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What’s changing

We are expanding an existing Google Chat feature, previously only available for Education customers, to more Workspace customers.

This feature gives administrators the ability to limit who can create new conversations in Google Chat. When this setting is applied to users (through an organizational unit or a Google Group), those users will be prevented from initiating new conversations, or adding new members to existing conversations.

Users with this restriction can continue to converse in conversations they are already a member of. 

Why it’s important

Similar to how this feature is used for students, it allows organizations to enable Chat for a segment of employees such that they can receive important messages and contribute to existing conversations, while limiting their ability to create new, unmanaged conversations. This helps provide a safer and easier way for organizations to communicate. 

Getting started

  • Admins: This feature will be OFF by default. It can be enabled for specific users by placing them in an Organizational Unit (OU) or a Google Group and applying the setting in the Admin console.
  • End users: There is no end-user setting for this feature. If this policy is applied to your account by your administrator, you will not be able to start new conversations or create spaces, but you can still reply to conversations you are added to.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business Plus
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • Business Continuity and Continuity Plus 
  • Frontline Plus and Frontline Standard 

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 What’s changing

The latest update  for Workday Google Chat app update makes it easier to manage time off with a single, improved flow to request, view, or cancel time off, along with quick commands to check balances and company holidays.


Improving the Workday Google Chat app

Getting started

  • Workday Admins: Workday Admins must activate OAuth and create a new API client for the Google integration setup within Workday. The workday admin must make note of the following details during the API client setup, required for the next step: 
    • Client ID
    • Secret ID
    • Workday REST API Endpoint
    • Workday Token Endpoint
    • Workday Authorization Endpoint
  • Workspace Admins: Admins need to allowlist the add-on to ensure end users have access. Visit the Help Center to learn how to manage Google Workspace Marketplace apps. Once allowed, the admin can either install the app to the domain, or install individually. After installation you will be asked to configure authorization in Workday (this requires the information above obtained during API client setup); This authorization will apply to all users of Workday within your domain. 
  • End users: If enabled by your admin, install the add-on by going to the Google Workspace Marketplace listing. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using the Workday app in Google Chat.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts

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What’s changing

We’re excited to announce source-grounded writing help in Google Docs. Gemini will automatically curate a list of sources linked in your document and you can choose to ask it to only pull details from those sources when providing writing assistance via the side panel. This will keep suggestions focused and grounded in trusted content. With source-grounded writing help you can:

  • Create contextual and reliable output from Gemini 
  • Query available knowledge on a topic, getting accurate answers that are tailored to your needs

Using this trusted and relevant content can help ensure you’re using exactly the context you need — no guesswork or tab switching required. 

Additionally, this launch can help save users time. All users have to do is link files in their document, which many users already do today, and then select "Document links" to ground on those files. 

Previously, users would have to remember and individually add files in the prompt field to ground Gemini in them. Adding files individually is still available for users that want to ground on files that are not linked in the document. However, this launch will make it quicker and easier for users that have already linked the relevant files in the doc to ground Gemini on that information, and can help ensure important sources are not left out.


Ground Gemini by selecting linked sources in the side panel
Ground Gemini by selecting linked sources in the side panel

Who’s impacted

End users

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • End users: This feature will be available by default and is available in the side panel of Docs. Visit the Help Center to learn more about how to collaborate with Gemini in Google Docs. 

The dialog in the side panel where users can choose to ground Gemini in linked files


The dialog in the side panel where users can choose to ground Gemini in linked files

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

  • Business Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise Standard, and Plus
  • Gemini Business, Enterprise
  • Google AI Pro for Education
  • Google One AI Premium 

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What’s happening

We are rolling out two significant updates to Connected Sheets pivot tables backed by BigQuery, designed to increase analytical capacity and streamline your workflow.
 
First, we’re doubling row capacity for pivot tables backed by BigQuery in Connected Sheets, from 100,000 to 200,000 rows. This change will allow users to bring in substantially larger views of BigQuery datasets in a single pivot table, enabling wider, more comprehensive analyses within the familiar Sheets environment.

