Google Workspace Changes

New Google Meet hardware device filters in the Admin console.

Eighteen additional filters are now available in the Admin console for Google Meet hardware devices. New data columns have also been added to view additional device info at a glance.

Introducing Google Meet LTI™ for Canvas by Instructure and PowerSchool Schoology Learning.

To help improve remote and hybrid learning, we’re introducing Google Meet LTI™ for Canvas by Instructure and PowerSchool Schoology Learning. This builds on the existing Google Workspace Learning Interoperability Tools including Assignments LTI™ and Google Drive LTI™.

Introducing Google Meet LTI™ for Canvas by Instructure and PowerSchool Schoology Learning.

To help improve remote and hybrid learning, we’re introducing Google Meet LTI™ for Canvas by Instructure and PowerSchool Schoology Learning. This builds on the existing Google Workspace Learning Interoperability Tools including Assignments LTI™ and Google Drive LTI™.

Admins can filter Meet hardware devices by Calendar and Jamboard service status.

Admins can now filter Google Meet hardware devices based on whether the Calendar and Jamboard services are turned OFF. This allows them to identify potential issues with device configurations and quickly resolve them, ensuring proper functionality. For example, admins can quickly identify devices that have the Jamboard service turned off, meaning the Desk 27 and Board 65 devices will no longer be able to launch Jamboard directly on the device.

Google Meet hardware devices will now adhere to Calendar and Jamboard service ON/OFF statuses.

Starting April 22, 2024, Google Meet hardware devices, including Series One Board 65 and Desk 27, will follow the service status of Calendar and Jamboard. For devices to access an assigned calendar, the Calendar service must be ON for the organizational unit. Similarly, Jamboard will only be accessible on these devices if the Jamboard service status is ON.

Google Meet enables direct 1:1 calls with people outside your video calling network on mobile.

Users from outside of your domain will be able to initiate 1:1 video calls with your users and vice versa. Admins will be able to pre-configure this functionality as on or off for their users with a new admin control.

The Google Meet API is now generally available.

You can use the Meet API to programmatically create and configure Meet calls, retrieve information about past meetings, access meeting artifacts and subscribe to real time updates on meetings.

Check in to your meeting room directly from the Google Meet green room.

If you’re using companion mode on the web, you can now check in to your meeting room directly from the green room. Then, when you enter the call, everyone will immediately see your name alongside the conference room you’re joining from.

Google Meet “companion mode” is now supported on your mobile device for great hybrid meetings

Beginning today, you’ll be able to use companion mode with your Android and iOS devices.

Google Meet “companion mode” is now supported on your mobile device for great hybrid meetings

Beginning today, you’ll be able to use companion mode with your Android and iOS devices.

Pin messages to the top of the meeting chat in Google Meet.

Meeting participants can now pin messages to the top of the meeting chat. Pinned messages will appear for all users, even if they join the meeting after the message was initially sent. This makes it easy to ensure that important messages - like links to presentations - are displayed prominently and easily accessible by meeting participants.

Google Meet Hardware AUE is now referred to as 'end of Meet support'.

The terminology for when a Meet hardware device is no longer supported is changing. ‘End of Meet support date’ replaces Auto-Update Expiration (AUE) in the Meet hardware Help Center. The Admin console will show ‘end of Meet support’ instead of ‘EOL (end of life)’ in both device information and fleet overview pages.

Closed caption support in Google Meet expands to an additional thirty-one languages.

Support for closed captioning has been expanded to include additional languages.

Combine multiple video effects, improve lighting and audio in Google Meet.

New features to personalize your appearance in Google Meet are launched. Specifically, combining multiple video effects on web and mobile, studio lighting on web and studio sound.

Join meetings as a guest without a Google account is now available on mobile devices.

You can now quickly join a meeting as a guest without signing into a personal or work Google account or creating a new Google account. This functionality already exists for meetings on the web and, by expanding to mobile, guests now have greater flexibility for joining Meet meetings on the go.