Upcoming Google Workspace releases
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| Product | Feature | Feature description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| Admin console | Role assignments for groups | You can assign roles to groups, such as a security group. | 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| Admin console | App badges for third-party OAuth applications | Make informed decisions about the use of third-party applications in the Admin console. | In development |
| Admin console | Attribute-based organizational unit placement | Using Directory Sync, you can map an external directory's attribute containing the organizational unit path to a Google user directory attribute and use the path to place the synced user into an org unit. | In beta |
| Admin console | CAA for APIs | Context Aware Access (CAA) allows you to restrict the usage of entire Google Workspace apps based on the user’s context (IP address, OS, device status, and so on). This feature allows security admins to extend the same context-based controls to APIs. You can create allowlists to exempt trusted APIs from the controls. | 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| Chat | Refreshing Chat's UI experience on the web | Refreshing the Google Chat existing web UI experience by introducing Material 3 Design styles. | Launched. Learn more |
| Classroom | Practice sets: 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. | Launched |
| 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. | Launched |
| Classroom | Improvements to notification experience | Updates to push and email notifications experience to make it easier to find the right information needed for students and teachers to take action in Classroom. | Launched |
| Contacts | Delegate access | You can use the Admin SDK API to update permissions on behalf of users within your domain. | Launched. Learn more |
| Contacts | Create & edit your contacts in Companion | Users can create and edit contacts directly in the Google Workspace side panel, rather than needing to open contacts.google.com in a new tab. Users can create a contact from scratch, from search terms, or edit an existing contact. | Launched. Learn more |
| Directory Sync | Auto-refresh updated groups in the user sync scope of a Directory Sync configuration | 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 |
| Directory Sync | Attribute-based organizational unit placement | Using Directory Sync, you can map an external directory's attribute containing the organizational unit path to a Google user directory attribute and use the path to place the synced user into an org unit. | Launched. Learn more |
| 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. | 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| Docs | Full mouse support for Android app | Docs Android app users get full mouse support. | Launched |
| Docs | Support for recurring meeting and emailing meeting notes | 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 in Docs | 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| Docs | 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| Docs | Convert links to external apps to smart chips | Google Workspace Add-ons partners can enable Docs users to convert a link to their external app into a smart chip. The user can choose to create a smart chip when they paste a compatible link into a Doc. Once created, users can point to the chip to see additional information using rich previews. | Launched. Learn more |
| Docs | Add a stopwatch chip in Docs | Users can insert a stopwatch chip into Docs. Once inserted, users can start, stop, and reset the stopwatch. | Launched. Learn more |
| Docs | Add emoji reactions to existing comments in Docs | Users can add emoji reactions to existing comments in Google Docs. | 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| Docs | Formatting sidebar on Docs, Sheets, and Slides on Android | Users can access a new formatting sidebar, optimized for Android tablets. | In development |
| Docs | eSignature for Docs | Introducing eSignatures for Google Docs. This new capability enables users to electronically request and add legally binding signatures from within Docs. | In development |
| Docs | Table of contents improvements in Docs | Google Docs users have more options for the content, heading levels, and formatting that are displayed in a document’s table of contents. | Launched. Learn more |
| 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 | Use 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| Drive | Find files more easily with the 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| Drive | Free-hand annotation support in the Drive Android file preview screen | 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| 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). | Launched |
| 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| Drive | Manage folder sharing permissions of content managers in shared drives | Admins and shared drive managers can turn on or off the ability for content managers in shared drives to share folders. This feature helps better manage access to data. | Launched. Learn more |
| Drive | Streamlined file organization with the new Drive location picker | Updating the location picker in Drive (web only) which is used whenever users move or add shortcuts to items. The new experience includes a modern UI and intelligent suggestions. | Launched. Learn more |
| Drive | Drive iOS Google Workspace search history informational banner | Shows an informational banner in the search results on the Drive iOS page to inform users when Google Workspace search history is turned on. The banner also has a link to the search history setting on the web. | In development |
| Drive | Drive Android external input device support improvements | Adding additional keyboard shortcuts and improved mouse support for external input devices connected to an Android tablet. | In development |
| Drive | Improvements to requesting and granting access in Drive | Improvements to the way users request and grant access to files. Users can specify whether they want view, comment, or edit access to a file. They can decline an access request silently or they can notify the requester. Users are notified about pending access requests using a blue dot on the "Share" button, access requests can be granted or declined in the sharing dialog. | 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. | 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| Gmail | Mail merge with Gmail & Sheets | Gmail users can personalize emails either with built-in mail merge tags (like @firstname and @lastname) or by linking to a Google Sheet containing recipient information and custom merge tags. When you send the email, Gmail replaces merge tags with the appropriate information so each recipient gets a unique message. | Launched. Learn more |