Second, we’re launching the ability to “drill down” into Connected Sheets pivot tables, allowing you to immediately access the granular data making up any aggregated value. Users can now double-click on a pivot table cell or use the right-click > Show details menu option to instantly create a pre-configured extract, focusing on the specific records that make up that summary metric.

Automatically create a pre-configured extract to drill down into any pivot table aggregated cell


Automatically create a pre-configured extract to drill down into any pivot table aggregated cell

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts

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What’s changing

We are updating the schema and event modeling for several Admin audit log events, specifically some of the events related to account security, Gmail, and Drive settings, along with other admin-defined setting audit logs. These improvements aim to make the logs more understandable, detailed, and precise.  A complete list of the updates can be found in the Help Center. 

The updates involve changes to event names, event types, and the volume of these affected log events. Some legacy events may be redundant as a part of this change. If you're using any legacy events, some of the updates might require changes to your existing queries, alerts, and reports to get the full benefit of the changes. Both the new and old events will continue to be available for you to make the necessary changes.

Who’s impacted

Admins 

Why it matters

Granular audit logs are critical to helping organizations investigate cybersecurity incidents and understand their data usage. The changes announced today expand the depth of analysis that can be performed.  

Rollout pace

Getting started

  • Admins:  As the changes become available, you can get started with your analysis in either the Audit and Investigation tool. 
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.

Availability

  • Available for Google Workspace with Audit Log eligible licenses.  To learn more about the Audit Log availability for your license types, please review this article. 

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What’s changing

We are introducing the ability to create slide presentations in the Gemini app through Canvas. Simply provide an idea with a simple text prompt or upload a source, and Gemini will generate a set of slides — complete with a theme and relevant images. Then, export the presentation from the Gemini app directly to Google Slides to continue to refine or collaborate with others.

  • Working professionals can upload a sales brief or information on your company to create an initial pitch deck, leverage a campaign brief/product doc and generate a launch presentation, upload a large research report or document to distill into a summary, and more.
  • Educators can instantly create a first draft of a lesson presentation with engaging visual aids, saving valuable prep time that can be focused on instructional strategy.
  • Students can transform their class notes or a document into a structured presentation, helping them quickly organize their ideas for a class project.
  • Nonprofit Executive Directors can transform their measurement and evaluation results into a structured presentation for their next board meeting.
Simply open the Gemini app, select “Canvas” in the toolbar, and ask Gemini to “create a presentation.” You can specify a topic or upload your own source with the prompt.


Generating presentations is available on Gemini web (gemini.google.com) and mobile web, with availability on the Gemini app on Android and iOS coming soon. 

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace: 

  • Business Starter, Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus 
  • Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus 
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard and Plus
  • Nonprofits
Also available to:

  • Google AI Pro and Ultra
  • Google AI Pro for Education

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What’s happening

We are introducing improved LaTeX rendering and PDF export capabilities directly within the Gemini app. LaTeX is a document preparation system widely used in academic, scientific, and technical fields to create high-quality documents with complex formatting, such as mathematical equations, tables, and multi-column layouts.

Previously, working with LaTeX required specialized editors and significant technical expertise to find and fix errors. With this update, Gemini makes it much easier for everyone to create professional documents.

Our new LaTeX features include:

  • PDF generation: Users can now generate a pdf using LaTeX, preview it in gemini and download the pdf, ready for sharing or printing
  • Easy editing in Canvas documents: You can now add LaTeX to any document in Canvas by clicking the 𝒇𝚡 button in canvas and edit any LaTeX by clicking on the formula directly in canvas
  • Copying: Copying LaTeX from any response in Gemini will now copy the unrendered LaTeX code
This update makes Gemini a more powerful tool for students, researchers, engineers, and anyone in your organization who needs to create polished, complex documents like academic papers, problem sets, technical reports, or resumes.


Exporting to PDF is available on web and mobile web with read-only viewing available in the Gemini app on Android and iOS. 

