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Quick launch summary 
When using Google Chat on iOS, you can now easily take additional actions by hovering over the plus (“+”) icon next to the compose bar. You’ll see a variety of options such as: 
  • Sharing a Google Meet link 
  • Creating a meeting in Calendar 
  • Accessing Google Drive 
  • Text formatting options and more. 




We hope this makes it easier to do your best work and collaborate when using Google Chat on your mobile device. 

Getting started 
  • Admins: There is no admin action required. 
  • End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about how to use Google Chat. 

Rollout pace 

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

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What’s changing 
We’re rolling out new storage management tools to give our customers additional visibility, control, and insights into storage usage across users, groups, and their entire organization. 


In the Admin console, storage related activities can now be accessed and managed from a single source. Using these new storage management tools, admins can quickly and easily: 
  • View a storage usage summary for their entire organization 
  • View storage used by specific products like Drive or Gmail 
  • View the top users of storage in their organization 
  • View shared drives with the most storage used in your organization 
  • Manage and delete shared drives based on storage use, including the ability to sort and delete individual or multiple shared drives 
  • View storage limit warnings Access detailed reports on storage usage Apply storage limits for users


See below for more information. 


Who’s impacted 
Admins 


Why it’s important 
Admins can use these new tools to see how much storage is being used across their organization and view how close their organization is to reaching their storage limit. 


In Storage Settings you can manage storage limits in Google Workspace across your organization. You’ll see the storage limit settings for your entire organization, which you can customize for specific organizational units and groups. Please visit the Help Center for more details on how storage is being used—and how you can manage it—across your organization. 


This setting is turned OFF by default - when it’s turned on, you can create individual storage limits.





Easily modify storage privileges 
At launch, only super admins will have access to the storage management tools. Over the coming months, access will expand to delegated, user, and reseller admins. When available, admins can control all previously implemented storage policies, allowing them to control defaults and create custom roles to manage storage policies for their organization or users in specific organizational units or groups.



Getting started 
  • Super Admins: The new storage landing page can be accessed via: 
    • The “Storage” option in the left-hand navigation menu. 
    • A new “Storage” card on the Admin console homepage. 
    • Or by navigating to Account > Settings > Storage. 

  • Google Workspace customers: Visit the Help Center to learn more about storage in Google Workspace and managing shared drive users and their activity. 

  • Google Workspace for Education customers: Visit the Help Center to learn more about Google Workspace for Education storage. 

  • Important Note: At launch, super admins will have access to the storage management tools. We will share an update regarding access for delegated, user, and reseller admins on the Workspace Updates Blog once available.

  • End users: No action required.

Availability 
  • Available for all Google Workspace super admins, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business super admins 

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What’s changing 
Google Workspace admins can now specify how Android apps update, giving them greater control over how Android apps are deployed within their fleet. Specifically, admins can specify whether apps are updated right away or postponed. Further, admins can set these policies on a group level within their organization. See below for more information. 



Who’s impacted 
Admins 

Why it’s important 
Previously, the default behavior for app updates in managed Google Play was contingent on the device being connected to a Wi-Fi network, to be charging, and not being actively used. This behavior is not always suited to the needs of our customers and admins need more granular control over how apps are updated. 

With this update, Admins can now set specific criteria for when Managed Play apps update: 
  • High priority mode: the app is updated immediately after the developer publishes a new version. Note that for high priority, app updates will also still be issued when the default update criteria is met. 
  • Postponed mode: the app will not be automatically updated during the 90 days after a new version is released. After this 90-day period, the newly available version of the app is automatically installed when a device is connected to Wi-Fi, charging, and the app is not in use. Note: users can still manually update the app via the Play Store. 

Additionally, Admins can apply these configurations on a Group level within their organization, giving admins even greater granular control. 

Getting started 

Rollout pace 

Availability 
  • Available to Google Workspace Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Education Plus, Frontline, legacy G Suite Business and Basic, and Cloud Identity premium customers.
  • Not available to Google Workspace Business Starter, Business Standard, Essentials, Nonprofits customers, and Cloud Identity Free customers 

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Quick summary 
Dynamic groups can now be defined by querying custom user attributes, allowing for more definitive group definitions based on user directory information. Admins can define memberships using a variety of conditions, such as a users: 
  • Country 
  • Domain 
  • Department 
  • Language and more. 

Getting started 
Rollout pace 
  • This feature is available now for all users. 

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

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Quick summary
In addition to setting up Google Meet breakout rooms in advance in Google Calendar, meeting organizers can also: 
  • Turn meeting safety features on or off, such as chat lock, present lock, and more. 
  • Designate co-hosts before the meeting. 

We hope that by allowing meeting hosts to pre-configure additional settings and assign co-hosts, meetings can flow more smoothly. 

Getting started 
  • Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing Meet safety settings and Host Management. 
  • End users: To configure host control and co-host options when scheduling a meeting in Google Calendar, select “Add Google Meet video conferencing” > “Video call options” (gear icon) > Host controls or Co-hosts. 

Rollout pace 

Availability 
Moderation Settings 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers. 
  • Available to users with a personal Google account 

Co-host settings 
  • Available to Google Workspace Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Business Standard, Business Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus, and Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers 
  • Not available to Google Workspace Business Starter, Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers 

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What’s changing 
Asus have refreshed their Google Meet hardware kits to give you powerful, easy to deploy solutions suited for hybrid work. 



Who’s impacted 
Admins 

Why it matters 

New hardware elements improve in-room experience
Debuting with the Asus hardware kits is the newly designed Google Speaker Mic for Google Meet (2nd gen). It provides excellent audio performance for your rooms with a sleek 30% smaller industrial design. It also comes with a magnetic table mount for easy installation.




