Google Workspace for Education users of all ages can now use Video Overviews in NotebookLM. Users can now turn documents, slides, charts and more into engaging explainer videos that are narrated by an AI voice. Video Overviews are expertly-crafted visual walkthroughs of the content you provide, pulling in images, diagrams, quotes, and numbers from your source material. Similar to Audio Overviews, you’ll also have the option to customize your Video Overview by specifying topics to focus on, indicating your learning goals, describing the target audience, and much more. 

Earlier this year, we introduced the capability for Google Chat users to easily see summaries of shared Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets files, along with other file types (like PDF, Office, and CSV), directly within your desktop Chat conversations. Today, we’re excited to expand this feature to Google Chat mobile. 

Simply tap the “Summarize” button on the file preview card in your conversation. Gemini will summarize the file so you can get a quick overview without having to leave Chat. 

Finding time to meet — especially with external clients and customers — is hard, often requiring many back-and-forth emails. The new Gemini-powered Help me schedule feature in Gmail makes it easier for you to coordinate time with others. 

Gmail with Gemini will detect when you’re trying to coordinate a time within an email and will surface a Help me schedule button in the toolbar. After you click on the Help me schedule button, Gemini will automatically suggest ideal slots based on your Google Calendar and the email's context. For example, if someone asks for a 30 minute meeting next week, Gemini will recommend time slots that fit your availability. 

You can customize the times that Gemini suggests by removing or adding additional options, and then insert them directly into your Gmail message. Once the recipient receives the email and selects a time that works for them, a Calendar invite will automatically be added to both individual’s calendars. At launch, this feature will only support scheduling between two individuals, not groups. 

As announced last year, Keep reminders will be automatically saved to Tasks. This means that now users can view their Keep reminders as tasks in Calendar, in the Tasks app, and even ask the Gemini app about them (via the Tasks extension). As part of this launch, any existing date/time based Keep reminders will automatically be saved to Google Tasks. 

This new capability will make Google Tasks the single solution for managing your to-dos across Workspace. So whether you’re saving something from Keep, Gmail, Calendar, Chat, Docs, or Gemini, Google Tasks will make sure it’s up to date and accessible across the Workspace products you use. 

Earlier this year, we announced AI function in Sheets to help you generate text, summarize information, categorize data, and analyze sentiment at scale, directly from any cell in your spreadsheet. Last month, we expanded feature availability to seven additional languages. 

Now, we're making AI function even more powerful by automatically grounding it in results from Google Search, so it can access up-to-the-minute information from the web to answer your prompts. 

For example, you can now use the AI function to find the daily box office schedule for newly released movies, track the daily market sentiment for a new product launch, or get the latest weather information as you plan an upcoming vacation. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.

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. Using these logs, admins can gain insights such as: Getting started 

• Admins: 
• Logs will be collected by default. Admins can see the logging information: 
• Via BigQuery log export and subsequent queries / data visualizations 
• Via the Reports API 
• Coming soon, the logs will also be available in the Security Investigation Tool (SIT) 
• Use our Help Center to learn more about allowing users to install Chat apps, or using Chat log events. 
• End users: 
• No end user impact. 

Rollout pace 

• This feature is available now. 

Availability 

Audit logs are available via: 

• The Reports API to all Google Workspace customers \
• BigQuery to Frontline Standard and Frontline Plus; Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus; Education Standard and Education Plus; Enterprise Essentials Plus. 
• (Coming soon) The Security Investigation Tool (SIT) to Frontline Standard and Frontline Plus; Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus; Education Standard and Education Plus; Enterprise Essentials Plus; Cloud Identity Premium. 

Resources 

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Chat log events 
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Allow users to install Chat apps

Starting today, Gemini in Chrome is available to Google Workspace users with access to the Gemini app. Gemini in Chrome is an AI browsing assistant to help you get things done on Mac, Windows and iOS devices, allowing you to ask Gemini for answers and insights, conduct in-depth two-way conversations with Gemini Live, and more using the context of up to 10 browser tabs along with the Google Workspace app. 
Additional details 

