1 New update
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.
Enhancing search within the Google Drive app on Android devices
Last month, we introduced numerous improvements to the Google Drive search experience on iOS devices. Today, we’re excited to announce that these enhancements will be available on Android devices as well. | This feature is available for Rapid Release domains and is rolling out now to Scheduled Release domains. | Available to Google Workspace customers, Google Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Learn more about finding files in Google Drive.
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.
Build a Dialogflow CX Google Chat app that understands and responds with natural language
The enhanced Dialogflow CX, now generally available, provides a new way of designing virtual agents by taking a state machine approach to agent design. Now, developers have clear and explicit control over a conversation, enjoy a better end-user experience, and gain access to an improved development workflow. | Learn more about Dialogflow CX Google Chat apps.
Dark mode now available in Google Drive web
We’ve introduced a highly requested feature: Dark mode in Drive on web. This new setting aims to provide you with a more comfortable, customizable viewing experience for Drive. | Learn more about dark mode.
Launch the FigJam whiteboard app directly from Google Meet Series One Board 65 and Desk 27 devices
You can now launch FigJam both in and out of an active Meet call from the Series One Board 65 and Desk 27 devices. | Learn more about the FigJam whiteboard app.
Use annotations to enhance your presentations in Google Meet
We’ve introduced annotation tools in Google Meet. Presenters and their appointed co-annotators can use these tools to highlight content or make other notations over presented content. Annotations will be on by default when you begin presenting — you can open the annotations menu to access various tools such as a pen, disappearing ink, sticker, text box, and more. | Learn more about annotations.
Promote space members to space managers using the Google Chat API
You can now use the Chat API to promote space members to space managers. | Learn more about managing members using the Chat API.
Available in beta: automatically log Google Voice calls made to Salesforce contacts
We’re introducing a beta integration between Google Voice and Salesforce that makes it easier to track details of calls made in Voice. | Learn more about logging Google Voice calls made to Salesforce contacts.
Google Chat apps can now subscribe to event notifications
Google Workspace developers registered in our Developer Preview Program have been able to build Chat apps that can subscribe to Chat events using the Google Workspace Events API. We’re pleased to announce that as of today, this functionality is now available to all Workspace developers. | Learn more about Chat apps subscribing to event notifications.
Now generally available: Chat interoperability between Google Chat and other messaging platforms
At Google Cloud Next 2023, we announced interoperability between Google Chat, Microsoft Teams and Slack— powered by Mio and previously available to Workspace customers through a Beta program. We’re pleased to announce that as of today, this solution is generally available for Google Workspace customers. | Learn more about the interoperability of Google Chat.
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:
- Access and sort shared files within a space in Google Chat more easily
Scheduled Release Domains:
- New formatting sidebar in Google Docs, Slides and Sheets apps on Android Tablets (Sheets only)
- Subtly enhance your appearance with portrait touch-up when using Google Meet on the web
- Input numbers into slider controls across Google Docs, Slides and Drawings
- Improving filtering for merged cells in Google Sheets (horizontal)
- Create fully customized email campaigns using new layout editor tool (Embedded layout editor via Gmail & Full screen editor for email layouts via Drive)
Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:
- Improving filtering for merged cells in Google Sheets (vertical)
- Securely migrate existing encrypted messages to Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) (iOS)
- Track usage for Gemini for Workspace users in the Admin console
- Launch the FigJam whiteboard app directly from Google Meet Series One Board 65 and Desk 27 devices
- Promote space members to space managers using the Google Chat API
- Google Chat apps can now subscribe to event notifications
- Now generally available: Chat interoperability between Google Chat and other messaging platforms
For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).
