Google Workspace Changes

Apply black & white filter to Google Drive scans on Android devices

Google Drive for Android now allows users to apply a black & white filter to document scans. This feature is designed to enhance text and other critical elements, ensuring they are sharply defined against the background for better clarity.

Google Drive is introducing a modernized video player with updated visuals and improved playback controls.

Google Drive has updated its video player to align with Google Material Design 3, featuring a cleaner look and intuitive controls. The update includes improved fast forward and rewind buttons, easier playback speed adjustments, and better caption management, ensuring a consistent experience across Google Drive and the upcoming Google Vids editor.

Use Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive in seven additional languages (Alpha)

You can now use Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive in seven additional languages: German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, French. The additional languages are available in alpha for Workspace customers with a Gemini Business, Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Education, and Gemini Education Premium add-on.

Google Drive inventory reporting is now generally available for admins.

Google Drive inventory reporting has moved from beta to general availability, allowing admins to export inventory reports to BigQuery to gain deeper insights into how data is classified, accessed, and used. This update includes new functionality such as adherence to data regions settings, additional report details (creator email, owner's organizational unit, and inherited permissions for shared drives), and the capture of audit events for configuration and report status.

Under the umbrella of our data migration services, we’re introducing a new file migration service for Admins to transfer files between OneDrive data to Google Drive for up to 100 users at a time.

Available directly under the Admin console, super admins can now migrate all your files and folders, as well as their corresponding access permissions with shared members.

Beta that allows shared drive managers to restrict folders to specific users within a shared drive.

Today, we’re introducing a beta that allows shared drive managers to restrict folders to specific users within a shared drive. This provides shared drive managers with greater flexibility to keep relevant content within a single shared drive, while restricting access to shared folders with sensitive information.

send an email to any collaborator if you are a file owner or editor

We’re building upon this by introducing the ability to send an email to any collaborator if you are a file owner or editor.

Expanding streamlined file organization across Google Workspace

The updated visual experience of the Google Drive location picker is being expanded to Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Sites, and Gmail. Users will receive helpful suggestions when moving files, adding shortcuts, or creating copies of files.

Easily lock Google Drive files via the right-click context menu to prevent edits.

Google Drive is introducing a simplified way to lock files by right-clicking a file, selecting 'File information', and clicking 'Lock'. Locking a file ensures that reviewers cannot make edits, add comments, or provide suggestions. This feature streamlines a process that was previously only available through the Google Drive API or file approvals.

A single Google group can be a member of 30,000 shared drives

Google Drive has increased the capacity for Google groups, allowing a single group to be a member of up to 30,000 shared drives.

Reorganized file and folder menu in Google Drive

Google Drive has updated the right-click menu for files and folders. While the core functionality remains the same, the menu items have been reordered and renamed, and new sub-menus have been added to improve the user interface.

Adding drag & drop to Google Drive multi-instance support on large screen Android devices

Users on large screen Android devices can now drag and drop files and folders between two side-by-side instances of the Google Drive app, enabling faster sharing of content between two different Google Accounts.

Empty the entire trash folder of shared drives in Google Drive

Google Drive has added the ability to empty the entire trash folder of a shared drive, eliminating the manual effort of removing items individually. As a reminder, files and folders in Trash are automatically deleted forever after 30 days.

A single Google group can be a member of 30,000 shared drives

To protect the reliability of access changes for users in Google groups, Google has introduced a limit where a single group can now be added to no more than 30,000 shared drives, replacing the previous unlimited capacity.

Admins can import sensitive, encrypted files from third-party storage using Client-side encryption and the Google Drive API, launching in beta.

For select Google Workspace editions, admins can import sensitive, encrypted files from third-party storage using Client-side encryption and the Google Drive API, preserving the confidentiality of your data. Eligible admins can apply for beta access using this form.