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

  • This feature is now available.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

  • Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus
  • Nonprofits
Also available to:

  • Google AI Pro and Ultra
  • Gemini Business, Enterprise*
  • Google AI Pro for Education
*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

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What's happening

We’re introducing waiting rooms in Google Meet, giving you more control over your meetings. As a meeting host or co-host, you can choose to have participants join a waiting room before they join the call.

This feature is designed to prevent meeting interruptions and give you time to prepare before admitting attendees. From the waiting room, participants will see a message letting them know they're in the right place and will be brought into the call shortly. This ensures that everyone joins the meeting at the right time, leading to smoother, more productive discussions.

With this update, hosts and co-hosts can:

  • Enable a waiting room before a meeting starts.
  • Admit or deny entry to participants waiting to join.
  • Send one-way announcements to participants in the waiting room.
  • Move existing participants back to the waiting room if needed.

This is particularly useful for scenarios like board meetings, interviews, parent-teacher conferences, or client meetings where you may want to speak with participants privately before they join the main group.


Easily enable the waiting room when creating a Google Calendar event.


Easily enable the waiting room when creating a Google Calendar event.


The waiting room provides a clear and welcoming experience for attendees waiting to join.


The waiting room provides a clear and welcoming experience for attendees waiting to join.

Getting started

  • Admins:  This feature will be OFF by default for end users, but admins can change the default setting at the domain, OU, and group level. 
  • End users: Meeting hosts and co-hosts can enable a waiting room when they create or edit a Google Calendar event. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using waiting rooms in Google Meet.

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace

  • Business Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning add-on
  • Workspace Individual subscribers

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What’s happening

This year, we’ve been bringing the capabilities of Gemini into Google Classroom to help educators get help with common tasks. In June, we launched Gemini in Classroom to help educators create first drafts of content and resources, accessed through one central destination in Classroom. Recently, we started to bring Gemini into educator workflows with the ability to generate stories in Read Along in Classroom using Gemini. Starting today, educators can now quickly adapt existing rubrics from Drive or local files for Google Classroom assignments with Gemini's assistance.

From the Rubric menu in the assignment creation screen, educators can now select “Convert from file” to instantly turn existing rubrics from various files and use them in Google Classroom, without the need to enter the information manually.


convert rubrics in Google Classroom

Additional details

This feature is a part of Gemini in Google Classroom. Gemini in Classroom is only available in English for education users over the age of 18.

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available for Google Workspace Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus

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What’s changing

We previously announced an increased credit limit of 25,000 credits per user per month for Google AI Ultra for Business users. Now, we're adding a new admin control that enables admins to allow users with an Google AI Ultra for Business license to exceed their 25,000 per user per month AI credit limit. If a customer turns on this setting and has users who exceed their monthly allocation, then we'll send them an invoice at the end of the month to pay for any overages. 

We hope this additional control will enable admins to make sure their users have the right amount of access to the tools they need. 

Additional details

  • Pricing depends on your local currency. You can use the Admin console to review specific pricing for credit overages in your region before you enable this feature.
  • Your organization is billed only for the additional credits they use. You'll see a separate line item on your monthly invoice for any additional credits used during the previous billing cycle.
  • You can't enable credit overages if your account is managed by a reseller. 

Getting started

Rollout pace

  • The Admin console setting is available now. Credit overages will begin accruing on November 1, 2025.

Availability

  • Available for Google AI Ultra for Business

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 What’s changing

Starting today, Gemini in Sheets can understand and analyze multiple tables within a single tab of a spreadsheet.  This new functionality allows you to ask questions and perform analysis that spans multiple data sources, dramatically increasing the power and accuracy of your queries. You can select or deselect tables to focus Gemini’s attention, and you can also directly make a selection within a table to be used as input for your query.

