Google Workspace Changes

Advanced Google Meet features made available to all G Suite customers at no cost.

Google is providing free access to premium Hangouts Meet features for all G Suite Basic, Business, Education, and Nonprofit customers. These advanced capabilities include support for up to 250 participants per call, live streaming for up to 100,000 viewers within the domain, and the ability to record meetings to Google Drive. These features, typically reserved for Enterprise editions, are available at no additional cost through September 30, 2020.

Accessibility improvements for Google Docs

Making several improvements to accessibility features in Google Docs. Some enhancements you’ll notice are: Improvements in how screen readers verbalize content, including for non-text information like comments and suggestions. Improvements in how Braille displays render content, including symbols, emojis, and other glyphs. Improved support for navigating through elements such as tables, headers, and footers. Improved caret tracking.

Accessibility improvements for Google Docs

Google Docs is implementing several accessibility enhancements to improve the experience for users of assistive technologies. These updates include better screen reader verbalization for non-text information like comments and suggestions, improved Braille display rendering for symbols and emojis, enhanced navigation for elements such as tables, headers, and footers, and improved caret tracking.

Autocorrect now available for Google Docs on web

Improved as-you-type spelling and grammar corrections are now available in Google Docs on the web. Autocorrect helps you compose documents quickly and with confidence.

Smart Compose in Google Docs now generally available

Smart Compose in Google Docs helps you compose high-quality content in Google Docs faster and more easily. Smart Compose saves you time by cutting back on repetitive writing, helps reduce the chance of spelling and grammatical errors, and can suggest relevant contextual phrases.

Autocorrect is now available for Google Docs on the web.

Google Docs on the web now includes autocorrect functionality that automatically corrects misspelled words as you type, marking them with a grey dashed underline that disappears as you continue. Users can undo these corrections via backspace, a hover menu, or keyboard shortcuts. The feature is enabled by default and can be managed under Tools > Preferences.

Visual timelines added to the Meet Quality Tool for better meeting overviews.

Administrators can now use visual timelines within the Meet Quality Tool to see exactly when users joined a call and track events that took place during the meeting. The timeline supports adjusting views by selecting or deselecting participants and sorting them by name or join time to help visually understand how a call developed over time.

Get a better overview of meetings with visual timelines in the Meet Quality Tool

You can now see a timeline of when users joined a call and events that took place during the call in the Meet Quality Tool. The timeline helps with you visually understand how the call developed over time.

Google Sites revamped its Settings menu and added an option to hide anchor links.

Google Sites has updated its Settings menu to consolidate various configuration options, such as favicons and Google Analytics tracking, into a single location for easier access. Additionally, site editors now have the ability to hide anchor links from viewers on published sites through the Viewer tools setting, providing more control over the site's appearance.

Edit your new Google Sites faster with a revamped Settings menu

Making improvements to the “Settings” menu in new Google Sites. Specifically, consolidating the location of several settings into one place, making it easier for site editors to access and configure different options for their sites.

Hangouts Meet is now compatible with Safari version 13 or higher.

Users can now use Hangouts Meet, including screen sharing functionality, with Safari version 13 or higher. This update provides a simpler meeting experience for Mac users who prefer using Safari as their default browser.

Use Hangouts Meet with Safari

You can now use Hangouts Meet, including screen sharing functionality, with Safari version 13 or higher. This will create a simpler meeting experience for Mac users who prefer to use Safari as their default browser.

Retirement of the Sheets v3 API and migration to v4 API.

Google is retiring the Sheets v3 API and requiring developers to migrate their applications to the v4 API. Following several timeline extensions, the final turndown of all components of the v3 API is scheduled for August 2, 2021.

Update to Sheets API v4 migration timeline

Extending the timeline to allow developers additional time to migrate their applications from Sheets v3 API to the v4 API.

Coverage of Google Keep primary data at rest and backups in data regions

This addition extends data regions coverage to a total of 11 apps. Once rolled out, Keep’s primary data at rest and backups will automatically be migrated to comply with existing data location policies