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This announcement was made at Google Cloud Next ‘23. Visit the Workspace Blog to learn more about the next wave of AI innovation in Workspace. This feature is exclusive to the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on.

What’s changing
From the beginning, Google Workspace was built to allow you to collaborate in real time with other people. And with the launch of Duet AI, we’re making it possible to collaborate just as easily with AI. Duet AI is a powerful collaborator that can act as a coach, thought partner, source of inspiration, and productivity booster — all while ensuring every user and organization has control over their data.


Beginning today, Duet AI for Workspace Enterprise is now generally available. You can preview the power of Duet AI with a no-cost trial.


Who’s impacted
Admins


Why it’s important
Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise enables organizations to create, connect, and collaborate like never before.

You can use Duet AI to:
  • Help you write and refine emails in Gmail - even on the go from your mobile device
  • Help you write, refine, and proofread content in Google Docs
  • Generate original images for your presentations directly in Google Slides
  • Create plans for projects in Google Sheets with just a simple prompt
  • Look your best in Google Meet with studio look 
  • Generate  background images in Google Meet
  • Use translated captions in Google Meet

In the coming months, we’ll be introducing more features for Duet AI such as studio lighting and sound for Meet, Enhanced Smart Fill for Google Sheets and more. We’ll share more details here on the Workspace Updates blog as those features become available.

Getting started

Availability
The Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on is available for purchase with the following Google Workspace editions:
  • Business Standard and Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus, Education Fundamentals, Frontline Starter and Frontline Standard
Note: Duet AI features are only available for users over the age of 18.


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What’s changing
Currently, teachers can set up grading systems in Google Classroom using points, grade categories, or grading periods. These options are numerical-based, meaning they correlate to points or percentages. 


In order to support other forms of grading, such as letter grades or proficiency ratings (ex. unsatisfactory to excellent), we’re introducing customizable grading scales so that a school’s or teacher’s grading preferences are better reflected in Google Classroom. With this update, teachers will have the option to select from numerical, letter grade, proficiency, four-point grading scales, or set up their own scale. 


Once the grading scale is selected and personalized (if the teacher chooses to do so), teachers can create assignments right away and any existing assignments will automatically have their newly selected grading scale. When grading assignments, teachers can enter either the grade with the points value or the level from the grading scale and Classroom will automatically display both to teachers and to students once a grade is returned.
Expanding grading systems in Google Classroom
Who’s impacted 
End users 


Why you’d use it 
This feature gives teachers more flexibility in deciding which grading scales to use for assignments and classwork. 


Getting started 
  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: 
    • To configure grading scales including accessing grading scale templates, go to Class settings > scroll down to the Grading Scales settings > click Add. From there you can either choose a pre-set grading scale or create your own scale. 
      • Teachers also have the option to copy other classes once they have grading scales set up. 
      • Any new classes created will have the grading scale from the last edited class. 
    • Visit the Help Center to learn more about grading & returning assignments. 
Rollout pace 
Availability 
  • Available to Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade 
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2 New updates 

Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if 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.


Copy space member email address in Google Chat 
Space managers and members can now copy the email addresses of members in a space on Google Chat. This option is ON by default for spaces with 100 members or less. The option to copy space member email addresses will be disabled in spaces with 100+ members. 
Copy space member email address in Google Chat

Filter by expression for Connected Sheets for Looker 
You can now use common filter expressions from Looker such as “last 30 days”, “last quarter”, or “NOT 50” to filter on pivot tables in Connected Sheets for Looker. | Learn more about Connected Sheets. 


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.


View speaker notes while co-presenting Google Slides in Google Meet
Co-presenters are now also able to view speaker notes. | Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, the Teaching & Learning Upgrade, and Workspace Individual customers only. | Learn more about viewing speaker notes while co-presenting Google Slides in Google Meet. 

Stronger protection for additional sensitive actions taken in Gmail 
Last year, we introduced stronger safeguards around sensitive actions taken in your Google Workspace accounts. We’re extending these protections to sensitive actions taken in Gmail. | Learn more about stronger protection in Gmail. 

See message view counts in Google Chat spaces 
Space members can now see view counts for messages in all spaces. | Learn more about view counts in Google Chat spaces. 

View & compare script versions with Apps Script project history 
We're announcing project history, a new interface for developers to view previously deployed script versions and compare versions to the current script version. | Learn more about Apps Script project history. 

Displaying Microsoft Outlook users as organizers in Google Calendar 
Microsoft Outlook user who organize meetings are now listed amongst the other meeting attendees in Calendar as the meeting organizer. | Learn more Microsoft Outlook organizers in Google Calendar. 

Introducing Workday app for Google Chat 
We’re adding a new Workday app for Google Chat that allows you to perform quick actions in Workday, such as requesting time off, filing expense reports and looking up colleague's information, all without leaving Google Chat. | Learn more about the Workday app for Google Chat.

Join client-side encrypted meetings from your mobile device 
You can join a client-side encrypted meeting directly from the Google Meet and Calendar apps. | Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers hosting client-side encrypted calls only. | Learn more about client-side encrypted meetings from your mobile device. 

Third-party app access enhancements for Google Workspace for Education 
All Google Workspace for Education Admins must review and confirm access settings for third-party configured apps that are currently accessible to your users by Oct 23, 2023 in order for users designated as under 18 to maintain access to those third-party apps. | Available to Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus, and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade only. | Learn more about third-party app access. 