You can use this update while:

  1. Generating formulas: Generate complex formulas that reference and perform calculations across several tables in one go. For example, you can now have Gemini write XLOOKUP functions to look up values from one table to use in another, or aggregate data from multiple tables into a single summary calculation. 
  2. Analyzing and generating charts: Ask Gemini to analyze data scattered across multiple tables to uncover insights and create data visualizations. You can get a holistic view of your data, whether you’re identifying top performers by combining sales data from different tables, or creating a single chart that compares sales performance data from separate tables.
  3. Editing your data: Apply changes to multiple tables at once with a single request. For example, you can now use Gemini to apply consistent conditional formatting across all your tables in a spreadsheet or build a single pivot table that summarizes data from multiple tables. 
  4. Targeting analysis with selections: You can now make selections within your tables to focus Gemini’s analysis. Ask for summaries of specific data, find outliers in a selected range, or generate formulas based on the data you’ve highlighted. For example, you can select a column and ask, "What are the trends in the selected column?"
Gemini in Google Sheets

Prompt: “Generate a formula that fills the column next to due date that looks up the assigned teammate based on task id” 

Generate one chart of trends over time which contain the data from all three teams

Prompt: “Generate a formula that fills the column next to due date that looks up the assigned teammate based on task id” 

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

  • Business Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on 
  • Google AI Pro and Ultra

Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature: 

  • Gemini Business* 
  • Gemini Enterprise* 
*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details. 

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What’s changing

Google Workspace for Education users of all ages can now use Flashcards in Gemini. Users can ask Gemini to instantly create flashcards and study guides based on your quiz results or other class materials, providing a simple and effective way to review key concepts and reinforce your learning.



Why you’d use it

Flashcards can be a helpful resource for students as they study and learn with Gemini. For example, students under 18 can now:

  • Get ready for your next test with powerful new study tools
  • Get personalized study guidance  - complete a quiz within Gemini and create flashcards based off of the results to hone in on subject areas that need more attention. 

The Gemini app is covered under the Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service for all Workspace for Education users and has enterprise-grade data protection, meaning your data is not human reviewed or otherwise used to train AI models.

Who’s impacted

  • Admins and end users

Getting started 

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus
  • Customers with the Google AI Pro for Education add-on*
*On September 2, the Gemini Education and Gemini Education Premium add-ons were consolidated into a single add-on called Google AI Pro for Education. 

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What’s changing

Similar to other Google Workspace service pages, your organization’s logo will now appear next to a user’s profile picture in the Gemini app when they are using their business or education account. Logos can help users orient themselves when using a work or school account and help differentiate their experience in the Gemini app compared to use with a personal account. 




The logo will only appear if an admin has added one to the Google Workspace account. If a logo has not been added, WORK or EDU will instead appear next to users’ profile pictures depending on the domain’s account type. 



Who’s impacted
  • End users

Additional details

  • All organizational units and domains in a Google Workspace account use the same logo.
  • The logo is only visible to users within your organization.
  • The logo will only be visible to users on web, and will not be visible while using the Gemini mobile app or gemini.google.com on a mobile device. 

Getting started

  • Admins: If you have not yet uploaded your organization’s logo in Admin console, visit the Help Center to learn more about adding your logo to your Google Workspace domain. 
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers 

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What’s changing 

Earlier this year, we introduced powerful new editing options within Gemini in Sheets like creating pivot tables, applying filters, and adding conditional formatting. Building on that momentum, we’re excited to announce that Gemini can now execute multiple actions at once from a single prompt - no need to simplify your instructions or disrupt your workflow by typing multiple different prompts. Plus, Gemini also newly supports an expanded library of editing tasks. 

With Gemini’s understanding of compound requests, you can now describe a complex, multi-step goal in plain language, and Gemini will handle the rest. From structuring and cleaning raw data to performing bulk structural edits, you’ll save valuable time in your workday. 

1. Automate complex formatting and data cleaning tasks: Gemini can now execute on prompts that require chaining multiple actions together. 

Multiple, simultaneous formatting requests: For example, you can now ask Gemini to completely reformat a plain project tracker in one go. Ask it to add dropdowns for "Status" and "Priority," insert a new formula column to calculate "Days Until Due Date," add a "Completed" checkbox column, and freeze the header row for easy viewing. Gemini will understand this multi-step request and perform all the actions at once. 



Combined analytical and structural changes: For instance, ask Gemini to clean up a sales report by deleting rows for inactive reps, highlighting top performers who are above 120% of their quota in green, and then adding a new "Notes" column for follow-up actions. 



Complex structure updates: For instance, you can ask Gemini to delete all "Archived" rows, then insert a new "Team" column with a dropdown list of team names, and finally add a new "Updated Due Date" column to prepare the sheet for the next planning cycle. 



2. Make edits more easily with additional supported actions: We've expanded the library of actions Gemini supports, which now includes: 

  • Formatting: Add conditional formatting, set a number format, format as a table, or freeze a dimension. 
  • Data Entry & Manipulation: Add a checkbox, add a dropdown (or convert a cell to a dropdown), fill a range with a formula, or find and replace. 
  • Structure & Organization: Insert or delete a dimension (row/column), sort data, or add a pivot table. 
  • Filtering: Create or clear filters. 

For example, you can now use natural language for complex data cleaning tasks, like asking Gemini to "Replace 'Software' and 'Web Hosting' with 'IT Services' everywhere on the sheet." 



These updates make Gemini a more powerful and intuitive partner in Sheets, taking on complex, time-consuming tasks so you can focus on the insights and decisions that matter. 

Getting started 


Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Business Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Google AI Pro for Education 

Also available to: 
  • Google AI Pro and Ultra 

Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature: 
  • Gemini Business* Gemini Enterprise* 
*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the legacy Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details. 

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What’s happening 

AppSheet Enterprise Plus users can now add the new AI Task powered by Gemini, directly into their existing AppSheet automations. The AI Task can perform the following functions: Extract, Extract Rows, Categorize, and Summarize. This means it can enable AppSheet to: 

  • Automatically extract key information from uploaded photos 
  • Parse complex PDFs such as invoices 
  • Categorize, route, and summarize incoming requests based on their content. 

Users can also quickly test individual steps within their workflow using the integrated AI Task Step Testing feature. 

Gemini extracting book info from its cover.
Gemini extracting book info from its cover. 

AI Made Easy & Powerful for Business Users: Gemini in AppSheet significantly simplifies how you incorporate advanced AI functions, such as data extraction and categorization, into your apps. It's designed to be user-friendly and effective: 

  • Get started quickly: These AI capabilities work out-of-the-box 
  • Customize with context: Easily add additional context or instructions to tailor the results to your specific needs. 

Here are just a few examples of what you can do: 

  • Extract purchase details from a PDF contract, categorize order details by fulfillment team, and assign follow up action items 
  • Extract equipment information from a photo 
  • Analyze the description in employee expense submissions and automatically categorize them by type ("Travel", "Meals", "Software", "Training") 
  • Summarize customer requests, inspection logs, and more 

AI with Governance: Admins have visibility into and control over the use of Gemini in AppSheet among their Enterprise users. Admins can: 

  • See in the AppSheet admin console 
    • How many credits their organization is entitled to, 
    • How many have been consumed, 
    • Which users and which applications are leveraging Gemini in AppSheet 
  • Define governance policies to control or disable the use of AI Tasks – learn more about controlling which app creators can use AI in automations. 

Additional details 

We’ve also made a few additional improvements between preview and general availability: 

  • Extract and Categorize now support more types of columns 
    • Columns of REF types so you can leverage information in linked tables 
    • Date and Time columns 
    • Price columns 
  • You can now extract information not just from images and PDF files, but also from unstructured text data hosted in your data sources. In other words, you can select Text and LongText columns as inputs to the Extract AI task. 
  • You can now trigger any AI task on a schedule. 

Getting started 


Rollout pace 

  • This feature is available now. 

Availability 

  • Available for AppSheet Enterprise Plus 

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What’s changing 

Google Workspace for Education users of all ages can now use Video Overviews in NotebookLM. Users can now turn documents, slides, charts and more into engaging explainer videos that are narrated by an AI voice. Video Overviews are expertly-crafted visual walkthroughs of the content you provide, pulling in images, diagrams, quotes, and numbers from your source material. Similar to Audio Overviews, you’ll also have the option to customize your Video Overview by specifying topics to focus on, indicating your learning goals, describing the target audience, and much more. 




