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Friday, October 3, 2025

Use the Gemini in Chrome AI browsing assistant, now generally available

What’s changing

Starting today, Gemini in Chrome is available to Google Workspace users with access to the Gemini app. Gemini in Chrome is an AI browsing assistant to help you get things done on Mac, Windows and iOS devices, allowing you to ask Gemini for answers and insights, conduct in-depth two-way conversations with Gemini Live, and more using the context of up to 10 browser tabs along with the Google Workspace app.

Users have the option to turn on sharing for their current browser tab and up to 10 additional tabs. Once sharing is turned on, Gemini in Chrome will continue to reference the current browser tab until the user turns sharing off.

Additional details

Your access to Gemini app through Gemini in Chrome includes enterprise-grade data protections and is subject to the Google Workspace Terms of Service or your offline Workspace agreement for business customers, and the Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service for education customers. As a reminder, your content is not reviewed by human reviewers or otherwise used for Generative AI model training outside your domain without permission. Learn more at the Generative AI in Google Workspace Privacy Hub.

Note: Not all Workspace editions receive access to the Gemini app as a core service. Visit the Help Center for more information.

At launch, some of the compliance certifications achieved to date for Google Workspace customers accessing the Gemini app as a core service on web or mobile app do not apply to Gemini in Chrome. Refer to Gemini in Chrome section in Turn the Gemini app on or off for more information.

Gemini in Chrome will be blocked for customers who have signed the HIPAA Business Associate Amendment (BAA).

Initially, this feature will be available:

On Mac, Windows and iOS
To users 18+
In English only
In the US only

Usage reporting: Gemini in Chrome usage will be included as part of Gemini app usage visible in the Admin Console under Generative AI > Gemini Reports and in other admin reporting tools like the Security Investigation Tool.

Getting started

Admins: This feature will be ON by default unless you have already disabled the Gemini app service setting or the Chrome Gemini Setting. It can be turned on/off at the domain, OU, or group level. Refer to Turn the Gemini app on or off or our previous announcement for information on how to turn access on or off, the terms of service and privacy considerations for the feature.
End users: When sharing is turned on, the tab the user is viewing is shared with Gemini in Chrome. The user can also select up to 10 tabs to share and reference the Workspace app for additional grounding. Use our Help Center to learn more about Gemini in Chrome and how to use it.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (greater than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 2, 2025.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Starter, Standard, Plus
Enterprise Starter, Standard, Plus
Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus
Frontline Starter, Standard, and Plus
Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus
Nonprofits

Available for Google Workspace customers with these add-ons:

Gemini Business - Legacy*
Gemini Enterprise - Legacy*
Google AI Ultra for Business
Google AI Pro for Education

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Create custom, AI-generated meeting backgrounds on Mobile devices

What’s changing

You can now create custom background images with Gemini from your Android or iOS device. Meeting backgrounds can help obscure your surroundings during a meeting or they can enhance the meeting itself, and now you can take advantage of this feature whether you’re joining a meeting from Google Meet on the web or on mobile devices.

Getting started:

Admins can visit the Help Center to learn more about how to control whether users can change their backgrounds in Meet.
When enabled by their admin, end users should visit the Help Center to learn more about creating background images with Gemini in Google Meet.

Rollout pace:

Rapid Release domains: Available now
Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 14 days for feature visibility) starting on 8 October, 2025.

Availability:

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Also available with the Google AI Pro for Education add-on and to anyone who previously purchased the Gemini Business, Gemini Enterprise, and AI Meetings and Messages add-on.

Monday, September 29, 2025

Collaborate with Gemini in Google Drive now available on mobile

What’s changing

We have previously launched the ability for users on the web to collaborate with Gemini in Google Drive. Now, we're excited to extend Gemini’s capabilities to users on mobile in the Drive apps for Android and iOS. This integration empowers Drive users of the mobile apps to seamlessly ask questions about their files and folders and receive conversational responses, mirroring the existing functionality available on Drive Web.

For example, users on mobile can now use Gemini to:

Summarize a long document or an entire folder so you can quickly get the main points.
Discuss a topic that requires synthesizing information from one or more files in your Drive, either across your files or within a specific folder.
Retrieve quick facts about a project or topic without the need to find and read the relevant documents.

