Google Workspace Changes

Expansion of the Inbox by Gmail early adopter program for Google Apps for Work customers.

Google has expanded the Inbox early adopter program, allowing any Google Apps for Work customer to join and collaborate on bringing Inbox to the work environment. The program is currently not available for Google Apps for Education, Nonprofits, or Government customers.

Mobile image and table insertion and manipulation now available in Google Slides apps for Android and iOS.

New versions of the Google Slides app for Android and iOS now support inserting, cropping, and masking images, as well as inserting and manipulating tables. These improvements are available for both online and offline use.

Google Drive folder and page URLs will no longer include hash marks.

To improve overall performance, Google Drive is moving from using hash marks (#) to the HTML5 History API. Consequently, folder and page URLs will no longer include hash marks (e.g., /drive/#folders/ABC becomes /drive/folders/ABC). While existing links with hash marks will continue to work, this change may impact Google Apps admins or employees who parse URLs for the '#' symbol or use Chrome extensions that rely on the old URL structure.

Mobile image insertion now available in Google Docs apps for Android and iOS.

New versions of the Google Docs app for Android and iOS now allow users to insert images directly from their mobile devices. This functionality is available for both online and offline use.

New mobile app features for teachers to create, edit, and grade assignments.

Google Classroom has introduced several new features for its mobile app on iOS and Android to support teachers. Teachers can now create and edit assignments, make copies of attachments, attach new photos, grade assignments, and add private comments for students directly from their mobile devices. Additionally, they can snap pictures of whiteboards or notes to post directly to the class stream.

Deprecation of the OAuthConfig class in Apps Script

Google is shutting down the OAuthConfig class in Apps Script on July 6, 2015. Developers who use OAuthConfig to connect to OAuth-protected APIs must migrate their code to the OAuth1 or OAuth2 for Apps Script open source libraries to ensure continued functionality.

Introducing Google+ Collections, a new way to group posts by topic.

Google+ Collections allows users to organize posts into focused sets based on specific topics, making it easier to manage interests or communicate with project teams. Collections can be shared publicly, privately, or with specific people, and they are accessible via a new tab on the user's profile. The feature is launched for Android and the web, with iOS support planned for a later date.