After offering basic themes, Google Slides now has templates that “help users build presentations much faster.”
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Following the April announcement and testing in June, Google Vids is now generally available for Google Workspace tiers.
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Following Gmail, Drive, and Docs/Sheets/Slides, the Gemini side panel is now available in Google Chat if you’re a paid Workspace subscriber.
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Workspace customers can soon send video messages in Google Chat, while voice transcripts are now available.
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After announcing in April, Google Docs is rolling out a “document tabs” feature for improved organization.
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To encourage business and enterprise use, Google is now letting paid Workspace tiers access the standalone Gemini app.
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Desktop Chrome is getting a handful of enterprise updates, with Workspace users soon able to see their Google Calendar on the New Tab Page (NTP).
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The presentation experience in Google Slides is getting a nice quality-of-life update with multi-monitor support.
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Back in November, Google Drive introduced a new homepage on the web, and the latest design lets you simultaneously see suggested folders and files.
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Following Gmail, Drive, Docs/Sheets/Slides, and Meet, Gemini is coming to Google Forms with “Help me create a form.”
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Google Meet previewed “Takes notes for me” a year ago and this Gemini feature is now rolling out to Workspace customers.
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In May of 2023, Google announced that the Workspace Business Starter tier was switching to pooled storage, with shared drives set to launch next month.
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Google Chat now integrates with IFTTT (if this, then that) to power various automations. This is available for both Google Workspace and personal accounts.
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Google is updating Help me write in Gmail with a “Polish” draft feature on Android, iOS, and the web.
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As previewed at I/O 2024 in May, the Gemini Q&A panel is now more broadly available in Gmail for Android and iOS if you’re part of Workspace Labs. In essence, this is a more complete version of Gemini for your emails on mobile.
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Last year, the document scanner in Google Drive got a big update, and the tool on Android can now save uploads as JPEG files.
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Gmail users this afternoon are having issues adding attachments, while Google Drive uploads are also failing.
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In addition to Docs, Sheets, and Slides, the Gemini side panel is now coming to the Google Drive PDF viewer.
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Google Drive is adding automatically generated captions to videos you upload. This is already widely rolled out.
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After expanding Markdown syntax support in 2022, Google Docs is adding some “highly-requested features” to improve interoperability “with other Markdown supporting tools.”
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In addition to the Gemini side panel on the web, Gmail for Android and iOS is now rolling out a Summarize capability to paid customers.
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Back in April, Google Vids was unveiled as an AI-powered video creator and those enrolled in Workspace Labs can now test it.
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Google is touting significant speed improvements when performing calculations in Sheets on desktop Chrome and Edge.
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As announced at I/O 2024 last month, the Gemini side panel is now rolling out to paid Gmail, Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides customers, including Google One AI Premium.
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