Google Workspace Changes

Google Calendar events created via Apple Calendar with Meet codes will now automatically update to use unique Meet codes.

To enhance meeting privacy and ensure unique identification, Google Calendar events initiated through Apple Calendar and including a Google Meet meeting code will now automatically update to utilize a distinct meeting code. This change aims to improve predictability and transparency, and users will be notified via email about this update.

Automatic update of Google Meet codes for events created via Apple Calendar

When users use Apple Calendar to create Google Calendar events with a Google Meet meeting code, the code will now be updated automatically to ensure that each event uses a unique meeting code. Users will receive an email notification informing them of this update.

Improved join permission logging for Google Meet Audit events.

Google Meet Audit event logging for endpoints will now include the permission type used to grant access to join a meeting. For users who asked to join, the audit event will specify which participant admitted them. For meeting room hardware devices joining client-side encrypted meetings, the audit event will identify the user who granted access through delegated authentication.

Improved join permission logging for Google Meet Audit events

Google Meet audit events will now include the specific permission type used to grant access for joining a meeting. For some endpoint types, additional details will be logged, such as which participant admitted a user who asked to join, or which user granted access to meeting room hardware devices joining client-side encrypted meetings through delegated authentication.

Google Vids increases duration limits for projects, recordings, and imported media clips.

Google Vids is expanding its duration limits to allow for more comprehensive video content. The maximum length for Vids projects and recordings created within the Vids recording studio has been increased to 30 minutes. Additionally, users can now import video or audio clips up to 95 minutes in length (or up to 4 GB), although these imported clips must be edited down to 30 minutes or shorter to access full editing capabilities.

Expanded duration limits for Google Vids projects, recordings, and imported media.

Google Vids has expanded its duration limits, allowing users to create more comprehensive video content. The maximum length for Vids projects and recordings made in the studio is now 30 minutes, an increase from the previous 10-minute limit. Additionally, users can now import video or audio clips up to 95 minutes in length (or 4 GB in file size), although these imported clips must be edited down to 30 minutes or less within Vids to unlock full editing capabilities.

New video player experience in Google Drive now available on iOS devices.

Google Drive on iOS devices now features a smoother and more modern video player, consistent with the updated experience previously launched on Android. This enhancement allows users to enjoy an improved video playback experience directly within the Google Drive app on their iPhones and iPads.

Google Drive on iOS now features a new, modern video player experience.

Google Drive has introduced a smoother and more modern video player experience for users on iOS devices, bringing the updated look and feel previously released for the Android app to the iOS platform.

AI voiceovers in Google Vids now support seven new languages.

AI voiceovers in Google Vids, which allow users to generate realistic narration from typed scripts, now support seven additional languages: French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese. If a script contains multiple languages, the feature will return a voiceover in the supported language used most frequently in the script.

AI avatars in Google Vids now support seven new languages.

Google Vids has expanded the language capabilities of its AI avatars, which allow users to generate high-quality speakers. Previously available only in English, AI avatars now support French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese, enabling users to create localized content for global clients and workforces.

AI voiceovers in Google Vids now support seven additional languages.

Google Vids' AI Voiceovers feature allows users to generate realistic narration for their videos by selecting from various presets. Similar to avatars, this feature now supports seven new languages in addition to English: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Korean, and Japanese. This enables users to type a script and receive a high-quality voiceover in these newly supported languages, enhancing global communication capabilities.

AI avatars in Google Vids now support seven additional languages.

Google Vids' AI avatars, which allow for the generation of high-quality speakers, have expanded their language support beyond English. Users can now create avatar videos in seven new languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Korean, and Japanese. This enhancement aims to assist users in scenarios such as pitching global clients and educating a global workforce by enabling communication in native languages, ultimately saving cost and time.

Gemini in Google Forms now provides quantitative insights, including counts and percentages of themes in text responses.

Google Forms is enhancing its Gemini-powered insights for text responses by allowing form editors to see quantitative data. By selecting 'Show theme percentages', Gemini categorizes responses into themes and displays the count and percentage of responses for each theme, leveraging AI functions in Google Sheets to provide deeper, actionable insights.

Google Sheets introduces two new functions, =SHEET and =SHEETS, to help users manage and reference spreadsheet tabs.

Google Sheets is adding two new dynamic functions: =SHEET and =SHEETS. The =SHEET function returns the sheet number of a specified sheet name or reference, while =SHEETS returns the total number of sheets in the spreadsheet. These functions automatically recalculate when sheets are added, deleted, moved, or renamed, ensuring data analysis remains accurate as the spreadsheet structure changes.

Google Groups is introducing stricter internal and external membership classifications to improve data security.

Starting in Q2 2026, Google Groups will enforce stricter classifications for internal and external memberships. Groups that disable the 'Allow members outside your organization' setting will be strictly limited to internal members. Existing groups with external members that have this setting disabled will be automatically reclassified as external, with external additions restricted to admins. This change affects the Google Groups UI, Admin console, and various APIs (Cloud Identity, Admin SDK Directory API, and Groups Settings API), where attempts to add external members to internal groups will now result in errors.