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We have certified additional Lightware peripheral switchers, so that you and your team can bring your own devices (BYOD) to Google Meet on ChromeOS touch controller rooms. The new devices bring improvements for video processing, networking, connectivity and security.

Plug your laptop into a Meet room with a single USB-C cable and easily use the room's display, speaker, microphone, and camera—along with your laptop—for video conferencing.

The integration is extended with the following peripheral switchers:

  • Lightware Taurus UCX 4x2 HC60
  • Lightware Taurus UCX 4x3 HC60
  • Lightware Taurus UCX 4x2 HC60D
  • Lightware Taurus UCX 4x3 HC60 BD

This offers the following benefits:

  • Seamless transition: Rooms will automatically enter BYOD mode as soon as a user connects their laptop via a certified cable, enabling immediate use of the room's display and high-quality audio and video equipment.
  • Meeting continuity: If a Google Meet call is already in progress, connecting a laptop will not interrupt the call or activate BYOD mode. The same cable for BYOD mode can be used during a Google Meet meeting for sharing your screen to the meeting, ensuring a unified meeting experience.
  • Enhanced admin control: Administrators will gain new visibility within the Google admin console, allowing them to see when BYOD mode is active in a room and preventing erroneous missing peripheral alerts when a third-party device is in control.

Getting started

  • Admins: Visit the Lightware website to learn more.
  • End users: Once the integration is installed, use a USB-C cable to use the room displays, audio devices, and camera.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet ChromeOS hardware devices

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We recently launched full-length, no-cost practice tests in Gemini, starting with the SAT and JEE Main. Today, we’re expanding practice tests to support the NEET UG.

We have grounded practice tests in rigorously vetted content from leading education companies like Physics Wallah and Careers360, to build a best in class experience for learners coming to Gemini. This helps ensure that you’re not just practicing — you’re preparing with material that more closely resembles what you’ll see on test day.

To try it out, just tell Gemini “I want to take a NEET mock exam.”


Note: This feature is currently available in English only.

Getting started

  • Admins: The Gemini app and related in-app tools are controlled by the Generative AI settings in the Workspace Admin console. Practice tests in Gemini are subject to these existing controls. Visit the Help Center for more information on turning the Gemini app on or off.
  • End users: End users of all ages who have access to the Gemini app will receive access to practice tests automatically. To get started, tell Gemini which practice test you want to take.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts who are signed in to the Gemini app

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We’re increasing limits across NotebookLM features for customers with Google Workspace for Education Plus or a Teaching and Learning add-on license at no additional cost. Users will now see a Plus badge next to their profile picture, indicating access to higher usage thresholds.
Users with Google Workspace for Education Plus or a Teaching and Learning add-on license will benefit from several upgrades, including:

  • Increased source context: Support for more sources in each notebook.
  • More engagement: Send more chat queries per day.
  • Expanded study tools: Create more flashcard sets and quizzes.
  • More multimedia generation: Create more Video Overviews, Audio Overviews, infographics and slide decks.
Visit the Help Center to see a full list of NotebookLM features and limits.

Note: Certain NotebookLM features are only available to 18+ users. Visit the Help Center to learn more. 

Getting started

  • Admins: NotebookLM is ON by default and can be disabled at the domain, OU, or group level. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Education: Education Plus; Teaching and Learning add-on

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Last month, we introduced Lyria 3 Pro in the Gemini app for select Business, Enterprise, and Education editions. Starting today, more users can create longer tracks with Lyria 3 Pro in the Gemini app.

Lyria 3 Pro allows users to create tracks up to three minutes long, with customization and creative control. Lyria 3 Pro better understands musical composition, so users can now prompt for specific elements like intros, verses, choruses, and bridges. It’s great for experimenting with different styles or adding custom tracks to projects, presentations, or assets.


Note: Lyria 3 Pro music generation in Gemini is currently available globally supporting languages such as English, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and French for users over the age of 18.