Getting started

Admins: To access Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can manage Google Workspace smart features for their users in the Admin console.
End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about collaborating with Gemini in Google Drive.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on September 22, 2025.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Google AI Pro for Education
Google One AI Premium

Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature:

Gemini Business* Gemini Enterprise*

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

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Monday, September 29, 2025

Use Nano Banana to edit images in Google Slides and Vids

What’s changing

We’re upgrading Slides and Google Vids to the latest image editing model, Nano Banana. As recently detailed in this blog post, Nano Banana brings improved quality to image editing to make it easier to bring your ideas to life.

Additionally, we are launching an option for users to edit images using custom prompts. For example, you could ask Gemini to “Place this product in a New York subway station,” and then add it to your slide or video.

Getting started

Admins: This feature will be available by default for all eligible users. The features are available to users 18 years of age or older.
End users: This feature will be available by default. To use it, select any image in the Slides or Vids file > Edit image > type a custom prompt > Create. You can then preview the generated output by clicking it, and select Replace with image or Insert to add the image to the current slide. Use our Help Center to learn how to edit images with Gemini in Google Slides & Vids.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on September 25, 2025.

Availability

In Google Slides:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Google AI Pro for Education

Also available to:

Google AI Pro and Ultra
Gemini Business*, Gemini Enterprise*

In Google Vids

Business Starter**, Standard and Plus
Enterprise Starter**, Standard and Plus
Education Plus and Teaching and Learning (Available in both for a limited time (until May 2026))
Google AI Pro for Education
Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus
Nonprofits**

Also available to:

Google AI Pro and Ultra
Gemini Business*, Gemini Enterprise*

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

**For a limited time, at least through May 31st, 2026, Business Starter, Enterprise Starter and Nonprofit accounts can access generative AI features in Vids. Learn about Google Vids availability.

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Thursday, September 25, 2025

Generate stories using Gemini with Read Along in Google Classroom

What’s changing

Starting today, educators will be able to use Gemini to create their own stories with Read Along in Classroom, in addition to the existing ability to upload their own content into Read Along as part of the assignment creation process.

Now, with the help of Gemini, educators have an enhanced ability to further customize their students’ experience and differentiate their instruction by generating content specific to students’ needs. In addition, generating content expands the use of Read Along to older students, for example, an educator can ask Gemini to generate a story on a topic from a science class at a reading level that is more appropriate for the learner.

From the assignment creation screen, open Read Along, and select “Generate.” From there you select a target grade for the story, add in a topic or plot, list any additional details like length of the story or learning goals, and add any keywords you want in the story and click “Generate Story”. Gemini will create a story that can be reviewed and further edited by the educator, and then assigned to students.

Getting started

Admins:

Existing Education Plus or Teaching and Learning customers Customers (those who signed up for Google Workspace for Education before July 7, 2024): Read Along in Classroom is available to all Google Workspace for Education customers as a service that will be covered under the Workspace for Education Terms of Service. You can enable Read Along in the Admin Console for users in your domain to access this service. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Read Along on or off for users.
For new Workspace Customers (those who sign up for Google Workspace for Education on or after July 7, 2024): Read Along will be automatically enabled in the console, and all eligible users will have direct access to it. Visit the Help Center to learn how to turn Google Read Along on or off for users.

End users:

Visit the Help Center to learn more about Read Along in Google Classroom.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on September 23, 2025

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning add-on

Resources

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

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Educators can now create and assign NotebookLM and Gems in Google Classroom

What’s changing

Over the last year, we’ve brought the capabilities of Gemini to Google Classroom to support new ways of teaching and learning. A few months ago, we expanded Gemini in Classroom to help educators use AI for their common teaching tasks. Today, we’re making it possible for educators to use Google’s NotebookLM and Gems to create teacher-led AI experiences for students of all ages in Google Classroom.

Now, educators can instantly create interactive AI learning experiences for students using NotebookLM and Gems right from Google Classroom – and using their class materials. They can then be assigned to students for extra practice, support, and learning opportunities:

Using NotebookLM, educators can select resources from their class to instantly create an interactive study guide and other learning aids like podcast-style audio overviews, mind maps, and more – grounded only in the materials educators upload. See examples.

Educators can create a Gem, which is a custom version of Gemini, for their students to interact with. Teachers can select class materials to inform a new Gem, whether they create one from scratch or select one of the templates in Classroom (Study partner, Quiz me, Brainstorm partner, or Real-world connector). Because Gemini is informed by learning science research through LearnLM, educators’ Gems will lean into best-in-practice pedagogical behaviour as students interact with them – helping students to better understand concepts and test their knowledge, rather than just give them the answer. See examples for educators.

