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What’s changing 
Earlier this year, we announced that meeting hosts can now enable Q&A and poll features, which previously were only offered in traditional Meet meetings. Beginning today, meeting hosts can turn Q&A on and off for livestreams.


We’ve also increased the limit of questions per meeting or livestream from 200 to 500. 

Getting started 
  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about using polls and Q&As in Google Meet. 

Rollout pace 

Availability 
  • Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Essentials Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Standard, Education Plus, and the Teaching and Learning upgrade customers 

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What’s changing 
Currently, there are a variety of features to help make meetings more inclusive and equitable, including screen reader support and live captions. 


Today, we’re introducing tile pairing for Google Meet, which will allow you to pair your video tile with another meeting participant's tile. Once you pair your tile, other meeting participants will see both tiles shown next to each other. Both pairing partners will have their borders outlined in blue when speaking. Tile pairing will be indicated in the meeting captions as well. 


Who’s impacted 
Admins and end users 


Why it matters
Tile pairing can help make meetings more accessible, specifically in situations where you want to ensure a sign-language or other language interpreter is visible during the meeting. You can also use this feature to pair speaker duos or presenters with co-presenters for a more dynamic presenting experience. 


Additional details 
At this time, tile pairings will not be captured in meeting recordings. Also, tile pairing is not available in break out rooms at this time.


Getting started
  • Admins: This feature will be ON by default and can be turned off at the OU level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing Meet settings and accessibility in Google Meet.

  • End users: 
    • Visit the Help Center to learn more about pairing tiles in Google Meet and accessibility in Google Meet.
    • If enabled by your admin, tile pairing will be available for all users. Find the user you would like to pair with in the participant list, click on the 3-dot menu and send a pairing request.
    • You’ll receive a notification with a choice to “accept” or “decline” the pairing.
Rollout pace


Availability
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts

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What’s changing 
You can now find, install, and use third-party applications all without having to leave Google Meet. At the top of the activities panel, you’ll see a “Featured add-ons” category — from here, it takes two clicks to install and begin using apps such as Confluence, Figma, Lucidspark, Miro, Polly and Read.ai in your meetings. 





You can use the “Get add-ons” button to open the Google Workspace Marketplace to browse additional add-ons for Meet. Note that in some cases, admins may have pre-installed add-ons for you or have turned off access to certain add-ons. 


Whether you’re leveraging the white boarding capabilities of Miro or Lucidspark, or using Figma to explore design possibilities in real time — you can do it all within Google Meet, without switching tabs or opening additional applications. Further, since these add-ons open directly in Meet, you can share your screen with all participants, even those who don’t have the add-on or are on an unsupported platform.


Additional details
The Miro-Meet integration is now available via the Miro add-on
In 2022, we announced the Miro integration within Google Meet — at that time, Miro would open in a separate tab with Google Meet in the sidebar. Beginning today, Miro will open directly in Meet, allowing you to leverage Miro’s rich capabilities designed for innovation without leaving Meet. With this update, users can access the Miro integration with Meet by installing the Miro add-on in the Google Workspace Marketplace. For more information about how the Miro experience is changing, see this Community forum post.



Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers

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What’s changing 
We are excited to announce dual display support for Google Meet on the Poly Studio X Series to help make video meetings more productive. With dual displays, you can see more meeting participants, presentations, and documents at once, which can help you stay focused and engaged in meetings. With a single display, shared content takes over a majority of the screen and minimizes the view of meeting participants. Minimizing the view of participants can affect meeting engagement by limiting conversation between those who are in the room and those who are not. 


During a video meeting with dual displays, the primary and secondary screens will show the view of all the participants in the meeting, including the view of the local room.
  • When a participant presents, the presentation will enlarge onto one screen display and the participant views will reflect on the other screen display. 
  • Where supported, the controller or remote will also provide options like pinning participants, changing the layout of the participant tiles, and showing the meeting's chat history.



Visit the Help Center to learn more about Dual Displays.

Getting Started
  • Admins: 
  • End Users: To use dual displays with the Poly Studio X Series of video bars, simply plug a second display into the device’s display port. The Poly Studio X Series will automatically recognize the second monitor and add it as a secondary display.
Availability
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers with Poly Studio X50, X52, and X70 devices.
    • Note: Poly Studio X30 only supports a single monitor. Poly Studio X50, X52, and X70 devices support dual display.

