The Google Workspace Weekly Recap for July 10, 2026, highlights several major updates across Google Meet, Sheets, Calendar, Slides, and administrative directory tools. [1]

• SIP Connectivity via Pexip: Users can now join video conferences on Google Meet hardware via SIP through a Pexip interop gateway. This brings universal connectivity to join meetings hosted on any SIP-compatible platform directly from Meet rooms on both Android and ChromeOS. [1]
• Occupancy Counting on Neat Hardware: Occupancy counting is now available for Android-based Neat room hardware to measure meeting room utilization, matching existing capabilities found on ChromeOS devices. [1]

• Expanded Language Support for ‘Fill with Gemini’: The AI-powered function in Google Sheets that automates text generation, data categorization, and sentiment analysis without complex formulas has expanded to 11 additional languages. [1]
• Multilingual Google Slides Video Conversion: Google Vids now supports converting Slides content into videos—complete with AI-generated scripts, voiceovers, and animations—in seven new languages: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. [1]

• New Delegate Sharing Permission: A new permission level, “Make changes (see private events as free/busy),” lets users grant edit access to their calendar while hiding the specific details of private events. This is ideal for managing schedules via executives’ delegates. [1]

• Inbound SCIM Support: Google Workspace introduced the general availability of inbound SCIM APIs to automate identity lifecycle management. IT administrators can now sync their Google Workspace directory in real-time with any SCIM-compatible Identity Provider (IdP) or HR system. [1, 2]

Google has officially rolled out occupancy counting for Android-based Neat room hardware running Google Meet. This update, released in July 2026, expands the space-utilization features previously limited to ChromeOS devices over to Neat’s Android ecosystem. [1, 2, 3]

• Space Optimization: Helps organizations measure and track how meeting rooms are utilized.
• Design Insights: Identifies if users are avoiding older room hardware in favor of newer video bars.
• Real Estate Planning: Provides data to optimize workspace layouts based on actual user demand. [1]

• Google Admin Console: Administrators can review real-time occupancy data directly in the Google Admin Console or export it as a spreadsheet. [1]
• Local Processing: Machine learning models analyze camera images locally on the device. [4]
• Privacy Focused: The tool only collects statistics and does not store or transmit personally identifiable information (PII). [1, 4]
• LED Status Indicators: Because processing occurs locally on the hardware, the camera’s LED indicator may remain off during counting depending on specific Neat device parameters. [1]

1. This feature is off by default and must be enabled by an administrator.
2. Admins can activate it at the domain, organizational unit (OU), or group level.
3. Go to Devices > Google Meet hardware > Devices in your management console.
4. Select the target Neat hardware and turn Occupancy detection On.
5. End users do not have access to change this setting locally. [1, 4]

Google Sheets fully supports importing files that contain 3D bar charts. Previously, importing an external spreadsheet (like a Microsoft Excel file) with 3D elements would flatten the graphics into a 2D format. Thanks to a recent Google Workspace update, these visuals now render natively in 3D right inside your sheet. [1, 2]

To bring an existing spreadsheet with 3D graphs into Google Sheets, use these steps:

1. Open a new or existing spreadsheet in Google Sheets.
2. Click File in the top menu and select Import.
3. Choose the Upload tab and select the .xlsx or spreadsheet file containing your 3D bar chart.
4. Select your preferred import location (e.g., Replace spreadsheet or Insert new sheet(s)).
5. Click Import data. Your file will load, and your 3D bar charts will automatically render in 3D. [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]

If you already have data or a flat 2D chart inside Google Sheets, you can toggle it to 3D manually using the editor: [7, 8]

• Open the Chart Editor: Double-click on your existing chart, or click the three dots in the top-right corner of the chart and select Edit chart. [9]
• Enable the 3D Layout:
  1. In the right-hand panel, click the Customize tab.
  2. Open the Chart style dropdown menu.
  3. Check the box labeled 3D. Your chart will instantly convert into a three-dimensional visual. [7, 10, 11]

Key benefits include faster completion times, reduced Google Cloud Storage consumption and costs, and the ability to establish more frequent backup schedules to mitigate the risk of potential data loss.

