Google Workspace Changes

Google Forms now allows creators to limit response access to specific users, groups, or target audiences.

Google Forms has introduced granular control options for sharing, enabling form creators to restrict responses to specific users, groups, or target audiences, moving beyond the previous options of restricting to a domain or making the form public. This functionality, similar to sharing in Google Drive, is currently available for newly created forms and is accessible to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and personal Google account users.

Beta support for Google Drive for desktop on Arm-compatible Windows 11 PCs powered by Snapdragon processors.

Google has introduced a beta version of Drive for desktop natively compiled for ARM64, allowing users on Windows 11 devices powered by Snapdragon processors to sync and store files online. This beta is available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts, though it is recommended for use with non-production data.

Now generally available: Policy visualization across Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Vids and Drive

Earlier this year, we introduced a beta for policy visualization across Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. Today, we’re excited to announce this is now generally available, and as a result, users who are interacting with policy-protected content will now be informed about what actions are prevented by those policies.

Users interacting with policy-protected content will now be informed about what actions are prevented by those policies.

Users who are interacting with policy-protected content, such as those with data loss prevention (DLP) rules or trust rules, will now be informed about what actions are prevented by those policies

Users interacting with policy-protected content will now be informed about what actions are prevented by those policies.

Users who are interacting with policy-protected content, such as those with data loss prevention (DLP) rules or trust rules, will now be informed about what actions are prevented by those policies

users who are interacting with policy-protected content, such as those with data loss prevention (DLP) rules or trust rules, will now be informed about what actions are prevented by those policies

policy visualization across Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive

Policy visualization is now generally available across Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Vids, and Drive.

Google has announced the general availability of policy visualization across Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Vids, and Drive. Users interacting with content protected by data loss prevention (DLP) rules or trust rules will now see a shield icon and a side panel that informs them of specific restricted actions. This update provides transparency to end users regarding which data protection controls are active on a file and why certain actions are disabled.

Increased row limits for pivot tables in Connected Sheets for Looker

Google is expanding the maximum number of rows of results returned from Looker to 100,000 for pivot tables in Connected Sheets, allowing users to analyze larger datasets from Looker directly in Sheets.

Expanding row limits in Connected Sheets for Looker

Expanding this to Connected Sheets for Looker by increasing the maximum number of rows of results returned from Looker to 100,000 for pivot tables. With this update, users can analyze even more results in Sheets from the petabytes of data in Looker.

Expanding row limits in Connected Sheets for Looker

we’re expanding this to Connected Sheets for Looker by increasing the maximum number of rows of results returned from Looker to 100,000 for pivot tables.

Introducing huddles: instant-on, audio-first meetings in Google Chat

In continuing our effort to make Google Chat your home for team collaboration, we’re excited to introduce a fast and flexible way to connect: huddles.

Expanding row limits in Connected Sheets for Looker

We’re expanding this to Connected Sheets for Looker by increasing the maximum number of rows of results returned from Looker to 100,000 for pivot tables.

Huddles, an audio-first meeting feature, now available in Google Chat.

Huddles let you start an audio-first meeting, making real-time collaboration easier than ever. Once the huddle has started, you can resize or drag the window, add video, or share your screen for a fuller meeting experience while multitasking in Chat.

Huddles provide a seamless collaboration experience across Chat and Meet, and can be useful in a variety of scenarios, such as two colleagues syncing quickly to discuss a project they’ve been messaging about in their Chat stream.

a fast and flexible way to connect: huddles. Powered by Google Meet, huddles let you start an audio-first meeting, making real-time collaboration easier than ever

Introducing huddles: instant-on, audio-first meetings in Google Chat.

Google Chat is introducing huddles, which are instant-on, audio-first meetings powered by Google Meet. Huddles allow users to quickly connect in direct messages, group messages, and spaces for real-time collaboration without leaving the Chat interface. Users can start with audio and later add video or share their screens, and the Meet video button is moving to the Chat header to provide a single entry point for calling, huddling, or sharing Meet links.