Upcoming Google Workspace releases
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Learn about the publicly announced products and features planned for Google Workspace. New items are added approximately every quarter, and launched features are removed from the list. Listed releases aren't guaranteed to become generally available and might be modified from their current form. Additionally, the list of upcoming releases is not:
- A comprehensive list of all upcoming launches. For a comprehensive view of upcoming launches, contact your Google account representative.
- An official commitment and is subject to change.
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| Product | Feature | Feature description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Admin console | Google Workspace Search history | We’re removing the Web & App Activity admin control and introducing a new end-user control specific to Google Workspace search. When enabled, users have access to quicker and more relevant search results. | Launched |
| Admin console | Carbon Footprint for Google Workspace | Carbon Footprint for Google Workspace reports the gross emissions of using Google Workspace, so that everyone can track the emissions impact of using tools such as Meet, Gmail, Docs, and more. | In development |
| Admin console | Get help in the Admin console | You can see contextual recommendations from the help center without leaving the Admin console. You can learn about specific features, find what to do, and confirm if you’re following the right process, making it easier to resolve issues without having to contact support. | Launched |
| Admin console | Risk-based reauthentication in Admin console | You're protected from hijackers accessing the Google Admin console with periodic risk-based reauthentication when you try to sign in to the Admin console. | Launched. Learn more |
| Admin console | Bulk configuration of third-party applications | You can bulk configure third-party applications’ app access control settings using CSV file uploads. | In development |
| Admin console | App badges for third-party applications | Make informed decisions about the use of third-party applications in the Admin console. | In development |
| Admin console | Role assignments for groups | You can assign roles to groups, such as a security group. | In development |
| Admin console | Meet & Zoom device interoperability | Adds support for Meet and Zoom interoperability in two directions. First, between Meet hardware devices and Zoom meetings, and secondly, between Zoom Rooms and Meet calls. Doing so allows greater flexibility for Meet and Zoom users, enabling conference room devices to join calls hosted outside of their regular VC platform. Both scheduled join and join via meeting is supported, in addition to no-knock joining. | Launched. Learn more |
| AppSheet | Email autocompletion | App users can start typing someone's email address and see a selection of their contacts. Support is limited to Google Workspace users. | In development |
| AppSheet | Google Directory integration | Allow AppSheet to programmatically pull data from Google Directory APIs. Powers features such as email autocomplete in the app editor and allows you to create apps that use their own directories as data sources. | In development |
| Assignments | Assignments audit logs in Admin console | Use Assignments audit data to see activity on your domain and quickly get to the root of Assignments-related issues, such as seeing who removed a student from a class and when assignment files were created and submitted. | Launched. Learn more |
| Calendar | Insert Calendar events to Sheets with smart chips | Sheets users have new smart chips for quickly adding Calendar events. By entering @, users can search for events from Calendar and insert them directly as chips. The chips display the event name and have an actionable hover card. | Launched. Learn more |
| Chat | Use conversation summaries to quickly catch up in Spaces | Catch up quickly through automatically generated summaries of your conversations in Spaces. Conversation summaries help users quickly catch up, prioritize, and manage their attention at work. | Launched. Learn more |
| Classroom | Elevate data sync roster import from Student Information Systems (SIS) | (International) Enables you to create classes and add student rosters at scale. Available in beta to Japan, Canada, UK/Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg | In development |
| Classroom | Create interactive assignments with real-time feedback and autograding | Educators can turn teaching content into interactive, autograding assignments with practice sets. Students get real-time feedback, including visual explainers and video hints to help with concepts, and fun animations for correct answers. Saves time on manual grading, helps identify content that needs more in-class time, and supports independent learning. | In development |
