With Gemini now available in Workspace Business and Enterprise, Google Chat and Meet are picking up a slew of new features.
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Gemini in Gmail is expanding with a new “Add to Calendar” shortcut that will “automatically detect calendar related content in your email.”
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Google Calendar is the latest Workspace app to get the Gemini side panel on the web. This is currently being tested in Workspace Labs.
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Google Chat is getting a pair of updates with real-time Markdown formatting and more Gemini summaries.
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Pixel started the concept of “Feature Drops” at Google in December of 2019, with Android later starting something similar every season. Google Workspace is now the latest to get on the “feature drop” bandwagon.
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Following call delegation, Google Voice is making it easier to transfer personal numbers to Google Workspace business accounts.
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The first update for Google Voice in quite some time is enterprise call delegation.
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After introducing auto-generated captions last year, Google Drive is now adding video transcripts on the web.
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Following the consumer rollout, Gemini Deep Research is now coming to Google Workspace tiers that have Gemini Advanced.
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Google Meet is redesigning some controls on Android and iOS, with the goal to “organize features in a more intuitive way.”
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Google Meet is updating a trio of existing features today, with a short history now available for live and translated captions.
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Following purchase (before the holidays) and calendar (last month), Gmail is updating the bills summary card on Android and iOS.
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A nice quality-of-life improvement for Google Chat will let you rename group conversations, while teams will benefit from a new “board” feature.
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Google has rolled out a pair of Gemini updates for Workspace users that improves Gmail Q&A (inserting responses) and Imagen 3 (people generation).
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Last year, Google updated Sheets on the web to perform calculations twice as fast, and a new round of performance improvements are now available.
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As Gemini is now readily available to Google Workspace subscribers, admins have found that the ability to disable the new AI features is hidden behind a conversation with Google support.
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For Super Bowl 2025, Google is taking a different approach to ads. Each of the 50 states will see a different Super Bowl commercial promoting a local small business or nonprofit that uses “Google Workspace with Gemini.”
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The Gemini side panel in Google Sheets is being updated to let you more easily visualize and analyze data through insights and charts. It goes beyond summarizing spreadsheets or creating tables.
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With Gemini now included in all business tiers, Google is increasing the price of Workspace plans in 2025.
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Previously, Google charged an additional $20+ per user/month for Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Meet, and other Workspace apps. The full Gemini experience is now coming to Google Workspace business users as part of a price increase.
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Google will soon introduce a new settings page for “Google Workspace smart features” that better explains how your emails and other data in Workspace apps can be surfaced in Google products to provide a more personalized experience.
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Last year, I wished that Google iterated more on the personal side of Gmail, Calendar, and other Workspace apps. In 2024, Google made a number of updates to the suite of productivity apps that I benefit from and appreciate on a daily basis.
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Google Chat is getting a highly-requested feature with automatic translations, while a handful of tweaks are coming to @mentions.
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Following Slides last month, Google Docs is adding 40 new templates with “high-quality, visually modern designs.”
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