Google Workspace Changes

Going forward, admins can use Vault for eDiscovery tasks to search Gemini app conversations and create an export of your search results.

Going forward, admins can use Vault for eDiscovery tasks to search Gemini app conversations and create an export of your search results. Specifically, the following actions can be taken around Gemini app data

Improving Google Chat app commands

To simplify this process, we’re excited to introduce quick commands, a way for users to invoke an app command directly without typing a slash command.

Insert responses from Gemini directly into email drafts in the Gmail app

users can now quickly insert responses or content received after asking Gemini a question directly into an email draft

The ability to generate images with people powered by Imagen 3 is now available across Workspace

you can now use this technology as you generate images of people in Gemini in the side panel of Google Docs, Sheets, Drive, Slides and Gmail & Help me create in Google Docs, Help me visualize in Slides, and Help me create in Vids

Introduction of quick commands for Google Chat apps.

Google Chat is introducing quick commands, which allow users to invoke app commands directly via the plus button menu next to the compose box instead of typing a slash command. Developers can configure these commands through the Chat API configuration page.

New formatting options for people chips in Google Sheets.

Users can now customize the display format of people chips in Google Sheets. In addition to the default display name, options for 'Last name, First name' and 'Email address' are now available via the Format > Smart chips menu.

Bulk conversion of email data to people chips via suggestions in Google Sheets.

Google Sheets now provides a 'Convert to people chips' suggestion when users click into a data range containing email addresses, allowing them to preview and convert the data into people chips in bulk with a single click.

you will now be able to update the format of your people chips to one of the following: Last name, First name; Email address

In addition to the default format of display name, within the Format menu, you will now be able to update the format of your people chips to one of the following: Last name, First name; Email address

you can now use bulk chip conversion for people chips

If you have a column of data that includes a variety of emails, Sheets will show a “Convert to people chips” suggestion when you click into your data range.

NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus, previously introduced as additional services, are now included as core services for Workspace Business and Enterprise customers

Covered under your Google Workspace terms of service, these apps offer the same enterprise-grade data protections and level of technical support as other Workspace core services.

Admins to transfer OneDrive data to Google Drive

You can migrate the files of up to 100 users at a time, including the files corresponding access permissions with shared members.

users with the ability to “Make changes to events” can now see the members of the shared calendar, i.e. who their events are shared with

users with the ability to “Make changes to events” can now see the members of the shared calendar, i.e. who their events are shared with

Users with 'Make changes to events' permission can now see members of shared Google Calendars.

Google Calendar is improving visibility for shared calendars by allowing users with the 'Make changes to events' permission to see the members of the shared calendar. This ensures that users creating events on a shared calendar are aware of who those events are shared with. For developers, the Acl.list and Acl.get methods will now return shared calendar members, and Acl.watch will provide notifications regarding changes to those members.

General availability of OneDrive to Google Drive file migration for Admins.

Google has announced the general availability of its data migration service allowing super admins to transfer files from Microsoft OneDrive to Google Drive. The tool supports migrating up to 100 users at once, preserves access permissions, and now includes advanced settings to filter by date range, exclude specific file formats or large files, and automatically map source and target users without requiring an identity map.

Developers can now add client-side form field validation to Google Workspace add-ons and Google Chat app cards.

Google Workspace add-ons and Chat app developers can now implement client-side input validation to improve data accuracy and user experience. The card UI now supports required form field validation for date-time pickers, multi-select menus, drop-down menus, and text input widgets via the Action API. Additionally, the Validation API now allows for input type, format, and length limit validation for text inputs, supporting types such as text, integers, decimals, email, and emoji.