| Classroom | Grading categories for grade export | Teachers can include grading category information when exporting assignments to their student information system (SIS). Teachers don’t need to manually change the category directly in their SIS, which can be tedious and error prone. | In development |
| Directory Sync | Auto-refresh updated groups | If the names of any groups in the user sync scope of a Directory Sync configuration are changed in Active Directory, they’re automatically updated in the configuration. If those groups are deleted in Active Directory, their names are highlighted in red in the configuration. | In development |
| Directory Sync | Place synced users in a selected organizational unit | Directory Sync admins can place synced users in an existing organizational unit in Google Cloud directory, allowing you to manage policies based on organizational unit in Google Workspace or Chrome Enterprise. If the user is moved to other organizational units after a sync, you can enforce the mapping in the identity sync configuration and undo the movements in a subsequent sync. | In development |
| Directory Sync | Sync from up to 50 Active Directory forests or domains | You can set up a sync from up to 50 Active Directory forests or domains. | In development |
| Directory Sync | Cloud-based Directory Sync to bolster co-existence and seamless sync from Active Directory | Introducing an agentless solution for syncing with multiple Active Directory domains using Cloud VPN or Cloud InterConnect connection. You can sync users and groups in complex AD configurations, such as multiple AD forests. | In beta. Learn more |
| Directory Sync | Ensure seamless user sync from Active Directory groups based on validated GroupIDs | Users are synced from Active Directory groups based on their GroupIDs, rather than by names. Doing so ensures more seamless and reliable syncing, especially if user groups in Active Directory are renamed. Also, while defining the user scope for the sync, you can verify the group names and correct any typos. | In development |
| Docs | Select any color with eyedropper tool | Users can select any color using the new eyedropper tool in the color palette. Available in Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms. | In development |
| Docs | Assigning tasks from documents | Users with edit access to a document can assign a checklist item and have the item show up in the assignee’s personal Tasks list. | Launched. Learn more |
| Docs | Expand and collapse content in Docs | Users can expand and collapse sections in their documents, making it possible to hide portions of documents for clarity. | In development |
| Docs | Format & display code in Docs | Users can easily format and display code in documents. Currently, Docs collaborators who want to present code have to paste code in the document and then manually apply styles by highlighting syntax, indentations, new lines, and spaces. Docs will follow industry standards for rendering code blocks. | Launched. Learn more |
| Docs | Full mouse support for Android app | Docs Android app users get full mouse support. | In development |
| Docs | Get grammar suggestions in German | Users with German as their document language see grammar correction suggestions. | Launched. Learn more |
| Docs | Meeting notes enhancements | Meeting notes, part of the Smart Canvas efforts, enables contextual actions in meeting notes. This update includes meeting notes for recurring meetings, and the ability to email meeting notes. | In development |
| Docs | Simplifying accessibility settings | We recently announced more customization for accessibility settings in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drawings. We’re consolidating the Docs settings for screen reader and braille support into a single setting. With this change, assistive-technology users have an improved user experience with better support for screen reader settings and shortcuts. | In development |
| Docs | Add variables to easily reuse document structures | Docs users can add variables to help more easily reuse documents that are nearly identical in structure but have different recipients or circumstances. Doing so streamlines the creation of items, such as invoices, that are the same document structurally but with client dependent variations. | In development |
| Docs | Create custom building blocks in Docs | With the new Smart canvas feature in Docs, users can save content in a Doc as custom building blocks which can be reused in other Docs. These building blocks can capture custom email drafts, meeting note templates, pitches, product descriptions, and more. | In development |
| Docs | Add third-party chips | Using the @ key, users can insert chips into documents that are linked to third-party data sources. | In development |
| Docs | Add a stopwatch chip | Users can insert a stopwatch chip into Docs. Once inserted, users can start, stop, and reset the stopwatch. | In development |
| Docs | Add emoji reactions to existing comments | Users can add emoji reactions to existing comments in Docs, Sheets, and Slides. | In development |