Enhance your Google Keep notes on Android with rich text formatting 
We’re adding rich text formatting options to new notes on Keep. This highly requested feature enables you to customize and add emphasis to your text through bolding, underlining, italicizing, and heading styles. | Learn more about rich text formatting on the Keep app.


Completed rollouts

The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the original blog posts for additional details.


Rapid Release Domains:

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

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What’s changing
Building upon our recent updates to Google Keep on Android devices, such as multi-instance support and the single note widget, we’re adding rich text formatting options to new notes on Keep. This highly requested feature enables you to customize and add emphasis to your text through bolding, underlining, italicizing, and heading styles. 

You will be able to access rich text formatting in existing Keep notes on Android devices in the coming weeks. 
Enhance your Google Keep notes on Android with rich text formatting
Getting started 
  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about creating or editing a note. 

Rollout pace 
Formatting in new Keep notes:Formatting in existing Keep notes:
Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts 
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What’s changing
Through the app access control settings, we’re making it easier for Google Workspace for Education admins to control how third-party apps access their organizations' Google data when users sign-in using their Google Workspace for Education accounts. 

Users designated as under 18 using the age-based access setting are required to request access to apps that aren’t already configured by admins with a trusted, limited, or blocked access setting.


All Google Workspace for Education Admins must review and confirm access settings for third-party configured apps that are currently accessible to your users by Oct 23, 2023 in order for users designated as under 18 to maintain access to those third-party apps. You’ll have the option to allow users designated as under 18 to skip requesting access for all unconfigured apps that only ask for basic profile information for authentication purposes. These apps will be accessible for users designated as under 18 without further configuration on your part.
Who’s impacted
Admins, end users, and developers 


Why it matters 
Third-party app settings are important for protecting users’ data. We are providing enhanced app access controls to manage access to third-party applications for users designated as under 18. Google Workspace for Education Admins are required to confirm third-party app settings for third-party apps currently accessible by users in their institution by October 23, 2023 to avoid disrupting access to third-party applications for users designated as under 18. 


Additional details
If you’d like to set different levels of access for specific sets of users, you can now configure third-party app access by organizational units.


Getting started 
Rollout pace 
  • This feature is available now. 
Availability 
  • Available to Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus, and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade 
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What’s changing 
Beginning today, you can join a client-side encrypted meeting directly from the Google Meet and Calendar apps. 


Client-side encryption gives users direct control of their encryption keys and the identity service that authenticates those keys. Further, client-side encryption ensures that Google cannot access audio and video content under any circumstances. Our original announcement has more information about client-side encryption in Meet.


Getting started

Rollout pace


Availability
  • Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers hosting client-side encrypted calls 
  • Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Education Fundamentals, The Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Frontline, and Nonprofits customers

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What’s changing
We’re adding a new Workday app for Google Chat that allows you to perform quick actions in Workday, such as requesting time off, filing expense reports and looking up colleague's information, all without leaving Google Chat. 
Introducing Workday app for Google Chat

Getting started 
Rollout pace 
  • This feature is available now for all users. 
Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts 
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What’s changing
Previously, if a Microsoft Outlook user invited a Google Calendar user to a meeting event, the Outlook user’s display name would not appear at all in the list of meeting attendees on Google Calendar. Starting today, we’re updating this experience so that the Outlook user who organized the meeting is listed amongst the other meeting attendees in Calendar as the meeting organizer. 


Getting started 
  • Admins and end users: No action required as you’ll automatically see these updates. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Calendar Interop. 
Rollout pace 
Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts 
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What’s changing
In June, we introduced read receipts in group direct messages so that users could quickly identify if other members of a group have read their latest message within a Google Chat stream. Today, we’re excited to announce a similar feature in spaces that will allow space members to see view counts for messages in all spaces. 

A more detailed view of how many members are engaging with content in spaces can be seen by hovering over the message, selecting the three-dot menu, and clicking “See message views”. 
See view counts in Google Chat spaces


Additional details 
The view counts in spaces will be available for messages sent on August 1, 2023 and beyond. Additionally, view counts are not available for in-line replies. 


Getting started 
Rollout pace 
Web: 

Mobile (Android & iOS): 

Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts 
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What’s changing 
As we continue to improve the experience for Apps Script developers, today we're announcing project history, a new interface for developers to view previously deployed script versions and compare versions to the current script version. 


Developers can use project history to view the code of previously deployed script versions. The highlight changes can be used to quickly compare differences between their selected version and the current, or head, version, taking the guesswork out of determining what's changed. Anyone who has edit permission on an Apps Script project can access project history. To navigate to the project history page, open an Apps Script project and click Project History.

The project history page displays up to 200 previously deployed versions and the head version of the script.


To compare a version to the head version, turn on Highlight changes.



Additional improvements for script versions will be made in the coming weeks.





Who’s impacted
Developers

Why it’s important
Apps Script is a low-code development platform that makes it quick and easy to build business solutions that integrate, automate, and extend Google Workspace. With Apps Script, Google Workspace users can customize workflows, create automations, and build integrations that connect the applications they use every day.

Getting Started
  • Developers: Use our developer documentation to learn more about working with Apps Script and watch the video below to see project history in action:

  • Anyone who has edit permission on an Apps Script project can access project history. To navigate to the project history page, open an Apps Script project and click Project History.


Rollout

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

Resources

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