What’s changing We’ve made it easier for you to write high-quality emails and content faster with smart compose in Gmail and Google Docs. This machine-learning powered feature suggests relevant contextual phrases as you type, saves you time by cutting back on repetitive writing, and also reduces spelling and grammatical errors.  Today, we’re excited to announce smart compose is now available in Google Chat on web. Coupled with smart reply, an existing assistive tool that suggests short replies to messages, this feature will help you communicate with colleagues quicker to move conversatio ..read more

What’s changing Google Workspace is enabling the use of passkeys as a simpler and safer alternative to passwords to sign-in to Google Accounts. Additionally, Workspace admins can now allow users to use passkeys to skip passwords at sign-in for Workspace apps — this feature gives users the option to skip entering their password and sign-in with passkeys using a fingerprint, face recognition, or other screen-lock mechanism across phones, laptops, or desktop.  This feature is available as an open beta, which means admins can use it without enrolling in a specific beta program.  Passk ..read more

1 New update Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time (if not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete), and available to all Google Workspace customers. Additional updates for the Google Docs, Sheets and Slides apps on Android devices In continuing our efforts to improve the Google Workspace experience on large screen Android devices, we’re adding the following updates ..read more

What’s changing  To help provide a better experience and scale attendance for larger meetings, you can now select “Everyone is a viewer” when creating your Calendar invite. Viewers are defined as meeting attendees who cannot share their audio or video into the meeting. You can designate attendees who are leading, presenting, or moderating a meeting as co-hosts and contributors.  Who’s impacted  End users  Why you’d use it  If you’re using Google Meet for large meetings, like webinars or town halls, designating attendees as “viewers” helps reduce potential meeting d ..read more

What’s changing Following the recent launch of message quoting, we’re introducing an additional feature that improves the Google Chat experience by helping you find and access your most relevant Chat conversations easier.  Chat declutter automatically hides direct messages and spaces that have been inactive for the last 7 days. This feature only activates when a section has more than 10 conversations, and does not affect pinned conversations.  By toggling the “More” button, you will still have the option to view and access a comprehensive list of your Chat conversations.  Ge ..read more

What’s changing Last year, we announced a feature that enabled teachers to include grading category information when exporting Google Classroom assignments to the student information system. To build upon our innovations in grading, we’re introducing grading periods, an option that allows teachers to define and apply grading periods segmented from the entire school year to their Classroom assignments.  In the gradebook view, teachers can now filter by grading period while sorting by student. This enables them to see student performance trends over time (as an aggregate by grading period ..read more

What’s changing As part of our efforts to improve the search experience in Gmail on mobile, we’re introducing a feature that helps you find exactly what you’re looking for much faster.  When searching in Gmail, machine learning models will use the search term, most recent emails and other relevant factors to show you the results that best match your search query. These results will now appear at the top of the list in a dedicated section, followed by all results sorted by recency.  Who’s impacted  End users  Why it matters  This highly requested feature gives you t ..read more

What’s changing In 2022, we introduced in-line threading for Google Chat and since March 2023, all newly created spaces in Google Chat are in-line threaded by default.  As we continue to move toward a single, streamlined flow of conversation in Google Chat, all existing spaces organized by conversation topic will be upgraded to the in-line threaded experience. We anticipate that this upgrade will take place in early Q4 2023. In the meantime, existing legacy threaded spaces will continue to function as is until the upgrade is complete.  Space organized by conversation topic In ..read more

What’s changing  Recently, we announced a dedicated tool in the Admin console for managing spaces in Google Chat. To further enhance the tool’s functionality, we’re giving admins the ability to:  Delete individual spaces Remove individual members from a space  Deleting individual spaces Removing individual members from a space More information regarding the space management tool can be found in our initial announcement.  Getting started  Admins:  This feature is available for all super admins by default. In the Admin console, navigate to Apps > ..read more

What’s changing  In addition to the information already captured in Voice audit logs, such as date, call source and call destination, you’ll see specific per-call performance information, including:  Round Trip Time  Packet Loss per 1000  Jitter  This supplementary data can help you identify and troubleshoot potential network issues impacting call quality across your organization.  Getting started  Admins: You can view Voice audit logs in the Admin console by going to Reporting > Audit and investigation > Voice log events. Visit the Help Center ..read more