Rollout
  • This new feature is available now for compatible Poly Studio X Series devices running Poly OS 4.0.1 or higher.


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5 New updates 

Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time. If not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete.


Expanding autocorrect to Google Chat on web 
Google Chat on web will now automatically correct misspelled words, making it easier to send messages without typos. Similar to functionality in Gmail and Google Docs, the corrected words are shown with a gray underline so you know when the auto-correction has occurred. | This feature is rolling out now to all English users.
Expanding autocorrect to Google Chat on web

Expanding streamlined file organization across Google Workspace 
Earlier this year, we introduced streamlined file organization with the new Google Drive location picker. As a follow up, we're expanding this updated visual experience to Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Sites and Gmail. Users will now have access to helpful suggestions when moving files, adding shortcuts to files, or creating copies of files. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains at an extended pace (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility). | Learn more about how to use Google Drive. 

Updated zoom in/out capabilities across Google Docs, Slides and Drawings
We’re introducing new zoom keyboard shortcuts in Google Docs and Slides on web to help you zoom in, zoom out, or scale to 100%. Additionally, you can now smoothly zoom in or out in Slides using the trackpad or mouse wheel with a modifier key (cmd/ctrl), making it easier to control your view of Slides. | Learn more about keyboard shortcuts for Docs and Slides. 

Expanded language support for captions in Google Meet 
Captions in Google Meet allow you to view captions as everyone speaks during a meeting. Over the course of the next several weeks, you’ll be able to use captions in more languages: 

Arabic (Arab Emirates) (Beta)

Arabic (Egypt) (Beta)

Arabic (Levant) (Beta)

Arabic (Maghrebi) (Beta)

Bengali (Bangladesh) (Beta)

Bulgarian (Bulgaria) (Beta)

Chinese (Simplified) (Beta)

Chinese, Mandarin (Traditional) (Beta)

English (UK) (Beta)

Gujarati (India) (Beta)

Hindi (Beta)

isiXhosa (South Africa) (Beta)

Kannada (India) (Beta)

Khmer (Cambodia) (Beta)

Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) (Beta)

Malayalam (India) (Beta)

Marathi (India) (Beta)

Northern Sotho (South Africa) (Beta)

Sesotho (South Africa) (Beta)

Swati (South Africa) (Beta)

Swedish (Sweden) (Beta)

Tshivenda (South Africa) (Beta)

Tswana (South Africa) (Beta)

Xitsonga (South Africa) (Beta)

Available now to all Google Workspace customers. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about using captions in Google Meet.

Dynamic groups now supports negation queries 
You can now create or edit dynamic groups to use negation in membership queries. For example, you can opt to create a dynamic group that excludes all users from a particular sub organization or specific job title. There are a few limitations, however — any query using the “exists” macro and using the AND (&) operator or queries where the NOT operator is used inside of the “exists” macro will not be supported. | Rolling out to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains at gradual pace (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting September 11, 2023. | Available to Google Workspace Frontline Standard, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus and Cloud Identity Premium customers only. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about creating membership queries for dynamic groups and our Developer documentation for more information about formulating and testing a membership query. 
Dynamic groups now supports negation queries

Previous announcements

The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.


Expanding branding and customization capabilities to Google Sites 
You can now easily and quickly create with high-quality, pre-designed themes for Google Sites. | Available to Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus only. | Learn more about changing how your Google Site looks. 

Introducing a new ultra-low latency viewer experience for in-domain live streaming in Google Meet 
We are introducing a new ultra-low latency viewing experience for video meetings that are streamed within an organization. The new experience will be available to the first ten thousand viewers — all additional viewers will have the existing experience. | Learn more about in-domain live streaming in Google Meet. 

More Google Meet features for Google Workspace Individual users 
If you’re a Google Workspace Individual user, you can now take advantage of several new Meet features and enhancements. We hope these updates make it easier for you to connect and collaborate with your customers and stakeholders, continuing to drive your business forward. | Learn more about features for Google Workspace Individual users. 