Once created, students will be able to access the teacher-created notebook or Gem on their Classwork page in Classroom, either as a “Class learning resource” at the top of the page, or as part of an assignment.

Who’s impacted

Admins and end users

Why you’d use it

Creating Gems and notebooks from within Google Classroom makes it easier to create AI learning experiences grounded in class materials, as well as to help keep educators in the loop when students are interacting with AI.

Getting started

Admins:

These features will be available based on the respective admin console settings:
NotebookLM: Teachers and students must be in a group or OU with NotebookLM set to On. Use our Help Center to learn more about turning NotebookLM on or off for users.
Gems: Teachers and students must be in a group or OU with Gemini set to On and Gems sharing set to On. Use our Help Center to learn more about turning the Gemini app on or off or turning Gem sharing on or off.

End users:

This feature will be available by default if NotebookLM or Gemini/Gems sharing are enabled by your admin.
Teachers can create a notebook or Gem in Classroom by doing one of the following:

Go to Classroom > Coursework where they will see options for ‘NotebookLM’ or ‘Gem’
Go to Classwork > Create > Assignment or Material where they will see options for ‘NotebookLM’ or ‘Gem’ under ‘Attach’

Students will have access to teacher-created notebooks or Gems from the Classwork item that the teacher attached it to. Students may also see these at the top of the Classwork page if the teacher selects the option to ‘highlight at top of Classwork.’
Use our Help Center to learn more about using NotebookLM or Gems in Classroom:

For teachers: Create Assignments with NotebookLM & Gems in Google Classroom
For students: Explore NotebookLM & Gems assigned to you in Google Classroom

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on September 24, 2025.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus

Resources

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Create videos from your existing Google Slides presentations using Gemini in Google Vids

Update (Oct 10, 2025): This article has been updated due to a change in the rollout timing for Scheduled Release domains. Previously, we expected rollout to Scheduled release to start on October 7, 2025. Now, we expect rollout to start on October 14, 2025.

What’s changing

Earlier this year, we announced the first iteration of the ability to turn existing Google Slides content into engaging videos using Google Vids. Now, we’re expanding that functionality to include Gemini-generated scripts, AI voiceovers, and background music. This makes it easier and faster to transform your existing content into a shareable, engaging video.

Just like before, open vids.new > choose “Convert Slides” > select the Slides presentation you'd like to use, and choose the specific slides you want to import. To use the new Gemini features, ensure the “Include AI voiceover, script, and background music” toggle is enabled.

Vids will then create scenes from each slide and insert scripts, voiceovers and background music. You can make additional edits, such as adding animations to your objects or generating AI video clips with Veo 3.

Getting started

Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
End users:

When creating a new Vid, access this feature by selecting the Convert Slides option.
For existing Vids, you can access this feature by going to the File menu > Convert slides.
Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Google Slides with Google Vids.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on September 23, 2025.
Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on October 14, 2025.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Starter (until May 2026), Standard and Plus
Enterprise Starter (until May 2026), Standard and Plus
Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus
Available for a limited time (until May 2026) in both Education Plus and Teaching and Learning
Nonprofits (until May 2026)

Also available to

Google AI Pro for Education add-on
Google AI Pro & Ultra add-ons

Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature:

Gemini Business* Gemini Enterprise*

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

Resources

Google Workspace Admin Help: Turn Vids on or off for users

Google Help: Get started with Google Vids

Google Help: Learn about Google Vids availability

Google Help: Use Google Slides with Google Vids

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Gemini in Google Sheets now provides smarter, more conversational formula generation

What’s changing

Earlier this year, we made it easier to generate charts and insights using Gemini in Google Sheets. Building on that momentum, we’re excited to announce a significant enhancement to formula generation in Gemini for Sheets. Specifically, we've upgraded Gemini to include detailed natural language formula explanations, provide formula error explanation and self-correction, and to output multiple formula options.

With these updates, Gemini can provide a full, reasoned response, making formula generation smarter and more resilient, and helping users to understand the formulas and calculations happening in their sheets.

1. Detailed natural language formula explanations:

Complex formulas can now be returned with step-by-step explanations of how they work. This improves user understanding and builds trust, making it easier to learn and adapt formulas for future use. If Gemini doesn’t provide an explanation as part of the response, you can always ask in your next query how the generated formula works.

