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What’s changing
We’re rolling out a new view in Google Drive that shows all pending access requests, recent comments, and approvals for files to help you quickly see recent activity and take action, all in one place. 


This new view will become a standalone page that’s accessible from the left hand navigation panel within Drive. 
New view in Google Drive shows recent activity in one place
Getting started 
  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: 
    • Navigate to drive.google.com > click on “Activity” in the left-hand navigation: 
      • Click on “Manage access” to take action on your pending access requests. This will not appear if pending access requests do not exist. 
      • If you have pending approvals assigned to you, they will appear in the “Approvals” section. 
        • Click on “Review” to take action on your pending approvals. 
      • If you have comment-related activity in the last 30 days, you will see them in the “Comments” section. Click on “Open comment” to take action on your pending comments. 
        • Comments notifications appear if you are 1) subscribed to notifications, 2) participating in the specific comment thread, or 3) mentioned in a comment within that file. 

Rollout pace 
  • Rapid Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 5, 2023 
  • Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 30, 2023 

Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers 

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What’s changing 
In May 2023, we announced several changes for Contacts delegates, specifically that they will be able to update labels and manage “Other” contacts. We’d like to share an updated timeline for this change and provide additional clarity around what’s required of users. 
Between now and November 13, 2023, you’ll be prompted in Contacts to review your existing delegates.


Who’s impacted
Admins and end users


Why it matters 
For many of our customers, administrative support for managing inboxes is business critical — this includes making sure that contacts are properly sorted and labeled. Since updating labels and managing “Other” contacts are new functions for delegates, it’s important that you review existing delegates to ensure that access to these features is appropriate.


Additional details
Does this change impact Gmail delegation?
No — while similar functionality is available in Gmail, there are no changes or impact for Gmail delegates. This change is specific to Contacts and contacts delegates only.


Getting started
  • End users: 
    • Delegators:
      • You’ll see a prompt in Contacts to review those who currently have Contacts delegation for your contacts. 
      • Beginning November 13, 2023, those with assigned and approved delegation will be able to update labels and manage Other contacts on your behalf. If you do not submit your approval, delegates will lose their access.
Rollout pace
  • You must review and approve delegates by November 13, 2023

Availability
  • This update impacts all Google Workspace customers

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What’s changing
We’re introducing a new admin setting to control whether users can install and run any internal app from the Google Workspace Marketplace along with their allowlisted third-party apps. This added admin feature gives more controls to customize users’ access to trusted internal apps based on their company policies, security requirements and user needs. 

Currently, admins can leverage Marketplace apps access settings to choose to allow users to access all internal and third-party apps or specific allowlisted internal and third party apps published in the Marketplace. Many organizations build internal apps and add-ons specifically for for their organization, and this added admin control saves admins time by allowing them to distribute all internally-built apps with a single click, rather than managing and allowlisting each one. 


Who’s impacted 
Admins, end users and developers 


Why it matters 
This requested feature enables admins to have added control over app access settings. 


Additional details 
With this new setting, admins can allow any internal app, but still limit the installation of third-party apps. Internal apps are apps that are privately-published in your organization. 


Getting started 
  • Admins: 
    • This setting will be OFF by default and can be enabled by going to the Admin console > Menu > Apps > Google Workspace Marketplace apps > Settings. Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing Marketplace apps on your allowlist. 
    • For organizations using API controls to restrict app access to the user data, consider checking the Trust internal apps setting to allow API access for all internal apps. 
      Allow users to install and run any internal app from Marketplace

Rollout pace 

Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers 
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What’s changing 
We’re introducing new buttons at the top of your Google Doc that enable you to quickly insert building blocks for different types of content, such as meeting notes, email drafts and more, directly into your document. 

Simply click your preferred button or choose '@ More’ to see options like drafts for a Calendar event or a code block.

New buttons allow you to insert building blocks and more when creating a new document.
Who’s impacted 
End users 


Why you’d use it 
This feature boosts productivity and saves time by helping you quickly access Docs smart canvas features like email drafts, meeting notes, and search for more. 


Additional details 
The row of buttons will only appear at the top of newly created or empty Google Docs, meaning you will not see these options in documents with existing content. 


Selecting the “@ More” option will display a menu allowing you to search for Docs features and leverage the power of smart canvas. 



Getting started 
  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: This feature will be ON by default. 
Rollout pace 
Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts 
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What’s changing 
For recorded meetings in Google Meet, we’re increasing the maximum resolution for shared content from 720p to 1080p. This will help ensure crisper text and visuals for presented content, creating a better viewing experience. Note that the rest of the meeting capture will remain at a maximum of 720p. 


Getting started 

Rollout pace 

Availability 
  • Available to Google Workspace Business Plus, Business Standard, Education Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Starter, and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers 

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This announcement is part of Google Cloud Next ‘23. Visit the Workspace Blog to learn more about the new Google Chat. 

What’s changing

Last year, we announced improvements to the Google Chat search experience on web and mobile that help you find more accurate and customized search suggestions and results. 

