Workspace

We’re introducing more granular admin controls for Workspace Studio steps and starters. With these new controls, admins can define which steps and starters people in their organization can use to create flows, including by Workspace service or individually. They provide admins more granular control of Studio functionality, and are particularly useful for gradual rollout of Studio in their organizations.

Getting started

• Admins: Workspace Studio starters and steps will be ON by default and can be disabled at the domain, organizational unit, or group level. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
• End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. The steps turned off by admins will show up as disabled (greyed out) in Studio. Existing flows with these steps won’t run, and the user will see an error.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on May 26, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Education: Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus
• Education Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education; Teaching and Learning
• Other Add-ons: AI Expanded Access*

*Starting June 1, 2026, users with AI Expanded Access licenses will have higher limits on usage of Workspace Studio.

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Workspace Studio help for admins
• Workspace Studio Help: Workspace Studio help for end users
• Google Workspace Learning Center: Workspace Studio training and help
• YouTube: Google Workspace Studio video playlist
• Discord: Workspace Studio Discord channel

When creating a notebook in Powerschool Schoology, Gemini LTI users can now add content directly from their course as sources. This integration allows educators and students to seamlessly bridge their course materials with AI-powered research and analysis, and generate Studio artifacts like Audio and Video Overviews, infographics, slide decks, and more based on their Schoology resources. By automating the import of Schoology course materials, users can quickly ground their notebooks in specific curriculum content without the need for manual file uploads.

Getting started

• Admins:

• In order for educators and students to access Gemini LTI™, you’ll need to enable the Google Workspace LTI™ service in the Admin console and enable the Gemini service in the Admin console. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Gemini LTI in general.

• Learning Management Systems admins need to enable Gemini LTI™ in their LMS as well. Visit the Help Center to learn more about setting up Gemini LTI in Powerschool Schoology.

• For educators and students to use Schoology content as a source in NotebookLM, users must be in a group or OU with NotebookLM set to On. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning NotebookLM on or off for users.

• End users:

• To add Schoology content notebook sources, open the Schoology homepage and select Google Gemini > Manage notebooks > Create new > Enter a title > Files > Select file(s) > Create notebook.

• Visit the Help Center to learn more about Gemini LTI™.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now

Availability

• Education: Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Learn how to turn on Google Workspace LTI™
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Set up Gemini LTI™ in PowerSchool Schoology Learning
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Turn the Gemini app on or off
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Turn NotebookLM on or off for users
• Google Help: Learn about Gemini LTI

We’re making it easier to keep your sources and insights current in NotebookLM by enabling automatic syncing with Google Drive. Previously, if you uploaded a file in Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides, you’d have to manually update it in NotebookLM to see the changes. With this update, as the content in your Drive files evolves, the information within the notebook updates automatically to match. This update ensures that you're always working with the most accurate and up-to-date information without the manual effort of re-syncing files.

NotebookLM will also strictly respect file deletions and permissions. If a user’s access to a Drive file is revoked, they will no longer be able to use that file as a source in their notebook. The source will appear in the sources list with a link to the source for the user to request access. Additionally, if a file is deleted from Drive, it will be removed from the notebook as well, ensuring your research environment stays organized and secure.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. Visit the Admin Help Center to learn more about turning NotebookLM on or off for users.
• End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 26, 2026

Availability

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

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Turn NotebookLM on or off for users
• Google Help: Add or discover new sources for your notebook

Today, we’re announcing improvements to our Out-of-Domain file-level warnings. First launched in April 2025, these badges alert users to documents and users outside of their Workspace organization, helping to prevent accidental data exfiltration and potential phishing attacks that spoof internal content. We’ve expanded support across devices and sharing types in the following ways:

• Files in the Android and iOS apps for Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides now include external indicators
• Chat Spaces and Google Groups can be configured to allow external users; if they’re given access to a document, that document now shows the external badge
• If a service account has access to a document, and that service account is owned by an external Google Cloud organization, it now triggers the external badge in documents
• Comment email notifications now include badges for external documents and users
• File sharing email notifications now include badges for external documents and users

How Out-of-Domain warnings work

This feature helps users identify potentially risky files and avoid phishing scams when working with files shared from outside your organization.

