Google Workspace Changes

The Policy API is now generally available with support for auditing more security features

The Policy API is now generally available with more functionality

DLP for Gmail is now generally available

DLP is generally available in Gmail, alongside Drive and Chat

“Take notes for me” in Google Meet now captures citations to transcripts

Your meeting notes document will now include citations, or timestamps, which correlate to the exact point in the meeting transcript that references the summarized notes.

Updated design for Google Meet meeting controls on Android and iOS

We are updating the location of some Google Meet meeting controls on Android and iOS devices, which are intended to organize features in a more intuitive way.

Scroll through live captions and translated captions in Google Meet

We’re improving the live captions and translated captions experience in Google Meet by including the ability to scroll through the text.

“Take notes for me” in Google Meet now captures “next steps”

“Take notes for me” will capture next steps discussed during the meeting in a new “suggested next steps” section

Updating the access experience in Google Drive

Users can restrict access to their My Drive folders using the two options outlined below, and by 2026, we will simplify and align the restricted access principles for My Drive and shared drives.

Expanding data regions coverage to Google Classroom

We’re extending data region coverage to primary user data for Google Classroom for the U.S. and E.U. data regions.

New Chat Usage Analytics Updates for Admins and Developers

This gives admins more ways to analyze Chat usage data.

Migrate data from Microsoft Teams channels to Google Chat spaces using CloudM

We’re excited to introduce a new migration solution from a Workspace partner, CloudM, to migrate data from Microsoft Teams channels to Google Chat spaces

New Chat Usage Analytics Updates for Admins and Developers

customerUsageReports.get and userUsageReports.get for Google Chat are available via the Admin SDK Reports API for customers to use in their own customized dashboards and reporting tools

Gemini Deep Researchand most experimental models now available to Google Workspace users in Gemini Advanced

Deep Research and most experimental models now available to Google Workspace users with access to Gemini Advanced.

Use Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps in seventeen more languages

Gemini in the side panel of Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and Gmail can be used in seventeen additional languages

New fields and 'Conversation Read' event added to Chat Audit Logs and Security Investigation Tool.

Google has enhanced Chat Audit Logs and the Security Investigation Tool by adding four new fields—Conversation ownership, Conversation type, Message type, and Attachment status—along with a new 'Conversation Read' event. These updates provide admins with deeper context and more granular data points for security analysis and custom reporting.

Google Chat usage reports are now available via the Admin SDK Reports API.

Admins and developers can now access Google Chat usage data through the Admin SDK Reports API using the customerUsageReports.get and userUsageReports.get methods. This allows for the creation of customized dashboards and reporting tools to analyze metrics such as the number of messages sent, active spaces, and user engagement levels across the organization.