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Google Updates Recap: December 2023

Welcome to 2024! This year we’re kicking off by covering the features announced in December. Moving forward, we will be keeping to a schedule of covering the past month in the current month. Table of contents Google Calendar View full screen tasks lists on Google Calendar Google Chat Introducing a new mobile experience for Google […]

Google Updates Recap for February – March, 2023

We’re excited to provide you with our February to March of 2023 Google Feature Updates post. This post includes new functions in Google Sheets, reactions in Google Meet, a refreshed interface for Drive and the Docs Editors, new smart canvas features, and more.  Table of contents Google Calendar Check availability across multiple calendars when using […]

Google Updates Recap for August 22 to October 21, 2022

We’re excited to discuss some exciting features in this blog post that are both newly announced and previously anticipated, including in-line threading for Google Chat, transcriptions for Google Meet meetings. Also keep an eye out for our upcoming post regarding feature announcement news from the recent Google Cloud Next event. If you’d like to subscribe […]

Google Updates Recap for July 25 to August 19, 2022

In this features update, we discuss several new and exciting features in Google Meet and Google Calendar, as well as a new SpeedGrader option for Google Assignments and edit notifications for Google Docs. If you’d like to subscribe to the blog to be notified of the latest posts, get started by clicking the “Follow” located […]

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 April 11 to May 6, 2022

In this update recap, we’re excited to highlight the new “table templates,” “dropdown chips,” and a new menu bar layout for Google Docs. You can now also start or join a Google Meet directly from within a Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides file, and set up host controls and assign hosts on a calendar event […]

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 […]

Google Updates Recap for October 25 to January 7, 2022

Happy new year! After a few slow months for feature releases, we have accumulated the most notable features and changes. We are hoping 2022 will be a year packed full of great new features. Google Docs Easily add to Google Docs with the new universal @ menu The universal @ menu is a feature previously […]

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, […]

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