Workspace

Starting August 31, 2026, in-room users can start, stop, and manage Gemini note-taking directly from the Google Meet Hardware touch controller, with a badge showing active or inactive state and one-tap pause during off-the-record discussions. Previously this required joining from a laptop in Companion mode.

Google Workspace data import (advanced mode) is generally available for large-scale OneDrive file migrations, with concurrent batch support and auto-adjusted import speeds. A migration planning utility is now available to provide source corpus details and timeline estimates.

Migrating Microsoft Teams channel messages, group chats, and direct conversations into Workspace is now generally available in the Data Import tool at no tool cost. The migration planning utility also now supports Teams to estimate timelines and organize user data into speed-optimized batches.

The updated Google Meet touch controller interface launches on Neat Pad and Poly TC8, with prominent mute and hand raise controls and a "More actions" menu for advanced features. The UI mirrors the Meet experience on laptop and desktop, and the pre-call view now highlights meeting code entry and Webex or Zoom options.

Google Chat becomes the entry point for Gemini with a new Ask Gemini command line, and Google Meet on the web adds a beta Room Display mode for shared meeting spaces. Also introduced Admin Assist in the Admin Console, Drive Inventory Reporting external-sharing insights, notebook copying in Gemini Notebook, Calendar user blocking, and the GA of the Allowlisted Domains API.

Google Slides now offers a Record option in the right-hand menu, powered by Google Vids, enabling transcript-based editing and voiceover generation directly from the Slides interface. The existing Slides recording experience remains available alongside the new one, with its option moving to View > Slides Recording for users who had access previously.

The Google Workspace Allowlisted Domains API is now generally available, allowing administrators to programmatically manage their allowlisted domains list via CRUD operations and exact-match filtering instead of manual Admin console management. Reseller-managed workflows are not currently supported.

Admins can now restrict specific users or groups from creating spaces while still allowing 1:1 DMs and group DMs, replacing the previous all-or-nothing toggle with three restriction levels: no restrictions, restrict space creation, and restrict all creation.

Room Display mode is a new beta dual-window experience for Google Meet on the web that automatically splits the meeting interface when a Chromium-based browser laptop connects to an external display, showing a shared view on the TV and moving meeting controls to a private laptop controller. Requires a Chromium-based browser with Window Management permissions enabled; rolling out gradually from August 19, 2026.

Message actions in Google Chat are now generally available, letting users invoke your Chat app from the message context menu. Works for both Google Chat apps and Google Workspace Add-ons that extend Chat.

You can now block a user in Google Calendar to automatically remove the current event and prevent future invitations from them. Blocking in Calendar adds the person to your account-wide blocklist, blocking them across all supported Google products; Gmail blocking continues to handle invitations from non-Google users.

New enterprise security controls for Workspace Studio: least-privilege agent identities, identity attribution (beta), auditing with flow context, an agent access management dashboard, and admin settings to disable step types, Gemini data access, and webhooks. Studio flows can now act across users with built-in guardrails.

Admin Assist introduces two Gemini-powered capabilities to the Google Admin Console: a Sidepanel with step-by-step guidance and Search Overviews that synthesize Help Center articles into conversational summaries. Available for Google Workspace Business editions, with the feature on by default for Super Admins.

Gemini Notebook users can now copy entire notebooks, including sources and studio artifacts like Audio Overviews, Study Guides, and Flashcards, if they have copy permission. Personal chat history and notes are not transferred, and copies do not sync with the original.

Drive inventory exports now include external sharing status, flagging files accessible outside your organization. Unclear whether this introduces new fields or a new view — if fields are added, that changes the export schema for anyone consuming the report.