2. Error explanation and self-correction:

Gemini can now explain why a formula failed (e.g., "the date in A1 is formatted as text") and, in a follow-up turn, use the error message to generate a corrected formula that solves the underlying issue.

3. Multiple formula options:

For more complex tasks or when there are several ways to achieve a result, Gemini can now provide multiple formulas.

Getting started

Admins: To access Gemini in Workspace apps, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can turn on the personalization setting for their users in the Admin console.
End users: You can access Gemini for Sheets in the side panel by clicking on “Ask Gemini” (spark button) in the top right corner of Sheets. Visit the Help Center to learn more about collaborating with Gemini in Sheets.

Rollout pace

This update is already available for all Gemini users.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Google AI Pro for Education

Also available to:

Google AI Pro and Ultra

Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature:

Gemini Business* Gemini Enterprise*

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

Resources

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Generate data with AI function in Sheets now available in seven additional languages

What’s changing

Earlier this year, we announced AI function in Sheets. You can use the AI function to prompt Gemini to generate text, summarize information, categorize data, or analyze sentiment at scale with generated content appearing directly in the cells you choose. Now, AI function is available to users in Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, and German.

Getting started

Admins: This feature will be available by default to users with Gemini in Sheets enabled. Use our Help Center to learn more about managing access to Gemini features in Workspace services.
End users: This feature will be available by default for users with access to Gemini in Sheets using Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, or German. Use our Help Center to learn more about using the AI function in Google Sheets.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on September 23, 2025.
Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 6, 2025

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Google AI Ultra for Education

Also available to:

Google AI Pro and Ultra
Gemini Business* Gemini Enterprise*

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

Resources

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Refine Google Chat messages with Gemini to communicate with confidence and clarity

What’s changing

You can now use Gemini to refine messages you’re composing within Google Chat on the web. Gemini can help you improve clarity, conciseness, and accuracy in wording, grammar, and spelling. This can be particularly useful when composing an important message to a large space or a senior stakeholder, or for users communicating in a second language.

By using the feature, users can press send with more confidence and communicate with greater clarity.

Getting started

Admins: This feature will be on by default for eligible users. Use our Help Center to learn how to manage access to Gemini features in Workspace services.
End users: This feature will be available by default for eligible users. You can either select ‘Refine’ from the formatting toolbar, or highlight the text you want to refine and select ‘Refine’ from the floating toolbar. Visit the Help Center to learn how to manage Refine in Google Chat.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on September 23, 2025.
Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on October 7, 2025.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Google AI Pro for Education
Google AI Ultra for Business
Frontline Plus

Also available to:

Google AI Pro and Ultra

Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature:

Gemini Business*
Gemini Enterprise*

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

Resources

Google Help: Use Refine in Google Chat

Thursday, September 18, 2025

Gemini in Chrome will soon be generally available, pre-configure access for end users in advance

What’s changing

In the coming weeks, we’re starting the roll out of Gemini in Chrome to all Google Workspace users with access to the Gemini app. Gemini in Chrome is an AI browsing assistant to help you get things done on Mac and Windows devices, allowing users to ask Gemini for answers and insights, conduct in-depth two-way conversation with Gemini Live, and more using the context of up to 10 browser tabs along with the Google Workspace app.

Ahead of the general availability roll out, admins can decide whether access to Gemini in Chrome is “Allowed” or “Not allowed” for their users, and is configurable using two settings: Chrome Gemini Settings & Gemini app service setting. Please see the ‘Additional details’ section below for important information on compliance certifications for Gemini in Chrome.

We’ll share another update on the Workspace Updates blog with more information when this feature is going to start general availability launch.

Additional details

Data protections and terms of service

Gemini in Chrome is a feature of the Gemini app, a core service listed in the Workspace Services Summary, available at https://workspace.google.com/terms/user_features/. Your access to Gemini app through Gemini in Chrome includes enterprise-grade data protections and is subject to the Google Workspace Terms of Service or your offline Workspace agreement for business customers, and the Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service for education customers. As a reminder, your content won’t be reviewed by human reviewers or otherwise used to improve Generative AI models outside your domain without permission. Learn more at the Generative AI in Google Workspace Privacy Hub.
Note: Not all Workspace editions receive access to the Gemini app as a core service. Visit the Help Center for more information.

