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Quick launch summary 
We’re introducing a new settings panel in Google Meet for quick access to effects such as background blur, background images and styles during Meet calls. This panel will also be available before joining a call in the green room self-check. In the green room, you can try out various effects to see how they work before joining a call with others. 


Open the panel from the [three dot overflow] menu by selecting "Apply visual effects





Selecting effects in a Meet call





Selecting effects in the green room before a Meet call

Getting started 
Rollout pace
Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers
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What’s changing

We’re making two enhancements for Google Classroom, which will help Google Workspace for Education admins surface information about how Classroom is being used in their organization. Specifically, we’re introducing:

  • Classroom audit logs in the Admin console
  • Classroom activity logs in BigQuery, and Data Studio dashboards.

See below for more information and availability.






Who’s impacted
Admins



Why it’s important
By surfacing Classroom audit logs, Admins can quickly pinpoint who did what in their domain, such as: who removed a student from a class, who archived a class on a certain date, and more. 

For Education Standard and Plus customers, admins can export the Classroom audit log data from the Admin console to BigQuery, which allows them to query the data as needed. As a starting point, we’ve provided a Data Studio report template, which surfaces your data in an easily digestible format. Admins can copy this template and further customize it using Data Studio.

We hope this makes it easier for admins to quickly look up common activities in their organization and quickly act on scenarios where support may be needed.



Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability
Classroom audit logs
  • Available to Google Workspace Education Fundamentals, Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, and Enterprise Plus Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers

BigQuery Logs + Data Studio Templates
  • Available to Google Workspace Education Standard and Education Plus customers
  • Not available to Google Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Frontline, Education Fundamentals, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Nonprofits, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers


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Quick launch summary 
In new Google Sites, you can now restore a specific page from version history. Previously, you could only restore an entire site. This additional functionality makes it easier to restore, edit, and re-publish specific pages that may have changed by mistake or been deleted. 



Getting started 

Rollout pace 

Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers and users with personal Google accounts 

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Quick launch summary 
Now you can easily customize your form or quiz settings with a more visible settings tab and an improved settings layout. 


You’ll see an improved settings menu in the settings tab.

You’ll see an improved settings menu in the settings tab.


Getting started 
  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: There is no end user control for this feature.

Rollout pace 
Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers. Available to users with personal Google Accounts 
 Roadmap 
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What’s changing
We just announced some new and exciting additions to the Google Meet hardware portfolio for the office or home office.


First, we’re announcing two new all-in-one video conferencing devices to complement our Series One Rooms Kits:
  • New Series One Desk 27 is a premium all-in-one touchscreen Google Meet collaboration device.

Series One Desk 27


  • New Series One Board 65 is an all-in-one 65” 4K video conferencing device that can be paired with an optional stand for ultimate configuration flexibility—turning any room or space into a video collaboration hub in minutes. It also features the Jamboard app built in for easy collaboration with colleagues in the room or remotely.

Series One Board 65



We’re also proud to announce new third-party devices coming to the Google Meet hardware ecosystem. Google has certified the Logitech Rally Bar Mini and Rally Bar for Google Meet, which provide complete room solutions for small and mid-sized rooms. Both products will be available in October.

Additionally, Appcessori is launching a new mobile device speaker dock, Rayz Rally Pro, that will automatically launch Google Meet for video meetings and provide an enhanced audio experience from mobile devices. Rayz Rally Pro is also the first product in our “Designed for Google Meet” program, which identifies peripherals designed by partners specifically for and to work with Google Meet. Rayz Rally Pro supports both Android and iOS and is now available.


New third-party devices certified for Google Meet





Who’s impacted

Admins and end users

Why you’d use them
Hybrid working requires more immersive, interactive video-enabled devices to make meetings more inclusive for both in-office and remote workers.

The Series One Desk 27 is perfect for small, shared spaces or your desktop, either in the office or at home. Desk 27 is your personal video conferencing and team collaboration device.

The Series One Board 65 is a meeting solution that gives everyone an equal seat at the table. Now everyone can see, hear, collaborate and participate as if they were in the room. Ideal for team collaboration in small and medium rooms, Board 65 can be wall-mounted or configured with an optional stand for greater mobility.

Additional details
Series One devices:
Both Series One Desk 27 and Board 65 feature collaboration capabilities to help you capture ideas with the Jamboard app built right in.

Optimized for Google Meet, Desk 27 and Board 65 can also be used with any conferencing service through a single USB-C cable from your laptop. Use the conferencing app of your choice on your laptop and enjoy the high fidelity audio and high definition video of the Desk 27 and Board 65. Desk 27 will be available towards the end of the year, and Board 65 will be available at the end of Q1 2022.

New third-party devices certified for Google Meet:
The Logitech Rally Bar Mini and Rally Bar for Google Meet provide complete room solutions for small and mid-sized rooms. Certified Google Meet hardware ensures high-quality video and audio in meetings and are easy to deploy and manage. You can learn more about Google Meet-certified products in Logitech’s September 21 webinar. You can also view our full Google Meet device portfolio and purchase directly from approved resellers by visiting the Google Meet Hardware website.

Getting started
  • Admins: Contact Avocor for more information on pre-ordering the Series One devices. Contact Logitech for more information on their Google Meet-certified devices.

Availability
  • Available to Google Workspace, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Nonprofits, and Education Plus customers.
  • Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, and Frontline, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers.

