Google Workspace Changes

teachers will see details about how a student or class is performing on the individual phonics skills listed in a decodable book and words that need practice.

teachers will see details about how a student or class is performing on the individual phonics skills listed in a decodable book and words that need practice.

Google Classroom now provides phonics-based performance insights for decodable books in Read Along.

Google Classroom is introducing a new analysis section for Read Along to provide teachers with phonics-based performance insights for decodable books. This update allows educators to see detailed data on how students or classes are performing on individual phonics skills and identify specific words that need more practice. These insights will be available for newly created decodable book assignments accessed via the Grades section.

Gemini AI features are now included in Workspace Business and Enterprise plans.

Google is integrating its generative AI capabilities, Gemini, directly into Workspace Business and Enterprise plans, removing the need for a separate add-on. This expansion includes AI-powered writing, summarizing, and content creation tools across Gmail, Docs, Meet, Drive, Sheets, Slides, and Chat, as well as access to Gemini Advanced and NotebookLM Plus. The rollout begins for Business editions on January 15, 2025, and for Enterprise editions on January 29, 2025.

Expanding Google AI to more of Google Workspace

With a simple prompt, you can easily create original images for your presentations - like digital marketing campaign concepts or images to enhance your annual planning proposal.

Expanding Google AI to more of Google Workspace

Quickly create tables, such as an expense tracker, generate insights based on spreadsheet data, and more.

Expanding Google AI to more of Google Workspace

Automatically capture meeting notes, organize them in Google Docs, and share them with your team. Those joining late can catch up during the meeting with “Summary so far”.

Expanding Google AI to more of Google Workspace

Summarize multiple documents, generate insights on a specific topic, help you find files, and more.

Expanding Google AI to more of Google Workspace

Summarize the main points of a lengthy document or create an outline for a sales pitch, brainstorm a list of ideas for a new marketing campaign. Easily polish your documents with writing, grammar, and formatting suggestions from Gemini.

Expanding Google AI to more of Google Workspace

Get up to speed with quick summaries for unread conversations in group messages, spaces and threads.

educators can generate custom word lists that are tailored to specific grade levels and topics identified by the educator

Specifically, the list will provide the word’s grammatical category, a clear definition, and a relevant example sentence to help students understand and use the vocabulary effectively.

With this new feature, teachers can quickly and efficiently grade all students' work on the Gradebook page by selecting ‘grade all’

With this new feature, teachers can quickly and efficiently grade all students' work on the Gradebook page by selecting ‘grade all’. They can also choose to override existing grades and automatically return them to students after grading.

Introducing 'grade all' for bulk grading in Google Classroom Gradebook.

Google Classroom is introducing a 'grade all' feature within the Gradebook, enabling teachers to quickly assign a bulk grade to all students for a specific assignment. This update allows teachers to save time by eliminating one-by-one entry, providing options to override existing grades and automatically return assignments to students, which is particularly useful for completion-based grading.

Local files now sync to Google Drive faster

Drive for desktop will now upload only the parts of the file that changed

Local files now sync to Google Drive faster via differential uploads

Google Drive for desktop now supports differential uploads, meaning that when large files are edited, only the modified portions of the file are uploaded rather than the entire file. This update significantly increases the speed of Drive syncs for all Google Workspace customers, Individual Subscribers, and personal account users.

Google Meet introduces the eCDN On-Premises API for more private livestreaming bandwidth optimization.

Google Meet has launched the eCDN On-Premises API, allowing administrators to implement Enterprise Content Delivery Network (eCDN) for livestreaming while maintaining strict network privacy. The API enables the replacement of IP addresses with self-assigned peering group names and encrypts session description protocol (SDP) handshakes, ensuring that internal network information is not shared with Google while still reducing bandwidth consumption through peer-assisted media delivery.