Compliance certifications

DISCLAIMER: At launch, the compliance certifications achieved to date for Google Workspace customers accessing the Gemini app as a core service on web or mobile app do not apply to Gemini in Chrome. Specifically:

HIPAA

Gemini in Chrome will be blocked for customers who have signed the HIPAA Business Associate Amendment (BAA).

SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3
ISO / IEC 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, ISO 9001, ISO 42001
FedRAMP High
BSI C5:2020

Service availability

Initially, Gemini in Chrome will be available:

On Mac and Windows
To users 18+ In English only
In the US only

Usage reporting

Gemini in Chrome usage will be included as part of Gemini app usage visible in the Admin Console under Generative AI > Gemini Reports and in other admin reporting tools like the Security Investigation Tool

Getting started

Admins: This feature will be ON by default unless you have already disabled the Gemini app service. It can be turned on/off at the domain, OU, or group level. Access is managed by two admin settings:

Gemini app service setting; The default setting is ON. The Gemini app service setting manages access to the Gemini app on web (gemini.google.com), mobile (iOS and Android apps), and Chrome. Turning this setting off disables access to the Gemini app across all surfaces. Chrome GeminiSettings: The default setting is “0 - Allow Gemini integrations”.
Chrome GeminiSettings manages access to Gemini in Chrome. Turning this setting off disables Gemini in Chrome only, but does not impact the availability of the Gemini app on web (gemini.google.com) or mobile (iOS and Android apps).

End users: There is no end user impact or action required at this time.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Admin console settings available now. Gemini in Chrome is expected to begin General Availability roll out no sooner than October 2, 2025.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Starter, Standard, Plus
Enterprise Starter, Standard, Plus
Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus
Frontline Starter, Standard, and Plus
Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus
Nonprofits

Available for Google Workspace customers with these add-ons:

Gemini Business*
Gemini Enterprise*
Google AI Ultra for Business
Google AI Pro for Education

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

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Thursday, September 18, 2025

Get proactive summaries of text responses in Forms

What’s changing

Previously, users were able to request summaries of responses to specific questions in Google Forms using Gemini. Now, users will see proactive Gemini generated insights in Forms for short-answer or paragraph questions when reviewing responses.

Using Gemini to summarize responses to longer questions helps users more quickly understand the sentiment, analyze feedback, or gain insights from the form without needing to review large amounts of text in detail.

Getting started

Admins: This feature will be on by default for eligible users. Use our Help Center to learn how to manage access to Gemini features in Workspace services.
End users: This feature will be on by default. Users will see the summaries in the ‘Responses’ tab of a form. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Gemini in Forms to summarize responses.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on Sep 15, 2025
Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on Oct 6, 2025

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard, and Plus
Enterprise Standard, and Plus
Google AI Pro for Education

Also available to:

Google AI Pro and Ultra
Gemini Business, Enterprise*

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

Resources

Google Help: Summarize responses with Gemini in Google Forms

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Ask Gemini in Meet: Your Personal Meeting Assistant

What’s changing

Ask Gemini in Meet will soon be available in Google Meet for select Google Workspace customers, offering advanced features to improve your meeting experience.

You can use Ask Gemini to:

Summarize ongoing discussions, or get a recap of what someone said
Improve meeting outcomes by identifying key takeaways, decisions, and action items
Catch up on what you missed if you joined late (if Take Notes for Me was enabled)

Additional details

A user’s interactions and responses from Ask Gemini in Meet are private to that user.
Ask Gemini generates answers by referring to meeting captions, Google Workspace resources (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail, etc.) that the user has permission to view, and content from Google search and public websites.
No caption data will be stored after the meeting ends. Ask Gemini in Meet does not create a meeting recording.
Ask Gemini in Meet cannot answer questions about meeting discussions that happen before the user has joined the meeting, unless Take Notes for Me had already been turned on before they joined.
Only meetings in English are currently supported, but support for more languages is coming soon.
Ask Gemini in Meet is only available on desktop at this time.
Ask Gemini in Meet is not available in breakout rooms at this time.
Gemini in Workspace can make mistakes, including about people, so users should review its output.

Getting started

Admins: Ask Gemini in Meet will be ON by default. Admins can configure it to be OFF or ON at the domain, OU, and Group level in the Admin console by going to Google Workspace > Google Meet > Gemini Settings.
Meeting hosts and co-hosts: Meeting hosts have the ability to turn Ask Gemini in Meet OFF for all meeting participants. Hosts can do so from the Calendar event, or during the meeting by hovering over the Gemini icon and clicking on the three-dot menu, or by going to Host controls > Gemini.
Meeting participants: All meeting participants in a meeting with Ask Gemini in Meet enabled will be shown a consent banner in the meeting. Participants joining a meeting via dial-in will hear an announcement informing them that Ask Gemini in Meet is enabled. Participants with Smart Features disabled will not be able to use Ask Gemini.