Getting started

  • Admins: The Gemini app and related in-app tools are controlled by the Generative AI settings in the Workspace Admin console. Music generation in Gemini is subject to these existing controls. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning the Gemini app on or off.
  • End users: End users will receive access to full-length songs automatically. To get started, select “Create music” from the tools menu. Visit the Help Center to learn more about limits.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Lyria 3 Pro is now available to the following Google Workspace customers and users with personal accounts who are 18 years or older and signed in to the Gemini app:
    • Business: Business Starter
    • Enterprise: Enterprise Starter
    • Education: Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus
    • Consumer: Google AI Plus
    • Other Editions: Frontline Starter, Standard, and Plus; Nonprofits
  • Lyria 3 Pro is already available to the following Google Workspace customers and users with personal accounts who are 18 years or older and signed in to the Gemini app:
    • Business: Business Standard and Plus
    • Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
    • AI Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education, AI Expanded Access, AI Ultra Access
    • Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra

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We’re expanding Gmail end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to Android and iOS devices for Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) users. With Gmail E2EE, your users can confidentially engage with your organization's most sensitive data from anywhere on their mobile devices while ensuring data remains compliant and with your organizations sovereignty and compliance requirements.

For the first time, users can compose and read these E2EE messages natively within the Gmail app on Android and iOS. No need to download extra apps or use mail portals. Users with a Gmail E2EE license can send an encrypted message to any recipient, regardless of what email address the recipient has.

  • Gmail recipients: If the recipient uses the Gmail app, the encrypted message will be delivered as a typical email thread to their inbox.
  • Guest recipients: If the recipient doesn’t have the Gmail app, they can seamlessly and securely read and reply in their own native browser, ensuring that all users have a simple and secure interface, regardless of their email service or device.
This launch combines the highest level of privacy and data encryption with a user-friendly experience for all users, enabling simple encrypted email for all customers from small businesses to enterprises and public sector.

Composing a E2EE message in Gmail

Recipient without Gmail app reading in browser

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Enterprise: Enterprise Plus with the Assured Controls or Assured Controls Plus add-on

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Now when you import Slides into Google Vids with Gemini enabled, you can see and edit your AI-generated scripts for each slide before completing the import, generating voiceovers, and applying animations. Previously, these edits could only be made after the import process was finished.


This update allows you to:

  • Refine your narrative early: Review and adjust the AI-generated script or choose to use your original speaker notes for each slide before the video draft is created.
  • Save time and effort: By making script adjustments up front, you reduce the need for back-and-forth editing once the video is in the main editor.
  • Customize voiceovers: Ensure the generated voiceover perfectly matches your intended message by finalizing the text before the audio is generated.

Whether you are turning a sales deck into a quick pitch or transforming a lesson plan into an educational video, this change provides a more streamlined workflow for creating high-quality video content from your existing presentations.

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
  • End users: This feature will be ON by default and can be disabled by the user in the Convert Slides workflow. To see the script editing screen, users must have the "Include AI voiceover, script, and background music" toggle enabled. If disabled, Vids will automatically begin the import after selecting slides. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Education: Education Plus, Teaching and Learning add-on
  • Consumer: Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra
  • Other Editions: Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus; Nonprofits
  • AI Add-ons: AI Ultra Access; AI Expanded Access; Google AI Pro for Education

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Following our recent general availability launch for web, we are excited to announce that speech translation is now rolling out to the Meet Android and iOS apps. The feature allows audio to be translated to other languages in near-real-time, helping global teams communicate more naturally and removing language barriers.


More details
  • Language support: The feature supports bidirectional translation between English and Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Italian.
  • Single language pair per meeting: Currently, only one language pair (e.g., English <-> Spanish) can be active in a meeting at a time. 
  • Meeting room hardware: Users in conference rooms can hear translations but their own speech will not be translated. 
  • Ongoing improvements: Users can expect visual updates to the user interface, as well as refinements to translation accuracy and nuance.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability 

  • Business: Business Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • Other Editions: Frontline Plus
  • Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra
  • AI Add-ons: AI Ultra Access, Google AI Pro for Education

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We are introducing updates to the logic and parameter support for a targeted set of Google Sheets functions. These changes are designed to improve error visibility, offer more control over data, and ensure seamless compatibility when importing files.

