Google Workspace Changes

Google Meet "Take notes for me" email notifications now include meeting summaries and suggested next steps.

The email notifications generated by the "Take notes for me" feature in Google Meet have been enhanced. These emails will now provide a summary of the meeting and "suggested next steps" in addition to the direct link to the notes document. This aims to give meeting invitees a quick and helpful overview of the meeting's key takeaways in a single place, improving the utility of automated meeting notes.

Improved Google Meet hardware admin log events now offer more granular details and a new event category for better tracking and troubleshooting.

Google Meet is enhancing its hardware administration log events within the Google Workspace Admin console. The deprecated 'HANGOUTS DEVICE SETTING' event category is being replaced by a new, more precise 'GOOGLE MEET HARDWARE' event type. This update provides administrators with a more comprehensive audit trail, including granular device-specific information like device ID, resource IDs, and device type, for actions such as changing lifecycle state, OU membership, device properties, performing bulk actions, and running commands on Meet devices. This increased visibility aims to improve an organization's security posture and facilitate more effective troubleshooting of Google Meet hardware issues.

Studio lighting in Google Meet, powered by Gemini, is now accessible on all devices.

Google Meet's studio lighting feature, which uses machine learning and Gemini to simulate studio-quality lighting by adjusting light position and brightness in video feeds, is now available across all devices. The rollout to Rapid and Scheduled Release domains is complete. It is available for Google Workspace Business Standard and Plus, and Enterprise Standard and Plus.

Automated meeting recordings, transcripts, and "Take notes for me" in Google Meet now support seven additional languages.

Google Meet's automated meeting recording, transcript generation, and "Take notes for me" features, previously only in English, now support French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. Meeting artifacts will automatically be generated in the meeting host’s supported language. This feature is rolling out now to Rapid and Scheduled Release domains, with availability varying by Google Workspace edition.

Meeting hosts can control who requests to join meetings ("knocking").

Meeting hosts gain control over who can request to join meetings when the meeting access type is "Trusted" or "Restricted". This is configured via the Calendar invite (Video call options > Host controls) or during the meeting (Host controls). This feature enhances meeting security and minimizes disruptions.

Users can now present content directly from their camera feed in Google Meet.

Google Meet is introducing a new feature that allows users to present content directly from their camera feed during meetings. This enhancement supports various use cases, including streaming produced video content, sharing live feeds from external video sources like microscopes or cameras, and educators presenting paper content via document cameras. The feature supports up to 1080p/30FPS. Furthermore, improvements to screen sharing include faster initiation, sharper video quality, automatic resumption of presentations when a second presenter stops sharing, and a more intuitive user interface for the screen sharing button.

Users can now view in-meeting chat messages in Google Meet live streams.

The ability to view in-meeting chat messages in Google Meet live streams has been added.

Set preferred language for "Take notes for me", recorded captions, and meeting transcripts in Google Meet.

You can now set your preferred language from the Calendar invite and during the meeting when using Google Meet on Android and iOS devices for "Take notes for me", recorded captions, and meeting transcripts.

Updates for configuring your preferred language for “Take notes for me”, recorded captions, and meeting transcripts

You can now set your preferred language from the Calendar invite and during the meeting when using Google Meet on Android and iOS devices.

Updates for configuring your preferred language for “Take notes for me”, recorded captions, and meeting transcripts

You can now set your preferred language from the Calendar invite and during the meeting when using Google Meet on Android and iOS devices.

Improve communication and representation with Dynamic layouts in Google Meet

The feature to Improve communication and representation with Dynamic layouts in Google Meet has completed rollout to Rapid Release domains

You can now set your preferred language from the Calendar invite and during the meeting when using Google Meet on Android and iOS devices.

You can now set your preferred language from the Calendar invite and during the meeting when using Google Meet on Android and iOS devices.

You can now set your preferred language for “Take notes for me”, recorded captions, and meeting transcripts from the Calendar invite or during the meeting on Android and iOS devices.

You can now set your preferred language for these features from the Calendar invite, which will apply to every meeting in a series, or during the meeting when using Google Meet on Android and iOS devices.

Logitech Rally Bar devices now support continuous framing.

Logitech Rally Bar, Rally Bar Mini, and Rally Bar Huddle devices now support built-in continuous framing. When enabled, the camera adjusts to optimally frame participants in the meeting room. This feature is accessible to meeting participants via the touch controller. Admins can configure default camera framing options.

Support for continuous framing on select Logitech Google Meet on ChromeOS.

If you’re joining a meeting from a Logitech Rally Bar, Rally Bar Mini, and Rally Bar Huddle device, you can now take advantage of the devices built-in continuous framing. When enabled, the camera will continuously adjust to optimally frame those in the meeting room, including participants coming and leaving the room.