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Quick launch summary We’re improving the side panel on Hangouts Chat, making it easier to keep track of your chats and stay organized.

In addition to Starred, you’ll now see the following sections in the left-hand side panel: People, Rooms, and Bots, with corresponding chats grouped accordingly. These sections will better organize your chats, making it easy to find specific chats and see where there are items that need attention. This feature will be available across web, desktop, iOS, and Android.


Hangouts Chat on desktop.


Hangouts Chat on Mobile

Availability Rollout details 


G Suite editions 

  • Available to all G Suite editions. 

On/off by default? 

  • This feature will be ON by default.

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What’s changingSmart Compose can now make suggestions for the subject of your email.

Who’s impactedEnd users.
Why you’d use itSince we announced Gmail Smart Compose in G Suite last year, we’ve seen how Smart Compose suggestions can cut down on the effort it takes for you to write emails and replies. With subject suggestions, Smart Compose can now help you compose your subject line as well.
How to get started
  • Admins: No action required
  • End users: No action is required to begin seeing Smart Compose subject suggestions. When you write the body of your email and then place your cursor in the subject line, you may see Smart Compose suggesting a subject for your email.

Helpful links

AvailabilityRollout details


G Suite editions

  • Available to all G Suite editions.

On/off by default?
Smart Compose subject suggestions is a part of Smart Compose, which is ON by default. Users can individually turn it on/off in their Gmail settings.

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What’s changingWe're improving how invitation forwarding works in Google Calendar. Now, if guests of a Calendar event have been granted permission to invite others, recipients of forwarded invitation emails can RSVP to the event. This will also then add them to the event as a guest.


Who’s impactedEnd users
Why you’d use itWith this feature, guests of an event can now simply forward their invitation to allow others to RSVP and be added to the Calendar event. This eliminates the step of having to go into the event in Calendar to invite additional guests.
How to get started
  • Admins: No action required.
  • End users: Simply forward your Calendar invitation to the guest you’d like to add.

Additional detailsPlease note, for this feature to work, the organizer must have granted permission for guests to add other guests to the event.

Helpful links

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G Suite editions
Available to all G Suite editions

On/off by default?
This feature will be ON by default.

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What’s changingAs part of the migration from classic Hangouts to Hangouts Meet that we announced last year, G Suite admins can now turn off classic Hangouts video calling for your organization. This means that all video calls in your organization will use Meet and any classic Hangouts video calls saved in Google Calendar will be removed.
Who’s impactedAdmins and end users
Why you’d use itEnabling this setting expedites the transition of your organization to Hangouts Meet.

If you take no action, Calendar migration can continue to run and we'll automatically transition your organization to be Meet-only on our recommended schedule.
How to get started
  • Admins: Admins can turn off classic Hangouts video calling in the Admin console by:
    • Navigating to Apps > G Suite > Google Hangouts
    • Click Global settings
    • Next to Hangouts Meet, check All Meetings use Meet
    • Click Save
  • End users: No action required. If your admin decides to enable this setting, classic Hangout video calls will no longer be joinable. Please note, if you’d like to add Hangouts Meet video calls to replace removed classic Hangouts video calls, you must manually add one back into the Calendar event.

Additional detailsWhen this option is turned on:

  • All video calls scheduled in Calendar will use Meet. This does not impact events scheduled by someone outside of your organization.
  • Any classic Hangouts video call URLs scheduled in Calendar will be hidden.
  • Classic Hangouts video calls scheduled within your organization will no longer be joinable and users will see an error message. Classic Hangouts video calls scheduled by someone outside of your organization will still be joinable.
  • You can use a custom meeting name to start an ad-hoc Meet call. Simply agree on a meeting name with all of the meeting participants and type it into the “Enter meeting code” field in Meet. Note that all participants must be in the same domain to use the name.

Please note, this change does not impact video calling from Hangouts Chat or classic Hangouts chat. This will continue to behave the same. Additionally, this change will not impact domains who do not have Meet turned on.

Admins should only enable this option if your organization is primarily on Meet with limited to no classic Hangout video calls scheduled in Calendar. You can check the usage stats for scheduled Calendar events using classic Hangouts video calling by using the Hangouts Meet audit log. To do so, query the number of calls containing a “Calendar Event Id” with “Product type” equal to classic Hangouts.

Finally, this setting is reversible. Unselecting this in the Admin console means that classic Hangouts video calls will again be shown in Calendar.

Helpful linksHelp Center: Migration FAQs
AvailabilityRollout details
Rapid Release domains and Scheduled Release domains: Admin console setting is currently available.

G Suite editions
Available to all G Suite editions

On/off by default?
This setting will be OFF by default for existing customers and ON by default for new customers

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What’s changing We’re making support and learning resources easier to find in several G Suite apps. We’re doing this by adding a new quick-access button to some products, and changing the Help menu options in others. Specifically, you’ll see:

A new button in Gmail, Calendar, and Drive: A new ‘?’ support button next to the search bar at the top of Gmail, Calendar, and Drive on the web will provide quick access to a range of help and support content.

New menu options in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides: The Help menu in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides will have "Training" and "Updates" options added.

After this launch, users in all of these products will now have quick access to:

  • Help: Which links to the relevant product Help Center. 
  • Training: Which links to the relevant product Learning Center. 
  • Updates: Info about recent product updates. 
  • Send feedback: Lets users provide direct product feedback. 

Who’s impacted End users

Why you’d use it We create and maintain a lot of resources, which can help users be more productive in G Suite. By making these resources easier to find, we hope users will be able to find answers to questions, discover new ways to work more efficiently, and see new features and product enhancements that will expand how they can use the products.