Specifically, you will notice improvements across several categories of functions, including:

  • Better error surfacing: Select informational and statistical functions (such as HYPERLINK, VALUE, and T.TEST) will now more accurately flag underlying errors, like broken URLs or zero-variance denominators, preventing potential data issues from being masked.
  • Enhanced parameter support: Several statistical distribution functions (such as HYPGEOM.DIST, NORM.S.DIST, and LOGNORM.DIST) now support additional parameters, allowing for greater control and ensuring they import smoothly from external spreadsheets.
  • Refined calculation logic: Select financial and array functions (such as CUMIPMT and FREQUENCY) have been updated to provide more precise and predictable results based on your specific data inputs.
These enhancements reduce friction and provide more trustworthy outcomes for users who rely on precise mathematical behaviors. You can now troubleshoot complex spreadsheets more effectively and import external files with confidence, knowing your formulas will evaluate as expected. For a comprehensive list of Sheets functions and their specific inputs and behavior, please visit our Help Center.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google accounts

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Organizations that use both Google Workspace and other calendaring systems, like Microsoft Outlook, can now more easily coordinate shared resources, such as rooms, projectors, or company cars. We are introducing an open beta that allows non-Google users to book Google Workspace resources directly from their preferred calendar service.

Google Workspace admins can grant specific non-Google users or entire non-Google domains permission to book Workspace resources. Once these permissions are configured in the Admin Console, non-Google users can reserve a resource by simply adding its email address to the calendar event guest list. If the resource is configured to auto-reply, it automatically accepts or declines the invitation based on its availability and sends an email notification to the organizer.

Additionally, for organizations using both Google Workspace and Microsoft Outlook, admins can configure Calendar Interop. This allows Outlook users to find and book Workspace resources by their name and view their availability before sending an invite.


Getting started

  • Admins: This feature is OFF by default and can be configured at the resource level in the Admin console. Admins can specify which non-Google users or entire domains are permitted to book specific rooms. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
  • End users: Once an admin has granted permission, non-Google users can book a room by adding the resource email as an attendee to their calendar event.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Education: Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus
  • Other Editions: Frontline Starter, Standard, and Plus; Nonprofits

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We’re excited to announce Google Meet for Apple CarPlay, allowing on-the-go professionals to stay connected hands-free and join meetings safely while on the road.

With this update, users can now access Google Meet directly from their car's dashboard. This feature is designed to provide a seamless transition from your mobile iOS device to your vehicle, ensuring you never miss an important discussion. Whether you are commuting or traveling between appointments, you can now join meetings with a single tap, view your upcoming schedule, and participate in audio-only calls to maintain focus on driving.

Please note that when you join a meeting, your camera is turned off and you won’t see the incoming video content. You will hear the audio from the meeting and have audio input access from your microphone.

Android Auto users can expect a version of Meet for Android Auto soon.

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • End users: This feature will be ON by default for users with the Google Meet app installed on their iPhone. To use it, simply connect your iPhone to a CarPlay-compatible vehicle. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts

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You can now publish the videos you create in Google Vids directly to YouTube. This saves you a few steps - previously you would export the project as an MP4 file, then go to YouTube to upload the file.

Whether you are creating marketing videos, training materials, or educational content, this feature reduces manual effort and simplifies the publishing process.

To maintain security and provide creative control, all exported videos are initially set to Private. You can review the content in YouTube Studio before choosing to set the visibility to Public or Unlisted.

Use the new option in the File menu to export your video directly to YouTube.

Getting started

  • Admins: This feature will be available by default to organizations with both YouTube and Google Vids enabled. The feature will not be visible in domains where YouTube is disabled, or “Strict” or “Moderate” restricted modes are enforced. Access to YouTube can be controlled at the domain/OU/group level. Visit the Help Center to learn more
  • End users: Try the feature in Google Vids today. Visit the Help Center to learn more about exporting your vids.

Rollout pace

Availability

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

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You can now quickly record your screen from any browser window using the new Google Vids Screen Recorder Chrome extension. Instead of having to open Google Vids to access recording functionality, you can now initiate a recording with a single click right from the Chrome extensions toolbar.