• Your access to Gemini app through Gemini in Chrome includes enterprise-grade data protections and is subject to the Google Workspace Terms of Service or your offline Workspace agreement for business customers, and the Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service for education customers. As a reminder, your content is not reviewed by human reviewers or otherwise used for Generative AI model training outside your domain without permission. Learn more at the Generative AI in Google Workspace Privacy Hub. 
• Note: Not all Workspace editions receive access to the Gemini app as a core service. Visit the Help Center for more information. 
• At launch, some of the compliance certifications achieved to date for Google Workspace customers accessing the Gemini app as a core service on web or mobile app do not apply to Gemini in Chrome. Refer to Gemini in Chrome section in Turn the Gemini app on or off for more information. 
• Gemini in Chrome will be blocked for customers who have signed the HIPAA Business Associate Amendment (BAA). 
• Initially, this feature will be available: 
• On Mac, Windows and iOS 
• To users 18+ 
• In English only 
• In the US only 
• Usage reporting: Gemini in Chrome usage will be included as part of Gemini app usage visible in the Admin Console under Generative AI > Gemini Reports and in other admin reporting tools like the Security Investigation Tool. 

Getting started 

• Admins: This feature will be ON by default unless you have already disabled the Gemini app service setting or the Chrome Gemini Setting. It can be turned on/off at the domain, OU, or group level. Refer to Turn the Gemini app on or off or our previous announcement for information on how to turn access on or off, the terms of service and privacy considerations for the feature. 
• End users: When sharing is turned on, the tab the user is viewing is shared with Gemini in Chrome. The user can also select up to 10 tabs to share and reference the Workspace app for additional grounding. Use our Help Center to learn more about Gemini in Chrome and how to use it. 

Rollout pace 

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (greater than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 2, 2025. 

Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 

• Business Starter, Standard, Plus 
• Enterprise Starter, Standard, Plus 
• Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus 
• Frontline Starter, Standard, and Plus 
• Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus 
• Nonprofits 

Available for Google Workspace customers with these add-ons: 

• Gemini Business - Legacy* 
• Gemini Enterprise - Legacy* 
• Google AI Ultra for Business 
• Google AI Pro for Education 

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details. 

Resources 

• Chrome Enterprise & Education Help: Gemini in Chrome 
• Workspace Updates Blog: Gemini in Chrome will soon be generally available, pre-configure access for end users in advance 
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Turn the Gemini app on or off 
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Review Gemini usage in your organization 
• Chrome Enterprise: GeminiSettings 
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Generative AI in Google Workspace Privacy Hub

This capability, requiring minimal efforts for both IT teams and end users, abstracts away the traditional IT complexity and substandard user experiences of existing solutions, while preserving enhanced data sovereignty, privacy, and security controls. 

Users can now send expressive stickers in their conversations in Google Chat on the web. Stickers can provide users with more options to express themselves in their Chat conversations, alongside emojis, GIFs, and other media-based messages. Stickers are available for Chat users on the web via Google Chat stand-alone or in the Chat tab of Gmail. 

Access Transparency, Access Management, and Access Approvals now cover Gemini App data. These features provide admins full transparency into when Gemini App data is viewed for support purposes, control over which Google support staff can view this data, and control over when this data can be viewed by Google for support purposes. 

The addition of Gemini App data to Access Transparency, Access Management, and Access Approvals expands on Google’s data commitments on customer data ownership, security, and privacy. 

These controls have been extended to cover Gemini App data in addition to Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Sites, Chat, meet, and Gemini in Workspace data. 

You can now create custom background images with Gemini from your Android or iOS device. Meeting backgrounds can help obscure your surroundings during a meeting or they can enhance the meeting itself, and now you can take advantage of this feature whether you’re joining a meeting from Google Meet on the web or on mobile devices. 

We're making it quicker and easier to find and use your favorite apps and actions in Google Chat with a redesigned integrations menu that lets you search for apps and execute commands with fewer clicks. The menu is accessible through the "+" button next to the compose bar or by typing "/". For example, you can now simply type "/poll" to start a Poll using the Poll app, or press the “+” button and see options to create a calendar invite, upload a Drive file, send a Meet link, or more. 

Taking notes during meetings is crucial for tracking action items and key decisions, but it can be a tedious task. With our Gemini-powered “Take notes for me”, you can stay fully engaged in the conversation while ensuring nothing gets missed. 

We’re making it even easier to have Gemini take notes for you. Event organizers can now enable Take notes for me when scheduling the event or preparing their meeting in Calendar. 

This update gives you peace of mind, ensuring that even for your most critical meetings, you'll have a complete set of notes automatically generated and shared, without needing to think about it once the meeting begins. 

We’re adding two new features to help organizations minimize the impact of ransomware attacks on personal computers. Specifically, we are adding these features in beta: 

Developers can use two new features to create more engaging Chat apps. Specifically, we are adding: