Google Workspace Updates - (fka) G Suite
Get official updates from the Google Workspace team about feature additions and enhancements for Google Workspace services like Google Meet, Google Chat, and Google Calendar.
Whatâs changing
Whoâs impacted
Why it matters
Security | |
IT teams can automatically and continuously identify, classify, and label sensitive files according to the specific needs of your organization. Classified files can then be protected with existing data loss prevention (DLP) controls. | |
Enable the S/MIME standard to encrypt incoming and outgoing mail messages. | |
Get access to detailed metrics on your organization's Google Workspace usage. | |
You can choose to store your covered data in a specific geographic location (the United States or Europe). Data regions cover data at rest (including backups) and data processing for customer-supplied data in several Google Workspace core services. | |
Client-side encryption adds another layer to the default encryption that Google Workspace provides. CSE helps to keep your organization's data private with end-to-end encryption that Google servers and third parties can't decrypt, giving your organization greater control over access to its data. | |
You can use Gmail Security Sandbox to protect your organization against malware. It works by scanning incoming email attachments in a secure, isolated environment called a âSecurity Sandboxâ to identify malware in the attachments without risking any harm to your organization. | |
You can use Access Transparency to review logs of actions taken by Google staff when accessing user content. | |
Gmail | |
Effortlessly write and improve your new emails and replies â from polishing your tone with a single click to generating new drafts from scratch. | |
Draft email responses, query your emails (âCatch me up on Project Clover emailsâ), and summarize emails and email threads. | |
Gemini can analyze the context of an email and suggest relevant responses with Contextual Smart Reply. | |
Meet | |
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 âSummary so farâ. | |
Adaptive audio lets teams join meetings from multiple nearby laptops without echo or feedback, which is useful when conference rooms or meeting equipment is scarce. | |
Studio look uses artificial intelligence to fix issues caused by low light or low quality webcams, while Studio lighting can be used to simulate studio-quality lighting. Studio sound will automatically improve poor audio quality from typical bluetooth headsets and dial-in participants by using AI to recreate higher audio frequencies. | |
Meet will automatically detect and translate over 65 languages to a userâs preferred language. | |
With Gemini in Meet, you can generate unique and bespoke meeting backgrounds. Meeting backgrounds can help obscure your surroundings during a meeting or they can enhance the meeting itself. | |
Chat | |
Summarize a space or conversation (âWhat are the key takeaways in this conversation?â), generate a list of action items (âAre there any action items for me in this conversation?â), or ask specific questions (âWhat is the decision on the project discussed in this conversation?â). | |
Chat will automatically detect and translate over 120 languages to a userâs preferred language while keeping the original message available for review. | |
As well as access to: | |
Kickstart learning, creating, and planning. Or use Gems to build a team of AI experts to tackle complex projects, including coding, research, and data analysis. | |
Accelerate team knowledge sharing by uploading your sources to get instant insights and podcast-like Audio Overviews. | |
*Visit the Help Center to learn more about specific feature availability. |
Getting started
- Admins:
- Visit the Help Center to learn more about leveraging built-in Workspace data protection controls, such as AI classification, data loss prevention (DLP), information rights management (IRM), and client-side encryption (CSE), to help identify sensitive data, apply classification labels, and restrict access.
- If you have Business Starter and sign up for Frontline Plus, you can't manage shared drives. To continue to manage shared drives for your non-Frontline users, upgrade to a Business Standard or higher edition.
- End users:
- To get the most out of the AI features included with your Frontline Plus license:
- Visit our Gemini resources hub and download the Prompting 101 ebook for guidance on building effective AI prompts and real-world examples of how to use generative AI across various roles.
- Find tips on how to use generative AI at work in the Workspace Learning Center.
- Access our no-cost online learning courses and discover how Gemini can boost your productivity in Gmail, Chat, Meet, and more.
Availability
- Available everywhere Google Workspace is sold to Google Workspace customers with users who meet our Frontline edition eligibility requirements.
Resources
Google Workspace Admin Help: Frontline edition eligibility requirements
Google Workspace Learning Center: Generative AI training & help
Whatâs changing
- Auto-classification labeling with data loss prevention (DLP) rules.
- Instant application of DLP rules and actions triggered by classification labels on the web.
- âSensitive content snippetsâ for Gmail messages that trigger data loss prevention rules.
- Events related to labeling, like âlabel_appliedâ or âlabel_removedâ are now included in audit logs, allowing admins to generate reports based on label values for further analysis.
- Support on Android and iOS devices.
Whoâs impacted
Why it matters
Additional details
Getting started
- Admins:
- If you've been using classification labels since the open beta period, there are no changes to your experience.
- If youâre new to Gmail classification labels, they can be enabled at the domain, group level, or individual user level. You also have the option to enable existing classification labels used in Drive for use in Gmail. The Label Manager tool can be accessed by going to Security > Access and data control or admin.google.com/ac/dc/labels in the Admin console. Visit the Help Center to learn more about getting started with classification labels, Gmail DLP & automatic classification labels, and preventing data leaks in email and attachments.
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- End users: Depending on the data loss prevention rules configured by your admin, you may see a dialog letting you know that your message cannot be shared and how to fix your message so it can safely be shared. Visit the Help Center to learn more about classification labels in Gmail.
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Users can apply classification labels to a message, according to the organizationâs data governance policies
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 23, 2025
Availability
- Frontline Starter and Standard
- Business Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Standard and Plus
- Education Standard and Education Plus
- Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus
- Enterprise Standard and Plus
- Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus, and the Teaching & Learning Upgrade
- Frontline Standard
- Cloud Identity Premium (in combination with a Workspace Edition that includes Gmail)
Resources
Whatâs changing
Whoâs impacted
Why youâd use it
Getting started
- Admins: This feature will be ON by default for domains that do not have default templates & themes turned ON. Domains that have default templates & themes turned ON, will continue to see their company specific template. Visit the Help Center to learn more about default templates & themes.
- End users:
- You can access templates via the new sidebar or by going to Insert > Templates. Once clicked, you can browse the collection, select a template that aligns with your vision and style, and choose to insert all slides or just the ones you need before personalizing the template with your own content.
- Note: This feature is only available for users using the "English (United States)" language setting. Visit the Help Center to learn more about updating your language.
- Visit the Help Center to learn more about templates in Google Slides.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 22, 2025
- Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 6, 2025
Availability
- Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts (using the "English (United States)" language setting)
Resources
Whatâs changing
- Email groups, which is especially useful when educators want to communicate with a sub-section of their class.
- Sort by groups when grading on the Student work page. This makes it easier to grade more efficiently and understand student performance based on groups.
- Edit student groups when creating an assignment so that educators can quickly adapt instruction without having to go to the People page.
Getting started
- Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
- End users:
- Group names and members are only visible to teachers or co-teachers, not students.
- Visit the Help Center to learn more about setting up and using student groups in Google Classroom.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 22, 2025
Availability
- Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning add-on
Resources
1 New update
Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time. If not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete.
Previous announcements
Completed rollouts
The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the original blog posts for additional details.
- Quickly add events to Google Calendar based on your emails with Gemini in Gmail
- Introducing updates to sources for NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus
- Help me write in Google Docs now available in four additional languages
- Preview summaries in the Google Chat home view now available in three additional languages
- Deep Research is now available on Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental
- Use Gemini in Google Classroom to generate questions or a quiz based on specific text
- Introducing silent reading mode in Google Classroomâs Read Along
Whatâs changing
- From the Calendar invite. Your preferred language will apply to every meeting in a series.
- During the meeting when using Google Meet on Android and iOS devices.
Additional details
- Gmail: 6.0.250305.1795546
- Meet: 298.0.72766
- Gmail: 2025.04.06.744527406
- Meet: 301.0.744527189
Getting started
- Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about allowing Google Meet AI to take notes for your users. There are no admin controls for recorded captions or meeting captions.
- End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about using "Take notes for me" in Google Meet, recorded captions and transcripts in Google Meet.
Rollout pace
- Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 17, 2025
- Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 23, 2025
Availability
- Business Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Standard and Plus
- Also available with the Gemini Education Premium add-on
- Anyone who previously purchased the Gemini Enterprise* and AI Meetings & Messaging* add-ons will also receive this feature.
- Business Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
- Education Plus and the Teaching & Learning Add-on
- Workspace Individual Subscribers
- Business Plus and Standard
- Education Plus for users with a "Staff" or "Student" license, and the Teaching & Learning add-on
- Enterprise Essentials
- Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
- Workspace Individual Subscribers
- Google One subscribers with 2 TB or more storage space
Resources
- Google Workspace Admin Help: Let Google Meet AI take notes for my users
- Google Help: Take notes with Gemini in Google Meet
- Google Workspace Updates Blog: âTake notes for meâ in Google Meet is available in seven additional languages
- Google Workspace Updates Blog: More languages are available for recorded captions and transcripts in Google Meet
Whatâs changing
Getting started
- Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
- End users:
- Once a teacher has set up grading, they can follow these steps to grade all:
- Go to Google Classroom > Student Work Page > select multiple students > click the bulk actions menu and select the desired option
- Visit the Help Center to learn more about grading & returning an assignment.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 16, 2025
Availability
- Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts
Resources
Whatâs changing
Additional details
- Alpha features get the same robust data protection standards that come with all Google Workspace services.
- Alpha features are experimental and may not always get things right. Weâre looking forward to customersâ feedback to help us improve these features before theyâre rolled out to general availability. However, please keep in mind that Alpha features may be changed, suspended or discontinued at any time without prior notice.
Getting started
- Admins:
- This feature will be OFF by default and can be enabled at the domain, OU, or group level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning access to Gemini in Workspace apps Alpha on or off.
- Please consider the following before configuring Gemini alpha access for your users:
- With this launch, Gemini add-on licenses will no longer be required for your users to access Gemini in Workspace apps alpha features. Please ensure the alpha setting is turned ON only for your desired groups or OUs.
- Once the Gemini in Workspace apps alpha setting is enabled, users may be granted access to new alpha features at any time â it is not possible to enable a subset of features or opt-out of specific features. We strongly recommend that admins and end users sign up for the Google Workspace alpha community page. Here, you can find the latest Gemini in Workspace apps alpha features, ask questions and provide feedback about the features on this page.
- Features may be added to, modified, and removed from alpha at any time â there is no advanced notice of these features appearing for users.
- Some alpha features may not roll out to all your selected alpha users.
- As these features are not yet generally available, we will not offer full support for these features.
- You can also help us improve Gemini in Workspace apps by allowing users at your organization to provide feedback via research studies and surveys.
- End users: When enabled by your admin, youâll be able to test Gemini in Workspace apps features in alpha. Visit our Help Center to see what Gemini features are currently available in alpha and how to sign-up for the Google Cloud Community.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for visibility) starting on April 22, 2025
Availability
- Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
- Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
Resources
- Google Workspace Admin Help: Turn access to Gemini for Google Workspace Alpha on or off
- Google Help: Learn about alpha testing opportunities in the GCC
- Google Workspace Admin Help: Gemini for Google Workspace FAQ
- Google Workspace Updates Blog: The best of Google AI, now included in Workspace Business and Enterprise plans
Whatâs changing
- Receive assistance from the AI reading buddy when needed by clicking on any unknown words
- Be presented with questions to help with their reading comprehension
- Receive stars when they read with few errors or assistance and answer questions correctly
Additional details
Getting started
- Admins:
- Existing Workspace Customers (those who signed up for Workspace for Education before July 7, 2024): Read Along in Classroom will be available to all Google Workspace for Education customers as a service that will be covered under the Workspace for Education Terms of Service. You can enable Read Along in the Admin console for users in your domain to access this service. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Read Along on or off for users.
- For new Workspace Customers (those who sign up for Workspace for Education on or after July 7, 2024): Read Along will be automatically enabled in the console, and all eligible users will have direct access to it. Visit the Help Center to learn how to turn Google Read Along on or off for users.
- End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about Read Along in Google Classroom.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now.
Availability
- Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning add-on
Resources
Whatâs changing
- Afrikaans
- Assamese
- Estonian
- French Canadian
- Icelandic
- Kazakh
- Swahili
Additional details
Getting started
- Admins and end users:
- The language in Classroom is based on a user's language settings for their Google account.
- Visit the Help Center to learn more about getting started with Google Workspace for Education and supported languages for Google Classroom.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 15, 2025
Availability
- Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus, and the Teaching and Learning add-on, Endpoint Education add-on
- Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
Resources
Whatâs changing
- C#
- Go
- Kotlin
- PHP
- Rust
- TypeScript
- HTML
- CSS
- XML
- JSON
- Protobuf
- Textproto
- SQL
- Bash/Shell
Getting started
- Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
- End users: To format and display code in a Doc, select Insert > Building blocks > Code blocks > choose your programming language or search @ > Code blocks > choose your programming language. Visit the Help Center to learn more about inserting smart chips & building blocks in your Google Doc.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility starting on April 14, 2025
- Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 29, 2025
Availability
- Business Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Essentials Plus
- Education Standard and Plus
Resources
Whatâs changing
Getting started
- Admins: Learn more about available pricing and discounts for the Gemini Education add-ons or contact your existing Google Workspace for Education reseller or a Google for Education sales specialist.
- End users:
- If your admin has assigned you a Gemini Education license, navigate to the âGemini Educationâ tab in the navigation bar in Google Classroom to use the text-dependent question generation tool.
- Visit the Help Center to learn more about features of Gemini in Classroom and feel free to take this course to learn more about generative AI for Educators.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now.
Availability
- Gemini Education and Gemini Education Premium
Resources
1 New update
Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time. If not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete.
Previous announcements
Completed rollouts
The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the original blog posts for additional details.
- Deep Research and Gems in the Gemini app are now available for more Google Workspace customers
- See summaries of shared Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets files directly in Google Chat
- Help me write in Gmail now available in three additional languages (Web, Android and iOS)
- Introducing Audio Overviews, now available in the Gemini app
- Help me create in Google Docs now available in seven additional languages
- Set default colors and fonts for new scenes and objects in Google Vids
- Google Workspace apps are now available for the Gemini mobile app
- Create and manage grading periods using the Google Classroom API
- Reference your Google Calendar using Gemini in the side panel of Gmail in additional languages
- The Gemini app, as well as Gemini features in Google Workspace, are now BSI C5 certified
Whatâs changing
Getting started
- Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about how Google Workspace satisfies certification and compliance standards and BSI C5 in general.
Availability
- This update impacts all Google Workspace users accessing the Gemini in Google Workspace and the Gemini app.
Resources
Whatâs changing
Whoâs impacted
Why youâd use it
Additional details
Getting started
- Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. Vids will be ON by default and can be disabled at the organizational level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Vids.
- End users:
- Visit the Help Center to learn more about creating scripts & voiceovers in Google Vids.
- Currently, Vids is available in the userâs local language, but the AI features (e.g. Help me create, read-along teleprompter) are only available in English at this time.
- Note: View and collaborate access is available to anyone with a Google Workspace account, while create and copy access is available for select editions of Google Workspace customers.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 10, 2025
Availability
- Business Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Standard and Plus
- Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus
- Customers with a Gemini Business*, Gemini Enterprise*, Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
*As of January 15, 2025, weâre no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.
Resources
Whatâs changing
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- German
Whoâs impacted
Why it matters
Getting started
- Admins: To access summaries in home, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can turn on default personalization setting for their users in the Admin console.
- End users: You can turn this feature ON/OFF by turning Smart features & controls in Google products ON/OFF.
- To see summaries on web, hover over a 1:1 direct message, group conversation, space, or thread from home in Chat and click âSummarize.â
- To see summaries on mobile, long press on 1:1 direct message, group conversation, space, or thread from home in Chat.
- Visit the Help Center to learn more about summaries in home.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 9, 2025
Availability
- Business Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Standard and Plus
- Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
- Gemini Business*
- Gemini Enterprise*
- AI Meetings and Messages*
Resources
Whatâs changing
- When is my [first event] next week?
- Create a [30 min] calendar event for my weekly [yoga class] every [Monday and Wednesday] at [9 AM].
- Create a [1h] event for [lunch] [tomorrow] at [noon].
