Enhancing tool discovery in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
- Page setup, Dropdown, Meeting notes in Docs.
- Insert rows/columns, merge cells, and freeze rows/columns in Sheets.
- Page setup, Spell check, Edit theme in Slides.
- Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
- End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about tool finder for Docs, Sheets & Slides.
- Rapid Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 25, 2023
- Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 21, 2023
- Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers
- Available to users with personal Google Accounts
Co-present Google Slides in Google Meet
- See the audience, presentation, and Slides controls in one window
- Navigate the presentation
- Start and stop media within the presentation
- Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
- End users:
- As the main presenter:
- To start a presentation, select “present this tab” in Meet > “start slideshow”.
- To add a co-presenter, select "Add co-presenter" in the people panel drop down menus.
- Visit the Help Center to learn more about controlling Slides presentations in Google Meet.
- 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.
- Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 20, 2023
- Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 8, 2023
- Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Nonprofits customers
- Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Frontline, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers
- Not available to users with personal Google Accounts
Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - March 31, 2023
Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), 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), and available to all Google Workspace and G Suite customers.
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.
Completed rollouts
The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the original blog post for additional details.
- Provide custom Google Meet background images for your users
- Improvements to content organization in Google Docs (Sidebar)
- Connected Sheets for Looker now available for all Looker-hosted instances
- Launching in beta: manage working locations with the Calendar API
- Quickly access Google Drive files in Chrome browser
Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - March 10, 2023
Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), 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), and available to all Google Workspace and G Suite customers.
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.
Completed rollouts
The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the original blog post for additional details.
[Weekly Recap] More ways to work with BigQuery data in Google Sheets (4 new Sheets functions)
[Weekly Recap] 360 degree video backgrounds available for Google Meet on mobile
Programmatically manage and apply Google Drive label taxonomy changes
Refreshed interface for Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides
- A simplified user interface at the top of your docs, sheets, and slides, helping you find frequently used actions faster
- Additional user experience improvements in commenting, background, rulers, and gridlines.
- Note that while there are no changes in functionality, some features have been relocated to reduce clutter within the new interface. Notably, you can find the latest status info for the doc, such as last edit and version history, via a single entry point: the clock icon in the top right corner.
- Key actions surfaced inline on files, for quick access and increased productivity.
- Ability to select multiple items at a time and undertake batch operations for frequent tasks.
- New search chips (including type, owner, and last modified) to help you find files faster.
- Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on March 6, 2023
- Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on March 22, 2023
- Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers
- Available to users with personal Google accounts
Adding Trusted Types to Google Workspace
What’s changing
- Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
- Developers:
- To make code Trusted Types compliant, signal to the browser that data being used within the context of these DOM APIs is trustworthy by creating a Trusted Type special object.
- There are several ways to be Trusted Types compliant, such as removing the offending code, using a library, or creating a Trusted Types policy. To ensure a seamless experience for users, these techniques can be employed before Trusted Types enforcement is rolled out.
- Visit the Chrome DevTools engineering blog to learn more about implementing CSP and Trusted Types debugging in Chrome DevTools.
- End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.
- Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on March 23, 2023
- Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on April 24, 2023
- Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers
- Available to users with personal Google Accounts
Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - February 3, 2023
Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), 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), and available to all Google Workspace and G Suite customers.
- Connected Sheets users will now be able to include JSON columns from a BigQuery connection in their formulas, pivot tables, charts, extracts, and filters.
- We are introducing support for 4 new Sheets functions that allow you to have a single source of truth of your data within BigQuery:
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.
Completed rollouts
The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the original blog post for additional details.
Rapid Release Domains: [Weekly Recap] Display space names when granting access to files
For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).
For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).
Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - January 13, 2023
1 New update
Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), 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), and available to all Google Workspace and G Suite customers.
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.
Completed rollouts
The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the original blog post for additional details.
Scheduled Release Domains:
Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).
For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).
View speaker notes while presenting Google Slides in Google Meet
- Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
- End users:
- Select "Present a Tab" in Meet > choose a Google Slide presentation > click the speaker notes button in the controls at the bottom corner of the presentation.
- Visit the Help Center to learn more about controlling Slides presentations in Google Meet.
- Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on January 10, 2023
- Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on January 30, 2023
- Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Education Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Nonprofits customers
- Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Education Fundamentals, Frontline, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers
- Not available to users with personal Google Accounts
Improvements to voice features in Google Docs and Slides
What’s changing
- Type and edit by speaking in Google Docs or in Google Slides speaker notes.
- Present slides with automatic captions to display a speaker's words in real time.
- Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
- End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about typing with your voice and presenting slides with captions.
- Rapid Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on January 9, 2023
- Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on Feb 6, 2023
- Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers
- Available to users with personal Google Accounts
Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 9, 2022
New updates
Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), 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), and available to all Google Workspace and G Suite customers.
- Meeting participants will see a dialog invite instead of a chat message asking them to join a whiteboarding session.
- Meeting hosts now have the option to end collaboration for the group as a whole. Alternatively, meeting participants will have the ability to leave the session individually.
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.
Completed feature rollouts
The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both in the past week. Please refer to the original blog post for additional details.
Rapid Release Domains:
Concentrate or disconnect with scheduled Do Not Disturb on Google Chat (Web)
The new Gmail user interface is becoming the standard experience
Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:
Google for Education transformation reports window open for customers worldwide
Manage projects & tasks with a new timeline view on Google Sheets
[Weekly Recap] Use smart chips in Google Sheets as links on mobile
[Weekly Recap] Offline printing now available for Google Sheets
Use Key Migration to change or add key services for Client-side encryption
[Weekly Recap] Easily assign Tasks from Google Docs on mobile
Use Access Approvals to control data access during support or maintenance
Sharing suggestions in Google Drive make collaborating easier
[Weekly Recap] Improving drag & drop on the Google Drive Android app
[Weekly Recap] Drag content from Google Slides into other apps on Android
Concentrate or disconnect with scheduled Do Not Disturb on Google Chat (Mobile)
[Weekly Recap] Improved search results based on recent search activity in Gmail
For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).
Rapid Release Domains:
Concentrate or disconnect with scheduled Do Not Disturb on Google Chat (Web)
The new Gmail user interface is becoming the standard experience
Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:
Google for Education transformation reports window open for customers worldwide
Manage projects & tasks with a new timeline view on Google Sheets
[Weekly Recap] Use smart chips in Google Sheets as links on mobile
[Weekly Recap] Offline printing now available for Google Sheets
Use Key Migration to change or add key services for Client-side encryption
[Weekly Recap] Easily assign Tasks from Google Docs on mobile
Use Access Approvals to control data access during support or maintenance
Sharing suggestions in Google Drive make collaborating easier
[Weekly Recap] Improving drag & drop on the Google Drive Android app
[Weekly Recap] Drag content from Google Slides into other apps on Android
Concentrate or disconnect with scheduled Do Not Disturb on Google Chat (Mobile)
[Weekly Recap] Improved search results based on recent search activity in Gmail