Notification in comments

Notification in file sharing email

Image of "External" badge displayed in Google Docs

Getting started

• Admins: This feature is ON by default and can be disabled at the domain and organizational level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Out-of-Domain Warnings on or off for your organization.
• End users: This feature is ON by default. There is no end-user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more about sharing files from Google Drive.

Image of the Google Workspace Admin console, Sharing settings, showing the "Highlight external files" option enabled

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Manage external sharing for your organization
• Google Drive Help: Share files from Google Drive - Android
• Google Drive Help: Stop, limit, or change sharing
• Google Workspace Updates Blog: Enhance Your Organization’s Security with Out-of-Domain File Warnings in Google Workspace

Making decisions in a fast-paced environment often leads to long, messy threads and lost consensus. Polly helps teams solve this by enabling the creation of interactive polls within existing Chat conversations. By keeping the feedback loop inside the "flow of work," Polly helps eliminate the friction of switching between apps, leading to faster responses and clearer team alignment.

Effortless authoring and participation

Creating a poll is as simple as mentioning @Polly in any Google Chat space. Whether you need a quick pulse on a project direction or a simple vote on a meeting time, you can author a poll in seconds. For end users, participation is just as easy: team members can cast their votes with a single click directly within the chat stream.

Real-time results

Results are updated as votes come in, providing immediate visual feedback to the entire space. This transparency ensures that everyone is on the same page and can move forward with confidence as soon as a decision is reached.

Use cases for Polly in Google Chat:

• Driving consensus: Rapidly narrow down options for project names, design directions, or strategy shifts.
• Meeting logistics: Quickly vote on the best time for a sync or gather topics for an upcoming agenda.
• Team preferences: Streamline simple office or team logistics, from lunch orders to preferred collaboration hours.

Admins can easily enable the Polly integration to empower their teams with a more structured way to collaborate without leaving the Google Workspace ecosystem.

Getting started

• Admins: Admins can install the Polly Chat app on their users’ behalf. Visit the Help Center to learn more about installing Marketplace apps for your organization. If you’ve already deployed Polly for Google Meet, then the Polly Chat app will automatically be available as well.
• End users: End users can search for the Polly add-on in Google Chat under Apps > Find apps. Visit the Google Workspace Marketplace to learn more and install Polly. If you’ve already installed Polly for Google Meet, then the Polly Chat app will automatically be available as well.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now

Availability

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

Resources

• Google Workspace Marketplace: Polly App Listing
• Polly Help Center: Use Polly in Google Chat

We’re updating icons across Google Workspace to introduce a modern visual design that gives every app a more distinct identity. Over the next several weeks, users will see new icons for Gmail, Calendar, Chat, Meet, Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Vids, Keep, Forms, Voice, Sites, and Tasks.

These changes drive consistency and cohesion across our product suite, while ensuring each individual application remains modern and recognizable on your screen. These design updates do not alter any core functionality or administrative controls.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this update; changes will roll out automatically according to the schedule below. If you need to update internal documentation, visit the Help Center to find the new icon designs.
• End users: There is no end user control for this update; changes will roll out automatically according to the schedule below.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) started on May 19, 2026

Impact

• Impacts all Google Workspace users

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Brand your internal communications with Google Workspace

Google Drive API

Feature

Developer Preview: The copy_file tool is now available for the Google Drive MCP server. AI agents or client applications can use this tool to copy an existing file in Google Drive, with options to specify a new title and redirect it to a specific parent directory.

To learn more about configuring and using the Drive MCP server, see the following pages:

• Set up the Drive MCP server
• Drive MCP tool reference

Google Drive API

Announcement

Generally Available: Subscriptions are now generally available for Google Drive events.

For details, see Subscribe to Google Drive events in the Google Workspace Events API documentation. For information on how to receive Google Drive events from Google Cloud Pub/Sub, see Work with events from Google Drive.