- Arabic
- Catalan
- Chinese
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hungarian
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Malay
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Vietnamese
Why youâd use it
- Create calendar events.
- Learn additional details about the existing events in your Calendar.
Additional details
- Add or remove guests from events.
- Pull up attachments or RSVPs related to a meeting.
- Find the best time to meet with other people or find time slots when youâre available to meet.
- Create tasks, an out of office, focus times or set working locations.
- Add or manage meeting rooms.
Getting started
- Admins: To access Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can turn on default personalization setting for their users in the Admin console.
- End users:
- On web, you can access Gemini in the Gmail side panel by clicking on âAsk Geminiâ icon in the top right corner of Gmail.
- While not required, just like gemini.google.com, you can invoke Calendar by adding "@Calendar" at the beginning of your prompt in the side panel of Gmail to explicitly call on Calendar.
- Visit the Help Center to learn more about collaborating with Gemini in Gmail.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now.
Availability
Available for Google Workspace:
- Business Starter, Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus
- Google One AI Premium
- Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature: - Gemini Business*
- Gemini Enterprise*
*As of January 15, 2025, weâre no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.
- Business Starter, Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus
- Google One AI Premium
- Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
- Gemini Business*
- Gemini Enterprise*
Resources
Whatâs changing
- Create, modify, and delete grading periods in courses
- Read grading periods in courses
- Reference and set grading periods on CourseWork resources
- Apply grading period settings to existing CourseWork items
Whoâs impacted
Why youâd use it
Getting started
- Admins: The Classroom API provides a RESTful interface for you to manage courses and rosters in Google Classroom. Learn more about the Classroom API overview.
- Developers:
- Application developers can use the Classroom API to integrate their apps with Classroom. These apps need to use OAuth 2.0 to request permission to view classes and rosters from teachers. Admins can restrict whether teachers and students in their domain can authorize apps to access their Google Classroom data.
- All API and Classroom share button integrations should follow the Classroom brand guidelines.
Rollout pace
- This feature is available now.
Availability
- A Google Workspace for Education Plus license is required to access this feature for both education leaders and educators. Learn more about licensing requirements.
Resources
Whatâs changing
Getting started
- Admins:
- Existing Workspace Customers (those who signed up for Workspace for Education before July 7, 2024): Read Along in Classroom will be available to all Google Workspace for Education customers as a service that will be covered under the Workspace for Education Terms of Service. You can enable Read Along in the Admin Console for users in your domain to access this service. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Read Along on or off for users.
- For new Workspace Customers (those who sign up for Workspace for Education on or after July 7, 2024): Read Along will be automatically enabled in the console, and all eligible users will have direct access to it. Visit the Help Center to learn how to turn Google Read Along on or off for users.
- End users: This capability will be available in English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Visit the Help Center to learn more about adding content to Read Along in Classroom.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 9, 2025
Availability
- Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning add-on
Resources
Whatâs changing
- Write your draft: Use your own words to describe the message youâd like to draft. Help me write also understands the context from previous messages in an email thread to craft reply drafts that are relevant to the conversation.
- Formalize your draft: Change the tone of your draft to be more formal.
- Elaborate on your draft: Add further detail to your email message to build on the draft. Shorten your draft: Decrease the length of your email draft.
- Japanese
- Korean
Whoâs impacted
Why youâd use it
Getting started
- Admins: To access this feature, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can turn on default personalization setting for their users in the Admin console.
- End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about drafting emails with Gemini in Gmail.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 7, 2025
Availability
Available for Google Workspace:
- Business Starter, Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus
- Google One AI Premium
- Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature: - Gemini Business*
- Gemini Enterprise*
*As of January 15, 2025, weâre no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.
- Business Starter, Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus
- Google One AI Premium
- Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
- Gemini Business*
- Gemini Enterprise*
Resources
Whatâs changing
- Japanese
- Italian
- French
- German
- Simply type a few words describing a topic youâd like to write about and a draft will be instantly generated for you. You then have a few options to adjust the resultsâ length, tone, or format.
- Select specific text and refine it to catch typos, polish word choice, and ensure a smooth, natural flow. Plus you can adjust the textâs length, tone, or even use your own prompt to modify it.
