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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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We’re introducing several updates to NotebookLM that give users more flexibility when uploading sources, new ways to create and edit visuals from NotebookLM and improvements to the interactive study tools.

More functions and new visual communication tools

  • Slide revisions: Users can now revise presentation content, ask for changes or fix any issues on both desktop and mobile. Users can submit stylistic or factual feedback for each slide and the slides are regenerated quickly as a new deck in the Studio panel.


  • Cinematic Video Overviews: Cinematic Video Overviews are immersive, deep-dive videos with fluid animations and rich, detailed visuals to help you learn and engage with the topics you care about. Gemini models make hundreds of structural and stylistic decisions to best tell the story with your sources. The videos are ideal for visualizing complex narratives and academic research.

  • New infographic styles: Users can now manually choose from ten new predefined infographic styles to visually summarize their sources. Options include: Sketch Note, Kawaii, Professional, Scientific, Anime, Clay, Editorial, Instructional, Bento Grid, and Bricks. By default, NotebookLM will continue to auto-select the best style for your sources.

  • Improved flashcards & quizzes: Progress is now saved and loaded across sessions when using Flashcards and Quizzes in NotebookLM. Users can also now mark flashcards as "Got it" or "Missed it," shuffle the deck, and use a new results screen to rerun any cards they missed. Additionally, specific flashcards or quiz questions can now be deleted. These improvements are available on both web and mobile.
    • Improvements to flashcards and quizzes are available to all users. Slide revisions, Cinematic Video Overviews, and new infographic styles are available to users over the age of 18.

Support for more file types

  • EPUB: All NotebookLM users can now upload EPUB files, the standard, open-source file format for eBooks, as a supported source type in NotebookLM, making it easier to research and interact with long-form digital books.
  • PPTX export: Users can now export generated slide decks as PPTX (in addition to PDF).

Chat improvements

  • Saved and secure conversation history: To support long-term projects, your conversations will be automatically saved and kept private to you. You can close a session and resume it later without losing your conversation history. You can delete chat history at any time, and in shared notebooks, your chat is visible only to you.
  • Artifact creation in chat: You can now instantly transform your chat conversations into stunning Audio Overviews, Video Overviews, tailored reports, and more. Just ask Notebook to create the artifact of your choosing — all without leaving the chat.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

Slide revisions, new infographic styles, improved flashcards & quizzes, EPUB as a source, PPTX export, saved and secure conversation history, artifact creation in chat

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google accounts with access to NotebookLM
Cinematic Video Overviews (English only)

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

Visit the Help Center to learn more about NotebookLM features and access by Workspace edition.

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Starting today, Workspace users can now add notebooks from NotebookLM as a source in the Gemini app. This will provide deeper, more relevant responses that are grounded in the sources in your notebook. This functionality is already available to consumers, and we’re excited to share that it is now expanding to Enterprise and Education users of all ages. 

NotebookLM is a powerful tool for synthesizing information from vast document collections, including PDFs, Google Docs, and more, all with clear, citable sources. By adding notebooks directly into Gemini, users can seamlessly build upon this deep, specific knowledge base and get more relevant responses with the full power of Gemini’s advanced conversational and content-creation capabilities.

Try asking Gemini to:

  • Create content based on your notebook
  • Add a notebook to a Gem 
  • Use other Gemini tools (like Canvas, Veo, Guided Learning, or Deep Research) based on the contents of your notebook



Getting started

Admins: Notebooks as a source within Gemini is determined by the NotebookLM service setting within the Admin Console and is not controlled by the Gemini app service setting. NotebookLM must be turned on in order for end users to access this feature in Gemini. Visit the Help Center to learn more. 