Whiteboarding add-ons now available for Android-based Google Meet hardware

Third-party whiteboarding add-ons for Google Meet, including Figma, Lucidspark, and Miro, will be available for room hardware based on Android. | Learn more about whiteboarding add-ons for Android-based Google Meet hardware.

Android-based all-in-one room devices from Neat and Logitech certified for Google Meet

The Neat Board series (32, 50, and Pro) and the Logitech Rally Board 65 are now certified for Google Meet as the first Android-based all-in-one devices. | Learn more about these all-in-one room devices.

Add avatars when you convert presentations to Vids

You can already convert your Google Slides content into Google Vids, and use Gemini to generate scripts, voiceovers, and background music. Now, you can add a spokesperson to your videos using AI avatars when importing content from Slides. | Learn more about adding avatars when you convert presentations to Vids.

Google Workspace Assignments LTI™ and Gemini LTI™ are now available for Moodle

We’re expanding the availability of Assignments LTI™ and Gemini LTI™ to include Moodle, joining our existing support for Canvas and Schoology. | Learn more about Assignments LTI and Gemini LTA availability for Moodle.

Use NotebookLM in your Google Workspace Studio flows

This enhancement lets you use your existing notebooks as an AI knowledge source for your automations. You can use the new Ask NotebookLM step to generate grounded responses based on the insights, summaries, and research in your notebooks. | Learn more about NotebookLM in Workspace Studio.

Small businesses can now seamlessly import users from Microsoft to Google Workspace

We’re excited to announce the beta release of a new, simplified way for very small and small-sized businesses to import their users from Microsoft to Google Workspace when setting up their Workspace account for the first time. | Learn more about this new data import option for small businesses.

Deploying ServiceNow Now Assist Virtual Agent from the Google Workspace Marketplace

Google Workspace customers can now deploy the Now Assist Virtual Agent for Google Chat integration directly from the Google Workspace Marketplace. | Learn more about the ServiceNow Now Assist Virtual Agent for Chat.

Enhancing the Datadog app for Google Chat

The latest version of the Datadog app for Google Chat allows you to integrate Datadog into your Google Chat workflows more seamlessly and stay on top of critical infrastructure without leaving the flow of team collaboration. | Learn more about the updated Datadog app for Chat.

Improving security posture with default context-aware access for all SAML applications

This update introduces a default assignment that serves as a universal security baseline, automatically protecting any SAML-based app that does not have a specific policy already assigned. | Learn more about applying a global context-aware access (CAA) policy to all SAML applications.

Expanded options for header images in Google Forms

Previously, creators could only use a pre-selected theme, upload an image, or choose an image from Google Photos. In addition to these options, they can now choose an image from Google Drive or Google Images or use a URL. | Learn more about new options for header images in Forms.

Expanding language support for refining messages with Gemini in Google Chat

In addition to English, users can now use Gemini to polish their messages in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. | Learn more about expanded language support for Refine with Gemini in Chat.

The announcements above were published on the Workspace Updates blog over the last week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.

The Neat Board series (32, 50, and Pro) and the Logitech Rally Board 65 are now certified for Google Meet as the first Android-based all-in-one devices. They package up and deliver a modern Meet experience in stylish form factors ideal for simple deployment in traditional meeting rooms, open spaces, personal offices, phone booths, and even portable solutions.

Equipped with touch displays, these devices can be used for both traditional video meetings and interactive whiteboarding via the Figma, Lucid, and Miro add-ons.

Neat Board Series Pro, 50 and 32

Logitech Rally Board 65

Getting started

• **Admins: **The Logitech Rally Bar 65 and the Neat Board 32, 50, and Pro are available for order starting today through authorized partners. Firmware updates enabling native Google Meet support will begin rolling out immediately.
• **End users: **There is no end user setting for this feature.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet hardware devices

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Google Meet hardware certification program for ChromeOS and AOSP
• Logitech: Rally Board 65
• Neat: Neat Board Series

Third-party whiteboarding add-ons for Google Meet will be available for room hardware based on Android. As all-in-one devices with touchscreens become certified for Meet, users will be able to whiteboard on them to share ideas, brainstorm, and work on projects together in real-time meetings, wherever they are.

