October 4, 2021, 6:13 pm
Quick launch summary You can now find and view additional information about people within your organization, your Contacts, and more across additional Google Workspace products. This information includes: - Contact information, such as phone number and email address,
- Team and manager,
- Office and desk location,
- Whether you've received email from them before, and more.
This feature is already available for Gmail, and will now be available from the following products: Google Chat, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Getting started - Admins: To maximize this feature, it's helpful to have user data fully populated across Google Workspace apps. Workspace admins can populate this data in a few locations:
- End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Click "Open Detailed View" while hovering over a user's information card, or select the Contacts icon in the side panel. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Google products side by side.
Rollout pace Availability - Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers
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October 4, 2021, 5:07 pm
What's changing We're adding an Admin console setting which will enable admins to control whether students can unenroll from classes. If turned on, it will prevent students from unenrolling themselves from classes. A teacher or admin would have to unenroll them from the class instead.
Who's impacted Admins and end users
Why you'd use it Students erroneously unenrolling from classes can cause disruption for teachers and an increased support volume for admins. By using this setting, you can help ensure your class rosters are accurate and up to date. Additionally, if you're using roster import, this makes it easy to maintain your SIS as the source of truth for the roster.
Getting started - Admins: This feature will be OFF by default, and can be enabled at the domain or OU level. Find the setting at Admin console > Apps > Google Workspace > Settings for Classroom > Student unenrollment. Visit the Help Center to learn more about controlling student unenrollment settings.
- End users: If turned on by their admin, students will no longer see the unenroll button on the course cards on the Classroom homepage.
Rollout pace
Availability - Available as a core service to Google Workspace Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Education Plus.
- Available as an additional service to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers.
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October 4, 2021, 4:56 pm
What's changing We've added several new features to Google Meet in Classroom, making it easier and more secure: - The Class Meet link is now accessible on the side of the class stream, so students can easily join and teachers can manage the link from the stream.
- Students will be directed to a waiting room until a teacher has officially joined the class Meet link.
- Guests not on the class roster will have to "ask to join" and be admitted by the teacher before they can participate, so no unintended participants join the meetings.
- All designated co-teachers for a class will automatically be co-hosts in the meeting. This moderation tool will enable co-hosts to start the meeting with the same Meet link without the class teacher needing to be present.
Who's impacted Teachers and student end users
Why it matters These features make it easier for teachers to manage meetings, help prevent unintended meeting participants from joining meetings, and generally help meetings run more smoothly. Overall, teachers and students will have a smoother and more secure experience while using Google Classroom and Google Meet.
Additional details Please note that after a Meet link is generated, if a co-teacher is added or removed, you must regenerate the Meet link to update the host status. We are working on changing this functionality so the host status auto-updates, and hope to implement the change by the end of the year.
Getting started - Admins: There is no admin control for this feature, but Google Meet must be turned on for these features to be available in Google Classroom. Learn more about how to set up and manage Meet and use Meet for distance learning.
- End users: These features will be ON by default for new meetings created in Google Classroom. Users with existing class Meet links should reset the link to get this updated functionality. Visit the Help Center to learn more about starting a video meeting for education.
Rollout pace Availability - Available as a core service to Google Workspace Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Education Plus.
- Available as an additional service to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers
Resources Roadmap 
October 1, 2021, 4:11 pm
New updates Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time (if not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete), and available to all Google Workspace and G Suite customers.
New look and feel for Workspace Updates email subscriptions We've improved the look and feel of the emails you receive when you subscribe to Workspace Updates. - The emails themselves will be sent from noreply@workspaceupdates.withgoogle.com, so be sure to update any inbox filters or labels you may have and check your spam folders if you don't immediately see them.
- Emails for the Workspace Updates Blog in non-English markets will update to this new format in the coming weeks.
- If you have any feedback about these emails after September 29th, please feel back to let us know in the linked form.
Porting in Google Voice now available in Canada If your organization has existing phone numbers with another service provider, you can port (or move) those numbers to Google Voice in Canada. | Learn more.
Previous announcements The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.
Live translated captions in Google Meet available in beta Launching in beta, live translated captions help video call participants communicate better by translating a spoken language to captions in another language. | Learn more here and here. | Available to meetings organized by Google Workspace Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Teaching & Learning Upgrade customers. | Apply to beta
Add image watermarks in Google Docs You can now add image watermarks directly into Google Docs. This watermark image will repeat behind the text on every page of your document. | Learn more.
Renaming "whitelisted domains" to "allowlisted domains" in the Admin console We're updating instances of "whitelisted" in the Admin console to "allowlisted". This change more accurately describes this action, as well as eliminates a non-inclusive term from our products. | Learn more.
Comment size increasing in Google Docs Comment width will intelligently scale based on your browser window to maximize the use of available screen space. | Learn more.
Replace your background with a video in Google Meet on Android In addition to replacing your Google Meet background with a static image on web and mobile, you can now replace your background with a video on Android. | Learn more.
Quickly access Google Drive files in Chrome browser We're adding a card onto the New Tab Page in your Chrome browser that will surface relevant files from your Google Drive, making it easier and more efficient to find the files you need. | Learn more.
View Alert Center notifications directly from the Admin console toolbar You can now quickly access Alert Center alerts from anywhere in the Admin console from the toolbar at top of the page. Selecting the new bell icon will surface the ten latest alerts, along with a brief description. | Learn more.
Use the "Slideshow" button in Google Slides We're replacing what was previously the "Present" button in Slides to now say "Slideshow." We hope this makes it clearer when you are beginning a slide show, and when you are sharing your screen in Meet. | Learn more.
Review smart home devices used for work in your Admin console
October 1, 2021, 1:16 pm
What's changing
Who's impacted Admins
Why it's important In addition to computers and mobile devices, the inclusion of smart displays and speakers in Google endpoint management gives admins a more complete inventory of the devices their users are using to access Google Workspace. Further, this allows admins to easily take action if needed, such as signing out of devices as needed and viewing information such as device type and user account information.
Additional details For select Google Workspace editions, admins can view activity on smart home devices as part of device audit logs. You'll be able to see information such as: - Whether there has been an account registration change,
- If a user's managed account synced on the device,
- If the device has been signed out by an admin.
You can also set an alert to be notified when these activities occur. Visit the Help Center to learn more about device audit logs.
Getting started
Rollout pace
Availability - Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers
Resources 
October 1, 2021, 10:56 am
Quick launch summaryWe're replacing what was previously the "Present" button in Slides to now say "Slideshow." We hope this makes it clearer when you are beginning a slide show, and when you are sharing your screen in Meet.  | | New "Slideshow" button in Slides |
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Getting started- Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
- End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.
Rollout pace
Availability- Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers
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