Google Workspace Changes

Google Vault now supports Google Calendar

Google Vault now supports Calendar, which means customers can take the following actions around Calendar data: Manage retention with default and custom rules. Search and preview events with a number of filters, such as keyword search across description, title, guests, locations and invite response status which can be used to quickly refine your search.

Full screen tasks lists are now available on Google Calendar web.

Users can now see all their tasks and task lists in a single full screen view on Calendar web. In addition to an optimized desktop layout, this update makes it easier for you to stay on top of and organize your tasks.

Users must review and approve existing Contacts delegates by November 13, 2023, or they will lose delegate status.

As part of a change where Contacts delegates will be able to update labels and manage “Other” contacts, users must review and approve their existing delegates by November 13, 2023, or they will lose their delegate status.

Visibility of thread participants via avatars in Google Chat.

Google Chat will add the ability to see avatars of users who have replied to a specific thread, providing better context on who is participating in the discussion.

New 'Home' shortcut for managing Chat messages and followed threads.

A new 'Home' view is coming to Google Chat, serving as a central hub to manage messages, catch up on followed threads, and filter for unread conversations.

Introduction of a resizable threads sidebar in Google Chat.

Google Chat will introduce a resizable threads panel, allowing users to adjust the sidebar size to better fit their screen or increase focus on the most important threads.

Existing topic-based spaces in Google Chat are transitioning to in-line threading.

Google Chat is upgrading all existing spaces organized by conversation topic to an in-line threaded experience to provide a more continuous conversation flow. The migration begins September 30, 2023, and is expected to be completed by March 2024. During the upgrade, spaces may be briefly inaccessible, and messages will be rearranged chronologically with separators indicating where new topics began.

Integration of FigJam, Lucidspark, and Miro across Google Workspace and Avocor devices.

Google is integrating third-party whiteboarding tools FigJam, Lucidspark, and Miro across Google Workspace, allowing them to be used in Meet, Drive, and Calendar. These solutions are also being brought to the Avocor Series One Board 65 and Desk 27 devices, with expected delivery between late 2023 and early 2024.

On September 30, 2023, all existing spaces organized by conversation topic will be upgraded to the in-line threaded experience.

On September 30, 2023, we will begin taking the next step toward a single, streamlined flow of conversation in Google Chat: all existing spaces organized by conversation topic will be upgraded to the in-line threaded experience. We’d like to share more information regarding the migration, what to expect, as well as what’s next for Google Chat.

Introducing message linking, an additional feature that helps teams collaborate more effectively.

Building upon the recent updates in Google Chat, such as message views, in-line replies and larger spaces, we’re introducing message linking, an additional feature that helps teams collaborate more effectively. To generate links to messages easier so that others can reference a particular topic or announcement, we’ve added a “Copy link” option for all messages posted in spaces, group messages and direct messages.

We’re introducing a new app for Google Chat called Bulk Member Manager that enables space managers and space members to easily add or remove members to or from a space in bulk.

We’re introducing a new app for Google Chat called Bulk Member Manager that enables space managers and space members, who have permission to manage members, to easily add or remove members to or from a space in bulk. In addition to the new membership search feature and the ability to add up to 50,000 members to spaces in Google Chat, this update will help you better organize people, topics, and projects to help ensure effective conversations take place in spaces.

Introduction of the Bulk Member Manager app for Google Chat to add or remove members in bulk.

Google Chat has introduced the Bulk Member Manager app, enabling space managers and authorized members to efficiently add or remove members from a space in bulk. The app supports slash commands such as /addDialog and /removeDialog for copy-pasting email addresses, as well as /addCsv and /removeCsv for processing .csv attachments.

Email templates are now available in Google Groups for creating and reusing messages.

Users can now create, save, modify, and delete email templates directly within Google Groups. This feature allows users to save composed messages as templates to reuse in the future, reducing the need to type repetitive messages from scratch and accelerating workflows for tasks such as lead introductions, sharing daily homework assignments, or sending project updates.

When you’re using Groups to send messages, you can save a composed message as a template to reuse in the future.

When you’re using Groups to send messages, you can save a composed message as a template to reuse in the future. Directly in Groups, you can create and save messages as a template. Templates can also be deleted.

The new “Manage apps” and “Manage webhooks” options will allow space managers to control the ability of space members to add and remove apps and webhooks to a space.

We’re adding two new controls to the list of space manager capabilities in Google Chat that were introduced earlier this year to ensure effective conversations take place in spaces. The new “Manage apps” and “Manage webhooks” options will allow space managers to control the ability of space members to add and remove apps and webhooks to a space.