Lock files more easily in Google Drive 
We’re adding the option to lock Drive files by right-clicking the file, selecting “File information”, and clicking “Lock”. Locking a file makes sure reviewers can’t change a file. Edits, comments and suggestions can't be added to locked documents. | Learn more about locking files in Drive.

Increased row limits in Connected Sheets for BigQuery 
We’re increasing the maximum number of rows of results returned from BigQuery for pivot tables and for data extracts. Pivot tables have been expanded to 50,000 rows (previously 30,000) and data extracts have been expanded to 50,000 rows (previously 25,000). | Learn more about Connected Sheets for BigQuery.


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What’s changing
If you’re a Google Workspace Individual user, you can now take advantage of several new Meet features and enhancements. We hope these updates make it easier for you to connect and collaborate with your customers and stakeholders, continuing to drive your business forward.


Feature

Description

Default ON / OFF

Participant Limit

We’re increasing the number of meeting participants from 100 to 150.

This feature will be ON by default.

Assign co-hosts

You can assign one or more co-hosts, who can help manage the flow of your meetings.

This feature will be ON by default.

Q&As

You can use the Q&A feature to engage further with your audience, giving them the opportunity to get their questions answered.

This feature will be ON by default.

Meeting Transcripts

You can use transcripts to capture the meeting discussion and meeting attendees, making it easier to follow-up after the meeting, identify action items, or simply serve as a meeting record.

This feature will be ON by default.

Guest List

Directly from Google Meet, you can see everyone invited to the meeting but have yet to join the call. You can also see their RSVP status, including “optional” attendees and RSVP notes.

This feature will be ON by default.



Getting started 
Rollout pace
  • Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on September 5, 2023

Availability
  • This update is specific to Google Workspace Individual subscribers 

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What’s changing 
We are introducing a new ultra-low latency viewing experience for video meetings that are streamed within an organisation. The new experience will be available to the first ten thousand viewers — all additional viewers will have the existing experience. This update is only available on the web, mobile users will be redirected to a web link, where they’ll have the existing livestream experience. 


With this release, you’ll notice several functional and quality improvements, such as: A virtually lag-free streaming experience. 
  • Significantly increased speaker video resolution (up to 720p per speaker). 
  • Shared content and presentations shown up to 2880x1800. 
  • Up to two speaker video feeds can be shown side by side together with presented material. 
  • A new layout engine supports any window aspect with dynamic resolution management. 
  • Improved automatic camera cuts that focus on the most relevant speakers & content. 
  • Audience interaction through emoji reactions, polls and Q&A. Support for captions and translated captions is coming in a later update.


Additional details
These updates will be available for Google Meet on web and Android devices. We plan to introduce support for Meet mobile apps by the end of 2023, which will introduce an immersive, full-screen live streaming experience for both iOS and Android devices.  We’ll share an update on the blog when that becomes available.


Getting started
  • Admins: Visit our Help Center for more information turning live streaming on or off for Meet.
  • End users: When enabled by your admin, use the Help Center to learn more about live streaming a video meeting. 
    • Viewers: You can join streams as before. Reactions, polls and live Q&A work like in a regular Meet video meeting.
    • Live stream hosts: Live streams are scheduled and managed just like before. Reactions, polls and live Q&A are integrated with the Meet call and managed like usual. Automatic camera cuts are triggered by speaker activity without any host action required.
Rollout pace
Note: For some customers, these changes may roll out at a slower rate — this means some customers may not receive this update until Q4 2023, with the latest being December 2023.


Availability
  • Live streaming is available for Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Essentials Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Education Plus customers.

  • Live streamed meetings can be viewed by Google Workspace Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus,  Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, the Teaching and Learning. Upgrade, Education Plus, Essentials Starter, and Essentials users.
  • Not available to users with personal Google accounts.

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[Update]: As of February 2024, Duet AI for Google Workspace is now Gemini for Google Workspace. Visit the Workspace Blog or this recent announcement on the Workspace Updates Blog for more information.

This announcement was made at Google Cloud Next ‘23. Visit the Workspace Blog to learn more about the next wave of AI innovation in Workspace. This feature is exclusive to the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on.


What’s changing
As part of the Duet AI for Workspace Enterprise add-on, we’re expanding the number of languages available for the translated captions feature.