  • Note: When using NotebookLM features within the Gemini app, that usage is subject to NotebookLM's compliance certifications. These may differ from the certifications held by the Gemini app. Please review the specific compliance certifications for both NotebookLM and Gemini to understand the coverage for your organization. Learn more in the Generative AI in Google Workspace Privacy Hub.
End users: Add your NotebookLM notebook(s) to a chat in Gemini by selecting NotebookLM via the “+” button in the prompt box. Users must have access to NotebookLM turned on by their admin to access this feature. 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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What’s changing

We’re introducing Data Tables in NotebookLM, a new feature that helps you organize and analyze information from your sources in a structured format.

Valuable information is rarely neat. Key facts are often scattered, making manual compilation tedious.
Today, we’re making that simpler with Data Tables. NotebookLM now synthesizes your sources into clean, structured tables, ready for export to Google Sheets.

Here are some ways to use them: 

  • Prepare for exams with study tables of historical events, organized by date, key figures, and consequences.
  • Turn meeting transcripts into a clean table of action items, categorized by owner and priority. Or build a competitor comparison table analyzing pricing and strategies.
  • Streamline curriculum mapping by aligning state standards, learning objectives, and assessment criteria across your semester plan.
  • Synthesize clinical trial outcomes across multiple papers to track study years, sample sizes and statistics.



Data Tables will be available to users of all ages. 

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

  • Business Starter, Standard, Plus
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard, Plus
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus
  • Google AI Pro for Education
  • Frontline Starter, Standard, Plus
  • Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Nonprofits

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What’s changing

We’re excited to introduce Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image), our new state-of-the-art image generation and editing model. Starting today, Nano Banana Pro is rolling out to Google Workspace customers in Google Slides, Vids, the Gemini app, and NotebookLM.

Google Slides:

“Help me visualize” in Slides now uses Nano Banana Pro to help anyone create stunning infographics, images, and slides. We also added an all-new experience, “Beautify this slide”, to help people create thoughtfully designed visuals—based on the content of an existing slide—that can be used as individual slides. Here’s what’s coming:

  • Infographic: Generate detailed, professional infographics directly in Slides, all with just a simple prompt. Nano Banana Pro is connected to Google Search’s vast knowledge base, meaning it does an incredible job at representing real-world objects and places, all while taking into account the details you describe in your prompt.
  • Images: The same experience you know, now using Nano Banana Pro. Create stunning, realistic images that help add value to any slide deck.  
  • Beautify this slide: In just a click, “Beautify this slide” turns your ideas into a compelling visual with more accurate, legible text while modeling the look and feel of the overall deck. Like what you see? Simply select “insert as new slide” and the visual will be added directly into your deck as an individual slide.


Beautify your slides with Nano Banana Pro in Slides

NotebookLM: 

With Nano Banana Pro in NotebookLM, you can now visualize key insights from your sources as high-quality infographics. This allows you to distill complex information and relationships into a single, high-impact visual that makes your data easier to digest. You can also create complete and polished slide decks directly from your sources and share them as a PDF. See it in action.

Google Vids:

In Google Vids, Nano Banana Pro allows you to generate and edit images with greater precision. With new multi-turn prompting, you can refine your visuals iteratively, helping you create custom, production-ready assets to include in your videos.

Gemini app: 

Generate high-quality, sophisticated visuals that help bring your creative ideas to life in the Gemini app. Simply select “Create images” and “Thinking” from the model drop down menu to access Nano Banana Pro. 

Note: Workspace customers will get promotional access to higher usage limits of Nano Banana Pro in these apps for at least 60 days, 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. At this time, image generation and editing is only available to users over the age of 18.

Developers and business teams can also access Nano Banana Pro on Vertex AI, and soon in Gemini Enterprise. Learn more.

Getting started

  • Admins: There are no admin controls for this feature.
  • End users: Visit the Help Center for more information on generating images in Gemini, NotebookLM, Slides, and Vids.