| Identity | Role assignments for groups | You can assign roles to groups, such as a security group. | Launched. Learn more |
| Identity | Attribute-based organizational unit placement | Using Directory Sync, you can map an external directory's attribute containing the organizational unit path to a Google user directory attribute and use the path to place the synced user into an org unit.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. | Launched. Learn more |
| 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 | 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| Meet | Mirror mode | Extends the display of Desk 27 and Board 65 onto an external HDMI device. | Launched |
| Meet | Improved image quality in poor lighting | Meet users get improved image quality in poor lighting conditions through the use of machine learning. | Launched. Learn more |
| 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. | Launched. |
| Meet | Meet client-side encryption support for mobile devices | Google Meet mobile participants can join meetings that are created with Google Workspace client-side encryption (CSE) turned on. | Launched. Learn more |
| Meet | Paired participant tiles in Meet | Users can send and accept requests to pair tiles in Google Meet. When set up, users’ tiles are locked to each other. This feature could be used, for example, by an interpreter and a participant using sign language, so that the audience in a call would view the 2 tiles together. | Launched. Learn more |
| Meet | Hand raise gesture detection | Users can activate the hand raise feature in Meet by directly raising their own hand during a call. When enabled, users no longer have to select this option in the Meet UI, making interactions feel more natural. | In development |
| 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. | Launched |
| 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 | Control third-party app access by organizational unit 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| Security | CAA for APIs | Context Aware Access (CAA) allows you to restrict the usage of entire Google Workspace apps based on the user’s context (IP address, OS, device status, and so on). This feature allows security admins to extend the same context-based controls to APIs. You can create allowlists to exempt trusted APIs from the controls. | Launched. Learn more |
| Security | Context-Aware Access (CAA) monitor mode | Enables security admins to deploy CAA access levels in monitor mode, providing details about the number of users blocked if the setting was applied in active mode. It won't block end users but captures the potential blocks the access levels will have. Admins can fully understand the end user impact of the access levels before deploying it in active mode | 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. | 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. | 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. | Launched |
| 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. | Launched |
| Sheets | Formatting sidebar on Docs, Sheets, and Slides on Android | Users can access a new formatting sidebar, optimized for Android tablets. | In development |
| Sheets | Expanded date capabilities in Sheets | Sheets users can now insert dates more easily using the @ entry point in Sheets. For example, they can use @today, @yesterday, @tomorrow, and @date (which opens the date picker). | Launched. Learn more |
| Sheets | Automated actions within Sheets | With Automated actions, users can streamline their workflows by triggering email notification with no code. Sheets users can save time and ensure collaborators are aware of important updates without having to perform manual tasks. | In development |
| Sheets | Enhancing filters in Sheets | After applying a filter, Sheets users can see a basic summary on the number of rows that are filtered in the bottom right margin. Additionally, they can right-click and include filters on the context menu and can filter by value. | Launched. Learn more |
| Sheets | Place chips in Sheets | Sheets users have new smart chips to directly add Google Maps data into their spreadsheet cells. By entering @, users can search for places, addresses, and locations and insert the information as chips with actionable hover cards. Sheets users can also convert Maps links to chips or paste them from Docs. | Launched. Learn more |
| Sheets | Converting to chip using a tab in Sheets | Users get a suggestion so they can more easily convert email addresses, Drive and Calendar links into smart chips using the tab key. This feature is currently supported in Docs. | Launched. Learn more |
| Sheets | Optimized zoom scale in Sheets on Android | Users get an improved zoom scale experience when using Sheets on an Android device. | Launched. Learn more |
| Sheets | Extracting data from smart chips in Sheets | Users can extract data from smart chips with new function syntax. For example, using a list of colleagues from your domain, reference a cell with a people chip and indicate the attribute you’d like to extract in a cell. | Launched. Learn more |
| Sheets | YouTube chip in Sheets | Sheets users have new smart chips to directly add YouTube data into their spreadsheet cells. After pasting a YouTube link, users can convert to a chip from the hover card. Sheets users can also paste YouTube chips from Docs. | Launched. Learn more |
| Sheets | Mail merge with Gmail & Sheets | Gmail users can personalize emails either with built-in mail merge tags (like @firstname and @lastname) or by linking to a Google Sheet containing recipient information and custom merge tags. When you send the email, Gmail replaces merge tags with the appropriate information so each recipient gets a unique message. | Launched. Learn more |
| Sheets | Mouse support within Sheets & Slides on Android | Users can use a mouse when using Sheets on Android tablets. | Launched. Learn more |
| 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. | Launched |
| 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. | Launched. Learn more |
| Slides | Formatting sidebar on Docs, Sheets, and Slides on Android | Users can access a new formatting sidebar, optimized for Android tablets. | In development |
| Slides | Mouse support within Sheets & Slides on Android | Users can use a mouse when using Sheets on Android tablets. | Launched. Learn more |
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