Meet homepage disclosure in conference rooms

Pre-meeting disclosure on desktop

In-meeting disclosure shown to all meeting participants on desktop

Hosts will be able to disable Gemini in the meeting, as well as prior to it

Rollout pace

Admin setting

Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Already available for the following plans: Enterprise Plus, Enterprise (Standard), Business Plus, Business Standard, and a few other add-on plans that are no longer supported.

End user availability

Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on, or after, September 29th, 2025.
Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout will begin in October, with a target to complete the rollout by October 17th.

Availability

Ask Gemini in Meet is available for Google Workspace Business Plus customers at this time. It will become available for other Workspace customers in late 2025 or early 2026, once we’ve collected and applied critical user feedback to improve the feature.
If you’d like immediate access for your organization, you can join the Google Workspace Gemini Alpha.

Resources

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Quizzes in the Gemini app are now available to under-18 users

What’s changing

Earlier this year, we announced the ability to generate quizzes for any subject using Canvas in the Gemini app by uploading relevant documents or simply entering a prompt like “Give me a practice quiz about the nervous system”. Now, this feature is also available to users under 18 years of age. This means that students will be able to create their own quizzes, which they could use to help prepare for exams. Also, their educator could create quizzes and share them with their class.

Getting started

Admins: There is no admin control for Canvas.
End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about taking quizzes in the Gemini app, uploading and analyzing files in the Gemini web app and Canvas in Gemini Apps. File upload from Google Drive in Gemini requires you to connect Google Workspace apps & services in Extensions setting. Check out the Teacher Center for courses on how to integrate AI into your teaching practice.

Rollout pace

Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on September 17. 2025

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus
Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus
Google AI Pro for Education
Nonprofits

Also available to:

Google AI Pro and Ultra
Gemini Business, Enterprise*

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

Resources

Thursday, September 11, 2025

See file summaries on the Home page in Google Drive

What’s changing

You can now see Gemini summaries directly within the suggested files surfaced on the Home page in Google Drive. These summaries will show on select Docs, Sheets, Slides, and PDFs in your suggested file list. You can click the “See more” button that appears on hover to view a more in-depth analysis, or ask Gemini follow up questions about the file in the Gemini side panel.

Getting started

Admins: This feature will be on by default for all users with Gemini in Drive enabled. Use our Help Center to learn more about managing Google Workspace smart features for your users.
End users: Navigate to drive.google.com to see file suggestions on Home and click the “See more” button that appears on hover to dig deeper. Use our Help Center to learn more about using Gemini in Google Drive.

Rollout pace

Rapid and Schedules Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on September 4, 2025.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard and Plus
Enterprise Standard and Plus
Google AI Pro for Education

Also available to

Google One AI Premium

Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature:

Gemini Business* Gemini Enterprise*

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

Resources

Friday, September 5, 2025

Use Gemini to refine text in Slides

What’s changing

You can now refine text within a text box in Google Slides using Gemini. In just a few clicks, you can ask Gemini to help rephrase, shorten, formalize, or bulletize the current text using pre-set options optimized for Slides. Alternatively, you can enter your own prompt to have Gemini refine the text. This can help you quickly polish the text on your slides and improve the consumability of the content.

Getting started

Admins: This feature will be on by default for all users with Gemini turned on for Google Slides. Use our Help Center to manage access to Gemini features in Workspace services.
End users: This feature will be on by default. To use it, select a text box and then click the refine icon that appears. Visit the Help Center to learn more about improving your content with Gemini in Google Slides.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on Sept 1, 2025.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Standard, and Plus
Enterprise Standard, and Plus
Google AI Pro for Education

Also available to:

Google AI Pro and Ultra
Gemini Business, Enterprise*

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

Resources

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

'Help me create' in Google Vids now includes support for Google Slides

What’s changing

Earlier this year, we added updates to the AI voiceover features within Help me create in Google Vids. Starting today, you’re now able to include Google Slides presentations as reference materials when constructing your prompts using Help me create and will receive improved Slides analysis and content incorporation into video drafts.