Rollout pace

Availability

Nano Banana Pro in Google Slides, Google Vids, the Gemini app, and NotebookLM is available for:

  • Google Workspace Business Standard and Plus 
  • Google Workspace Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Google AI Pro and AI Ultra
  • Google AI Ultra for Business
  • Google AI Pro for Education
Nano Banana Pro in the Gemini app and NotebookLM is also available for Google Workspace: 

  • Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Business Starter
  • Enterprise Starter
  • Nonprofits
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus
  • Frontline Starter, Standard, Plus
Nano Banana Pro in Google Vids is also available for Google Workspace: 

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

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What’s changing 

Google Workspace for Education users of all ages can now use Video Overviews in NotebookLM. Users can now turn documents, slides, charts and more into engaging explainer videos that are narrated by an AI voice. Video Overviews are expertly-crafted visual walkthroughs of the content you provide, pulling in images, diagrams, quotes, and numbers from your source material. Similar to Audio Overviews, you’ll also have the option to customize your Video Overview by specifying topics to focus on, indicating your learning goals, describing the target audience, and much more. 




Why you’d use it 

Video overview can be a helpful resource for students as they study and learn with NotebookLM. For example, students under 18 can now create more engaging learning materials with powerful new visuals through Video Overviews. 

NotebookLM is covered under the Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service for all Workspace for Education users and has enterprise-grade data protection, meaning your data is not human reviewed or otherwise used to train AI models. 

Who’s impacted 

  • Admins and end users 

Getting started 

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about Video Overviews and NotebookLM. 

Rollout pace 

  • Rapid and Scheduled release domains: Currently available. 

Availability 

  • Available to Workspace customers with access to NotebookLM. Visit the Help Center to learn more about NotebookLM features & access by Workspace edition. 

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What’s changing 

Over the last year, we’ve brought the capabilities of Gemini to Google Classroom to support new ways of teaching and learning. A few months ago, we expanded Gemini in Classroom to help educators use AI for their common teaching tasks. Today, we’re making it possible for educators to use Google’s NotebookLM and Gems to create teacher-led AI experiences for students of all ages in Google Classroom. 

Now, educators can instantly create interactive AI learning experiences for students using NotebookLM and Gems right from Google Classroom – and using their class materials. They can then be assigned to students for extra practice, support, and learning opportunities: 

  • Using NotebookLM, educators can select resources from their class to instantly create an interactive study guide and other learning aids like podcast-style audio overviews, mind maps, and more – grounded only in the materials educators upload. See examples. 


  • Educators can create a Gem, which is a custom version of Gemini, for their students to interact with. Teachers can select class materials to inform a new Gem, whether they create one from scratch or select one of the templates in Classroom (Study partner, Quiz me, Brainstorm partner, or Real-world connector). Because Gemini is informed by learning science research through LearnLM, educators’ Gems will lean into best-in-practice pedagogical behaviour as students interact with them – helping students to better understand concepts and test their knowledge, rather than just give them the answer. See examples for educators. 



Once created, students will be able to access the teacher-created notebook or Gem on their Classwork page in Classroom, either as a “Class learning resource” at the top of the page, or as part of an assignment. 

Who’s impacted 

Admins and end users 

Why you’d use it 

Creating Gems and notebooks from within Google Classroom makes it easier to create AI learning experiences grounded in class materials, as well as to help keep educators in the loop when students are interacting with AI. 

Getting started 

Admins: 


End users: 

  • This feature will be available by default if NotebookLM or Gemini/Gems sharing are enabled by your admin. 
  • Teachers can create a notebook or Gem in Classroom by doing one of the following: 
    • Go to Classroom > Coursework where they will see options for ‘NotebookLM’ or ‘Gem’ 
    • Go to Classwork > Create > Assignment or Material where they will see options for ‘NotebookLM’ or ‘Gem’ under ‘Attach’ 
  • Students will have access to teacher-created notebooks or Gems from the Classwork item that the teacher attached it to. Students may also see these at the top of the Classwork page if the teacher selects the option to ‘highlight at top of Classwork.’ 
  • Use our Help Center to learn more about using NotebookLM or Gems in Classroom: 

Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 

  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus 

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What’s changing 

We're introducing a new “Learning Guide” option that encourages participation with probing, open-ended questions. Instead of just giving answers, it helps you break down problems step-by-step and adapts explanations to your needs, building a deeper understanding of the subject. 



