The administrative control panel now allows admins to opt in to some new application features before they're generally available to Google Apps domains. This provides access to new, possibly less stable application enhancements.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From the US English, next-generation administrative control panel, click 'Domain settings' and check the box next to 'Turn on new application features to my domain before they are rolled out to all Google Apps customers.'

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=82691

Google Sync is an application for BlackBerry devices that lets users do two-way syncing between their BlackBerry calendar and their Google Calendar.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From your phone's browser, visit m.google.com/sync to download the application.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/google.com/bin/answer.py?answer=83036

The Gmail Mobile application now supports most Java-enabled phones, in addition to many smartphones and BlackBerry devices.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From your phone's browser, visit m.google.com/a to download the application.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/mobile.html

The Google Talk gadget now supports US English, UK English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
UK English, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese(Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

How to access what's new:
Bookmark http://hostedtalkgadget.google.com/a/your-domain.com/talkgadget/client to quickly launch the Google Talk gadget.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/talk.html

When users instant message using Gmail's browser-based chat feature, they can now have multi-user chats, add emoticons to their messages, and view media like YouTube videos right in the chat window.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Gmail, and start a chat session with one or more of your contacts. When a contact sends you a YouTube link, you can watch the video right in Gmail's chat window.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/talk.html

Businesses and other organizations moving from old mail solutions that support IMAP can use the IMAP migration tool, but for administrators currently on a non-IMAP solution, this API lets them build custom applications to migrate mail from any legacy system to Google Apps.

Editions impacted:
Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Read more about the mail migration API in our developer guide. (see link below)

For more information:
http://code.google.com/apis/apps/email_migration/developers_guide_protocol.html

Administrators can now set email policy rules using regular expressions, which allows for inbound and outbound filtering on content like social security numbers, phone numbers and other structured information.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to the Premier Edition administrative control panel and launch the Postini management interface to configure email policy management rules.

For more information:
http://groups.google.com/group/PostiniSupportForGoogleApps

Google Presentations now supports slide dragging to reorder slides, and right clicks to change slide background and to duplicate slides.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a presentation, and try these new editing options.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

Google Calendar now supports US English, UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Korean, Japanese, Thai, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Turkish, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Slovenian and Polish.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Thai, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Slovenian, and Portuguese (Portugal)

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Calendar, click 'Settings', and select the interface language you prefer.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/calendar.html

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Google Docs now supports US English, UK English, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian.

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, click 'Settings', and select the interface language you prefer.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

IMAP access is now available to Gmail users at no additional cost, so people can connect client applications like Microsoft Outlook and Apple Mail, and mobile devices like the iPhone to their Gmail accounts. Actions taken while connected by IMAP will be reflected next time the user signs in to the Gmail web interface, or connects to their account from a different IMAP application.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Gmail, click 'Settings', and choose the 'Forwarding and POP/IMAP' tab. Select the option to enable IMAP, and follow the instructions to configure the device or application you'll use to access Gmail.

For more information:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=75725

Google Spreadsheet users can now do conditional formatting, which automatically changes the format of a cell based on the cell's contents. Google Spreadsheets also now lets users hide columns and rows.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
In Google Docs, open a spreadsheet, select a group of cells, and click the icon to change the cell background. Select 'Change with rules...' and add your conditional formatting preferences. To hide a row or column, select a set of rows or columns, right click, and choose 'Hide'.

For more information:
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=78413
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=58142

Users can now sign in and view documents and spreadsheets from their mobile devices, including the iPhone.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From your mobile phone's browser, sign in to Google Docs at docs.google.com/a/your.domain/m.

For more information:
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=77428

Each Premier Edition user account now includes 25 GB of mail storage in Gmail.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign up for or upgrade to Premier Edition, and sign in to Gmail. The email storage quota is noted below the inbox.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/gmail.html

Email routing lets administrators pilot Gmail alongside their existing mail solution, accomplish dual-deployments, and support mixed messaging environments.

Editions impacted:
Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Learn more on the email routing overview page. (see link below)

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en-au&answer=77182

Custom message policy management and 90-day message recovery for accidentally deleted messages are now included in Premier Edition at no additional charge.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
In the Premier Edition administrative control panel, click 'Add services' and select 'Policy Management and Message Recovery'.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en-ie&answer=77041

In addition to creating and collaborating on documents and spreadsheets, users can now work on and share presentations in their browsers.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, click 'New' and select 'Presentation' to start creating new slides. Or upload an existing PowerPoint PPT file by clicking the 'Upload' button.

For more information:
http://google.com/support/a/users/bin/topic.py?topic=12610

Google Apps now offers an API allowing administrators to retrieve detailed product usage data and statistics across their domains.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the reporting API reference page to learn more. (see link below)

For more information:
http://code.google.com/apis/apps/reporting/google_apps_reporting_api.html

Google Spreadsheets now lets users create functions that continuously query Google.com for information, like pulling real-time stock quotes from a company's stock symbol. Users can also complete lists using Google Sets. For example, if you know the first ten states in the US, Google Spreadsheets will help you fill in the other 40 states. Google Spreadsheets also now supports new text formats, like strikethrough.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a spreadsheet, and click the 'Formulas' tab, click 'more»' and then select the 'Google' category of formulas to use one of the new formulas. To complete a list with Google Sets, select the first few elements of your list, click and hold the blue selection box handle, and drag to the size of your full list, holding Ctrl (Windows and Linux) or Option (Mac) while you click and drag.