How to get started 
  • Admins: No action needed. 
  • End users: 
    • In Gmail, Calendar, and Drive, access the ‘?’ support button next to the search bar (see image below.)
    • In any Docs, Sheets, or Slides file, access the Help menu for the new Training and Updates option (see image below). 
In Gmail, access the “?” support button next to the search bar will now feature Training and Updates as options in addition to Help.


A new support icon in Gmail, Calendar, and Drive.
In the Help menu, users now have the option to select Training and Updates to learn more when using Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
New options in the Help menu of Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

Helpful links Google Help Centers 
Google learning center 


Availability Rollout details 


G Suite editions 

  • Available to all G Suite editions. 
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Update (November 11, 2019): This feature is now fully available to Rapid domain users. It is currently rolling out to Scheduled release domains and should be available to all users by the end of November.
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Update (July 24, 2019): We've paused the rollout of this feature while we work to improve performance. We apologize for the delay and inconvenience—we'll provide an update here when the rollout resumes.
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Update (May 16, 2019): Rapid and Scheduled domains will now follow an extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility).
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What’s changingWe’re adding the ability for users to embed MP3 and WAV audio files from Drive into Slides.

Who’s impacted 
End users

Why you’d use it 
We have listened to your requests and are adding audio files as additional media types in Slides. We know that adding audio clips can bring your presentations to the next level. Short audio clips can grab attention, while longer ones can set the tone for the entire presentation.

How to get started 
  • Admins: No action required. 
  • End users: To insert an audio file into Slides:
    • Insert > Audio and select from your audio files in Drive 
    • Hover over the icon to see playback controls
Once the audio file is inserted, you can find more audio settings by clicking “Format options” in the toolbar. From there, you can set playback options, volume, and looping. You can also hide the audio icon, or replace it with an image of your choice.

Additional details The ability to add an audio file into Slides is currently only available on desktop, though audio will play on all platforms.


Helpful links Availability 
Rollout details 
G Suite editions
  • Available to all G Suite editions. 

On/off by default? 
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What’s changing We’re adding auto-provisioning support for three new applications:
  • DialPad Sandbox
  • Emburse 
  • Fuze

Who’s impacted Admins only

Why you’d use it When auto-provisioning is enabled for a supported third-party application, any users created, modified, or deleted in G Suite are automatically added, edited, or deleted in the third-party application as well. This feature is highly popular with admins, as it removes the overhead of managing users across multiple third-party SaaS applications.

How to get started 
  • Admins: For more information on how to set up auto-provisioning, check out the Help Center.
  • End users: No action needed.

Helpful links Help Center: Automated user provisioning 
Help Center: Using SAML to set up federated SSO 

Availability Rollout details 

G Suite editions 
  • G Suite Education, Business, and Enterprise customers can enable auto-provisioning for all supported applications 
  • G Suite Basic, Government, and Nonprofit customers can enable auto-provisioning for up to three applications 

On/off by default? 
This feature will be OFF by default and can be enabled at the OU level.

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Check out the latest "What's New in G Suite" launch recap (pdf) for a roundup of all G Suite launches from March 2019. Archive and translated versions (coming soon for March issue.)

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What’s changingYou can now schedule your emails in Gmail to be sent at a later date and time. We’re launching this feature on Android, iOS and Gmail on the web.
Who’s impactedEnd users
Why you’d use itJust write your email as you normally would, then schedule it to be sent at a more appropriate date or time. This gives you greater control, allowing you to shift your work time to wherever and whenever is most convenient to you and your recipients. Additionally, it’s even easier to collaborate globally, allowing you to work across time-zones while still respecting everyone’s digital well-being.

How to get started
  • Admins: No action required.
  • End users: When drafting an original email or reply in Gmail, you’ll now see an arrow next to the “Send” button.
    • Clicking this arrow now gives you the option “Schedule send” option.
    • After clicking “Schedule send”, you can pick the specific date & time you’d like the message to be delivered.

Additional detailsWith this launch, we’ll also be adding a “Scheduled” folder in Gmail. Scheduled messages will appear in the “Scheduled” folder while queued to be sent.


Helpful links

AvailabilityRollout details

  • Rapid Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 1, 2019
  • Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 15, 2019

Please note, users may see the “Scheduled” folder before they are able to schedule their emails. This is expected behavior.

G Suite editions

  • Available to all G Suite editions

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What’s changingSmart Compose suggestions are becoming more tailored to your writing style.

In addition, we’re adding the ability for admins to control whether Gmail Smart Compose is personalized for users within their domain. When personalization is enabled, end-users will also have the ability to individually opt out if they wish.
Who’s impactedAdmins and end users
Why you’d use itSince we announced Gmail Smart Compose in G Suite last year, we’ve seen how Smart Compose suggestions can cut down on the effort it takes for you to write emails and replies. With personalization, these suggestions now better resemble how you tend to write.
How to get startedNo action is required to enable personalization. Both of the following settings are enabled by default.

  • Admins: To control Smart Compose personalization for your domain, in the Admin console, go to Apps > G Suite > Settings for Gmail > User Settings and select/unselect “Enable Gmail Smart Compose personalized suggestions.”
  • End users: If Smart Compose personalization is enabled for your domain, you can follow these instructions to turn Smart Compose personalization on or off.



Note that if your admin has disabled Smart Compose personalization for your domain, the end user controls are disabled.
Additional detailsWhen you have Smart Compose personalization on, Smart Compose suggestions are tailored to the way you normally write. Only you will see your own private, personalized suggestions for your account. No other users can see your personalized suggestions. When personalization is turned off, you will see generic suggestions.
Helpful links

AvailabilityRollout details


G Suite editions

  • Available to all G Suite editions.

On/off by default?
Smart Compose personalization will be ON by default and can be controlled at the domain level by admins, or individually by users. If an admin has disabled this ability for a given domain, a user within that domain will not be able to enable Smart Compose personalization.

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