Google Workspace Changes

Introduction of a new safeguarded guest admit flow in Google Meet to assist hosts in managing join requests.

Google Meet is introducing a new safeguarded guest admit flow designed to help meeting hosts efficiently manage requests from users who wish to join meetings. This enhancement provides hosts with two separate queues for join requests, with a new second queue specifically for connections that may require closer review. The default action for requests in this new queue is to deny entry, giving hosts more control and reducing the time and attention needed to handle numerous requests. Hosts and co-hosts retain full control to override suggested actions.

NotebookLM now allows instant transformation of chat conversations into various artifacts like Audio Overviews, Video Overviews, and tailored reports directly within the chat.

You can now instantly transform your chat conversations in NotebookLM into stunning Audio Overviews, Video Overviews, tailored reports, and more. Just ask Notebook to create the artifact of your choosing — all without leaving the chat.

NotebookLM now automatically saves and keeps private your conversation history, allowing users to resume sessions without losing chat data.

To support long-term projects, your conversations in NotebookLM will be automatically saved and kept private to you. You can close a session and resume it later without losing your conversation history. You can delete chat history at any time, and in shared notebooks, your chat is visible only to you.

Users can now export generated slide decks as PPTX in NotebookLM, in addition to PDF.

Users can now export generated slide decks as PPTX (in addition to PDF) in NotebookLM.

NotebookLM now supports EPUB files as a source type, making it easier to research and interact with long-form digital books.

All NotebookLM users can now upload EPUB files, the standard, open-source file format for eBooks, as a supported source type in NotebookLM, making it easier to research and interact with long-form digital books.

NotebookLM introduces improved flashcards and quizzes with saved progress, new marking options, and a new results screen.

Progress is now saved and loaded across sessions when using Flashcards and Quizzes in NotebookLM. Users can also now mark flashcards as "Got it" or "Missed it," shuffle the deck, and use a new results screen to rerun any cards they missed. Additionally, specific flashcards or quiz questions can now be deleted. These improvements are available on both web and mobile.

NotebookLM now allows users to manually choose from ten new predefined infographic styles to visually summarize their sources.

Users can now manually choose from ten new predefined infographic styles to visually summarize their sources. Options include Sketch Note, Kawaii, Professional, Scientific, Anime, Clay, Editorial, Instructional, Bento Grid, and Bricks. By default, NotebookLM will continue to auto-select the best style for your sources.

NotebookLM introduces Cinematic Video Overviews for immersive, deep-dive videos with fluid animations and rich, detailed visuals.

Cinematic Video Overviews are immersive, deep-dive videos with fluid animations and rich, detailed visuals to help users learn and engage with topics. Gemini models make hundreds of structural and stylistic decisions to best tell the story with your sources, ideal for visualizing complex narratives and academic research.

Users can now revise presentation content, ask for changes or fix any issues on both desktop and mobile in NotebookLM.

Users can now revise presentation content, ask for changes, or fix any issues on both desktop and mobile in NotebookLM. Users can submit stylistic or factual feedback for each slide, and the slides are regenerated quickly as a new deck in the Studio panel.

Introducing a dedicated Meetings section in Google Chat to organize conversation lists and keep meeting conversations in one place.

Google Chat is introducing a new Meetings section to organize conversation lists and keep meeting-related discussions in one place. Previously, meeting conversations were mixed with direct messages, making them hard to find. This optional feature groups all past and future meeting chats into a distinct section, which can be moved, deleted, or reordered, improving organization and discoverability of meeting details.

Introducing a dedicated Meetings section in Google Chat to organize meeting conversations.

Google Chat is introducing a new, optional Meetings section that allows users to group all past and future meeting conversations in one dedicated place. This section appears under Direct Messages and Spaces, acting as a smart folder to improve the discoverability of meeting notes and follow-ups. Users can enable this feature via the conversation list's overflow menu, and admins can manage the setting by organizational units or groups.

Enhanced Workspace audit logs with improved filtering for resource fields, updated application and network fields, expanded AdminSDK filtering, and a new OwnerDetails field.

Google Workspace audit logs are receiving several significant enhancements. These include improved log filtering capabilities for resource fields within the security investigation tool for Gmail and Google Drive, allowing more granular searches using classification labels. Additionally, updated application and network fields are now available in the Workspace audit log integration with Google Security Operations (SecOps). The AdminSDK Activities.List method has expanded filtering options for RegionCode and OAuthClientId. Finally, a new OwnerDetails field, detailing the owner's type and identity, is being added to events published to the AdminSDK and BigQuery, providing richer insights into resource ownership.

Introduction of the OwnerDetails field in AdminSDK and BigQuery audit events.

A new OwnerDetails field has been added to Resource Details in events published to the AdminSDK and BigQuery. This field identifies the owner of a resource through 'Owner Type' (USER, CUSTOMER, GROUP, or SHARED_DRIVE) and 'Owner Identity' (IDs or email addresses).

Expanded filtering capabilities in the AdminSDK Activities.List method.

The Activities.List method of the AdminSDK now supports filtering for RegionCode (via the networkInfoFilter field) and OAuthClientId (via the applicationInfoFilter field), allowing administrators to filter logs by specific regions or applications.

Updated Application and Network fields in Workspace audit log integration with SecOps.

Google has updated the audit events sent to Google Security Operations (SecOps) to include updated Application and Network fields where applicable, enhancing the data available for security monitoring and analysis.