Google Workspace Update: July 2024

Google Workspace Update Summary - July 2024

The summary of essential information about new features and improvements for Google Workspace customers in July 2024

Docs

⭐ Use comments & action items on your client-side encrypted Google Docs

Google has introduced the ability to collaborate on client-side encrypted Google Docs, allowing users to add, edit, reply, filter, or delete comments and assign action items. This enhancement aims to match the functionality of unencrypted docs while ensuring data remains secure with encryption keys managed by users and their identity providers. The feature is available in open beta. Read more.

Availability:  Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard and Education Plus customers

Drive

⭐ Automatically generated captions for videos in Google Drive

Google Drive now offers automatic caption generation for uploaded videos using speech recognition technology to transcribe the audio. This feature currently supports English captions, with plans to expand to other languages in the future. Read more.

Availability:  Available to all Google Workspace customers, Google Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts

Calendar

⭐ Enhancing the Google Calendar appointment scheduling experience with additional features

Google Calendar now includes an option to set custom weekly recurrences for appointment schedules, allowing for more flexible scheduling, such as bi-weekly intervals.

In Google Calendar, bookers and co-hosts can now add additional guests or rooms to booked events. This feature is available if the appointment schedule creator selects the "Guests can invite others" option during setup or editing.

Google Calendar now allows appointment schedule creators to add Google Groups as co-hosts during the setup process, making it easier to host appointments with multiple participants. Read more.

Meet

⭐ Pre-configure meeting notes, recordings, and transcripts from the Calendar invites

Meeting hosts can now pre-configure meeting notes, recordings, and transcripts directly from the Calendar invite. This feature ensures these elements are automatically captured, eliminating the need for hosts to enable them during the meeting and avoiding potential interruptions or forgetfulness. Read more.

Gemini

⭐ Google Workspace extensions for Gmail, Google Drive and Google Docs are now available in open beta for Gemini (gemini.google.com)

Google Workspace extensions for Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Docs are now available for Gemini, allowing it to cross-reference these apps as data sources to enhance responses. This feature is in open beta for Google Workspace customers with the Gemini Business, Enterprise, Education, and Education Premium add-ons, and no additional sign-up is required. Read more.

Availability:  Available for Google Workspace customers with the: Gemini Business, Enterprise, Education, or Education Premium add-on

Source: https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com