The following third-party whiteboard software will be available on these devices:

• Figma
• Lucidspark
• Miro

Participants who join Meet calls on the web or via the mobile app will be able to view and interact in whiteboard sessions by installing the corresponding add-on. Add-ons can be found in the Workspace Marketplace along with pricing and terms from each third-party vendor.

Add-ons for Google Meet are available from the Workspace Marketplace

Getting started

• Admins: To use whiteboarding with room hardware, admins must first install the Figma, Lucidspark, or Miro add-on from the Google Workspace Marketplace. These add-ons can be installed for OUs with room devices or your entire domain. Visit the Help Center to learn more about installing Marketplace apps for your organization.
• End users: If their admin allows it, users can install the Figma, Lucidspark, and Miro add-ons from the Google Workspace Marketplace. Visit the Help Center to learn how to use add-ons with Google Meet.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet hardware devices

Resources

• Google Meet Hardware Help: Use add-ons with Google Meet on Desk 27 and Board 65
• Google Meet Help: Use add-ons with Google Meet
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Install Marketplace apps for your organization

We are expanding the capabilities of Gemini in Google Chat by adding support for several new languages when refining message drafts. In addition to English, users can now use Gemini to polish their messages in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. This update allows a broader range of global users to improve the clarity and professional tone of their communications within Chat.

By leveraging Gemini to adjust wording, grammar, and spelling, users can communicate more effectively across different languages and regions. This is particularly helpful for teams working in multilingual environments or for individuals composing messages in a second language, ensuring that the intended meaning is conveyed accurately and confidently.

Getting started

• **Admins: **This feature remains on by default for eligible users. Use the Help Center to learn how to manage access to Gemini features in Workspace services.
• **End users: **This feature will be available by default for eligible users. When composing a message in any of the supported languages, select the "Refine" icon from the formatting toolbar or highlight specific text to see refinement options. Visit the Help Center to learn how to improve your Chat messages with Refine.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) started on May 11, 2026
• Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on May 26, 2026

Availability

• **Business: **Business Standard and Plus
• **Enterprise: **Enterprise Standard and Plus
• **Consumer: **Google AI Pro and Ultra
• **Other Editions: **Frontline Plus
• **Education Add-ons: **Google AI Pro for Education

Resources

• Google Help: Improve your Chat messages with Refine

Form creators now have more options for header images in Google Forms. Previously, creators could only use a pre-selected theme, upload an image, or choose an image from Google Photos. In addition to these options, they can now choose an image from Google Drive or Google Images or use a URL. This makes it easier to add an appropriate and compelling header image to your form.

User chooses a Google Drive image as the header image for a Google Form

Getting started

• **Admins: **There is no admin control for this feature.
• **End users: **Visit the Help Center to learn more about adding a header image.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) visibility) started on May 14, 2026
• Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 1, 2026

Availability

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

Resources

• Google Help: Change the theme or font of your form

Administrators can now apply a global context-aware access (CAA) policy to all SAML applications within their organization. This update introduces a default assignment that serves as a universal security baseline, automatically protecting any SAML-based app that does not have a specific policy already assigned. By establishing this "secure-by-default" posture, IT teams can help protect internal data and third-party SaaS tools as new applications are integrated into their ecosystem.

This global control significantly reduces the administrative burden of managing security for applications at scale. Instead of manually configuring rules for every individual SAML app, administrators can set a single policy to cover their entire environment. Specific application-level policies will still take precedence, allowing for granular control where needed while the global policy acts as a reliable safety net.

These default policies support both Monitor and Active modes, providing flexibility in how security requirements are phased in. Detailed audit logs will capture these enforcement events, and remediation messages help end users understand how to resolve access issues independently.

Admins can configure CAA policies for all SAML apps in the Admin console under Security > Context-aware Access > General settings.