Now, when searching in Chat, machine learning models will use the search term(s), most recent Chat conversations in direct messages and spaces, and other factors to help you find more accurate and relevant Chat message results. 
Improved search results in Google Chat

Who’s impacted 
End users 


Additional details 
By default, search results will be sorted by relevance, but you have the option to change the result sorting to recency by clicking on the sort dropdown. 

If you unselect “Only conversations I’m in” at the top of the results page, you’ll see matching results from spaces that you’re not a part of, but have the option to join. For those spaces, you can preview and join them from the search results page itself. 


Getting started 
Rollout pace 
  • This feature is available now on web, Android and iOS. 

Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers 

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What’s changing

In the Admin console, we’ve added a dedicated category for Chrome Browser admin capabilities in the left-hand navigation menu. Previously, you would have to go to Devices > Chrome > Managed browsers as a Chrome Browser admin — this makes navigating to these specific pages faster. From here, you’ll be able to take actions such as configuring and enforcing Chrome policies, view reports on Chrome browsers in your organization, and more. For even more convenient access, you can pin this link to the top of your navigation bar.




Getting started
Admins: 

  • This update will be automatically available. 
  • Customers can sign-up for ChromeOS and Chrome Browser Management and use Admin Console to manage their devices/browsers.


Rollout pace


Availability

  • Available to all Chrome Browser Cloud Management and Google Workspace customers 


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What’s changing
Appointment scheduling allows you to manage your availability and let customers and partners book time with you directly within Google Calendar via a personal booking page. To improve upon the current experience, we’re adding: 

  • Five to fourteen minute appointment slots that are customizable. Previously, the minimum duration was fifteen minutes. 
    Five to fourteen minute appointment slots that are customizable.

  • The option to hide or show Appointment schedules within the calendar view on web. 
The option to hide or show Appointment schedules within the Calendar view on web.


We hope these highly requested features help you to set more relevant meeting durations and tailor your calendar view to match your preferences. 


Getting started 
  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: 
    • To set up your appointment schedule, open Calendar > at the top left, click Create > select Appointment schedule > Set up the schedule. 
    • To customize appointment slot durations, create or edit an Appointment Schedule. Under Appointment duration, select the dropdown > click Custom > Enter a duration. Visit the Help Center to learn more about setting your appointment duration. 
    • Appointment schedules will show by default. To hide Appointment schedules, go to the View Switcher and deselect Show appointment schedules. Visit the Help center to learn more about creating an appointment schedule. 
      • Note: if Appointment schedules are hidden and you create a schedule or add time to an existing schedule, appointment schedules will reappear in your calendar view.
Rollout pace 

Availability 
  • Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Nonprofits, Workspace individual subscribers, and users with personal Google Accounts 
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What’s changing 
We’re integrating the Android Zero-Touch iFrame with the Admin console for a better, more seamless experience for admins. Zero-Touch devices are devices which have been purchased from Zero-Touch resellers and used in company owned mode. 

Directly from the admin console, admins will be able to: 
  • Set Google Workspace provided configurations for zero-touch devices. 
  • Link Workspace accounts with zero-touch accounts, ensuring devices will always enroll under Google endpoint management. They’ll also have the ability to unlink accounts if needed. Note that one Workspace account can be linked to multiple zero-touch accounts, but a zero-touch account can be linked to only one Workspace account.
In the Admin console, navigate to Devices > Mobile & endpoints > Settings > Enrollment > Android Zero touch 


Who’s impacted
Admins


Why you’d use it 
This update makes it easier for admins to specify a Zero touch configuration for their company owned devices directly from the Admin console. For enterprise mobility management partners (EMMs) this also minimizes the number of Google APIs and portals they need to interact with as well. Zero-touch devices will always enroll an account according to the GEM provided configuration — users cannot bypass this, even if they factory reset the device.

We strongly recommend that you continue to use the Zero-Touch customer portal if you need to:
  • View a list of your zero-touch company owned devices
  • Create more than one custom configuration
  • Set or remove configurations from a device
Getting started

Admins: 
Rollout pace

Availability
  • Available to Google Workspace Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Education Plus, Frontline Starter and Frontline Standard customers.
  • Available to Cloud Identity Premium customers.

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What’s changing 
You can now bind multiple Android enterprise mobility management providers (EMM) to your Google Workspace account. Previously, you could only bind a single EMM within your organization. This update gives you more control over how devices in your organization are managed. Specifically, it offers: 


More flexibility: You can choose the right EMM for each user group in your organization. For example, you can use one EMM for engineers and another for retail staff. 


Enhanced control: You can now have multiple instances of the same EMM provider, for example a cloud instance and an on-premise instance, to manage different sets of users. 


Easier migrations: You can now run multiple EMMs in parallel, allowing them to perform phased migrations from an old EMM to the new EMM over time.



Additional details

Private apps
We strongly recommend that admins familiarize themselves with how binding multiple EMMs will impact availability of private apps. You can find more information in our Help Center regarding creating web apps and distributing private apps.


Google Play store
If you’re binding multiple EMMs to a Google Workspace or Google Cloud identity account, you must use your EMM iframe and not play.google.com/work to access the managed Google Play store.

Getting started

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

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers.


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