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What’s changing 

NotebookLM can now turn your documents into interactive flashcards and quizzes, creating a personalized study session, generated in seconds and grounded only in your source materials. Prep for exams, master a new skill, and share it with anyone with a simple link. 

Go beyond passive reading and actively engage with your material. NotebookLM instantly generates study aids based exclusively on your documents—lecture notes, research papers, work reports, and more. 

  • Flashcards: Effortlessly memorize key terms, dates, and concepts from your sources. 
  • Quizzes: Test your comprehension and challenge yourself with personalized questions based on your uploaded class material. 
  • Reports: Create a report that perfectly fits your needs by specifying the structure, style, tone, and more, available in over 130+ languages. We’ve added dynamic suggestions for topics or themes all based on your sources, from overviews to deep dives. For example, uploading scientific papers might suggest creating a white paper, while news articles could generate explainers. 






Because it's grounded in your information, you’ll only focus on what you care about. Customize your topic, set the difficulty, and share it with anyone. 

Who’s impacted 

Admins and end users (teachers and students) 

Why you’d use it 

Many teachers want to leverage AI to help students learn - flashcards, quizzes, and reports make material into more engaging learning experiences with more relevant and safe material. 

Getting started 

  • Admins: These features will be available based on the respective admin console settings: NotebookLM: Teachers and students must be in a group or OU with NotebookLM set to On. Use our Help Center to learn more about turning NotebookLM on or off for users. 
  • End users: This feature will be available by default if NotebookLM is enabled by your admin. 

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What’s changing 

We've partnered with OpenStax, the leading provider of free, peer-reviewed textbooks, to transform some of their most popular academic titles into interactive Notebooks. These ready-to-use Notebooks are designed to help high school and college students turn passive reading into active learning. With content curated from subjects like Biology, Psychology, and Business, you can instantly engage with complex material and accelerate your understanding. 


Title Notebook
Biology 2e Link
Biology for AP Courses Link
Psychology 2e Link
Chemistry 2e Link
Introduction to Business Link
Principles of Management Link

Who’s impacted 

Admins and end users (teachers and students) 

Why you’d use it 

These notebooks take the best of Openstax content and create engaging grounded experiences for students grounded in high quality textbook material. We recently launched Flashcards, Quizzes and Reports for Notebooks, so each of these notebooks includes extensive study tools that actively engage students in high quality content. 

Getting started 

  • Admins: 
    • These features will be available based on the respective admin console settings: 
  • End users: 
    • This feature will be available by default if NotebookLM is enabled by your admin. 

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What’s changing 

Last year, we introduced Gemini LTI™, an AI-powered assistant that can integrate into third party Learning Management Systems (LMS). Gemini LTI™ helps enhance the educational experience for both educators and students by providing AI-driven tools and features powered by Gemini within their LMS environment, such as Canvas by Instructure and PowerSchool Schoology Learning. 

Today, we’re excited to announce that NotebookLM is now integrated with Gemini LTI™. As a result, educators can create Notebooks per week/topic and publish them within Gemini LTI. These Notebooks can include relevant teaching materials and act as an additional resource for students to use while learning. In the coming weeks, Gems will also be integrated with Gemini LTI™. 

For example, educators can:
  • Create content-grounded Notebooks that help define their curriculum and empower students to learn at their own pace. 
  • Create Gems for FAQs that help students quickly find answers to common questions about assignments, and more (coming soon). 

For example, students can: 
  • Learn on-the-go by creating a podcast-like Audio Overview of their course material with NotebookLM 
  • Get in-the-moment assistance with real-time coaching using Gems (coming soon). 




