Skills in the Gemini app start a gradual rollout on October 13, 2026, with expected completion by mid-November, available to all Workspace customers and personal Google account users of all ages. The Workspace skills rollout to Rapid and Scheduled Release domains is delayed until further notice, with an updated timeline to follow, and sharing Gemini app skills plus a Google Drive integration are planned for the coming weeks.
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Suite of cloud-based productivity and collaboration tools — Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Calendar, Meet, and admin APIs — for businesses and individuals.
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Android users watching a Google Meet live stream can now switch into the main meeting as active contributors with audio and video, using the meeting title, live streaming badge, or the overflow menu info button, without reopening join links. Existing meeting permissions and domain policies still apply, and only eligible viewers see the entry points.
Google Meet's post-meeting screen now offers "Routines for this meeting," letting users enable next steps that draft follow-up emails in Gmail or export action items to Google Tasks, powered by Gemini and Workspace Studio. The feature requires "Take notes for me" to be enabled during the meeting and is on by default for admins, who can disable it at the domain, OU, or group level.
Assured Controls rules in the Admin Console let admins configure Access Management and Access Approvals policies together in a single unified rule and target specific Google Drive files using classification labels, in addition to existing OU and group scoping. Rollout began September 30, 2026 for Rapid and Scheduled Release domains, and rule-based enforcement requires Enterprise Plus or Frontline Plus with the Assured Controls add-ons.
Google Meet calls now use post-quantum cryptography, starting with laptop web clients and meeting room hardware, with mobile support coming soon. There are no visible changes and no admin or end user action is required.
Secondary calendars for non-personal Workspace accounts now follow the lifecycle of their owner, so calendars owned by a deleted user are deleted with the account. Markdown (.md and .markdown) files can now be viewed, edited, and collaborated on directly in Google Docs, with rendered previews in Drive; the recap also covers stock charts in Sheets, Trello cards from Chat, point-in-time editing in Vids, Carrier Link in 14 more countries, and new logic and search steps in Workspace Studio.
Workspace Studio flows gain nested branching logic, a Gmail thread trigger option that skips follow-up replies, Google Meet outputs with full calendar invitee lists and post-meeting follow-up draft templates, and a Google Drive step that searches for document files dynamically. Features are on by default across all Workspace customers and Workspace Individual subscribers, rolling out gradually starting October 13, 2026.
Carrier Link, which lets Workspace customers add phone numbers and calling plans from certified local carriers via a pre-configured multi-tenant SIP Link, is now available in 14 additional countries including the US, Canada, and much of Europe. The feature is available to Google Voice Starter, Standard, and Premier subscribers, with gradual rollout starting October 8, 2026.
Point-in-time editing makes the canvas dynamically update as you scrub the timeline, showing only elements active at that timestamp instead of all elements across a scene. Editors can click object tracks to move the playhead, and no longer need to split scenes to manage multiple timed objects. The behavior is default for all sessions with no admin or end user setting, rolling out gradually from September 29 for Rapid Release domains and from October 13 for Scheduled Release domains.
The refreshed Trello for Google Workspace app replaces the Trello for Gmail experience and adds the ability to create new Trello cards from Google Chat messages. Existing Trello for Gmail users can continue using the app without reinstalling or reauthorizing; creating cards from Chat requires adding the app to a space or direct message and following the sign-in prompt.
Google Sheets now supports High-Low-Close and Open-High-Low-Close stock charts, condensing each period's price points into a single marker. Excel files containing HLC and OHLC stock charts are now preserved on import instead of being dropped.
Markdown (.md or .markdown) files can now be viewed, edited, and collaborated on directly in Google Docs, and rendered previews with clickable links and tables are available in Drive. Previously Markdown files had to be imported and converted to Doc format, which altered formatting, stripped comments, and fragmented files.
Secondary calendars for non-personal Workspace accounts now follow the lifecycle of their owner: when a user account is deleted, calendars they own are deleted too, and when a user is suspended, their owned secondary calendars are suspended. Ownership must be transferred before the original owner's account is deleted or suspended to preserve a secondary calendar.
Docs/Sheets/Slides comment APIs; Gems give way to skills
Breaking (minor)Developers can now programmatically create, read, and manage comments across the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides APIs, with Docs also gaining API support for suggested edits. Skills, reusable prompts that guide Gemini, will roll out to Workspace users over the coming weeks and eventually replace Gems, while Google Vids gains customizable caption styling and upgraded Gemini 3.8 Flash Lite TTS voiceovers.
Built-in video conferencing device interoperability between Google Meet and Microsoft Teams on Android (AOSP) devices moves from early preview to general availability, letting Android-based Google Meet hardware join Microsoft Teams meetings and Android-based Microsoft Teams Rooms devices join Google Meet meetings. Full rollout begins October 1, 2026 for all Workspace customers with Meet hardware running Android/AOSP.
The Gemini student hub, previously limited to personal accounts, is now available to Google Workspace for Education users of all ages, offering study notebooks, flashcards, and practice quizzes at gemini.google.com/students. It is governed by existing Generative AI settings in the Admin console and is available to all Workspace customers and Workspace Individual subscribers outside the EEA.
Admins can now set up Workspace client-side encryption through a simplified path in the Admin console that combines Cloud HSM Keys with Google Identity, instead of configuring a third-party key service and identity provider manually. The standard CSE setup process remains available for custom configurations.
The Docs, Sheets, and Slides MCP servers in Developer Preview can now read comments via an optional commentsIncluded field and create, reply to, resolve or reopen, update, and delete comments and replies through their update tools. The servers also added writeControl revision fields, field masks, inline batchUpdate request schemas, a new read_slide_page and read_slide_page_thumbnail tool, and expanded tool annotation definitions.
Developers can now create, read, and manage comments across the Docs, Sheets, and Slides APIs, with the Docs API also accepting proposed text changes as suggestions for user review. Comment support in the Docs, Sheets, and Slides MCP servers remains in developer preview.
Captions in Google Vids are now fully customizable, letting users change font and typography, on-screen position, and animation instead of the previous single set style. The feature is available now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains across Business, Enterprise, Education, and consumer editions, with no admin or end-user setting.