# Google Workspace changelog > Gmail, Drive, Docs, Meet and Calendar — Google's productivity suite. - Vendor: Google - Category: Productivity - Official site: https://workspace.google.com - Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace) - Harvested from: Blog (https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/atom.xml) - Entries below: 16 (newest first) What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. ## Releases ### New usability features in Connected Sheets - Date: 2026-08-11 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/08/new-usability-features-connected-sheets-google.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-08-11-new-usability-features-in-connected-sheets Google Workspace is introducing two usability enhancements to Connected Sheets to improve data presentation and give more flexibility when analyzing BigQuery data. List parameters: When writing a quer… ### Improved file importing in Google Sheets with tables and linked pivot tables - Date: 2026-08-11 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/08/improved-file-import-google-sheets-tables.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-08-11-improved-file-importing-in-google-sheets-with-tab We’re introducing two key improvements in Google Sheets that preserve formatting and linked data when converting files from Microsoft Excel. First, Excel tables will now seamlessly import as Sheets ta… - **added** — Excel tables now seamlessly import as Sheets tables - **added** — Linked pivot tables are preserved when converting files from Microsoft Excel ### Google Workspace Weekly Recap - August 7, 2026 - Date: 2026-08-07 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/08/weekly-recap-08-07-2026.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-08-07-google-workspace-weekly-recap-august-7-2026 Provide more clear, contextual feedback with timestamped comments in Google Drive videos We are introducing timestamped comments for videos in Google Drive on the web. Users can now anchor comments to… - **added** — Introduce timestamped comments for videos in Google Drive on the web to anchor comments to specific moments in video playback ### Automatically add sources to your Gemini Notebooks in Workspace Studio - Date: 2026-08-07 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/08/automatically-add-sources-to-your-Gemini-Notebooks-in-Workspace-Studio.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-08-07-automatically-add-sources-to-your-gemini-notebook Historically, keeping Gemini Notebooks up to date would require you to manually add sources one by one. Now, this new integration lets you automate adding sources to your Gemini Notebooks as part of a… - **added** — Automatically add sources to Gemini Notebooks in Workspace Studio without manually adding them one by one ### Streamlining rubric generation in Google Classroom with Gemini - Date: 2026-08-05 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/08/streamlining-rubric-generation-in-Google-Classroom-with-Gemini.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-08-05-streamlining-rubric-generation-in-google-classroo To make it easier to create rubrics and grade in Google Classroom, educators can now instantly generate a new Classroom-ready rubric during their assignment creation workflow, using context from their… - **added** — Educators can now instantly generate a Classroom-ready rubric during assignment creation workflow using Gemini ### Gemini in Google Classroom is expanding to users of all ages, with contextualized Gemini starter prompts for students - Date: 2026-08-04 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/08/gemini-in-google-classroom-is-expanding-to-users-of-all-ages-with-contextualized-Gemini-starter-prompts-for-students.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-08-04-gemini-in-google-classroom-is-expanding-to-users Last year, we launched Gemini in Google Classroom to help educators save time on planning and create more engaging lessons, and later expanded Gemini in Classroom to higher education students 18 years… - **added** — Gemini in Google Classroom is now expanding to users of all ages - **added** — Contextualized Gemini starter prompts are now available for students ### Visual screenshots now included in Google Meet meeting notes - Date: 2026-08-03 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/08/visual-screenshots-now-included-in-Google-Meet-meeting-notes.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-08-03-visual-screenshots-now-included-in-google-meet-me We’re improving the ‘Take notes for me’ feature in Google Meet by giving you the ability to automatically capture and include screenshots of presented content directly in the meeting notes document. W… - **added** — Google Meet 'Take notes for me' feature now automatically captures and includes screenshots of presented content directly in the meeting notes document ### Provide more clear, contextual feedback with timestamped comments in Google Drive videos - Date: 2026-08-03 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/08/provide-more-clear-contextual-feedback-with-timestamped-comments-in-Google-Drive-videos.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-08-03-provide-more-clear-contextual-feedback-with-times We are introducing timestamped comments for videos in Google Drive on the web. Users can now anchor comments to a specific time mark in a video, making video collaboration more direct, precise, and co… - **added** — Support for timestamped comments on videos in Google Drive on the web to anchor comments to specific time marks in a video ### Google Workspace Weekly Recap - July 31, 2026 - Date: 2026-07-31 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/07/weekly-recap-07-31-2026.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-07-31-google-workspace-weekly-recap-july-31-2026 Visual screenshots in Google Meet meeting notes will soon be generally available, pre-configure admin settings in advance In the coming weeks, we’re starting the rollout of visual screenshots for the… - **added** — Visual screenshots in Google Meet meeting notes will be generally available ### Prevent accidental disclosures with new Reply All BCC warnings in Gmail - Date: 2026-07-30 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/07/prevent-accidental-disclosures-with-new-Reply-All-BCC-warnings-in-Gmail.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-07-30-prevent-accidental-disclosures-with-new-reply-all To help protect your privacy and ensure intentional communication, we are introducing a new caution notification in Gmail. This feature is designed to prevent accidental information disclosure by aler… - **added** — A new caution notification in Gmail to prevent accidental information disclosure when using Reply All with BCC recipients ### Use Gemini in Google Forms to quickly create a new quiz - Date: 2026-07-30 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/07/use-gemini-in-google-forms-to-quickly-create-a-new-quiz.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-07-30-use-gemini-in-google-forms-to-quickly-create-a-ne Help me create in Google Forms now supports generating quizzes. With this launch, you can quickly create a quiz by writing a specific prompt for Help me create describing the quiz you want to create.… - **added** — Help me create in Google Forms now supports generating quizzes using Gemini ### Create and import scatter charts with multiple x-series in Google Sheets - Date: 2026-07-29 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/07/create-and-import-scatter-charts-with-multiple-x-series-in-Google-Sheets.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-07-29-create-and-import-scatter-charts-with-multiple-x Google Sheets now supports creating and editing scatter charts with multiple independent x-series. This update allows users to map separate data series to their own unique x-axis, rather than forcing… - **added** — Create and edit scatter charts with multiple independent x-series in Google Sheets ### Updated options to better view Google Calendar on large monitors - Date: 2026-07-29 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/07/updated-options-to-better-view-google-Calendar-on-large-monitors.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-07-29-updated-options-to-better-view-google-calendar-on To provide users with more control over their viewing experience, we’re updating information density options for the calendar grid. These updates allow users to customize how calendar events scale on… - **changed** — Updated information density options for the calendar grid to allow users to customize how calendar events scale on large monitors ### Generate and edit visuals with Gemini in Google Docs - Date: 2026-07-28 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/07/generate-and-edit-visuals-with-gemini-in-Google-Docs.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-07-28-generate-and-edit-visuals-with-gemini-in-google-d You can now create and edit images, diagrams, and infographics directly alongside your text using Gemini in Google Docs. These images leverage the context of your document, so you can generate relevan… - **added** — Generate and edit images, diagrams, and infographics directly in Google Docs using Gemini - **added** — Generated images leverage document context to create relevant visuals ### Streamline collaboration in Google Docs with Gemini-powered comment workflows - Date: 2026-07-28 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/07/streamline-collaboration-in-google-docs-with-Gemini-powered-comment-workflows.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-07-28-streamline-collaboration-in-google-docs-with-gemi We’re introducing Gemini-powered comment workflows in Google Docs to help you quickly understand and respond to collaborator feedback. These new features enable Gemini to read, summarize, and act on c… - **added** — Gemini-powered comment workflows in Google Docs to read, summarize, and act on collaborator feedback ### Visual screenshots in Google Meet meeting notes will soon be generally available, pre-configure admin settings in advance - Date: 2026-07-27 - Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/07/visual-screenshots-in-google-meet-meeting-notes-will-soon-be-generally-available-pre-configure-admin-settings-in-advance.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-07-27-visual-screenshots-in-google-meet-meeting-notes-w In the coming weeks, we’re starting the rollout of visual screenshots for the ‘Take notes for me’ feature in Google Meet. Visual screenshots automatically capture presented content (such as slides, di… - **added** — Visual screenshots for the 'Take notes for me' feature in Google Meet will automatically capture presented content such as slides