Google Updates Recap: February 2026
In this update, we’re covering an important change to “secondary calendars” and several improvements across Calendar, Chat, Drive, and Meet. Table of contents Important Notices Important changes to secondary calendars Google AI Transform sources into structured Data Tables in NotebookLM Take your notebooks further by adding NotebookLM as a source in the Gemini app Google […]
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: 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.
Google Updates Recap: November 2024
Table of contents Important Notices Google Vids – Google’s new AI-powered video creation app for work to help tell stories across VCU Last Call: Jamboard is winding down Google Sites is no longer available Google Calendar New design and accessibility improvements for embedded Google Calendars Google Chat Transcriptions now available for voice messages in Google […]
Welcome to 2023: Feature Updates, Upcoming Storage Changes, and more!
We’re excited to start off the year with a quick look at a brief recap of the bigger updates from last year, some upcoming feature updates, a mention of important upcoming changes to storage, and finally a mention of our training opportunities and the new IT Status page. Also keep an eye out next week […]
Google Updates Recap for June 6 to July 22, 2022
In this feature update, we’re excited to announce some enhancements that have been added by popular request, including rich text formatting in Google Forms and anonymous Q/A and polling in Google Meet. Other new features include increased member limits in Google Chat Spaces, improved email notifications for calendar invitations, and a new “Also Invited” list […]
Google Updates Recap for January 10 to March 4, 2022
In this post, we have some of the latest updates including those for the upcoming Spaces experience in Google Chat and a look at the new design for Gmail for those with Google Chat enabled. We also will be talking about the future of Google Currents regarding an announcement from Google about its sunsetting. Gmail […]
Now Available: Share where you’re working from in Google Calendar + Automatically save Google Form progress
Previously we announced that two major features that would allow you to set your working location in Google Calendar and automatically save your progress made in a Google Form would be coming soon. We’re happy to announce these features are now rolling out to everyone and should be available to all VCU Students, Faculty, and […]
Google Updates Recap for July 26 to August 20, 2021
Here is our round-up of features from July 26 to August 20, 2021! This month’s feature round-up includes some major feature updates that we’re very excited to talk about, including co-hosts in Google Meet, a new way to show your work location and schedule (work-from-home, hybrid, or on-campus), and saving your progress in Google Forms, […]