Google Workspace Changes

G Suite Add-ons are now generally available in Calendar, Gmail, and Google Drive.

G Suite Add-ons, a cross-suite platform that connects G Suite to third-party workplace applications, are now rolling out to all users. This allows users to execute workflows from third-party apps like Workfront, SignEasy, and WebEx directly within the side panels of Gmail, Calendar, and Google Drive without switching between different applications.

Rubrics are now generally available for Google Classroom users.

Rubrics provide a scoring framework that helps educators evaluate student assignments, set clear expectations, and provide actionable feedback. Educators can create rubrics during assignment creation, reuse rubrics from previous assignments, and export or import rubrics to share with other instructors.

Originality reports are now generally available for Google Classroom users.

Originality reports allow instructors to check student work for matches across billions of web pages and books to evaluate academic integrity and provide constructive feedback. Students can also use these reports to identify missed citations or poor paraphrasing before final submission. The feature is available for G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise for Education users.

See a filterable, searchable list of the latest G Suite launches

The “What’s new in G Suite?” Help Center article includes recent launches. The article has a list of all the G Suite launches from the past six months. You can filter by product or search by keyword to find and learn about any launch.

Grant SAML app access to specific groups

You can now enable SAML apps for specific groups of users in your organization. You could previously only enable them by organizational unit (OU).

You can now enable SAML apps for specific groups of users in your organization, offering extra flexibility.

You can now enable SAML apps for specific groups of users in your organization. You could previously only enable them by organizational unit (OU). This provides extra flexibility, as you can now turn apps on or off for sets of users without changing your organizational structure.

Use an iPhone as a security key for 2-Step Verification

Adding an option to use your iPhone as a security key for your Google Account. Security keys provide the strongest form of 2-Step Verification to help protect your account against phishing.

Use phones as security keys in the Advanced Protection Program

You can now use your mobile phone as a security key in the Advanced Protection Program for the enterprise. This means you can use your Android or iOS device’s built-in security key for 2-Step Verification

Grant SAML app access to specific groups

You can now enable SAML apps for specific groups of users in your organization. You could previously only enable them by organizational unit (OU).

Present high-quality video content with audio in meetings using the HDMI cable on Hangouts Meet hardware.

Users can now present high-quality video content with audio in meetings with remote participants using the HDMI cable included with Hangouts Meet hardware kits. While this cable previously supported local presentations, it now allows for presenting into meetings with remote participants as well.

Present to meetings using the HDMI cable on Hangouts Meet hardware

Present high-quality video content with audio in your meeting using the HDMI cable included with Hangouts Meet hardware kits.

New options for copying presentations in Google Slides, including selecting specific slides and removing speaker notes.

When creating a copy of an existing Google Slides presentation, users can now select specific slides to copy instead of the entire deck and choose to remove speaker notes from the copy. This update simplifies the process of parsing out and sharing the most relevant content with teams and stakeholders.

Break out a single value within a pie chart in Google Sheets

Google Sheets now allows users to highlight a specific slice of a pie or donut chart by 'pulling it out,' providing more control over chart aesthetics and better visibility for the most important data points.

More options for copying presentations in Google Slides

When creating a copy of an existing Google Slides presentation, you'll now be able to select specific slides to copy instead of the whole deck and remove the speaker notes from the copy.

Break out a single value within a pie chart in Google Sheets

You can now “pull out” and highlight a slice from a pie or donut chart in Google Sheets. This feature gives you more ways to control the look of your charts and better display the most important data in Sheets.