Why you’d use it 

Video overview can be a helpful resource for students as they study and learn with NotebookLM. For example, students under 18 can now create more engaging learning materials with powerful new visuals through Video Overviews. 

NotebookLM is covered under the Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service for all Workspace for Education users and has enterprise-grade data protection, meaning your data is not human reviewed or otherwise used to train AI models. 

Who’s impacted 

  • Admins and end users 

Getting started 

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about Video Overviews and NotebookLM. 

Rollout pace 

  • Rapid and Scheduled release domains: Currently available. 

Availability 

  • Available to Workspace customers with access to NotebookLM. Visit the Help Center to learn more about NotebookLM features & access by Workspace edition. 

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What’s happening 

Earlier this year, we introduced the capability for Google Chat users to easily see summaries of shared Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets files, along with other file types (like PDF, Office, and CSV), directly within your desktop Chat conversations. Today, we’re excited to expand this feature to Google Chat mobile. 

Simply tap the “Summarize” button on the file preview card in your conversation. Gemini will summarize the file so you can get a quick overview without having to leave Chat. 


Getting started 


Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 

  • Business Standard, and Plus 
  • Enterprise Standard, and Plus 
  • Google AI Pro for Education 
  • Frontline Plus 

Also available to: 

  • Gemini Business* 
  • Gemini Enterprise* 
*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details. 

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What’s changing 

As announced last year, Keep reminders will be automatically saved to Tasks. This means that now users can view their Keep reminders as tasks in Calendar, in the Tasks app, and even ask the Gemini app about them (via the Tasks extension). As part of this launch, any existing date/time based Keep reminders will automatically be saved to Google Tasks. 

This new capability will make Google Tasks the single solution for managing your to-dos across Workspace. So whether you’re saving something from Keep, Gmail, Calendar, Chat, Docs, or Gemini, Google Tasks will make sure it’s up to date and accessible across the Workspace products you use. 

Getting started 


Rollout pace 


Availability 

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts 

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What’s happening 

Earlier this year, we announced AI function in Sheets to help you generate text, summarize information, categorize data, and analyze sentiment at scale, directly from any cell in your spreadsheet. Last month, we expanded feature availability to seven additional languages. 

Now, we're making AI function even more powerful by automatically grounding it in results from Google Search, so it can access up-to-the-minute information from the web to answer your prompts. 

For example, you can now use the AI function to find the daily box office schedule for newly released movies, track the daily market sentiment for a new product launch, or get the latest weather information as you plan an upcoming vacation. 

Getting started 


Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 

  • Business Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Google AI Ultra for Education 

Also available to: 

  • Google AI Pro and Ultra 

Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature: 

  • Gemini Business* 
  • Gemini Enterprise* 
*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details. 

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What’s happening 

Last year, we introduced Touch-up in Google Meet on the web to give users more control over their appearance in video calls. We’ve been working to help everyone better express their personal style on every call, and we’re excited to expand the feature with AI-powered makeup. 

Now you can choose from 12 new studio makeup looks, with a range of options from a polished, professional touch to a more expressive flair. Your AI-powered makeup remains seamless and untouched—even through everyday movements like sipping your coffee or touching your face. Below, you can see the feature’s product lead Daniela demonstrate how AI-powered makeup matches her unique features and remains natural-looking when she moves. 

Google Product Manager Daniela uses makeup in Meet on web 

Getting started 

  • Admins: 
    • There is no admin impact or action required. 
  • End users: 
    • This feature will be off by default and can be enabled by the user. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Makeup for your account. 
    • You can pick from one of 12 options in the main collection, and they’re usable on web or on mobile. Your preferences are saved for your next meeting. 

Makeup in Meet on mobile device 

Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available to Google Workspace: 
  • Business Standard, Plus 
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard, Plus 
  • Education Plus, Teaching & Learning add-on 
  • Enterprise Essentials 

Also available to: 
  • Google One and Google Workspace Individual subscribers 

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