Who’s impacted 

Admins and end users 

Additional details 

Gemini LTI™ is part of Google Workspace LTI™, our suite of LTI™ tools, including Assignments LTI™, Google Drive LTI™, and Google Meet LTI™. Visit our Help Center to learn more about Workspace LTI™. 

Getting started 


Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus 
  • Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on 

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What’s changing 

We are expanding support for the NotebookLM for Google Workspace for Education users of all ages.

NotebookLM is covered under the Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service for all Workspace for Education users. Those terms include enterprise-grade data protections, so your data is not reviewed by anyone or otherwise used to train AI models. 

Who’s impacted 

Admins and end users 

Why you’d use it 

NotebookLM is an AI-powered thinking partner that helps you understand anything. It accelerates learning and knowledge sharing, with AI grounded on the documents that matters most to you. Educators and students can add their lesson plans, education standards, lecture notes and/or course readings to get real-time summaries, guided lesson plans, discussion questions, quizzes and more. They can also generate audio overviews to take learning on the go and make content more accessible, digestible and engaging.   

Additional details 

NotebookLM is available in 180+ regions where Gemini API is available and currently supports 35+ languages. Users can only upload sources from Workspace that they have permission to access. Furthermore, they can control who has access to their notebooks and set more granular permissions within each. Notebooks can only be shared within your organization. 

NotebookLM also supports compliance with industry regulations like FERPA and COPPA.

Getting started 

  • Admins: As a Core Workspace Service, NotebookLM is enabled by default for Workspace for Education institutions. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning NotebookLM on or off for users.
  • End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about NotebookLM. 

Rollout pace 

Availability 

  • Available for Google Workspace:
    • Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus

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What’s changing 

Since introducing Audio Overviews last year, NotebookLM users have created podcast-like, detailed summaries of key topics from their uploaded sources. To build upon this functionality and provide users with a more educational and visual experience, we’re excited to introduce Video Overviews.

Users can now turn documents, slides, charts and more into engaging explainer videos that are narrated by an AI voice. Video Overviews are expertly-crafted visual walkthroughs of the content you provide, pulling in images, diagrams, quotes, and numbers from your source material. Similar to Audio Overviews, you’ll also have the option to customize your Video Overview by specifying topics to focus on, indicating your learning goals, describing the target audience, and much more. At this time, Video Overviews are only available to users over the age of 18. 

We’re also introducing upgrades to the Studio panel where you would create things such as audio overviews and notes in NotebookLM, which includes multiple audio overviews and content sharing. Specifically, users can now:
  • Generate multiple Audio Overviews in a single notebook. This means you can now create versions in different languages from the same source material, or generate a set of Audio Overviews that each focus on different subsections of your sources.
  • Generate shareable links for content like Audio Overviews and Video Overviews, which cannot be shared outside of your domain. 


Additional details

  • Video Overviews are now rolling out to all users in English, with support for more languages coming soon. 
  • Only users with access to your Notebook can view content you share via a shareable link.

Getting started 

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about Video Overviews and NotebookLM.

Rollout pace 

  • This has already started to roll out targeting 100% the week of August 4, 2025. 

Availability 

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4 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.

Admins can now deploy Context-Aware Access for the NotebookLM mobile app 
Earlier this year, we introduced the ability for admins to specify Context-Aware Access (CAA) policies when their users access NotebookLM. This week, we’ve expanded this to the NotebookLM app, which enables admins to set up access levels for the NotebookLM app based on a user’s identity and the context of the request (location, device security status, IP address). | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains. | Context-Aware Access is available for Google Workspace Enterprise Standard and Plus; Education Standard and Plus; Enterprise Essentials Plus; Frontline Standard and Plus, and Cloud Identity Premium customers. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about protecting your business with Context-Aware Access, about qualifying Google Workspace editions and how to turn this service on or off. 