Specifically, admins can schedule automated exports for Gmail, Drive, and Chat, with the flexibility to scope data by organizational unit (OU), group, or specific users. They can initiate:

• Periodic full backups – establishing a baseline snapshot through regular full exports
  • Quarterly (every 3 months)
  • Semi-annually (every 6 months)
  • Annually (every year)

• Frequent incremental backups – supplementing the baseline with frequent incremental backups, such as backing up data from the “last x days” every “y days”
  • Capture data from the last 5 days, running every 3 days
  • Capture data from the last 7 days, running every 5 days

• Admins: Super Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about exporting your organization’s data and incremental exports.
• End users: There is no end user impact or action required.

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 24, 2026

• Enterprise: Enterprise Plus customers with Assured Controls and Assured Controls Plus

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Set up an incremental data export
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Export all your organization’s data

Key Benefits

How Incremental Exports Work

Step-by-Step Configuration

Read Along is designed to build students’ speaking, listening, and decoding skills. It offers flexible learning modes, allowing students to practice aloud with real-time feedback, listen to stories, or enjoy books independently. To help emerging students transition from simply “learning to read” to “reading to learn,” Read Along includes questions directly in the material to continuously strengthen comprehension as well as decoding support through word-breakdown.

Educators can use Read Along in Google Classroom to provide personalized reading practice for every student. The insights dashboard showing individual student and class-wide progress can help inform instruction and make it easier to create tailored reading activities based on student needs.

• A tailored reading experience in Google Classroom: Educators can easily create interactive reading activities right within Classroom, giving students in-the-moment support while getting actionable insights related to their reading skills.
• Real-time reading support: Learners get help with pronunciation as they read aloud and get word breakdown support.
• Class and student insights to inform instruction: View information on accuracy, speed, comprehension, phonics skills, and progress for individual students and the entire class.
• An extensive content library: Choose from over hundreds of books across eight languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Urdu, Arabic, Thai, Indonesian, and Malay. This includes content such as Heggerty decodables, ReadWorks articles for higher-grade learners, and localized publisher titles like Turma da Mônica in Brazil.
• Multilingual support: For students learning English, the reading buddy can provide real-time support in both English and their native language so they can practice their vocabulary. Native language support is available in Spanish, Portuguese, Urdu, Arabic, Indonesian, and Malay.
• Story creation with Gemini: With help from Gemini, educators can create differentiated reading activities tailored to phonics skills needing practice, specific topics, and reading levels.
• Existing content: Add existing class content to better tailor real-time student support and insights with Read Along.

Advanced analytics, like viewing student’s progress over time or across assignments and the ability to extract data via BigQuery, are only available with Education Plus and Teaching & Learning add-on.

• Admins: Read Along will be available by default and can be disabled at the domain and OU level. It can be enabled at the group level even if it is disabled at the OU level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Read Along on or off for users.
• End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about Read Along in Classroom.

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Rolling out now, with expected completion by July 3, 2026

• Education: Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus
• Education Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education; Teaching and Learning; Endpoint Education
• Other Editions: Nonprofits

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Turn Read Along on or off for users
• Google Classroom Help: Read Along in Google Classroom

Read Along in Google Classroom is now officially available at no cost to all Google Workspace for Education users. Previously limited to premium tiers, this wider rollout enables millions of students globally to access built-in, AI-powered foundational literacy tools. [1, 2, 3]

The expanded launch provides schools with key features natively integrated into the Google Classroom ecosystem: [4, 5, 6]

• Real-Time Reading Buddy: The built-in AI assistant, Diya, listens to students read aloud, provides immediate feedback on pronunciation, and gives word-by-word breakdowns. [4, 7]
• Flexible Reading Modes: Students can utilize the standard “read aloud” mode or a “silent reading mode,” allowing them to practice in busy classrooms without disrupting peers. [8, 9]
• Actionable Performance Insights: Educators receive automated data regarding student reading accuracy, speed (words per minute), comprehension, and phonics skills. [4, 9]
• Diverse Content Library: Access to hundreds of fiction and non-fiction books, including Heggerty decodables and ReadWorks articles designed for higher-grade learners. [4, 5]
• AI-Assisted Story Creation: Teachers can use integrated Gemini capabilities to quickly generate custom, differentiated stories tailored to specific phonics skills or reading levels. [4, 10]
• Multilingual and ELL Support: Native language support is available across eight major languages (including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Urdu, Arabic, Thai, Indonesian, and Malay) to assist English Language Learners (ELL) with vocabulary development. [4]

Administrators should note the following deployment details:

• Default Status: The feature is available by default but can be fully managed at the domain, Organizational Unit (OU), or group level.
• Activation: IT admins can adjust these permissions directly via the Google Admin Console under the Workspace core services management panel. [4, 11]