If you have Duet AI for Google Workspace, you can now translate English and non-English speech to and from the following languages:
  • Chinese (Mandarin, Traditional)
  • Hindi (India)
  • Thai
  • Italian
  • Russian

This adds to the existing list of languages: French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Swedish, Chinese (Simplified), Vietnamese, Dutch, Turkish, Indonesian.


Additionally, you can translate non-English speech to and from the following languages:
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese

Getting started
  • Admins: There are no admin controls for these features. See here for more information on the Duet AI for Workspace Enterprise add-on.

  • End users: These features are available by default. Visit the Help Center to learn more about translated captions in Google Meet.

  • Meeting participants: You can use live translated captions if you’re using an eligible Google Workspace edition or the meeting is organized by a user with an eligible Google Workspace edition. 

Rollout pace

Availability

  • This feature is available as part of the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on.
  • Note: Translated captions in Google Meet will be available exclusively to Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on users at a future date. We will provide a minimum of 6 months notice to existing Google Workspace customers before this change takes place.



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This announcement was made at Google Cloud Next ‘23. Visit the Workspace Blog to learn more about the next wave of AI innovation in Workspace. This feature is exclusive to the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on.
 
What’s changing
There are a variety of ways to change your background in Google Meet today, including immersive backgrounds, seasonal backgrounds, and more. Beginning today, you can now use the power of Duet AI to generate completely unique and bespoke meeting backgrounds.

Create your custom background from the Meet greenroom




Who’s impacted
Admins and end users



Why you’d use it
In addition to protecting your privacy during video calls, you can generate a background that enhances the meeting itself. For example, you can create a background specific to your clients and the industry they work with, helping to deepen the connection through visual reinforcement. You can create backgrounds that set the tone for kicking off an important project, or one befitting of celebrating a company or colleague milestone.

Getting started
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This announcement was made at Google Cloud Next ‘23. Visit the Workspace Blog to learn more about the next wave of AI innovation in Workspace. This feature is exclusive to the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on.


What’s changing
Google Meet already offers a variety of tools to help you appear your best during meetings, including automatic framing and lighting adjustments. Today, we’re taking these enhancements a step further by introducing studio look in Google Meet, powered by Duet AI. Studio look enhances the quality of your portrait by reducing noise and increasing sharpness, bringing you into focus more clearly.


In the hybrid work world, our video feeds can be hindered by low light or lower quality webcams. Studio look helps ensure you’re coming across crisp and in focus, helping strengthen human connections in a hybrid work world.

Getting started
  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • End users: This feature will be available by default. You can turn studio look on before a call or during a call from the three-dot settings menu. Visit the Help Center to learn more about improving your video experience with studio look.

Rollout pace 

Availability 


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What’s changing 
Beginning today, you can join a client-side encrypted meeting directly from the Google Meet and Calendar apps. 


Client-side encryption gives users direct control of their encryption keys and the identity service that authenticates those keys. Further, client-side encryption ensures that Google cannot access audio and video content under any circumstances. Our original announcement has more information about client-side encryption in Meet.


Getting started

Rollout pace


Availability
  • Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers hosting client-side encrypted calls 
  • Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Education Fundamentals, The Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Frontline, and Nonprofits customers

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What’s changing
Earlier this year, we added a new feature that allows multiple people to present a Google Slides presentation together in Meet. Starting today, co-presenters are now also able to view speaker notes. 
View speaker notes while co-presenting Google Slides in Google Meet

Who’s impacted 
End users 


Why it’s important 
Primary and co-presenters can now read from the same speaker notes while engaging with their audience during a presentation. This allows everyone to present with greater confidence and reduces context switching between Meet and Slides. 


Additional details 
This feature requires a computer with a Google Chrome or Edge browser. 


