Google Workspace Changes

Transferring a personal Google Voice number to a Google Workspace account is now easier.

A significantly improved experience for transferring a personal Google Voice number to a Google Workspace account is now available. When using Google Voice on the web, you can go directly to “Account Settings” and then to the "Transfer your number to another Voice account" section.

It is now easier to transfer a personal Google Voice number to a Google Workspace business account.

Users can now transfer their personal Google Voice number to a Google Workspace account directly from the web interface, allowing admins to accept the transfer request in the Admin console.

Google Voice now supports call delegation, allowing admins to assign delegates to handle calls and voicemails on behalf of other users.

Admins can now assign delegates to manage calls for other users in Google Voice. These delegates can answer and place calls on the delegator's behalf, transfer calls selectively, and listen to voicemail messages and view transcripts. This feature is intended to help busy professionals and executives manage their communications more efficiently through support staff.

Admins can now assign delegates to handle other users' calls in Google Voice.

Admins can assign delegates to handle other users' calls. When assigned, delegates can: Answer calls on the delegator’s behalf, Place calls on the delegator’s behalf, including transferring the call to the delegator once connected, Transfer calls selectively to the delegator Listen to voicemail messages and view voicemail transcripts

Admins can now assign delegates to handle other users' calls in Google Voice.

Google Voice now supports call delegation, allowing admins to assign delegates who can answer calls, place calls, transfer calls, and listen to voicemail messages on behalf of other users.

Google Drive now supports video transcripts

Drive users can now view and search transcripts for their videos. The transcript appears in a sidebar next to the video player and highlights the currently spoken text.

Drive users can now view and search transcripts for their videos, improving accessibility and navigation.

Drive users can now view and search transcripts for their videos. The transcript appears in a sidebar next to the video player and highlights the currently spoken text, making it easy to find specific moments and follow along with the content.

Google Drive now allows users to view and search transcripts for videos.

Google Drive has introduced video transcripts, which appear in a sidebar next to the video player and highlight currently spoken text. This feature enables users to easily search for specific moments and navigate through video content more efficiently, provided that the video has captions enabled.

DLP for Gmail is now generally available

DLP is generally available in Gmail, alongside Drive and Chat

“Take notes for me” in Google Meet now captures citations to transcripts

Your meeting notes document will now include citations, or timestamps, which correlate to the exact point in the meeting transcript that references the summarized notes.

Updated design for Google Meet meeting controls on Android and iOS

We are updating the location of some Google Meet meeting controls on Android and iOS devices, which are intended to organize features in a more intuitive way.

Scroll through live captions and translated captions in Google Meet

We’re improving the live captions and translated captions experience in Google Meet by including the ability to scroll through the text.

“Take notes for me” in Google Meet now captures “next steps”

“Take notes for me” will capture next steps discussed during the meeting in a new “suggested next steps” section

Updating the access experience in Google Drive

Users can restrict access to their My Drive folders using the two options outlined below, and by 2026, we will simplify and align the restricted access principles for My Drive and shared drives.

Expanding data regions coverage to Google Classroom

We’re extending data region coverage to primary user data for Google Classroom for the U.S. and E.U. data regions.