Google Workspace Wednesday

Issue #125 / 05-NOV-25

Improve your writing by grounding Gemini in Google Docs in sources

Google is introducing source-grounded writing help in Google Docs. Gemini will automatically curate a list of sources linked in your document and you can choose to ask it to only pull details from those sources when providing writing assistance via the side panel. This will keep suggestions focused and grounded in trusted content.

New to Google Meet: Continue your conversations in Google Chat

Starting November 10, your Google Meet in-meeting messages will be powered by and available in Google Chat. That means the meaningful feedback that was messaged during the meeting, or key resources and links that were shared are now easily accessible to meeting attendees after the meeting, in a shared Google Chat conversation.

Chat in NotebookLM: A powerful, goal-focused AI research partner

Google is rolling out changes to NotebookLM to make it fundamentally smarter and more powerful. First, a set of back-end improvements provide a major boost to performance and quality, and second, Google is expanding the ability to set goals for your notebook, allowing each notebook to adapt to your needs.

Updated Chat header helps you navigate chat more quickly and easily

Google is introducing a redesigned Google Chat conversation header on the web. The new header offers a simpler, more consistent layout that makes key tools easier to find and use. It includes a side panel where users can access shared content and manage tasks without leaving the conversation view.

Controls for restricting conversation creation in Google Chat available to more organizations

Google is expanding an existing Google Chat feature, previously only available for Education customers, to more Workspace customers. This feature gives administrators the ability to limit who can create new conversations. When this setting is applied to users, they will be prevented from initiating new conversations, or adding new members to existing conversations.

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