Getting started

• **Admins: **This feature will be OFF by default and can be enabled at the OU or group level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about applying a default context-aware access policy for all SAML apps.
• **End users: **This feature is available to admins only.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now

Availability

• **Enterprise: **Enterprise Standard and Plus
• **Education: **Education Standard and Plus
• **Other Editions: **Frontline Standard and Plus; Enterprise Essentials Plus; Cloud Identity Premium

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Apply a default Context-Aware Access policy for all SAML apps
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Deploy Context-Aware Access

The latest version of the Datadog app for Google Chat allows you to integrate Datadog into your Google Chat workflows more seamlessly and stay on top of critical infrastructure without leaving the flow of team collaboration. Newly added features include: 

Link previews

Cut and paste a widget from a Datadog dashboard and see the chart inside Google Chat.

Improved notification set-up

Link your Workspace domain to Datadog and you’ll be able to easily create Google Chat notification handles from within Datadog.

Incident management

Declare incidents with a command from Google Chat, and automatically create spaces in Google Chat to centralize conversations about an incident.

Note that a Datadog license is required to use the Datadog app for Chat.

Getting started

• Admins: Ensure the Datadog Google Chat App is allowlisted for your organization, then follow instructions to connect your Chat organization to your Datadog organization and delegate a service account user.
• **End users: ** Share dashboard widgets by copying and pasting from Datadog. Learn more about configuring and declaring incidents from Google Chat.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts (Datadog license required)

Resources

• Google Workspace Marketplace: Datadog
• Datadog Docs: Integrate Google Chat with Datadog Incident Management
• Datadog Docs: Google Chat

Google Workspace customers can now deploy the Now Assist Virtual Agent for Google Chat integration directly from the Google Workspace Marketplace. This update simplifies the deployment process for Workspace and ServiceNow administrators, allowing them to provide employees with centralized access to support and automated workflows within their primary communication tool more easily.

The Now Assist Virtual Agent allows users to perform routine ServiceNow tasks and requests without leaving Google Chat. Individuals can get answers from knowledge base articles, create support tickets, check the status of existing requests, and order new items. This integration reduces the need to switch between applications, helping users maintain focus and resolve issues more efficiently.

With Now Assist, users have a contextual conversational experience that can initiate AI Agents to further automate complex workflows and requests.

Getting started

• **Admins: **ServiceNow admins need to install the Google Chat plugin 3.0 and link their Google Chat with ServiceNow. Workspace admins can then deploy the Now Assist Virtual Agent on their users’ behalf. Visit the Help Center to learn more about installing Marketplace apps for your organization.
• **End users: **End users need a ServiceNow account to use this app. They can search for the Now Assist Virtual Agent in Google Chat under Apps > Find apps or visit the Google Workspace Marketplace to install the Now Assist Virtual Agent.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. To utilize this feature, customers must have both ServiceNow and Google Chat. Note that Now Assist capabilities require an additional license from ServiceNow.

Resources

• ServiceNow Help Center: Activate Now Assist in Virtual Agent for Google Chat
• ServiceNow Help Center: Conversational Integration with Google ChatGoogle
• Workspace Updates Blog: Effortlessly work with ServiceNow data across Google Chat and Sheets

We’re excited to announce the beta release of a new, simplified way for very small and small-sized businesses to import their users from Microsoft to Google Workspace when setting up their Workspace account for the first time.

This new feature allows these businesses and educational institutions to automatically copy their existing Microsoft users into Google Workspace. Once you connect to Microsoft, the system automatically identifies users in your Microsoft account and prepares to add them in your new Google Workspace account. This feature significantly reduces the time and effort of switching from Microsoft and helps you get your organization up and running in no time.

You can complete the import in a single click after connecting to your Microsoft business account.

Additional details

• If you are a small business looking to switch from Microsoft to Google Workspace, you can now import up to 10 Microsoft users automatically through this new feature. Visit the Help Center to learn how to import more than 10 users from Microsoft.
• You can import emails, calendars, contacts, and OneDrive files for the imported users through the data import tool in the Admin console.
• You can import users only after completing your domain verification.

