Google Workspace Wednesday

Issue #146 / 01-APR-26

Gemini 3.1 Flash Live:

Making audio AI more natural and reliable

Google is advancing Gemini’s real-time dialogue capabilities with Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, its highest-quality audio and voice model yet. It delivers the speed and natural rhythm needed for the next generation of voice-first AI, offering a more intuitive experience for developers, enterprises and everyday users.

Lyria 3 Pro: Create longer tracks in more Google products

Google is bringing Lyria 3, its most advanced music generation model, to more Google products, and introducing Lyria 3 Pro. This advanced version allows the creation of tracks up to 3 minutes long, with customization and creative control. It better understands musical composition, so you can now prompt for specific elements like intros, verses, choruses and bridges. It’s great for experimenting with different styles or generating songs with complex transitions.

Ensure accurate meeting records with automatic language detection in Google Meet

Google is introducing automatic language detection in Meet to help ensure your meeting transcripts, summarized notes, and recorded captions are as accurate as possible. Meet now intelligently detects the language being spoken during a session one time per-meeting. If the detected language does not match the current meeting language setting, a nudge will appear on-screen for the user, allowing a quick switch to the correct language.

Safeguarded guest admit flow in Google Meet

The new safeguarded guest admit flow in Meet assists hosts in meetings when they respond to users. This makes it easier for hosts to handle large volumes of requests and helps reduce the attention and time needed. Meeting hosts will now get those requests presented in two separate queues. A new second queue now shows requests from connections where the host is more likely to need a closer look before deciding to approve them into the meeting.

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