Google Workspace Changes

Gemini in Chrome expands to Canada, New Zealand, India and adds support for over 50 more languages.

Gemini in Chrome is now expanding its availability to Canada, New Zealand, and India, and will support over 50 new languages across these countries and in the United States. This expansion provides business and education users, along with personal Google account holders, access to AI-powered browsing tools for tasks such as summarizing articles, generating content, and engaging in voice conversations with Gemini Live directly within their browser.

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.

Google introduces Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) for high-speed, high-fidelity image generation in the Gemini app.

Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) is being rolled out to Workspace customers and personal account users in the Gemini app, replacing the previous Nano Banana model. It brings high-speed intelligence to visual generation, enabling the creation of infographics, diagrams, and data visualizations using real-time web information. Key improvements include production-ready specs with adjustable aspect ratios and resolutions up to 2K for paid users, precise text rendering and translation, enhanced subject consistency for characters and objects, and superior visual fidelity. Image generation is available to users of all ages, though image editing remains restricted to those 18 and older.

Google Chat is now available as a data source in the Gemini app for Workspace customers.

Google Chat can now be integrated as a data source within the Gemini app (gemini.google.com), enabling users to cross-reference their chat conversations for more context-aware responses. Users can retrieve specific project details, track deadlines mentioned in discussions, and generate summaries of unread messages. The feature is disabled by default and must be enabled by administrators at the OU or Group level.

Generate custom 30-second soundtracks in the Gemini app using text or image prompting, powered by Lyria 3.

The Gemini app now allows users to create custom 30-second soundtracks through text-based or image prompting, utilizing Google's advanced music generation model, Lyria 3. This feature enables new forms of musical expression, such as turning emails into tracks or generating instrumentals for presentations. It is globally available in several languages for users over 18.

Create custom 30-second soundtracks in the Gemini app using Lyria 3.

Users can now generate custom 30-second soundtracks in the Gemini app using text-based or image prompting, powered by Google's Lyria 3 music generation model. This feature allows users to create a variety of audio content, from funny jingles to lo-fi beats, for use in presentations, projects, or personal expression. The capability is available globally in English, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and French for users aged 18 and older.

Gemini expands practice tests to support the JEE Main.

Gemini has expanded its practice test capabilities to include the JEE Main, utilizing rigorously vetted content from leading education companies such as PhysicsWallah and Careers360 to provide a realistic test preparation experience. This feature is currently available in English for all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts.

Gemini capabilities in Docs, Slides, Forms, and Vids are now available to Education Plus and Teaching & Learning customers.

Google is expanding generative AI capabilities to educators and students (18+) with Google Workspace for Education Plus or Teaching and Learning add-on licenses. This update brings 'Help Me Write' and side panel features to Docs, original image and slide creation to Slides, AI-powered form creation and response summaries to Forms, and text-to-video creation in Vids.

Workspace users can now add NotebookLM notebooks as a source in the Gemini app for more relevant responses.

Starting today, Google Workspace users can now add notebooks from NotebookLM as a source in the Gemini app. This integration will provide Gemini with deeper, more relevant responses that are grounded in the information within the user's NotebookLM notebooks.

Workspace users can now add NotebookLM notebooks as a source in the Gemini app for deeper, more relevant responses.

Google Workspace users can now integrate their NotebookLM notebooks as a source directly within the Gemini app. This enhancement allows Gemini to provide more in-depth and relevant responses, grounded in the specific knowledge bases created within NotebookLM. This functionality, previously available to consumers, is now extended to Enterprise and Education users, enabling them to leverage their curated information for advanced conversational and content-creation tasks within Gemini.

Workspace users can now add NotebookLM notebooks as a source in the Gemini app.

Google has expanded the ability to add NotebookLM notebooks as a source in the Gemini app to Enterprise and Education users. This integration allows users to ground Gemini's responses in the specific knowledge bases created in NotebookLM, enabling them to create content, add notebooks to Gems, and utilize other Gemini tools such as Canvas, Veo, Guided Learning, or Deep Research based on the contents of their notebooks.

Gemini app now offers free, full-length SAT practice tests with immediate feedback and customized study plans.

The Gemini app has launched a new feature providing free, full-length SAT practice tests to support high school and college prep students. These on-demand exams are powered by rigorously vetted content from leading education companies like The Princeton Review. Users receive immediate feedback highlighting strengths and weaknesses, and Gemini can explain correct answers and create customized study plans based on identified knowledge gaps, helping students prepare confidently for their exams.

Gemini now offers full-length, on-demand SAT practice tests with immediate feedback.

Google is launching full-length, on-demand practice tests in the Gemini app, starting with the SAT. These tests are grounded in vetted content from leading education companies like The Princeton Review to ensure they closely resemble the actual exam. Upon completion, users receive immediate feedback highlighting strengths and weaknesses, with the ability to ask Gemini for explanations of correct answers and assistance in creating customized study plans.

Google Meet usage metrics are now available in the Gemini reports dashboard.

Administrators can now access usage metrics for Google Meet within the organization-level Gemini reports dashboard in the 'Gemini usage per interaction' section. The reported metrics include the number of times Gemini was actively used in meetings (such as 'Take notes for me' or 'Ask Gemini in Meet') and the number of unique users who actively used Gemini in meetings. This update also improves the accuracy of active usage metrics for Google Meet.