Quick summary We’re making changes to how we calculate active users in Google Chat across your organization. Specifically, this new method ensures greater accuracy for detecting a user’s reading and sending actions in Chat, which will provide admi…
Better search and suggestion options in Gmail
Quick summary Over the years, we’ve made advancements to the search capabilities and suggestions in Gmail through search filters, search operators, search chips, and more. Starting today, Gmail has more accurate and circumstantial search sugg…
Trust rules for Google Drive are now available in open beta
What’s changing In 2021 we announced a closed beta for trust rules in Google Drive, which gives admins more control over how files can be shared, both within and outside of their organization. Beginning today, this feature will be available as an …
Use Miro within Google Meet for an immersive and collaborative whiteboard experience
What’s changing You can now leverage Miro, a third party online whiteboarding app, for ideating and problem solving as a group in Google Meet. With this integration in Google Meet, you can seamlessly collaborate on a Miro board together during a …
Sync Apple DEP and Google Mobile Device Management servers on demand
Quick summary For select Google Workspace editions, admin can now trigger an on demand sync between Apple DEP and Google Mobile Device Management (MDM) servers for company owned devices. Additionally, they will also be able to see when this sync w…
Allow collaborators to analyze data in Connected Sheets with delegated access
What’s changingAdmins for select Google Workspace editions can now allow their users to delegate access to BigQuery when using Connected Sheets. If the setting is enabled by the admin, end users with access to BigQuery data can delegate their credentia…
Easily share profile links via Contacts
Quick summaryIn 2021, we introduced a new Google Contacts (contacts.google.com) experience that provides rich information about your colleagues and stakeholders. Starting today, every contact with a Workspace email has a new profile link that is easy t…
Synchronize client-side encrypted files with Google Drive for Desktop on Windows and Mac OS
Quick summary Admins for select Google Workspace editions can update their client-side encryption configurations to include Drive for Desktop. When enabled, users can synchronize their Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides files with Drive for De…
New security alerts for highly sensitive changes to Google Workspace configurations
What’s changing In the Alert Center, admins will now be notified of select critical and sensitive changes made to their Google Workspace configurations. Specifically, we will issue an alert when any of the following events are surfaced in the audi…
Updated timeline for the new integrated view for Gmail
What’s changing Earlier this year, we introduced a new, integrated view for Gmail, making it easy to move between critical applications like Gmail, Chat and Meet in one unified location. We’d like to share some additional updates regarding the rol…