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What’s happening 
Last year, we introduced Touch-up in Google Meet on the web to give users more control over their appearance in video calls. We’ve been working to help everyone better express their personal style on every call, and we’re excited to expand the feature with AI-powered makeup. 

Now you can choose from 12 new studio makeup looks, with a range of options from a polished, professional touch to a more expressive flair. Your AI-powered makeup remains seamless and untouched—even through everyday movements like sipping your coffee or touching your face. Below, you can see the feature’s product lead Daniela demonstrate how AI-powered makeup matches her unique features and remains natural-looking when she moves. 

Google Product Manager Daniela uses makeup in Meet on web 

Getting started 
  • Admins: 
    • There is no admin impact or action required. 
  • End users: 
    • This feature will be off by default and can be enabled by the user. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Makeup for your account. 
    • You can pick from one of 12 options in the main collection, and they’re usable on web or on mobile. Your preferences are saved for your next meeting. 

Makeup in Meet on mobile device 

Rollout pace 

Availability 
Available to Google Workspace: 
  • Business Standard, Plus 
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard, Plus 
  • Education Plus, Teaching & Learning add-on 
  • Enterprise Essentials 

Also available to: 
  • Google One and Google Workspace Individual subscribers 

Resources 
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A summary of announcements from this week:
The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.

Get more insight into how Chat apps are used within your organization
Google Workspace admins can now get better insights into how Chat apps are being used within their organization via enhanced logging and display of log information. Specifically, we are enhancing Chat event logs to add Chat app related events. | Learn more about the updated Chat app logs. 


Looker Connected Sheets Private IP support
Organizations who have configured private IP Looker Core instances can now enable Connected Sheets for their teams, bringing easier analysis and sharing capabilities to their users. Now, users who were previously restricted from using Connected Sheets due to Private IP controls on their Looker instances will be able to leverage powerful and intuitive spreadsheet capabilities to better understand and analyze their Looker data. | Learn more about Looker connected sheets private IP support. 


Set timers in Google Meet on the web
You can now create meeting timers in the Google Meet sidebar. Timers can be a valuable tool in online meetings for improving focus, managing time effectively, and ensuring equitable participation. By providing a visible, shared sense of time, they help structure the meeting and drive productivity.  | Learn more about using timers in Meet. 


Google Meet live captions are expanding to Cantonese
We’re adding support for Cantonese to Google Meet’s live caption feature. This allows users to view real-time text of what is being spoken in the meeting, making it easier to follow along and participate. | Learn more about the new languages for live captions. 


Create vertical and square videos in Google Vids
You can now create and edit videos in vertical (9:16) and square (1:1) sizes in Google Vids, in addition to the widescreen/horizontal format (16:9) already supported. These additional sizes will give you more flexibility to create content and export to a variety of platforms like YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and TikTok. | Learn more about the new aspect ratio options in Vids. 




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What’s happening 
You can now create and edit videos in vertical (9:16) and square (1:1) sizes in Google Vids, in addition to the widescreen/horizontal format (16:9) already supported. These additional sizes will give you more flexibility to create content and export to a variety of platforms like YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and TikTok. And coming soon, Google Vids will support vertical (9:16) and square (1:1) templates to help you create more content. 


Getting started
  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Access this feature by selecting Video Size from the menu bar or File menu. Visit the Help Center to learn how to change video size in Google Vids. 

Rollout pace 

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

Resources 


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What’s happening 
We’re adding support for Cantonese to Google Meet’s live caption feature. This allows users to view real-time text of what is being spoken in the meeting, making it easier to follow along and participate. 

This update directly enhances accessibility and inclusion for your organization’s users who speak Cantonese, ensuring that important discussions, presentations, and training sessions are fully accessible and understood by all participants, regardless of their hearing ability or connectivity. 

When a Cantonese speaker is talking in Google Meet, their words will now appear instantly as captions on the screen. 

Getting started 
  • Admins: This is a new, end-user feature and there is no admin control to enable or disable it. Cantonese live captions will be available to all eligible users in your organization by default. 
  • End users: This feature will be available by default. Use our Help Center to learn more about live captions in Meet. 

Rollout pace 

Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google accounts 

Resources 
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What’s changing 
You can now create meeting timers in the Google Meet sidebar. Host/Co-hosts can manage the timer if host controls are on. If the host controls are off, anyone in the meeting can manage it. Once the timer is started, it will be visible to all meeting participants. You can also pause or cancel the timer once it starts. 

Timers can be a valuable tool in online meetings for improving focus, managing time effectively, and ensuring equitable participation. By providing a visible, shared sense of time, they help structure the meeting and drive productivity. 




Getting started 
  • Admins: This feature will be on by default. There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: This feature will be off by default. Turn it on by clicking Activities > Timer in a meeting. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using timers in Meet. 

Rollout pace 

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

Resources 

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