This is available at no additional cost to Google Workspace customers and anyone with a personal Google account.

Whether you are capturing a quick walkthrough, a bug report, or a presentation, this extension simplifies the creation process by allowing you to record from any tab without interrupting your workflow. You can record videos up to 30 minutes in length, making it easy to capture thorough walkthroughs or deep dives. Once your recording is complete, you can preview it and then seamlessly open it in Vids to edit and share like any other video.

Quickly record your screen from any browser window

Getting started

  • Admins: This feature will be available by default if your organization has Google Vids enabled. To facilitate a smoother rollout, admins can force-install the extension and auto-pin it to the Chrome extensions toolbar for their users via the Admin console.
  • End users: If your admin hasn’t already installed the extension for you, navigate to the Chrome Web Store to add the extension to your browser. If your admin has not pinned it for you, we recommend pinning the extension to your toolbar for the fastest access.

Rollout pace

Availability

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

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AI Avatars in Google Vids can deliver your message with a consistent face and voice throughout a video, and they are preferred 5x more often than those on other platforms.

Today we’re excited to announce you can now place avatars in different scenes and have them interact with objects you specify, like your newly released product or a piece of safety equipment. Their faces and voices will remain consistent as you generate different scenes.

You can use avatars in scenarios like:

  1. Annual training: Avatars can explain requirements in training videos while in relevant settings.
  2. Company announcement: Place an avatar in your office by uploading an image.
  3. Sales pitch: Upload an image of your product and direct your avatar to showcase it.

Prompt
He picks up the phone in the phone booth, and says "Whatever your story is, Avatars can tell it in Google Vids!" into the phone as if on a call.



Veo Generation

When generating avatars, users will have the ability to:

  • Control actions: Instruct your avatar to walk, talk, and use objects simply by typing a prompt.
  • Use reference images: Upload two additional images to direct your avatar in customized locations or to use unique objects relevant to your video.
  • Choose an avatar: Select a speaker that provides consistency across every generation.
Direct avatar experience
Currently, this feature is only available to Workspace accounts set to English.

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
Note: Workspace customers will get promotional access to higher usage limits of Veo 3.1 avatars in Vids, allowing users to experiment with these features. Per-user usage limits will apply afterward; we’ll provide more information in a future update prior to any changes.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business Starter **, Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise Starter **, Standard, and Plus
  • Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Nonprofits**
  • Education Plus** and Teaching and Learning add-on**
  • Google AI Pro for Education add-on
  • Google AI Pro and Ultra
**For a limited time, at least through May 31, 2026, Business Starter, Enterprise Starter, Nonprofit, Education Plus, and Teaching and Learning add-on accounts can access generative AI features in Vids. Learn about Google Vids availability.

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AI Avatars in Google Vids provide high-quality speakers preferred five times more often than those on other platforms. Now you can customize and refine these avatars to match your brand and message, with Nano Banana 2.

Why use custom avatars?

  1. Unique Branding: Build an exclusive look that represents your specific team or organization.
  2. Global Localization: Adjust appearance and background to fit specific regional locales.
  3. Tailored Imagery: Stylize outfits—such as a tuxedo—to match the specific tone of your video.

 Googler avatar


Astronaut avatar

Complete Creative Control

  • Guided Generation: Use a simple prompt or the guided form to create your initial avatar.
  • Easy Refinement: Request specific tweaks like adding glasses, hats, or changing locations.
  • Vocal Variety: Choose from seven available voices to seamlessly pair with your custom visuals.
Custom Avatar user experience

Getting started

Note: Workspace customers will get promotional access to higher usage limits of avatars in Vids, allowing users to experiment with these features. Per-user usage limits will apply afterward; we’ll provide more information in a future update prior to any changes.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Starter**, Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Starter**, Standard, and Plus
  • Education: Education Plus**
  • Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra
  • Other Editions: Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus; Nonprofits**
  • AI Add-ons: AI Ultra Access; AI Expanded Access; Google AI Pro for Education
  • Other Add-ons: Teaching and Learning**
**For a limited time, at least through May 31, 2026, Business Starter, Enterprise Starter, Nonprofit, Education Plus, and Teaching and Learning add-on accounts can access generative AI features in Vids. Learn about Google Vids availability

