Google Workspace Changes

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

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

Gemini in the side panel of Google Docs, Sheets, Drive, and Gmail now supports 17 additional languages.

Gemini in the side panel of Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and Gmail is now available in seventeen additional languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. This allows users to summarize, brainstorm, and generate content and images using insights from their Workspace apps in these languages. Note that image generation of people is not supported in these additional languages, and Gemini in Slides and Chat remains available in English only.

Google Classroom now supports data regions coverage for primary user data in the U.S. and E.U.

Google is extending data regions coverage to primary user data for Google Classroom for the U.S. and E.U. data regions. This update allows customers to choose a specific geographic location for their covered data at rest to better support organizational or compliance needs and provide greater control over data location preferences.

Google Meet now allows users to scroll through the last 30 minutes of live and translated captions.

Google Meet is improving the live and translated captions experience by enabling users to scroll back and review the last 30 minutes of captions. Previously, captions disappeared in real-time; this update allows users to review missed portions of the conversation or specific details mentioned earlier at their own pace.

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

Powered by AI, these next steps and follow-ups will automatically be identified and organized within the meeting notes document.

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

This update makes it possible to scroll back and review the last 30 minutes of captions at your own pace.

general availability of this feature in shared drives and My Drive, which means that users can restrict access to their My Drive folders

For shared drives, folders with limited access allow users to organize files by project, in a single shared drive or shared folder, while ensuring that sensitive information is only accessible to the right team members.

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is generally available in Gmail, alongside Drive and Chat.

With DLP capabilities in Gmail, organizations can identify, monitor, and control the sharing of sensitive data.

Updates to Drive's public API to support expansive access behavior.

Google is introducing improvements to the Drive public API to make it easier for developers to adopt new access changes. Developers are recommended to opt into the expansive access API behavior in My Drive before February 2026, when these changes will be enforced for all users, to ensure their applications continue to function correctly.

General availability of limited access folders in My Drive and shared drives.

Google Drive now allows shared drive managers and My Drive owners to restrict folder access to specific users, ensuring sensitive information is only accessible to the right team members. This feature allows for better organization of files by project within a single shared drive. By 2026, Google will further simplify and align restricted access principles across both My Drive and shared drives, moving toward a consistent 'limited access folder' setting.

Pin conversations on your Google Group

Users with moderation permissions can now pin conversations in a Google Group to highlight specific discussions for other users in the group.

Pin conversations on your Google Group

Users can already star, mark as read/unread, report, delete, or lock a conversation in a Google Group. Today, we’re excited to reintroduce the ability to pin a conversation

migrate messages from Microsoft Teams to Google Chat

This functionality is generally available for all Google Workspace customers, making it easier for organizations to onboard and deploy Chat in their organizations.

Managing bills & finances using summary cards in the Gmail mobile app

updated summary cards that enable you to view and pay bills, or set a reminder to pay later using Google Tasks.

2. 0 Flash is now the default model in the Gemini app and Gemini Advanced for Workspace users

The Gemini app is now operating on 2.0 Flash, which features improved response quality, speed, and efficiency.