Getting started 
  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: 
    • As the main presenter: 
      • To start a presentation, select “present a tab” in Meet > “start slideshow”. 
      • To add a co-presenter, select "Add co-presenter" in the people panel drop down menus. 
      • To view speaker notes, click the speaker notes button in the controls at the bottom corner of the presentation. 
    • As a co-presenter: 
      • You’ll be notified that the primary presenter assigned you as a co-presenter. 
      • You’ll get control over the Slides presentation, allowing you to navigate the deck for everyone in the meeting. 
      • To view speaker notes, click the speaker notes button in the controls at the bottom corner of the presentation. 
        • Note: co-presenters must have edit access to the Slides presentation in order to view speaker notes 
    • Visit the Help Center to learn more about co-presenting Slides in Google Meet. 
Rollout pace 
Availability 
  • Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and the Teaching & Learning Upgrade

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What’s changing 
When we previously announced Zoom interoperability for Google Meet hardware devices, Zoom interop calls only supported Zoom’s Speaker view. We’re now introducing support for Zoom’s Gallery view, which makes much better use of screen real estate and allows more participants to be seen on screen at the same time. 


Note: There is no way to toggle between Speaker View and Gallery View at this time – Gallery view has replaced Speaker view as the default layout for Zoom calls. 


Getting started 
  • Admins: There is no admin action required. 
  • End users: There is no action required — you’ll automatically notice this change. 

Rollout 

Availability 
  • Available for all Google Meet hardware customers 

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What’s changing 
Meeting hosts can now enable Q&A moderation, which will allow hosts to review and approve questions before they’re shared with meeting attendees. Question moderation can be used for meetings and in-domain live streams, on web and mobile devices. This update will help ensure questions are appropriate and on topic before they’re shared broadly with meeting participants. 

Review and approve questions before they're shared in the meeting.



Getting started 
  • Admins: There is no admin control for this specific feature. Visit our Help Center to learn more about turning Q & A on or off for your organization. 
  • End users: 
    • This feature will be OFF by default and can be turned on in the host controls “Meeting activities” section:



    • Meeting participants will see a banner indicating whether question moderation is turned on or off for their meeting:

Question moderation is turned on


Question moderation is turned off

Rollout pace 

Availability 
  • Available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Nonprofits customers 

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3 New updates 

Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time. If not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete.


Set Context Aware Access policies for 1P & 3P applications to access Workspace APIs 
Admins can now use context-aware access to block or limit first and third party API access to Google Workspace applications. With context-aware access, you can set up different access levels to Workspace applications based on a user’s identity and the context of the request (location, device security status, IP address). Extending these policies to APIs that request Workspace core data gives admins another layer of control and security and helps protect against data exfiltration. | Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus, and Cloud Identity Premium customers only. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about controlling which third-party & internal apps access Google Workspace data, context-aware access, creating context-aware access levels, and assigning access levels to apps. 

Include audio when sharing your screen using Google Meet on mobile
If you're using Google Meet on a mobile device, you can now share audio in addition to your screenshare. Share a video with sound, or share music along with your presentation. | This feature is available now on iOS and will begin rolling out for Android mid-August 2023. | Learn more about presenting during a video meeting. 

A single Google group can be a member of 30,000 shared drives 
Previously, a single Google group could be added as a member to an unlimited number of shared drives. To protect the reliability of access changes for users in Google groups, a single group can now be added to no more than 30,000 shared drives. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains at an extended pace (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility). | Available to Business Standard, Business Plus, Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Nonprofits only. | Learn more about shared drive limits in Google Drive. 


Previous announcements

The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.


Adding line numbers to Google Docs 
We’ve introduced the option to display line numbers within Docs that are set to paged mode. | Learn more about line numbers to Google Docs. 

Import sensitive external files to Google Drive with client-side encryption using the 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. | Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers only. | Learn more about the ​​migrate to Drive client-side encryption beta. 

Sync users and groups from an Azure Active Directory using Directory Sync Google 
Workspace Admins can now use Directory Sync to sync users and groups from Azure Active Directory. Directory Sync is an alternative to Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS), which admins can use to synchronize user and group data with their Google Cloud directory without the need to manage on-prem hardware and deployments. | Learn more about Directory Sync. 

Disable submissions after a due date in Google Classroom 
We’ve introduced a new option for teachers to disable submissions after an assignment is past the due date. | Learn more about disabling submissions in Google Classroom. 

In-line replies now available within announcement spaces in Google Chat
We've added an in-line reply option to enable members of a space to respond to or discuss an announcement. | Learn more about in-line replies in Google Chat spaces.

Completed rollouts

The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the original blog posts for additional details.


Rapid Release Domains: 

For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).

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