Google Workspace Update: June 2025

GoPomelo Google Workspace Team
Jul 1, 2025

Google Workspace Features Update Summary: June 2025

Google Workspace Update Summary - June 2025

The summary of essential information about new features and improvements for Google Workspace customers in June 2025

Chat

⭐ See summaries of even more file types directly in Google Chat

See summaries of even more file types directly in Google Chat

Earlier this year, we introduced the ability for users to easily summarize Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets files shared within a Google Chat conversation. Today, we’re excited to expand this feature to PDF, Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), CSV, txt, and zip files shared as Drive links in Chat. Read more.

Availability: Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Frontline Plus
Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on

Docs

⭐ Use suggestions in your client-side encrypted Google Docs

You can now see suggestions when viewing a client-side encrypted Google Doc. Those with edit access will be able to interact with suggestions, including adding, editing, accepting, and rejecting suggestions. Read more.

Availability: Available for Google Workspace:

Enterprise Plus
Education Standard and Plus
Frontline Plus

Drive

⭐ Introducing PDF summary cards in Google Drive

Drive PDF summary cards

Today, we’re excited to expand the capabilities of Gemini in Drive files by introducing PDF summary cards. Now, upon opening a PDF, Gemini will proactively summarize the contents of the file and show relevant, clickable actions, such as “Draft a sample proposal” or “List interview questions based on this resume”. Read more.

Availability: Available to Google Workspace customers:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
Google AI Pro and Ultra

⭐ Introducing video engagement insights in Google Drive

see the total number of times a video is opened under a new Analytics section within the Details panel

Starting today, users can see the total number of times a video is opened under a new Analytics section within the Details panel. Read more.

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

⭐ Stay up to date on the latest changes to your files in Drive using “Catch me up”

Catch me up in google drive

Starting today, Gemini can identify relevant files from a user’s Drive with changes since it was last viewed and provide an overview of those changes. This includes file edits on Docs and file comments on Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Read more.

Availability: Available to Google Workspace customers:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
Google One AI Premium

Gmail

⭐ Integrate Jira with Gmail to create, update, and track work items directly in your inbox

Jira and Confluence app

Users can now create new Jira issues, view up-to-date information about existing issues, and take action all directly from Gmail. Read more.

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

Meet

⭐ New host management control for who can ask to join a meeting

Meeting hosts can now control who can request to join a meeting (also known as “knocking”). This option is available when the meeting access type is “Trusted” or “Restricted” and can be configured:

From the Calendar invite
During the meeting
Read more.

Availability: Available for Google Workspace customers

Sheets

⭐ Generate fully editable charts using Gemini in Google Sheets

Generate fully editable charts using Gemini in Google Sheets

Starting today, Gemini can produce fully editable charts that regenerate if the spreadsheet data changes. Read more.

Availability: Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
Google AI Pro and Ultra

⭐ Generate charts and valuable insights using Gemini in Google Sheets in additional languages

Earlier this year, we introduced the ability for Gemini to provide insights and generate charts based on your data in Google Sheets. Today, we’re excited to expand this feature to the following languages:

Spanish
Portuguese
Japanese
Korean
Italian
French
German
Read more

Availability: Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
Google AI Pro and Ultra

Slides

⭐ Create a Google Vid from Google Slides

Create a Google Vid from Google Slides

At Google I/O, we introduced the ability to turn existing Google Slides content into engaging videos using Google Vids. Today, we’re starting to roll out the first iteration of this new experience for Vids customers. Read more.

Availability: Available for Google Workspace:

Business Starter, Standard and Plus
Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus
Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus
Education Plus
Nonprofits
Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on

Forms

⭐ Use Gemini in Google Forms to summarize form responses

summarizing form responses

Starting today, Gemini will use the context of the form title, description, question, and the responses to generate a summary with key themes and takeaways. Read more.

Availability: Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
Google AI Pro and Ultra