Whoâs impacted
Why youâd use it
Getting started
- Admins: To access this feature, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can turn on default personalization setting for their users in the Admin console.
- End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about writing with Gemini in Google Docs.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 7, 2025
Availability
- Business Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Standard and Plus
- Google One AI Premium
- Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
- Customers with the Gemini Business or Gemini Enterprise add-on*
Resources
4 New updates
Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time. If not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete.
Improving the email signature experience for the Gmail app on Android devicesPrevious announcements
Completed rollouts
The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the original blog posts for additional details.
- FedRAMP High authorization for Gemini for Workspace (Acceptance of the submission)
- More languages are available for recorded captions and transcripts in Google Meet
- âTake notes for meâ in Google Meet is available in seven additional languages
- Introducing a new building block that summarizes content with Gemini in Google Docs
- Beta update: Data loss prevention rules based on classification labels are now applied instantly in Gmail on the web
- Use Gemini in the side panel of Google Chat in additional languages
- Contextual Smart Replies now available for Google Workspace Business and Enterprise editions
- The ability to run Google Drive on Arm-compatible Windows PCs is now generally available
- Use the Google Classroom Mobile App in additional languages
- Gemini in Drive PDF Viewer is now available in 20+ additional languages
- Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental now available in the Gemini app
- Experimental models now available to Google Workspace users in the Gemini mobile app
- Local file upload now available to Google Workspace users in the Gemini mobile app
- NotebookLM and the Gemini app are now Core Services with enterprise-grade data protection for all education customers
Whatâs changing
Beginning today, Admins can choose from several options when exporting their organizationâs data (also known as âtakeoutâ). Specifically, they will be able to:
- Export data from all or multiple services, such as Gmail, Chat, or Drive.
- Export Drive data based on existing Drive labels
- Export data from within a specific date range
- Export data from selected shared drives
Whoâs impacted
Why itâs important
Getting started
- Super Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about exporting your organizationâs data and choosing the specific Workspace data you want to export.
- End users: There is no end user impact or action required.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 4, 2025
Availability
- Available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus customers with Assured Controls and Assured Controls Plus
Resources
Whatâs changing
- Is covered under the Google Workspace for Education terms of service.
- Receives the same level of technical support as other core services in Workspace, like Google Docs and Gmail
- The Gemini app is now a Core Service for all education customers
- NotebookLM is now a Core Service for all education customers
- NotebookLM Plus, the premium version of NotebookLM, is now a Core Service for customers with Gemini Education and Gemini Education Premium add-ons
Whoâs impacted
- Gemini app: Admins and end users 13+ (or the applicable age in your country)
- NotebookLM: Admins and end users 18+
Why youâd use it
Additional details
Getting started
- Admins:
- New customers: Access to the Gemini app and NotebookLM is OFF by default for Primary and Secondary (K12) customers, and ON by default for Higher Education customers. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning the Gemini app on or off for users.
- Existing customers: Your existing settings for the Gemini app and NotebookLM (on or off) will not change as part of this launch. Learn more about the available admin controls and our commitment to you in the Privacy Hub.
- End users:
- If enabled by your admin, visit the Help Center to learn more about using Gemini Apps with a school account.
- Visit the Help Center to learn more about NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now.
Availability
- Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus
- Customers with a Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
Resources
Whatâs changing
- Use the new âDiscover sourcesâ functionality to find related sources from the web based on the topic youâre interested in. You can then add these sources to your notebooks, expanding your research and building more comprehensive notebooks.
- Use multimodal PDFs as sources with NotebookLMâs enhanced capability to understand all the content within PDFs, which includes text, images and graphs.
Whoâs impacted
Additional details
Getting started
- Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about NotebookLMâs qualifying Google Workspace editions and how to turn this service on or off.
- End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 2, 2025
Availability
- Business Starter
- Frontline Starter and Standard
- Essentials Starter, Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus
- Nonprofits
- Education Fundamentals, Standard and Plus
- Business Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Standard and Plus
- Gemini Education
- Gemini Education Premium
- Gemini Business*
- Gemini Enterprise*