September 2023
Content & Collaboration
Google Drive updates from September 2023
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Expanding streamlined file organization across Google Workspace
The updated visual experience of the Google Drive location picker is being expanded to Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Sites, and Gmail. Users will receive helpful suggestions when moving files, adding shortcuts, or creating copies of files.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2023-09-08 • Scheduled: 2023-09-08 -
Easily lock Google Drive files via the right-click context menu to prevent edits.
Google Drive is introducing a simplified way to lock files by right-clicking a file, selecting 'File information', and clicking 'Lock'. Locking a file ensures that reviewers cannot make edits, add comments, or provide suggestions. This feature streamlines a process that was previously only available through the Google Drive API or file approvals.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2023-09-05 • Scheduled: 2023-09-20 -
2023-09-01Content & Collaboration
A single Google group can be a member of 30,000 shared drives
Google Drive has increased the capacity for Google groups, allowing a single group to be a member of up to 30,000 shared drives.
Release: Both