Gemini will generate a video draft by pulling text and visual content from your slides. This includes incorporating relevant Slides, images, and text in drafts, in addition to suggested scripts, AI voiceovers, music, and more.

Who’s impacted

End users

Why you’d use it

With this update, you can create visually engaging videos faster by referencing Slides presentations in Help me create to incorporate images, text and other objects from your Slides into Vids.

Getting started

Admins: Vids will be ON by default and can be disabled at the organizational level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Vids on or off for users.
End users:

To access this feature, simply open Vids.new > select ‘Plan your video story’ > enter a prompt that references a relevant Slides presentation using the “@” symbol.
Vids is currently available in the user’s local language, but the AI features (e.g. Help me create, read-along teleprompter) are only available in English at this time.
Visit the Help Center to learn more about getting started with Google Vids and planning your video with AI in Google Vids.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on September 2, 2025.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Starter**, Standard and Plus
Enterprise Starter**, Standard and Plus
Google AI Pro for Education
Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus
Nonprofits**
Customers with a Gemini Business*, Gemini Enterprise* add-on

Also available to:

Google AI Pro and Ultra

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

**For a limited time, at least through May 31st, 2026, Business Starter, Enterprise Starter and Nonprofit accounts can access generative AI features in Vids. Learn about Google Vids availability.

Resources

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Google AI Pro for Education subscription now available to Workspace for Education customers

What’s changing

Last year, we brought the best of Google AI, including Google Workspace with Gemini, to Workspace for Education customers with two paid add-ons: Gemini Education and Gemini Education Premium.

This past June, we notified education customers that we are simplifying our offerings and bringing even more value by consolidating Gemini Education and Gemini Education Premium into a single add-on subscription, Google AI Pro for Education.

This includes all the advanced features previously found in Gemini Education Premium. Google AI Pro for Education provides access to Gemini in Google Workspace apps, including AI-powered note taking and summaries in Google Meet, expanded access to premium models and features in Gemini for Education and NotebookLM, and more proactive security with AI-enhanced data loss prevention.

Starting today, new customers and resellers can purchase the Google AI Pro for Education add-on, and the Gemini Education and Gemini Education Premium add-ons are no longer available for sale.

Getting started

Admins: No action is needed.

Customers with a Gemini Education subscription now have access to all the features previously found in Gemini Education Premium. At your next renewal, your subscription will be renamed to Google AI Pro for Education.
Customers with a Gemini Education Premium subscription will not see immediate changes. At your next renewal, we will migrate your subscription to Google AI Pro for Education.

End users: There is no end user impact or action required.

Rollout pace

Updates in Admin Console will begin taking effect starting August 28, 2025 and may take a couple weeks to roll out for new customers purchasing a Google AI Pro for Education subscription.
Updates to feature availability for existing customers with a Gemini Education subscription are complete.

Availability

This update impacts Google Workspace for Education customers who previously purchased Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-ons.

Google AI Pro for Education is available for Google Workspace:

Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus

Resources

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Convert images to video with Veo 3 in Google Vids

What’s changing

With this launch, you can upload an image into Google Vids and input a prompt to convert the image into a high quality eight-second video with sound. This experience uses Veo 3 to create dynamic and engaging content effortlessly by transforming product photography, logos, and more from static shots to engaging short videos based on your instructions.

Convert a product image into a dynamic video

Image:

Text prompt used to animate the image: “Camera stays focused on the bag of coffee as a woman walks into frame holding a cup of coffee.”

Video:

Animate an image to create an intro/outro scene

Image:

Text prompt used to animate the image: "Panning shot as more workers wearing safety vests walk into the foreground."

Video:

Getting started

Admins: This feature will be ON by default for all users that can use Vids. Learn more about turning Vids on or off for users.
End users: To use this feature, open the right sidebar in Google Vids and select Generate > Upload image. Use our Help Center to learn about using AI to generate video clips in Google Vids.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on August 27, 2025
Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on September 16, 2025.

Availability

Regions:

For now, the ability to generate a video from an image is not available in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom.

Available for Google Workspace:

Business Starter**, Standard and Plus
Enterprise Starter**, Standard and Plus
Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus
Nonprofits**
Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
Customers with a Gemini Business*, Gemini Enterprise* add-on

Also available to:

Google AI Pro and Ultra

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

**For a limited time, at least through May 31st, 2026, Business Starter, Enterprise Starter and Nonprofit accounts can access generative AI features in Vids. Learn about Google Vids availability.