Introducing a new video player experience in Google Drive on Android devices 
Last year, we announced a smoother, more modern video player on the Google Drive web experience. This updated look and feel is now available when watching Drive videos on your Android device. | Rollout to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about storing & playing video in Google Drive. 

Improving the file upload experience on Android and iOS devices 
To improve Google Drive's mobile upload experience, we've launched more fine grained controls and proactive status updates. Starting this week, you’ll notice updates to: 
  • The initial upload screen where you can adjust the file’s name and location. 
  • The progress bar that tells you how many items are uploading and how long it will take. 
  • The Upload Tab where you can see all pending or recently completed uploads. 
Rollout to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about uploading files & folders to Google Drive.
Improving the file upload experience on Android and iOS devices
Support for file and people smart chips now available with Google Sheets API
Last month, we introduced the ability to take basic actions to create and modify tables via the Google Sheets API. This week, we’re expanding the API functionality to include the ability to write and read file and people smart chips. | Rollout to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Available to Google Workspace customers, Google Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Visit the Developer Documentation to learn more about the Google Sheets API.

    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.
    Google Meet now offers customizable caption styling
    You can now customize the styling of captions in Google Meet, including the font size, font type, color, and background color. This allows for the captions to be customized in a way that works best for you. | Learn more about caption styles in Meet. 

    Adding new admin settings to control Google Form responses 
    Admins can now independently control two distinct settings: whether users in their domain can respond to forms created externally, and whether users in their domain can share forms with external recipients. | Learn more about admin controls for Google Forms.

    Create a Google Vid from Google Slides 
    At Google I/O, we introduced the ability to turn existing Google Slides content into engaging videos using Google Vids. Today, we’re starting to roll out the first iteration of this new experience for Vids customers. | Learn more about creating a Vid using Slides. 

    Data migration log events are available in the Admin console 
    Beginning this week, you can now access log events for the new data migration service in the audit and investigation tool and the security investigation tool. You can search across a variety of attributes including: Who started a migration, What data is being migrated and When the migration was set up or executed, and more. | Learn more about Data migration log events. 

    Generate charts and valuable insights using Gemini in Google Sheets in additional languages 
    Earlier this year, we introduced the ability for Gemini to provide insights and generate charts based on your data in Google Sheets. Today, we’re excited to expand this feature to the following languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, French and German. | Learn more about language expansion for Gemini in Sheets. 

    The Gemini app is now available to all education users
    We are expanding support for the Gemini app for Google Workspace for Education users of all ages. | Learn more about the Gemini app for education users.

    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: 
    Scheduled Release Domains: 
    Rapid and Scheduled 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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    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.

    Use NotebookLM on-the-go with new mobile app 
    We’re excited to introduce the NotebookLM mobile app on Android and iOS devices, enabling all NotebookLM users to listen to and interact with their audio overviews and other functionalities on-the-go. In addition, we’re introducing the ability for users to specify the lengths of their audio overviews. This particular functionality is only available on web at this time, with plans to extend to mobile at a later date. | Rollout to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Available to Google Workspace users with access to NotebookLM. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about NotebookLM. 

    Introducing a new ‘Getting started’ page to make it easier to create Google Vids 
    We’re introducing a ‘Getting started’ page offering a variety of ways to create videos using Google Vids. Depending on your Workspace edition, this will include options to: plan your video story, generate video clips, record yourself, select a template, upload a clip or image, or start with a blank vid. | Rollout to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Available to Business Starter, Standard and Plus; Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus; Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus; Education Plus; Nonprofits, customers with a Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on, and anyone who previously purchased a Gemini Business or Gemini Enterprise add-on. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about Google Vids.
    'Getting started’ page to make it easier to create Google Vids

    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.

