Google Workspace Weekly Recap – June 19, 2026

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Google Workspace Weekly Recap – June 19, 2026

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Google Workspace Weekly Recap – June 19, 2026

New discoverable space setting in Google Chat

Previously, spaces were either private (invite-only) or open (anyone in the organization can find and join). Discoverable spaces provide a new option between the two: they appear when users browse for spaces within their organization, but the conversation history and messages remain private until an owner or manager approves a user’s request to join. | Learn more.

Carrier Link for Google Voice

Carrier Link allows Workspace customers to easily add phone numbers and calling plans from a certified local carrier, leveraging a pre-configured multi-tenant implementation of SIP Link. | Learn more.

AI note-taking is now available in Google Voice

This powerful new feature records and transcribes calls, summarizes key points, and organizes action items, which are sent via Gmail and stored in the Voice app. | Learn more.

Gemini in Chrome expands to more languages and regions, including Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East

Many of Chrome’s latest AI features are rolling out to users in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and more. | Learn more.

Control whether your users can have temporary chats and delete conversations in the Gemini app

We’re introducing two new administrator controls for the Gemini app (gemini.google.com) that allow end users to manage their own chat activity. Admins can now configure whether users can use temporary chats and delete their conversation history. | Learn more.

Create longer Veo videos and generate multiple at once in Google Vids

These updates provide all Vids users with the ability to create longer videos with consistent characters and generate multiple videos in parallel, enabling you to bring your vision to life faster than ever before. | Learn more.

Enhanced AI avatar features and capabilities in Google Vids

We’re excited to announce expanded language support, a new collection of avatar defaults, and the ability to direct your custom avatars to take action in any generated video. | Learn more.

Custom event colors in Google Calendar

Going forward, users are offered an expanded color palette so they can personalize events and visually organize their calendar with ease, giving each user access to up to 200 custom colors for individual events via both the native web and mobile apps as well as the Calendar API. | Learn more.

Make Gemini more helpful and relevant to your teaching goals with the Google Classroom app in Gemini

Educators have shared that AI is especially helpful when it understands the context of their teaching environment, from tailoring resources toward student needs or building on their existing materials. To support this, Gemini will be able to collaborate with your Google Classroom, using context from your classes to inform its outputs or help complete tasks. | Learn more.

Improved management of secondary calendars via the Calendar API

We’re introducing two enhancements to the Calendar API that make it easier for admins to programmatically manage secondary calendars within their organization: a transfer API and a filter for secondary calendars owned by your organization. | Learn more.

Google Meet now available on Android Auto

We’re bringing the power of Google Meet to your vehicle’s display with our new integration for Android Auto. This update makes it easy to safely stay connected and handle important meetings hands-free from behind the wheel. | Learn more.

Expanded language support for building and editing spreadsheets with Gemini

We’re now expanding support for these features to 28 additional languages, enabling users who speak Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, French, German, Chinese Simplified, Dutch, Hebrew, Polish, Turkish, Czech, Indonesian, Malay, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Arabic, Finnish, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Greek, Thai, Romanian, Russian, Catalan, and Hungarian to collaborate natively with Gemini in their preferred language. | Learn more.
What is Google Workspace? An Introduction - UC Today
Here are the most recent updates for Google Workspace, bringing powerful AI tools, better app integrations, and improved calendar and chat controls. [1]
Key Updates & Additions
  • Google Meet: You can now connect to Google Meet directly from your car display with the new integration for Android Auto. [1]
  • Google Calendar: Users can now personalize events with an expanded color palette, choosing from up to 200 custom colors on the web and mobile apps. [1]
  • Google Chat: Spaces in Chat are now more customizable with the addition of discoverable spaces. They allow users to browse and find spaces within their organization without necessarily joining them immediately. [1, 2]
  • Google Classroom: Gemini in Classroom can now use the teaching context of your specific classes to help tailor resources, complete tasks, or aid in lesson building. [1]
  • Google Voice: Powerful new AI note-taking is available to record, transcribe, and summarize phone calls. These summaries are sent via Gmail and stored directly within the Voice app. [1]
  • Google Vids: Vids users can now direct custom AI avatars to take action in videos, generate multiple videos in parallel, and create longer, more fluid clips. [1]
  • Calendar API: Admins now have improved programmatic management of secondary calendars, including a new transfer API and a filter for organizational calendars. [1]
  • Gemini in Chrome: AI tools in Chrome have been expanded to more languages and regions across Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. [1]
For complete details on all recent rollouts and to track individual app release schedules, check out the Google Workspace Updates Blog or the Google Workspace What’s New Page. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
If you want to know more about how to use these features, let me know:
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