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Quick launch summary 
In June 2021, we announced that ‘Rooms’ in Google Chat would evolve to become ‘Spaces’. As part of that evolution, starting on September 8, 2021, any user who has enabled Chat in their Gmail settings will start to see the term ‘Rooms’ automatically updated to ‘Spaces’. 

Over the coming months, spaces will be enhanced with a number of new features such as in-line topic threading, discoverable spaces, and enhanced user roles and moderation. Read more about the upcoming spaces experience. 


Getting started 

Rollout pace 
Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers 
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What’s changing 
You can now quickly surface information regarding specific users and the groups they are part of directly in the Admin console. 
  • View direct and indirect members of a group: Enables you to see an expanded view of all memberships in a group. This allows to see a single view of all memberships for a nested group structure 
  • Check Membership: This allows you to validate whether a user is a member of a particular group. 
  • List all groups for a member: You can view a list of all groups a user is a member of, the email address or addresses associated with the group, and the group relation (indirect, direct, or both). See below for more information. 

Who’s impacted 
Admins 



Why it’s important 
In order to manage access to content and resources within their organization, Admins use numerous groups to ensure proper access for their users. This also involves nesting groups, adding another layer of complexity. 

This feature will give Admins a clear understanding of the group structures for any user in their organization, all in one place. We hope this feature makes it easier for Admins to take action on managing their users by providing all the necessary information, such as all groups a user is part of and their membership status. 



Getting started


Availability

  • Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Standard, Education Plus, and Cloud Identity Premium customers
  • Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Education Fundamentals, Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers


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Update
[December 13, 2021]: This beta is now closed and will no longer be accepting new applications.

What’s changing 
We’re launching a new beta that makes it easier for admins and delegated admins to move folders from My Drive to shared drives. This beta will add several usability enhancements including: 
  • Retaining folder IDs (“copyless moves”) to reduce disruption due to the move 
  • Preventing moves that would exceed any shared drive limits 
  • Reparenting any unmovable items under the item owner's My Drive root, and creating shortcuts in the existing hierarchy as a reference 


See below for more information and availability. 


Who’s impacted 
Admins 


Why you’d use it 
Shared drives are a powerful way to empower teams and organizations to store, access, and collaborate on files. With this beta, admins and delegated admins will notice significant improvements when moving folders from My Drive to shared drives. 



Currently, when admins move folders, the existing folder IDs change, existing links to these folders can break, and impacts on shared drive limits are unclear. With this beta, folder IDs will not change and moves that can potentially exceed any shared drive limits will be rejected. 



We hope this streamlined process will allow admins to confidently migrate folders from My Drive to shared drives by providing them with more context on the changes they’re making. 




Additional details 
In the coming months, we will introduce end user support for moving My Drive folders to shared drives. We will provide an update on the Workspace Updates Blog when the end user portion of this feature becomes available. 

Dragging and dropping a folder from My Drive into a shared drive



Getting started 

Availability 
  • Available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Plus, and Nonprofits, as well as G Suite Business customers 
  • Not available to Google Workspace Business Starter and G Suite Basic customers, as well as users with personal Google Accounts 

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What’s changing 
Google Drive stores your most important files, whether they are Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDFs, images or the hundreds of other file types we support today. Today, we are announcing more ways to make sure you can make them all accessible to you even when your internet connection is unavailable. 

In 2019, we launched a beta which enabled you to mark non-Google file types, like PDFs, images and Microsoft Office files, available offline when using Google Drive on the web. Now, we’re making this functionality generally available. When you mark these files available offline, you can easily open these files from your browser even when you aren’t connected to the internet.

Easily find files offline


 

ChromeOS users can now also use the easily accessible Files app on their Chromebook to select Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files to be available when offline. This streamlined access eliminates the need to open Google Drive or Google Docs to select files to make them available offline. 

Find files offline
 

Who’s impacted 
Admins and end users 
 
Why you’d use it 
Users can access all of their important Drive files while offline such as when they’re traveling or when there’s poor internet connectivity. 

Additional details 
Non-Google files such as PDFs, images and Microsoft Office files will need to be opened using apps installed on your computer through Google Drive Web when offline. This feature is already available for Google Drive for desktop users. 

Getting started 

Rollout pace 
Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as Cloud Identity Free, Cloud Identity Premium, G Suite Basic and Business customers. Available on personal accounts as well. 

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Roadmap 
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What’s changing

We’re introducing a new integration with Tenor, which will allow users to quickly search for and send GIFs in Google Chat on web.

Additionally, we’re introducing a new setting for Admins to control the use of this GIF integration within their organization.

See below for more information.


Who’s impacted
Admins and end users


Why you’d use it
The new Tenor integration makes it faster and easier for users to find and share GIFs when interacting with colleagues.  


Easily find and share GIFs
We’ve made improvements to the way users find and share GIFs in Chat. You’ll notice a new “GIF” icon, which will bring up an expanded window for browsing GIFs. 


Here, users  can find GIFs through search or by filtering on popular categories such as “Trending”. 


Admins can enable or disable this GIF integration in the Admin console by going to Apps > Google Workspace > Settings for Google Chat > GIFs. This integration is enabled by default for all customers. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning GIFs on or off in Google Chat.


Getting started
  • Admins: Important note: Admins will see this setting beginning September 1, 2021, allowing one week to configure the setting before the end user experience begins rolling out. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning GIFs on or off for your organization.
  • End users: When enabled by your admin, you can find and insert GIFs by selecting the “GIF” icon in the Google Chat compose bar.

Rollout pace
Admin setting

End user experience 

Availability
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers

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