Another part of the Asus hardware kits for Google Meet is “Myst Capture,” the new touch controller from Mimo. The Mimo Myst Capture features a refreshed industrial design which will give your conference rooms a more modern look. The new controller features standard HDMI and USB-C connectors and a USB-A connector for the speaker mic. Together with the included five-meter USB A-C cable, the new kit offers faster, simpler, and more reliable installations. 



Getting started 

Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers, with Google Meet hardware devices 

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What’s changing 
Previously announced in beta, several improvements for moving folders from My Drive to shared drives are now generally available for admins and delegated admins. These improvements include: 
  • Retaining folder IDs (“copyless moves”) to reduce disruption due to the move 
  • Preventing moves that would exceed any shared drive limits 
  • Creating shortcuts for any items that can’t be moved, preserving the existing hierarchy as a reference 


Who’s impacted 
Admins 


Why it’s important 
Shared drives are a powerful way to empower teams and organizations to store, access, and collaborate on files. These improvements will help admins 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. Additionally, based on your feedback from beta testing, we are adding the ability to generate a report with more details about unmovable items. We will provide an update on the Workspace Updates Blog when these capabilities become available. 


Getting started 
  • Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about moving folders from My Drive to shared drives. 
    • Important note: We strongly recommend refreshing your browser before moving folders. 
    • If you are currently participating in the beta for this feature, all admins and delegated admins in your domain have access to the new feature.
  • End users: There is no end user impact.

Rollout pace
  • This feature is available now for all admins and delegated admins.

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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Quick Summary 
We’re improving search rankings in Cloud Search by taking into account document popularity. This means documents that have been clicked on by a large number of users will be prioritized in the overall search rankings. By surfacing popular and useful documents that match a user’s query, this feature will help reduce the effort and time required to find relevant documents. 


Getting started 
  • Admins: The feature is available by default. Use this guide to learn more about the use of Document Popularity in Cloud Search ranking. Note: You need to use the default redirect URLs for search results when using Cloud Search Query API for this feature to work.
  • End Users: No effort needed.

Rollout pace 

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

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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.


Japanese grammar suggestions for Gmail
You'll now see grammar suggestions as you type in Japanese in Gmail. Grammar suggestions can help you write faster and more accurately. | Learn more. 


Update to message ID in Google Chat audit logs
In order to make it easier for admins to quickly identify unique messages to take action on in the Security investigation tool, and chat audit logs.  The “Message Id” field will now contain the Space ID and the topic ID. | Available to  Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education plus customers. | Learn more here.


Smart reply in Google Slides
In 2021, we introduced Smart Reply in Docs to save you time by suggesting quick responses to your comments, Now, Smart Reply in Google Slides saves you time replying to comments in Slides by suggesting relevant replies. Smart Reply suggestions appear below the reply box on comment threads in English. | Learn more. 


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.


New beta for data loss prevention helps protect sensitive data when users upload files to external Google Forms
Previously, users in organizational units (OUs) or groups with active Drive Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies couldn’t respond to external forms with File Upload questions. Now, we’re launching a new beta that will allow users to respond to external forms that contain File Upload questions, while also helping to prevent the leak of sensitive and confidential information. | Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard and Education Plus customers | Learn more and apply for the beta here.


Use context-aware access to help protect Admin console access
You can now apply contextual access rules to the Admin console. This enables you to control access to the Admin console based on user and device context. | Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus, and Cloud Identity Premium customers. | Learn more.


Additional one-click recommended actions in the Alert Center
In the Alert Center, Admins will see new “device wipeout” and “email quarantine” as additional one-click recommended actions.| Available to [list limited number of editions] only. | Learn more.


Join a Google Meet call from Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides
You can now join a Google Meet call from Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. In addition to the present to Meet option, you can select “Join the call” to quickly join and present a document, spreadsheet, or presentation to all attendees, allowing everyone in the meeting to collaborate while having a conversation. | Learn more.

Additional functionality for the Apps Script Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Script Editor
We’re now adding several new features to the IDE to help achieve functional parity with the legacy IDE experience. These features are: 

  • Script Properties 
  • Add-on Testing 
  • Time Zone Setting 
  • Rhino Debugging

Learn more here.

Build custom, integrated solutions across Google Workspace with the new AppSheet Apps Script connector
We’re introducing a new AppSheet and Apps Script connector which allows you to extend custom, no-code apps to integrate and automate workflows across Google Workspace. | Learn more. 

New port for Google Meet media and TLS support for Meet on mobile
Google Meet now supports SRTP in TLS on mobile, which increases overall compatibility and helps ensure a higher quality video meetings with Google Meet. In addition, Meet is introducing support to UDP port 3478 to deliver media (note that existing ports 19302–19309 deliver media as well). | Learn more.

Intelligent corrections for formulas in Google Sheets
These intelligent, context-aware corrections help you improve and troubleshoot many different kinds of formulas. Some examples include: 

  • VLOOKUP errors 
  • Missing cells in range input 
  • Locking ranges when applying formulas across cells 

Learn more here.

Specify which Google Chat notifications from Chat and Gmail to receive when your iOS device is in Focus mode
You can now specify which Google Chat and Gmail contacts you still want notifications from when your iOS device is in Focus mode. | Learn more.


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


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Quick summary 
You can now specify which Google Chat and Gmail contacts you still want notifications from when your iOS device is in Focus mode. This is useful in situations where you need to limit screen time, but don’t want to miss an important message when other notifications are silenced. 



Getting started 

Rollout pace 

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

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