Google Workspace Changes

Google Vids introduces new looping animations feature

Google Vids has introduced a feature that enables users to add looping animations to text, stickers, and other shapes in their videos. These animations play continuously between enter and exit animations, allowing users to add extra emphasis or style to callouts and other elements to increase viewer engagement.

Google Vids introduces a new feature that enables users to add looping animations to text, stickers, and other shapes.

The new looping animations feature in Google Vids allows users to add continuous animations between enter and exit animations, enhancing the style and emphasis of elements in videos.

users can now choose from a more expressive range of AI voices for their videos with the introduction of new options

Narrator (Default) Smooth, medium pitch Educator Friendly, higher pitch Teacher Clear, low pitch

Google Vids expands its AI voiceovers with new, more expressive options.

Users can now choose from a wider range of AI voices for their videos in Google Vids, including Narrator, Educator, Teacher, Persuader, Explainer, Coach, and Motivator, each with unique pitch and tone characteristics.

Google Chat now supports real-time markdown styling and code formatting in the compose bar.

Users can now see markdown converted to formatted text as they type in Google Chat. Support for code and code block formatting has also been added to the compose bar.

Summaries in Google Chat home are now available for direct messages and read conversations.

Gemini in Google Chat can now help you catch up on direct messages and read conversations in the Chat home view with summaries. Click the “Summarize” button to see a bulleted synopsis of the message content.

Gemini app users can now upload a variety of files from Google Drive or locally from their device.

Users of the Gemini app can now upload document, plain text, and presentation files from Google Drive or their device into the Gemini app.

Users of the Gemini app can now upload a variety of files from Google Drive or locally from their device into the Gemini app.

Users of the Gemini app can now upload a variety of files from Google Drive or locally from their device into the Gemini app.

Extending file upload to Gemini app users

Users of the Gemini app can now upload a variety of files from Google Drive or locally from their device, including document files (DOC, DOCX, PDF, RTF, DOT, DOTX, HWP, HWPX), Google Docs, plain text files (TXT), and presentation files (PPTX, Google Slides).

Adding real-time Markdown styling and code formatting support in Google Chat

Google Chat now supports real-time markdown styling and code formatting in the compose bar. Markdown is converted to formatted text as the user types, rather than only after the message is sent, and new support for code and code blocks has been added.

Summaries in Google Chat home now available for direct messages and read conversations

Gemini in Google Chat now allows users to generate summaries for direct messages and conversations that have already been read within the Chat home view. By clicking the 'Summarize' button, users can see a bulleted synopsis of the message content to quickly catch up on activity across all active conversations.

Google Voice expands SIP Link availability to new countries in APAC, EMEA, and LATAM.

Google Voice is expanding the availability of SIP Link to several new countries across the APAC, EMEA, and LATAM regions. This feature allows Google Voice Standard and Premier customers to connect Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunks with Voice, enabling the use of phone numbers from local carriers through certified Session Border Controllers (SBCs). Customers in these newly supported countries will need to purchase SIP Link Standard or SIP Link Premier licenses to set up the service.

SIP Link for Google Voice is expanding to new countries in APAC, EMEA, and LATAM.

Google Voice is launching in new countries by expanding SIP Link availability to Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Finland, Israel, Norway, Romania, South Africa, and Peru. Customers in these countries will need to purchase the new SIP Link Standard or SIP Link Premier licenses to set up SIP Link.

Google Voice expands SIP Link availability to new countries in APAC, EMEA, and LATAM.

Google Voice has expanded SIP Link availability to Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Finland, Israel, Norway, Romania, South Africa, and Peru.

Users can now choose from a more expressive range of AI voices for their videos in Google Vids.

Users can now choose from a more expressive range of AI voices for their videos with the introduction of new options: Narrator, Educator, Teacher, Persuader, Explainer, Coach, and Motivator. These high-quality voices offer more natural and expressive voiceovers that dynamically adjust pitch and tone to match your script.