Google Workspace Changes

Google Chat apps now support dynamic data sources for dropdown menus, allowing real-time querying and filtering.

Google Chat app developers can now leverage dynamic data sources for dropdown menus, allowing real-time querying and filtering of results as users type. This update addresses previous limitations of static lists, improving scalability for workflows involving numerous options. Users benefit from enhanced searchability via fuzzy search, faster performance due to dynamic data querying, and a consistent user experience across all platforms. Developers can also specify a minimum character threshold to trigger searches, ensuring more relevant results.

Google Chat apps now support dynamic data sources for dropdown menus.

Developers can now connect dropdown menus in Google Chat apps to external data sources, enabling real-time querying and filtering of results as users type. This update addresses scalability issues associated with static lists, allowing for efficient selection from thousands of options. Key improvements include fuzzy search capabilities, reduced latency, and a consistent search-as-you-type experience across web, Android, and iOS platforms.

Tying Google Meet calls to their initial Calendar event to prevent artifact ambiguity

Google Meet is now tying each video call to the initial Calendar event where it was created to ensure predictability regarding who receives meeting artifacts such as Gemini notes, recordings, and Google Chat messages. If a meeting code is reused in a new Calendar event, artifacts will only be shared with the guests of the original event, and users will see a warning dialog when manually pasting an old meeting code.

Reusing Google Meet codes in new Google Calendar events will tie meeting artifacts exclusively to the original event.

When an existing Google Meet code is manually entered into a new Google Calendar event, all associated meeting artifacts, such as Gemini notes, recordings, and continuous Google Chat conversations, will now be linked solely to the original Calendar event where the code was first generated. This update prevents unintentional sharing with new event guests and provides a clear understanding of who receives meeting-related information, with a warning dialog appearing upon code reuse.

Google Calendar events created via Apple Calendar with Meet codes will now automatically update to use unique Meet codes.

To enhance meeting privacy and ensure unique identification, Google Calendar events initiated through Apple Calendar and including a Google Meet meeting code will now automatically update to utilize a distinct meeting code. This change aims to improve predictability and transparency, and users will be notified via email about this update.

Google Workspace admins can now enable public sharing of Gemini app conversations via links for their organizations.

Google Workspace administrators now have the ability to allow users within their organizations to create and share public links to their Gemini chat conversations. This feature, previously exclusive to personal Google accounts, facilitates improved collaboration, efficiency, and content distribution by enabling the sharing of full conversations—including prompts and responses—through a clickable URL. Admins can manage this new control in the Admin console, where it is set to OFF by default at the domain, organizational unit, or group level. Users are advised against sharing confidential information publicly.

Workspace admins can now enable public link sharing for Gemini app conversations.

Google Workspace admins now have the ability to allow users in their organization to share Gemini chat conversations by creating public links. Previously available only to personal Google accounts, this update allows users with work or school accounts to share full conversations, including prompts and responses, via a clickable URL. This feature is disabled by default and can be managed by admins at the domain, organizational unit, or group level within the Admin console.

Automatic update of Google Meet codes for events created via Apple Calendar

When users use Apple Calendar to create Google Calendar events with a Google Meet meeting code, the code will now be updated automatically to ensure that each event uses a unique meeting code. Users will receive an email notification informing them of this update.

Improved join permission logging for Google Meet Audit events.

Google Meet Audit event logging for endpoints will now include the permission type used to grant access to join a meeting. For users who asked to join, the audit event will specify which participant admitted them. For meeting room hardware devices joining client-side encrypted meetings, the audit event will identify the user who granted access through delegated authentication.

Improved join permission logging for Google Meet Audit events

Google Meet audit events will now include the specific permission type used to grant access for joining a meeting. For some endpoint types, additional details will be logged, such as which participant admitted a user who asked to join, or which user granted access to meeting room hardware devices joining client-side encrypted meetings through delegated authentication.