For more information:
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=54198
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=54199
http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=75509

Administrators configuring and deploying Google Apps for their organizations can now access a comprehensive setup guide to smooth the transition from start to finish.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions.

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the setup guide in your browser. (see link below)

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/resources/setup/

Premier Edition now supports US English, UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese.

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps homepage, select a language from the language menu in the upper right of the page, and click 'Compare Editions and Sign Up' to register for Premier Edition.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/business/applications.html

Google Apps Education Edition is now available at no cost to registered 501(c)(3) organizations in the US.

Editions impacted:
Education Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps landing page for non-profits and sign up. (see link below)

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/npo/index.html

Google Docs now supports US English, UK English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Thai, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Turkish, Polish, Russian, Portuguese (BR), Dutch, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simiplified), Japanese and Korean.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Thai, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Vietnamese and Indonesian

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, click 'Settings', and select the interface language you prefer.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

The Google Docs document list now allows you to put documents in folders, filter by type of document, filter by who you share documents with, and more.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs to see the new document list.

In Gmail and Google Docs, each user can now see all the other users from their business, school or organization in their contact list, making it easier to communicate and share with contacts by just typing the first few letters of people's names.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
In Gmail or Google Docs, compose a message or share a document and type the first few letters of a contact's name in the Gmail to: field or the Google Docs sharing box. Contacts from your domain will auto-complete.

For more information:
http://google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=6597

Businesses and other organizations moving from old mail solutions that support IMAP can now move all the existing mail on their servers to Gmail using the new IMAP migration service.

Editions impacted:
Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Read more about migrating email in our comprehensive IMAP mail migration overview. (see link below)

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=61369

Google Talk can now be launched from the browser, so you don't need to use the Google Talk application. The Talk gadtget also supports multi-person chat sessions.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Bookmark http://hostedtalkgadget.google.com/a/your-domain.com/talkgadget/client to quickly launch the Google Talk gadget.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/google.com/bin/answer.py?answer=58339

Now when you're viewing your agenda, there's a horizontal line representing the current time so you can easily see where you are in your day. Also, now you can send an email to all the invitees of meetings that you schedule.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
To see the current time line, sign in to Google Calendar, click 'Settings' and make sure 'Show current time' is set to 'Yes'. Then view your agenda in Day or Week view to see the current time line.

To email all invitees for a meeting you've scheduled, view event details and click the 'Email guests' link.

With Gmail, you can now view PowerPoint PPT attachments in your browser without downloading the attachment.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
In Gmail, open a message that has a PowerPoint PPT attachment, and click the 'View as slideshow' link.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=30719

Now it's easier to find interesting public calendars that people have shared, and view that event information alongside your own agenda.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Calendar, type what kind of public calendar you're looking for in the search box (like "Seattle Mariners schedule", and click 'Search public calendars'.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=69242

Now you can pilot Premier Edition free for 30 days, to experience the benefits of enhanced administrative controls, more storage for each user's inbox, phone support for critical administrative issues and more.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps homepage, and sign up for a free trial of Premier Edition

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/editions_spe.html

Gmail now lets you send and receive attachments up to 20 MB in size.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Gmail, compose a new message, and attach a file.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=6589

Google Calendar now has a streamlined user interface for accessing your calendar from your phone's browser.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
From your phone's browser, visit calendar.google.com/a/your-domain.com.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=65923

Internet service providers, portals and other organizations that support very large populations of non-corporate users can now provide Google's applications to their users.

Editions impacted:
Partner Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps Partner Edition homepage and contact us for more information.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/partners/index.html

Users can now invite members of mailing lists to view or collaborate on documents and spreadsheets.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a document or spreadsheet, click the 'Share' tab and enter a mailing list address in the invitation box. Make sure the 'Invitations can be used by anyone' box is checked.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=66343

The Spreadsheets component of Google Docs now enables users to create charts.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, open a spreadsheet and click the chart icon in the menu bar.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=63728&topic=11520

Google Apps Standard and Education Editions can now be administered in US English, UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese.

Editions impacted:
Standard and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
Polish, Czech and Ukrainian

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Apps homepage and select a language from the language menu in the upper right of the page.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/business/applications.html

Gmail's Mail Fetcher can download messages from up to five other email accounts, centralizing all your email in your Gmail account.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
In Gmail, click 'Settings', choose the 'Accounts' tab, and click the link in the 'Get mail from other accounts' section of the page.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/support/a/users/bin/answer.py?answer=21288

Google Docs is now available in all editions of Google Apps for creating and collaborating on documents and spreadsheets.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier and Education Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit docs.google.com/a/your-domain.com and sign in.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html

The new Premier Edition of Google Apps offers more administrative controls, more storage for each user's inbox, phone support for critical administrative issues and more. Premier Edition is available to businesses of all sizes for $50 per user per year.

Editions impacted:
Premier Edition

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign up for Premier Edition from the Google Apps homepage, or upgrade from an existing Standard Edition domain from the administrative control panel.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/editions_spe.html

This feed provides essential information about new features and improvements to Google Apps.

Stay tuned for much more!