Google Workspace Changes

Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental is now available for all Google Workspace users with access to the Gemini app.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental is now available for all Google Workspace users with access to the Gemini app.

Introducing Canvas, a new collaborative space in Gemini for creating, formatting, and refining documents or code.

Canvas allows users to generate and iterate on first drafts of documents, refine them with Gemini's feedback, and export them to Google Docs. It also supports generating and previewing code.

2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental model upgrades in the Gemini app and Deep Research

Improved version of Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental will become available to Gemini app users. Built on the foundation of 2.0 Flash, this model delivers improved performance and better advanced reasoning capabilities with efficiency and speed. Gemini Advanced users will also have access to a 1M token context window with this model.

2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental model upgrades in the Gemini app and Deep Research

this model delivers improved performance and better advanced reasoning capabilities with efficiency and speed. Gemini Advanced users will also have access to a 1M token context window with this model.

Expanding the availability of Deep Research and Gems in the Gemini app to more Google Workspace customers

Gems are AI experts that you can customize across a variety of topics, helping you complete specific goals, tasks, and workflows based on your inputs, while reducing repetitive prompting

Gemini in the side panel of Google Docs, Sheets, Drive, and Gmail now supports Greek, Catalan, Indonesian, and Malay.

Gemini in the side panel of Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and Gmail is now available in four additional languages: Greek, Catalan, Indonesian, and Malay. This update allows users to summarize, brainstorm, and generate content, including images, by utilizing insights from their emails and documents without switching applications. Note that image generation of people is not supported in these additional languages at this time.

“Extensions” in Gemini are now “apps” and we’ve extended Workspace apps support to the 2.0 Flash Thinking (experimental) model

Built on the foundation of 2.0 Flash, this model delivers improved performance and better advanced reasoning capabilities with efficiency and speed.

Workspace apps support extended to the 2.0 Flash Thinking experimental model.

Google has extended support for Workspace apps to the 2.0 Flash Thinking (experimental) model. This model is built on 2.0 Flash and offers improved performance and advanced reasoning capabilities with high efficiency and speed.

Gemini 'Extensions' are now renamed to 'apps'.

In the Gemini app on web, 'Extensions' are now referred to as 'apps'. This is a terminology change with no impact on functionality; Gemini continues to connect to Google Workspace apps like Drive and Gmail to provide contextual responses.

Gemini app users can now upload a variety of files from Google Drive or locally from their device.

Users of the Gemini app can now upload document, plain text, and presentation files from Google Drive or their device into the Gemini app.

Users of the Gemini app can now upload a variety of files from Google Drive or locally from their device into the Gemini app.

Users of the Gemini app can now upload a variety of files from Google Drive or locally from their device into the Gemini app.

Extending file upload to Gemini app users

Users of the Gemini app can now upload a variety of files from Google Drive or locally from their device, including document files (DOC, DOCX, PDF, RTF, DOT, DOTX, HWP, HWPX), Google Docs, plain text files (TXT), and presentation files (PPTX, Google Slides).

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

launch of Deep Research and most experimental models to Google Workspace users with access to Gemini Advanced

Deep Research explores complex topics on your behalf and presents its findings in a comprehensive, easy-to-read report.