    Google Vault improves Google Drive search and export: now with document ID and more shared drive options 
    Google Vault now supports export by Google Drive document IDs. This gives a reliable search for documents where the ID or URL is known, eliminating the previous dependency for searching with collaborators and document content. Going forward, up to 1000 document IDs can be entered in the user interface or API to export targeted files within your domain. | Learn more about document ID and more shared drive options.

    Available in beta: Edit client-side encrypted Microsoft Word files with Google Docs 
    Launching in beta, you can now view and edit client-side encrypted Microsoft Word files in Google Docs. | Learn more about editing client-side encrypted Microsoft Word files with Google Docs. 

    Ask Gemini in Gmail on mobile to perform Google Calendar related actions 
    You can now use the Gmail mobile app to ask Gemini to create, delete or edit an event on your calendar and ask Gemini about your daily schedule. | Learn more about Gemini in the Gmail app.

    Use Google Classroom in even more languages 
    We recently announced the ability to use the Google Classroom in additional languages on web and mobile, and today we’re excited to introduce even more languages in the web and mobile experience. | Learn more about language expansion in Classroom. 

    More ways to create with Canvas
    We recently introduced Canvas, the creative space inside the Gemini app, a place to build anything you can describe. This week, with Gemini 2.5 models, Canvas is even more intuitive and powerful, allowing you to create multiple items. | Learn more about Canvas. 

    Personalize learning with quizzes, available through Canvas in the Gemini app
    You can now generate quizzes for any subject using Canvas in the Gemini app by uploading relevant documents or simply entering a prompt like “Give me a practice quiz about the nervous system”. | Learn more about quizzes in Canvas. 

    Available in Open Beta: Migrate files from Microsoft SharePoint Online to Google Drive 
    Beginning this week, the Google Workspace Migrate tool can be used to migrate files from Microsoft SharePoint Online to Google Drive. This allows admins to migrate data from SharePoint Online sites, including document libraries, folders, files and associated permissions, helping organizations transition to Google Workspace quickly and easily. | Learn more about migrating files from Microsoft SharePoint Online to Google Drive. 

    The latest updates for Deep Research in Gemini 
    This week at Google I/O, we introduced several enhancements for Deep Research. | Learn more about Deep Research in Gemini.

    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: 
    Scheduled Release Domains: 
    Rapid and Scheduled 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

    Since bringing NotebookLM to Google Workspace customers earlier this year, and most recently to Google Workspace for Education, many have utilized the Audio Overviews feature. 


    Audio Overviews are lively “deep dive” discussions between two AI hosts who summarize key topics in your sources. These turn documents, slides, charts and more into engaging discussions with one click and are especially useful for learning on-the-go. Today, we’re excited to expand Audio Overviews to over 50 languages in Beta. 


    Additional details

    For Audio Overviews, you can upload sources from all supported languages, including a combination of different languages in the same notebook, and then generate audio in any of the languages outlined above. 


    Audio Overviews are not meant to be a subjective view of a topic by the AI hosts, but simply a reflection of the source content that you have uploaded. Interactive mode, when a user is able to join the hosts’ conversation and ask questions, will remain in beta and is only available in English at this time. 


    Please note that this is an early look at what's possible with this feature in non-English languages — we plan to keep building and refining it based on your feedback. 


    Getting started 

    Google Workspace: 
    • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
    • End users: You can select the output language for Audio Overviews by going to Settings > Output Language in the top right menu of NotebookLM. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Audio Overviews, NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus. 
    Workspace for Education: 

    Rollout pace 

    Availability

    Audio Overviews in additional languages is available to NotebookLM users with the following Workspace editions: 
    • Business Starter 
    • Frontline Starter and Standard 
    • Essentials Starter, Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus 
    • Nonprofits 
    • Education Fundamentals, Standard and Plus 

    Audio Overviews in additional languages is available to NotebookLM Plus users with the following Workspace editions: 
    • Business Standard and Plus 
    • Enterprise Standard and Plus 
    • Customers with a Gemini Business*, Gemini Enterprise*, Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on *
    *As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

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