time you viewed a document will be “badged” with a blue dot. Additionally, when you...

New updatesThere are no new updates to share this week. Please see below for a recap of published announcements. Previous announcementsThe announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for...

Quick launch summary Google Workspace customers can set up and manage apps for app access control and domain-wide delegation through the Admin console at Admin console > Security > API Controls. However, for some customers the lists of apps in these sections can...

Quick launch summaryWe’re updating how information is displayed in the Meet quality tool, Meet audit log, and Reports API. This makes it easier for admins to follow up on calls hosted within their domains, as all three tools will use the same identifiers for external...

What’s changingYou can now grant admin privileges for Calendar-related settings and resource management separately.We’re changing the hierarchy of privileges within the Calendar privileges section of the Admin console. Before, to control calendar-related admin...

What’s changing We’re adding new alerts to the alert center. Specifically, you can now see alerts for: Reporting rules (formerly known as custom audit log alerts) Eleven other new alerts related to changes to app settings and user accounts (formerly known as...

Quick launch summary Dynamic groups are now generally available. Dynamic groups work the same as other Google Groups, but with the added benefit that their memberships are automatically kept up to date with a membership query. Dynamic groups can be based on one or...