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: December 2024
2025 is just around the corner. 2024 has brought a great number of features and improvements, and we’re anticipating some even greater and deeper improvements in 2025. We hope everyone has a great holiday season! Table of contents Google Calendar & Tasks View Tasks lists on the Google Calendar Android app Google Chat Reducing noise […]
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 […]
Google Updates Recap: July 2024
Table of contents Important Notices Jamboard is winding down Google Chat Request to join spaces in Google Chat Google Drive & Docs Editors Expanding voice typing and automatic captions to additional browsers Google Meet Google Meet adds 11 more languages for closed captions Google Meet now supports high definition video for meeting recording and devices […]
Google Updates Recap: May 2024
Table of contents Important Notices Jamboard is winding down Google Chat Get notifications for all messages in a Google Chat space Google Drive & Docs Editors Hover to preview videos in Google Drive View recent shares in the Google Drive Activity page Updated keyboard shortcuts and first-letters navigation now available on Google Drive web Preview […]
Google Updates Recap: April 2024 + Clean-up Reminder
Table of contents Important Notices Don’t forget about Spring Cleaning! Jamboard is winding down Gmail Create fully customized email campaigns using new layout editor tool Google Chat Send voice messages in Google Chat Access and sort shared files within a space in Google Chat more easily Google Docs New ways to annotate Google Docs on […]
Google Updates Recap: March 2024
This month, we’ve got an Updates Recap focused on Google Drive and Docs Editors features, including the long-awaited Speaker Spotlight in Google Slides. Table of contents Google Docs New way to use smart canvas in Google Docs Google Drive & Docs Editors Playback improvements to videos uploaded on Google Drive Sort, filter and manage comments […]