| Docs | Easily see collaborator widgets on tablets | On tablets, users can see the list of collaborator avatars in the app bar, instead of having to go to the overflow menu. | Launched. Learn more |
| Docs | Drive spam view | Drive users who receive spammy or abusive content have a dedicated location within Drive for hosting unwanted shares, which unsubscribes the user and prevents further notifications. Automatic classifiers redirect files that Drive strongly suspects to be unwanted to spam, and Drive users can manually move files in and out of spam. If a file resides spam for over 30 days, it is permanently removed. | In development |
| Drive | IRM for Drive DLP | Enable IRM (Information Rights Management, also called Disable Copy, Download, and Print) enforcement as a data loss prevention (DLP) remediation action for Drive files. Enables you to enforce IRM settings on all documents that match DLP policies. | In development |
| Drive | Create more flexible sharing boundaries with Drive trust rules | Allows you to have more flexible and granular sharing policies to control both internal and external sharing. For example, ensure that engineers in your organization can’t share outside their department. Or, share only with a specific organizational unit or group share with external users. | In beta. Learn more |
| Drive | Drive Approvals–Android | Users can request one or more users to grant approval on a Drive item. An approver can comment, approve, or decline a request. This feature is already available for Drive on the web and will be available on the Drive Android app. | Launched. Learn more |
| Drive | Drive Approvals–iOS | Users can request one or more users to grant approval on a Drive item. An approver can comment, approve, or decline a request. This feature is already available for Drive on the web and will be available on the Drive iOS app. | Launched. Learn more |
| Drive | Filter chips in Drive on the web | Making it easier for users to filter and narrow down the files they're looking for using similar tools to search. The filter chips appear across folders, My Drive, and recent and starred views. | In development |
| Drive | Drive Android file picker | The Drive file picker screen is shown when a user needs to choose a file or folder in the Drive Android app. For example, if a user wants to insert a Drive file into an email or move a file from one folder to another. We're making it simpler to find recently-viewed Drive items and see what other storage locations are available. | In development |
| Drive | Free-hand annotation | We’re adding the ability to use a finger or a stylus to freely write annotations on a file shown in the Drive Android file preview screen. The annotations can be saved to the file if it’s a PDF, or an annotated PDF copy of the file can be made. | In development |
| Drive | Get title suggestions in the Drive Android app file scanner | By using Drive's machine learning abilities, Drive can understand what type of document a user is trying to scan and suggest a relevant title for the document without needing any input from the user. | In development |
| Drive | Improving drag & drop support for the Drive Android app | Users are able to drag and drop between 2 instances of the Drive Android app that are open side-by-side on their device (when both instances are logged into the same account). | In development |
| Drive | Keep track of important notifications in Drive on iOS | Users on iOS can view their most important notifications and tasks from a centralized location in Drive (already available on Android). The notification center helps users find important notifications, making it easier to track items from within Drive, rather than relying on email notifications to track tasks. | In development |
| Drive | Optimizing the Drive Android app for foldable mobile device positions | With the increase in availability of foldable mobile devices, we want to make sure Drive is taking advantage of the unique capabilities of foldables. Drive will intelligently respond to what position the foldable device is in and show the most helpful format for that position. | In development |
| Drive | Optimizing the Drive Android app for tablet displays | We’re improving the Drive mobile experience on Android tablets. Introducing changes and fixes to make sure the Drive app takes full advantage of the additional screen space that tablets provide. | In development |
| Drive | Use dark mode in the Drive iOS app | Drive iOS users now have the ability to toggle on dark mode, making the app more comfortable to look at in low-light settings. | Launched |
| Drive | Use separate instances of the Drive Android app to manage multiple accounts | Introducing Drive multi-account support. A user can have 2 instances of the Drive mobile app running side-by-side on a single device and each instance showing the content of a different Google Account. The 2 instances can be acted on independently. A user can preview a file in one instance of the app while navigating through their folder hierarchy in the other instance. | In development |