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We’re introducing a new capability that allows end users to purchase Google Workspace add-ons directly, starting with the AI Expanded Access add-on for users in the United States and Canada with a Google Workspace Business edition. This feature is designed to help organizations and admins address the growing demand for AI tools while simplifying how users can get higher access to the latest advanced AI tools in Workspace.

Currently, users who want more access to advanced AI capabilities - such as higher usage in the Gemini app and NotebookLM, or specialized tools like Veo 3 or Avatar creation in Google Vids - must rely on their IT administrators to procure and assign add-on licenses. This can create bottlenecks for motivated users who have adopted these tools and are eager to further boost their productivity with Google Workspace. With this update, eligible users can purchase the AI Expanded Access add-on themselves using their own form of payment and an individual billing account.

Admins retain control
You retain full control of this feature, including the ability to turn this capability off for your entire organization or specific groups. Administrators can review which users have purchased subscriptions through the Admin console, and have the ability to cancel subscriptions if they wish to do so. Visibility of user-purchased subscriptions can be a valuable source of information to central teams around broader licensing decisions while maintaining administrative visibility and control.

Getting started

  • Admins: This feature will be on by default, and can be disabled at the domain, OU, or group level. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
  • End users: If your organization is eligible and the setting has not been disabled (see availability details below), users may see an in-product prompt to upgrade to get higher access when they reach their usage limit for certain AI features in Google Workspace. Clicking this prompt will allow the user to buy the add-on directly using their own payment method. Once they’ve signed up, they’ll get access to higher usage of advanced AI features in Workspace with the AI Expanded Access add-on when using their company Workspace account. Users will be able to manage their add-on subscription by visiting the user subscription management page at workspace.google.com/individual/user/manage.

Rollout pace

  • Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Currently available
  • Users in eligible organizations may see the option to upgrade to the AI Expanded Access add-on when they reach certain AI feature usage limits starting no sooner than April 7, 2026.

Availability

  • Business Editions: Initially, users with Business Standard or Business Plus licenses in the United States and Canada will be able to make these purchases. We plan to make this capability available to more customers in the coming months. Administrators will be notified by email when user-initiated purchases will be made available in their domains, and they’ll have the opportunity to adjust settings for this capability in the Admin console before the rollout of user-initiated purchases.*
*Note: This feature is not yet available to customers who have purchased Workspace from a resale partner, an offline order form, or customers outside of the United States and Canada. For these customers, AI Expanded Access licenses can be purchased by Administrators in the Admin console, through your partner, or Google account manager.

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Currently, Google Meet video recordings do not allow viewers to download or copy them by default unless the recording owner explicitly allows it. As a result, the "Ask Gemini" functionality within the Drive viewer is also disabled by default for viewers who aren’t file owners.

Starting April 30, 2026, we will change this default for new recordings. From that date forward, recording owners will need to manually restrict this setting for individual recordings if they do not want viewers to be able to download or copy them. This change applies only to future recordings and will not impact existing files.

If you want to keep downloads disabled by default, you must uncheck "Let Users download and copy Meet Recordings" in the Admin console before April 30, 2026. As a reminder, this will restrict Ask Gemini for viewers unless the recording owner takes action to allow downloads.

Getting started

  • Admins: Admins can manage this via the new "Meet video settings > Let Users download and copy Meet Recordings" control at the domain, OU, or group level. The new default is to allow users to download and copy Meet Recordings. Admins can change this default at any time. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
  • End users: Recording owners retain the ability to manually restrict downloading and copying for individual recordings through the file sharing settings. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Plus and Business Standard
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Standard, and Enterprise Starter
  • Education: Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade

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Last year, we announced Help me create in Google Forms and then expanded access to the feature to seven more languages.

