Google Workspace Wednesday

Issue #141 / 25-FEB-26

Get quantitative insights from text responses with Gemini in Google Forms

Last year, Google announced proactive Gemini-generated insights in Forms for short answer and paragraph questions helping form creators summarize responses to longer questions and quickly understand sentiment and feedback. It is enhancing that experience to show quantitative insights about percentage and count of responses across different themes in text responses.

Two new functions in Google Sheets

Google is adding two new functions to Google Sheets. These additions help users manage and reference spreadsheets with multiple tabs more effectively. =SHEET(value) returns the sheet number of a specified sheet name or reference. If the argument is omitted, it returns the number of the sheet containing the function. =SHEETS() returns the number of all sheets in the spreadsheet.

More personalized and proactive assistance in Gmail coming to business customers

Gmail is entering the Gemini era, transforming your inbox into a personal, proactive assistant. Google is bringing a number of new features to business users, starting with Gemini Alpha customers. These new capabilities connect the broader context of your work to your business-critical emails. Now, you can unlock rich information tucked away in your inbox and draft detailed, personalized communications in seconds.

New cartoon avatars in Google Vids

AI avatars in Google Vids provide a fast, cost-effective way to generate high-quality digital speakers. While photorealistic avatars are ideal for formal business, Google is introducing new 2D and 3D cartoon-styled avatars that utilize expressive, stylized features to enhance emotional resonance and create a more approachable, universally engaging experience.

Save PDFs to your Google Drive

On Google Chrome on your computer, you can now save PDFs directly to Drive without leaving the page, and easily get back to them later in the “Saved from Chrome” folder.

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