| Drive | File owner notifications for appeal decisions | When a file is restricted, the owner can request a review (appeal) of the verdict. The file owner is notified via email of the decision made during the review. | In development |
| Drive | Set access expiration & provide temporary access to files on Android | Users of Drive on Android can set an expiration date when they share the file, and provide temporary editor access to files in My Drive. Doing so makes it easier for users to control access appropriately. | In development |
| Drive | Drive spam view | Drive users who receive spammy or abusive content have a dedicated location within Drive for hosting unwanted shares, which unsubscribes the user and prevents further notifications. Automatic classifiers redirect files that Drive strongly suspects to be unwanted to spam, and Drive users can manually move files in and out of spam. If a file resides spam for over 30 days, it is permanently removed. | In development |
| Forms | Select any color with eyedropper tool | Users can select any color using the new eyedropper tool in the color palette. Available in Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms. | In development |
| Gmail | View related results for queries with no results | Gmail users can view related results for queries with no results and improve query formulation by reviewing missing terms and suggestions for the query. | Launched. Learn more |
| Gmail | Get personalized search suggestions | Users get more accurate and personalized search suggestions through machine-learning models in Gmail. | Launched. Learn more |
| Gmail | Gmail unified view complete migration | Users are migrated to the new Gmail view, which provides a unified experience for accessing email, Chat, and video meetings more efficiently and with fewer distractions. | Launched. Learn more |
| Gmail | Search within labels on mobile | In the Gmail mobile apps, users can search messages from within a label to return results that have the label. They can also use search chips to refine their label searches. | Launched. Learn more |
| Gmail | View best search results first | Gmail users can now see the top search results based on the best matches to their search query in reverse chronological order. Find what you’re looking for at the top of the list. | In development |
| Google Cloud Directory Sync | Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS) has the latest version of Apache Log4j 2 utility | GCDS version 4.7.18 (the on-premises software) isn’t affected by the security vulnerabilities identified in the open-source Apache Log4j 2 and Log4j 1.x utilities. However, a new version of GCDS has the library Log4j upgraded to the latest version. | Launched. Learn more |
| Identity | Role assignments for groups | You can assign roles to groups, such as a security group. | In development |
| Identity | Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS) has the latest version of Apache Log4j 2 utility | GCDS version 4.7.18 (the on-premises software) isn’t affected by the security vulnerabilities identified in the open-source Apache Log4j 2 and Log4j 1.x utilities. However, a new version of GCDS has the library Log4j upgraded to the latest version. | Launched. Learn more |
| Meet | Reactions (non-verbal communication) in Meet | Users can communicate in real time in meetings with nonverbal reactions. Reactions contain a limited number of emojis to support fundamental non-verbal communication and enable users to express themselves without disturbing the meeting. | Launched. Learn more |
| Meet | Add custom meeting backgrounds for your organization | You can upload a set of default image backgrounds for use in Meet's background replace feature. | In development |
| Meet | Meet performance improvements | Improving the performance of Meet in Chrome across the board to reduce power requirements on Chrome OS, MacOS, and Windows. Enabling support for larger meetings and lower-powered end devices. | In development |
| Meet | Client-side encryption (with customer key management) | Offering client-side encryption (also called E2EE) that meeting hosts can opt into. The session key is supplied by a key management server (separate third-party software required) and isn’t shared with Google. Google's data center services can’t read or run server-side processing on the meeting media. | Launched. Learn more |
| Meet | Present Slides from Meet | Now presenters can see their content, controls, and audience all in one place while presenting with Slides in Meet. After initiating a presenting session from the new Meet menu in Slides, a user can control that presentation directly from within the Meet tab. | Launched. Learn more |
| Meet | Google Meet Live Sharing Android SDK | Allows users to share live app content with each other through the power of Google Meet. Developers can integrate with this SDK to enable the functionality on Android. | In development |