Help me create in Google Forms drafts your questions 3x faster than doing it manually.*

Now, this feature is also available to users in 21 more languages including Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.

You can use Help me create to enter a prompt that describes the form you want to create or a prompt that references supporting Docs, Sheets, Slides, or PDFs. Gemini will then generate a draft form, incorporating details from any files you reference, that can be used instantly or further customized.

Last year, we also announced Gemini-powered question suggestions. Now, this feature is also available to users in 28 more languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, and German.

*Note: The time savings for the feature are calculated from a randomized experiment of real users using Google Forms.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • Education: Education Plus, Teaching & Learning, Google AI Pro for Education
  • Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra

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Slide generation just got a major upgrade. Gemini can now create fully editable, brand-matched slides using dynamic layouts tailored to your specific content. To ensure visual consistency, Gemini securely analyzes your existing deck to generate designs that fit your established style. You can also manually reference specific files for content or style or allow Gemini to automatically surface relevant files from your Google Drive. In addition, users can now edit existing Slides to change layouts and design elements or content. Just click “Create” or “Enhance this slide” to get started.

You can still beautify your slide as an image as well, but that option is now only available from the Slide menu.

At launch, this feature will be supported in English and several additional languages.

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
  • End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about generating slides with Gemini.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • AI Add-ons: AI Ultra Access; AI Expanded Access; Google AI Pro for Education
  • Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra
Note: This feature will be supported for English and international languages

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Beginning today, admins have access to an independent review of Google Workspace’s data regions, not only for their compliance needs but also for their peace of mind.


This external evaluation from Coalfire, a third-party assessment organization, gives Assured Controls customers the confidence that their data is stored and processed within a Google data center in the assigned region. Google Workspace admins can log on to their data regions reports and download an independent perspective on Google’s implementation of Workspace data residency controls to meet storage and processing requirements.

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In September 2025, we launched ransomware detection and file restoration in beta to help organizations minimize the impact of malware attacks on personal computers. Today, we’re excited to share these two features are generally available with significant improvements in malware detection.

Compared to when the feature was in beta, we are now able to detect even more types of ransomware encryption and are able to do it faster. Our latest AI model is detecting 14x more infections, leading to even more comprehensive protection.

Thousands of users have tested file restoration, demonstrating that it’s scalable and reliable.

  • Ransomware detection: When users have Google Drive for desktop installed on their computers, file syncing will be paused when ransomware is detected. The user will see a notification appear on their computer. Admins will see an alert in the Admin console security center; notification emails will be delivered to both users and admins.
  • File restoration: Users are able to bulk restore their files to a previous version in Drive with ease, saving them time and money without paying a ransom. Users can select and restore multiple files prior to when ransomware infected their computer, making their files inaccessible.

Getting started

  • Admins:
    • Ransomware detection will be on by default for users in your organization. You can turn it on or off at the OU level by going to Admin console > Apps > Google Workspace > Settings for Drive and Docs > Malware and Ransomware. If ransomware is detected for your users, admins will receive an email and get an alert in the Alert center.
    • Drive file restoration will be on by default. You can turn it on or off at Admin console > Apps > Google Workspace > Settings for Drive and Docs > Drive file restoration.
    • Install the latest version of Drive for desktop on user computers (v.114 or later) to enable the detection alerts (syncing will still be paused on older versions).
    • Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing ransomware detection and file restoration for your organization.

The Admin console setting for ransomware detection


The Admin console setting for Drive file restoration 


Email to admins when potential ransomware is detected


Admin alert in the Alert center with information on the potential ransomware detection



Alert detail on the ransomware detection


  • End users: The availability of this feature will depend on your admin’s settings. If turned on and ransomware is detected, you will see the alerts and access the interface below. Visit the Help Center to learn more about restoring files in bulk with Google Drive

End user alert in Drive for desktop when ransomware is detected


Interface to assist with file recovery

Rollout pace

Availability

  • File restoration
    • Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts 
  • Ransomware detection
    • Business: Business Standard and Plus
    • Enterprise: Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus
    • Education: Education Standard and Plus
    • Other Editions: Frontline Standard and Plus

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