We are introducing a redesigned compose experience in Gmail that saves you time, uses less screen space, and is simple to use. The new compose experience opens a window at the bottom of your inbox. You can compose multiple messages at once, search through your inbox and even reply to other messages all while keeping your new draft open.

NOTE: Users will be able to opt-out of this new experience for two weeks.

Release track:
Rapid release

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=2645922
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/gmails-new-compose-now-default.html

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Two years ago, we introduced Google Cloud Connect as a free plug-in to help people work in the cloud by automatically saving Microsoft Office files from Windows PCs to Google Drive. But installing Google Drive on your desktop achieves the same thing more effectively—and Drive works not only on Windows, but also on Mac, Android and iOS devices. Existing users will no longer be able to use Cloud Connect as of April 30.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For More Information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=3017040
http://deployment.googleapps.com/Home/user-resources/documentation-templates/launch-drive
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Introducing Google Keep, a new Android app to save ideas and organize to-dos the moment they happen. With Google Keep you can create notes, lists, photos and voice recordings right from your phone. You can also access, edit, and create new notes on the web at http://drive.google.com/keep. In the coming weeks, you'll also be able to do the same directly from your Google Drive. Download Google Keep from Google Play on devices running Android 4.0+ (Ice Cream Sandwich or higher).

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business and Education

Note:
This is not available for Google Apps for Government users. They can download the app but will not be able to sync their data to the cloud.

For More Information:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.keep
http://googledrive.blogspot.com/2013/03/google-keepsave-whats-on-your-mind.html

The Alerts & Notifications box in the admin control panel has now been replaced with a new Notifications Inbox. This new feature can be accessed by clicking on the bell icon on the top right. Admins now have the ability to see the number of available notifications. They can also dismiss notifications that aren’t important.

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Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

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Users can now preview more than 30 file types in Google Drive. They can flip through files to find the one they want as well as share, download, print or edit them with one click.

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Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information
http://googledrive.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/preview-files-in-google-drive.html

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Videos stored in Google Drive are now available in HTML5. Videos will be served in HTML5 if Flash support is not available in the browser. This change allows users to play videos on their mobile phones without Flash support.

Editions included
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2423694

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Drive: The “Create” menu in Google Drive has a new look. This change allows for easier access to Drive apps and third party apps. To create a new file from a template, open the appropriate editor (Docs, Sheets or Slides) and click on File > New > From template. This functionality has been removed from the new “Create” menu.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on February 26th:
No new features are launching next week.

Release track:
Scheduled

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education


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The “Create” menu in Google Drive has a new look. This change allows for easier access to Drive apps and third party apps.

Note: To create a new file from a template, open the appropriate editor (Docs, Sheets or Slides) and click on File > New > From template. This functionality has been removed from the new “Create” menu.

Editions included
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Release track
Rapid release
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Slides: Users now have the ability to create, view and edit presentations without an internet connection with Google Slides offline. This is automatically enabled for users who have already enabled offline editing of Docs and Sheets. Offline access to presentations is only available in Chrome and on Chrome OS devices.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on February 13th:
No new features are launching next week.

Release track:
Scheduled

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1628467

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Users now have access to a new version of Google Forms. Just as with Docs, Sheets and Slides, you can now collaborate with others in real-time. Multiple users can work on the same form simultaneously.

Note: Unlike the previous version, forms are no longer tied to a specific spreadsheet. Responses are collected and stored only in the form. If owners prefer to see the data in a spreadsheet, they can specify a destination spreadsheet for the data at any time.

Editions included
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Release track
Rapid release

For more information
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2013/01/google-forms-refreshed.html
http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2917686

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