| Meet | Instant Self Check in Green Room–Web | Users in Google Meet who are using the green room can instantly check what peripherals are available and connected. If there’s a problem, they’ll be able to see it before they join and easily switch to other peripherals. | In development |
| Meet | Live transcript in Meet | Meet users can see a live transcript during a meeting. The transcript can be paused or stopped at any time. After the meeting, the transcript is saved to the meeting organizer’s Drive, where it can be shared, reviewed, and commented on. | In development |
| Meet | Mirror mode | Extends the display of Desk 27 and Board 65 onto an external HDMI device. | In development |
| Meet | Meet & Zoom device interoperability | Adds support for Meet and Zoom interoperability in two directions. First, between Meet hardware devices and Zoom meetings, and secondly, between Zoom Rooms and Meet calls. Doing so allows greater flexibility for Meet and Zoom users, enabling conference room devices to join calls hosted outside of their regular VC platform. Both scheduled join and join via meeting is supported, in addition to no-knock joining. | Launched. Learn more |
| Meet | Improved image quality in poor lighting | Meet users get improved image quality in poor lighting conditions through the use of machine learning. | In development |
| Meet | Noise removal for phone participants | Meeting participants who join by phone have background noise removed from their audio. The update makes it easier to hear and understand phone participants. It also removes disturbing or unwanted sounds from the meeting. | In development |
| Meet | Translated captions | Building on the existing translated captions functionality, users are able to translate from French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish to English. We continue to invest in language capabilities to further increase inclusion and accessibility for our users. | Launched. Learn more |
| Meet hardware | Meet & Zoom device interoperability | Adds support for Meet and Zoom interoperability in two directions. First, between Meet hardware devices and Zoom meetings, and secondly, between Zoom Rooms and Meet calls. Doing so allows greater flexibility for Meet and Zoom users, enabling conference room devices to join calls hosted outside of their regular VC platform. Both scheduled join and join via meeting is supported, in addition to no-knock joining. | Launched. Learn more |
| Meet hardware | Mirror mode | Extends display of Desk 27 and Board 65 to an external HDMI device | In development |
| Meet hardware | Avocor Board 65 | Designed to bring teams together for more efficient, equitable, and intuitive collaboration, the Google Meet Series One Board 65 by Avocor provides meeting equity for teams that are in-person and remote. | In development |
| Security | IRM for Drive DLP | Enable IRM (Information Rights Management, also called Disable Copy, Download, and Print) enforcement as a data loss prevention (DLP) remediation action for Drive files. Enables you to enforce IRM settings on all documents that match DLP policies. | In beta |
| Security | Create more flexible sharing boundaries with Drive trust rules | Allows you to have more flexible and granular sharing policies to control both internal and external sharing. For example, ensure that engineers in your organization can’t share outside their department. Or, share only with a specific organizational unit or group share with external users. | In beta. Learn more |
| Security | Risk-based reauthentication with verification prompt | Users are protected against hijackers doing sensitive actions in their account. Risk-assessed actions, such as changing the name on an account or viewing saved passwords, are protected by requiring reauthentication. | Launched. Learn more |
| Security | Control third-party app access using AAC | Block third-party applications accessing Google Workspace data at a domain level using Application Access Control (AAC). The feature provides you with more granular controls enabling blocking application access at an organizational unit level. | In development |
| Security | Drive spam view | Drive users who receive spammy or abusive content have a dedicated location within Drive for hosting unwanted shares, which unsubscribes the user and prevents further notifications. Automatic classifiers redirect files that Drive strongly suspects to be unwanted to spam, and Drive users can manually move files in and out of spam. If a file resides spam for over 30 days, it is permanently removed. | In development |
| Sheets | Explore Looker data using Connected Sheets | Interactively explore data from LookML models through the familiar Sheets interface, using Connected Sheets. Users have access to governed data from 50+ databases supported by Looker. Exploration is intuitive, and views, fields, and measures present the same Looker. Use Looker data through Connected Sheets in PivotTables, charts, formulas, and more. | In development |
