Google Workspace Wednesday

Issue #127 / 19-NOV-25

A new era of intelligence with Gemini 3

Google is taking another big step on the path toward AGI and releasing Gemini 3. It’s the best model in the world for multimodal understanding and Google’s most powerful agentic and vibe coding model yet, delivering richer visualizations and deeper interactivity — all built on a foundation of state-of-the-art reasoning.

Block off time to work on a task in Calendar

Users can now easily block off time on their calendar to work on a specific task. On your calendar, select an empty slot > click task. From here, you can add the relevant task and description, and customize details like visibility and do not disturb settings. Now you can work on a specific task without any disruptions.

Google is expanding access to Gemini in Google Vids

Google is expanding access to a select number of powerful Gemini features in Google Vids to anyone who has a Gmail account. With these features, you can use Gemini to turn your ideas into polished videos faster than ever and bring your story to life. Use AI-generated voiceovers, instantly clean up recordings with transcript trimming to remove silences and filler words, or give your visuals some pop with built-in AI image editing.

Use Veo 3.1 ingredients-to-video to create clips from images in Google Vids

You can use the new ingredients-to-video capability powered by Veo 3.1 in Google Vids to create eight-second video clips. Simply choose up to three images, write an instructive prompt, and Veo in Vids will generate the clip. This new capability generates clips with consistent subjects, characters, and objects to help you tell a strong, cohesive story.

Desk phone support and on-demand call recording now available in the Google Voice Starter plan

Google is expanding the capabilities of its Google Voice Starter plan by adding two highly requested features already available in Voice Standard and Voice Premier plans. Desk phone and analog telephone adapter support allows organizations to provision and manage compatible desk phones and adapters, and on-demand call recording lets end users easily record important calls.

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