Google Updates Recap: October 2025
This month we’re covering both August’s and September’s posts! We have a couple of important changes and several quality of life changes across Drive, the Docs Editors, and more. Table of contents Important Notices Learn about Google Keep reminders in Google Tasks Upcoming Changes to Drive Sharing Permissions Google Calendar, Tasks, & Keep Sorting your […]
Google Updates Recap: August 2025
After a brief break in updates from Google, we’re back with some added granularity in sharing controls for Google Drive and Google Forms, new host controls in Google Meet, and more quality-of-life features. Table of contents Gmail Manage email subscriptions from a single location in Gmail Link your Google Calendar booking pages when composing emails […]
Google Updates Recap: June 2025 + The New Meet LTI in Canvas
This month we bring several AI features from Gemini and are introducing the new Meet LTI within VCU’s Canvas. A special note about this month’s post: When referring to “Canvas,” there are two different products with this name: “Canvas,” the learning management system officially used at VCU, and then “Canvas,” used in the context of […]
Google Updates Recap: May 2025
Table of contents Google AI Introducing updates to sources for NotebookLM Use NotebookLM to generate Audio Overviews more than 50 languages Google Docs Google Docs code blocks now available in additional programming languages Google Sheets Easily add multiple people chips in a Google Sheets cell Google Slides New sidebar with design elements in Google Slides […]
Google Updates Recap: April 2025
This month's Google updates enhance collaboration in Gemini via Canvas, offer new research tools like Audio Overviews, improve Chat organization with custom sections and Boards, and add additional advanced table formatting in Sheets. Additionally, Meet now features scrollable captions and broader language support for recording transcriptions.
Google Updates Recap: March 2025
Table of contents Google Calendar & Tasks Know who an event is shared with when using shared Google Calendars Google Chat Create and vote on polls directly in Google Chat Create names for group direct messages in Google Chat Google Docs Improving the cover images experience in Google Docs Google Drive & Docs Editors Updating […]
Upcoming Changes to Restricting Sharing in Folders in Google Drive
Restricting access to a sub-folder or file in Google Drive, a popular feature request, is rolling out now. Soon, in My Drive and Shared Drives, you’ll be able to restrict access to a folder or file to specific people. This will be possible in two ways: 1. Update item only: Go to your My Drive > […]
Google Updates Recap: February 2025
This month’s Google features post brings improvements to mentions in Google Chat, granular responder link sharing in Google Forms, and instant video playback for newly uploaded videos to Google Drive.
Meet Gemini: Google’s Answer to Generative AI
Gemini is designed to understand and generate human language in a comprehensive and nuanced way. This allows it to engage in conversations, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. We’re glad to announce that Gemini is now available to all VCU Faculty, Staff, and Students at https://gemini.google.com.
Google Updates Recap: January 2025 + Welcome to the Spring Semester!
January's Google Workspace updates enhance user experience and functionality across several apps. Google Calendar gets a refresh with Material Design 3 and a new dark mode. Google Chat introduces density options, split pane replies, and the ability to send multiple media files in a single message. Google Docs adds 40 new templates, three building blocks (task trackers, contact lists, decision logs), and a building blocks sidebar. Google Drive for Android streamlines file organization. Google Sheets improves table references.