Getting started

• **Admins: **This feature will be available in the setup process for Google Workspace. Once you’ve verified your domain and activated your email records, you will find an option to import your users from Microsoft to Google Workspace before completing the setup. Visit the Help Center to learn more about importing business data during setup.
• End users: This feature is for admins only.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) started started on April 28, 2026

Availability

• **Business: **Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
• **Enterprise: **Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus 
• **Education: **Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus
• Other Editions: Frontline Starter, Standard, and Plus; Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus; Individual; Nonprofits; Cloud Identity Free and Premium
• **Education Add-ons: **Google AI Pro for Education; Teaching and Learning; Endpoint Education

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Import business data during setup (beta)

We’re integrating NotebookLM into Google Workspace Studio. This enhancement lets you use your existing notebooks as an AI knowledge source for your automations. You can use the new Ask NotebookLM step to generate grounded responses based on the insights, summaries, and research in your notebooks.

Getting started

• **Admins: **This step is available by default if you allow Gemini for Google Workspace steps. Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing access to steps and starters in Workspace Studio.
• **End users: **Try the feature in Google Workspace Studio. Visit the Help Center to learn more about the Ask NotebookLM step.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on May 12, 2026

Availability

• **Business: **Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
• **Enterprise: **Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Education: Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus
• **Education Add-ons: **Google AI Pro for Education; Teaching and Learning
• **Other Add-ons: *AI Expanded Access

*Starting June 1, 2026, users with AI Expanded Access licenses will have higher limits on usage of Workspace Studio.

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Workspace Studio
• Workspace Studio Help: Get Started with Workspace Studio
• YouTube: Workspace Studio Playlist
• Discord: Workspace Studio Channel

We’re expanding the availability of Assignments LTI™ and Gemini LTI™ to include Moodle, joining our existing support for Canvas and Schoology. Gemini LTI™ brings Google AI tools like the Gemini app and NotebookLM directly into third-party Learning Management Systems (LMS), enabling students and teachers to get in-the-moment assistance to enhance their teaching and learning experiences.

Video

Assignments LTI™ allows educators to securely distribute, analyze, and grade student work while checking for authenticity through originality reports. While the core functionality remains consistent across platforms, Moodle administrators will benefit from a streamlined setup process by using the LTI Dynamic Registration specification to register these tools.

Video

This expansion helps educational institutions centralize access to Google’s AI tools, including features like content-grounded notebooks and automated FAQ support for students. For educators, Assignments LTI™ continues to facilitate efficient grading and the use of originality reports to help ensure authentic work. Students can also use the Gemini LTI™ integration to access course-specific guidance, generate audio overviews of materials with NotebookLM, and engage with training resources designed for the safe and productive use of AI in their studies.

Getting started

• Admins:

• In order for educators and students to access the Gemini LTI™, Workspace admins need to enable both the Google Workspace LTI™ service and the Gemini service in the Admin console. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Gemini LTI. LMS admins need to enable Gemini LTI™ in their LMS as well. Visit the Help Center to learn more about setting up Gemini LTI in Moodle.

• For educators and students to access the Assignments LTI™, Workspace admins need to enable the Google Workspace LTI™ service in the Admin console. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Assignments LTI.

• End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about Gemini LTI™ and Assignments LTI™.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) started on May 11, 2026

Availability

• **Education: **Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Learn how to turn on Google Workspace LTI™
• Google Help: Learn about Gemini LTI
• Google Help: About Assignments LTI™
• Google Help: Google Workspace LTI™ overview
• Google Help: Set up Gemini LTI™ in Moodle
• Google Help: Set up Assignments LTI™ with Moodle
• Google Help: Use Assignments LTI™ with Moodle
• Google Workspace Updates Blog: Introducing Gemini Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI™)

Chat API

Feature

Developer Preview: Available as part of the Developer Preview Program, which grants early access to certain features.

You can now use the search method on the Message resource to search for messages that the authenticated user has access to.

For details, see Search messages.