Including the Alt text option in the Image options sidebar of Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drawings
Reminder: delegators must re-approve contacts delegates by August 2023
In May 2023, we announced that delegated users can manage contact labels on behalf of their delegator via
contacts.google.com. As part of this update, delegators need to review existing delegates, as well as add new delegates. This must be completed by July 31, 2023 or delegates will lose access to manage contacts. Admins can also make these adjustments for users in their ___domain using the Admin SDK API to remove and re-add the contacts delegate privilege. | Learn more about
managing contact labels.
Previous announcements
The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.
Ability to create spaces, memberships, group chats, and more using the Google Chat API is now generally available
Last year, we announced that developers could use the Google Chat API to programmatically create new spaces and add members to those spaces through the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program. Those features are now generally available for all Google Workspace developers. | Learn more about
Google Chat API.
AppSheet Core licenses will be included by default for more Google Workspace editions, along with a new Admin security setting
We’re expanding AppSheet Core license access to additional Google Workspace editions and also giving Admins a new org-level setting, which controls how users are able to use their AppSheet Core licenses, including whether app data can be shared externally. | AppSheet Core licenses are already included for ___domain-verified Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Essentials Plus, and Education Plus users. AppSheet Core licenses will now be included for ___domain-verified Google Workspace Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Standard, Frontline Starter and Standard, Nonprofits, and Education Standard customers. | Learn more about
AppSheet Core licenses.
Improved meeting room suggestions in Google Calendar
To better optimize meeting rooms and foster greater collaboration, especially in a hybrid work environment, we’ve introduced an updated
structured meeting room setting. The
working ___location set by a user is taken into account for all room suggestions, and in cases where ___location data is unavailable, proposed meeting rooms will be based on frequently used rooms. | Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Plus, and Nonprofits only. | Learn more about
room suggestions in Google Calendar.
Introducing membership search and the option to add up to 50,000 members to spaces in Google Chat
We’re increasing the number of users you can add to a space in Google Chat from 8,000 to 50,000. We’re also introducing the ability to easily search for members within a space. | Learn more about
new capabilities in spaces.
Programmatically read and write working locations for a portion of the day with the Calendar API
Recently, we
introduced the ability for users to set working locations in Calendar that indicate where they’re working for specific portions of the day. Now, we’re adding the ability to programmatically read and write working locations for specific portions of the day. This update expands on the existing reading and writing functionality announced earlier this year. | Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Plus, Education Standard, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade and Nonprofits customers only. | Learn more about the
Google Calendar API.
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