| Sheets | Manage your team’s work in timeline view | Users can track and visualize projects with a new interactive timeline option in Sheets. The new visual layer displays project information stored in Sheets along a timeline, which will help manage projects and tasks like marketing campaigns, project milestones, and cross-team collaborations. | Launched. Learn more |
| Sheets | Insert Calendar events in Sheets with smart chips | Sheets users have new smart chips for quickly adding Calendar events. By entering @, users can search for events from Calendar and insert them directly as chips. The chips display the event name and have an actionable hover card. | Launched. Learn more |
| Sheets | Add file chips in Sheets | Users can quickly add files into Sheets with smart chips. They can search for files from Google Drive and insert them directly as chips (with the file name displayed) and an actionable hover card. Users can also convert existing Docs, Sheets, and Slides file URLs from the link preview. | Launched |
| Sheets | Sheets link preview | Users can see Drive and public link previews in the Sheets app on Android. Users can now make more informed decisions when clicking a link. This feature is already available for the web. | In development |
| Sheets | Select any color with eyedropper tool | Users can select any color using the new eyedropper tool in the color palette. Available in Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms. | In development |
| Sheets | Add emoji reactions to existing comments | Users can add emoji reactions to existing comments in Docs, Sheets, and Slides. | In development |
| Sheets | Easily see collaborator widgets on tablets | On tablets, users can see the list of collaborator avatars in the app bar, instead of having to go to the overflow menu. | Launched. Learn more |
| Sheets | Drive spam view | Drive users who receive spammy or abusive content have a dedicated location within Drive for hosting unwanted shares, which unsubscribes the user and prevents further notifications. Automatic classifiers redirect files that Drive strongly suspects to be unwanted to spam, and Drive users can manually move files in and out of spam. If a file resides spam for over 30 days, it is permanently removed. | In development |
| Sheets | Updated data validation sidebar & dropdown chips | Quickly create a drop-down in Sheets with custom formatting, which looks like other smart chips across Docs and Sheets. Point to chip to see, change and edit the selection. We've also modified the workflow for creating and managing data validation rules in Sheets. Users can view and edit rules, see all rules in a Sheet, and create rules from a sidebar. | Launched. Learn more |
| Sheets | Enhanced drag & drop options in the Sheets Android app | Sheets users on Android have more drag & drop options with the ability to drag, copy, and share charts and images. | In development |
| Slides | Present Slides from Meet | Presenters can see their content, controls, and audience in one place while presenting with Slides in Meet. After initiating a presenting session from the new Meet menu in Slides, a user can control that presentation directly from within the Meet tab. Users can also present Slides directly from a Meet call, and control their presentation from the Meet tab. | In development |
| Slides | Support for large PowerPoint files in Office Editing mode | Users can open PowerPoint files up to 300 MB, allowing them to make edits in Office editing mode that get saved to the file in Drive. | In development |
| Slides | Select any color with eyedropper tool | Users can select any color using the new eyedropper tool in the color palette. Available in Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms. | In development |
| Slides | Add emoji reactions to existing comments | Users can add emoji reactions to existing comments in Docs, Sheets, and Slides. | In development |
| Sheets | Easily see collaborator widgets on tablets | On tablets, users can see the list of collaborator avatars in the app bar, instead of having to go to the overflow menu. | Launched. Learn more |
| Sheets | Drag content from Slides into other apps on Android | Android users are able to easily drag text and image content from Slides into other apps. | In development |
| Slides | Drive spam view | Drive users who receive spammy or abusive content have a dedicated location within Drive for hosting unwanted shares, which unsubscribes the user and prevents further notifications. Automatic classifiers redirect files that Drive strongly suspects to be unwanted to spam, and Drive users can manually move files in and out of spam. If a file resides spam for over 30 days, it is permanently removed. | In development |
| Tasks | Assigning tasks from documents | Users with edit access to a document can assign a checklist item and have that item show up in the assignee’s personal Tasks list. | Launched. Learn more |
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