Google Workspace Wednesday

Issue #166 / 19-AUG-26

Bring your spreadsheet data to life with Sheets canvas

Sheets canvas is a new feature built with Gemini that turns your Google Sheets spreadsheets into custom, interactive "mini-apps." With a simple natural language prompt, you can transform your data into a visual experience that’s easy to understand and even easier to use.

Take Notes for me for in-person meetings is now available

Balancing active participation with note taking during face-to-face discussions can be a challenge. You shouldn't have to choose between staying present in the moment and capturing critical context for later. Google rolling out a new way to make Google Meet the home for all of your meetings, expanding beyond just video calls to support your in-person collaboration.

Managing unsolicited event invitations with user blocking in Google Calendar

You can now protect your calendar from repeated calendar spam and unwanted invitations. When you block a user in Google Calendar, the current event is automatically removed and you no longer receive new calendar invitations from that person.

Introducing Gemini 3.7 Flash

Google is building on the progress of the widely used Flash series by introducing Gemini 3.7 Flash, its most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents. It delivers substantial improvements across software engineering, knowledge work, and web development workflows — with an introductory price of half the original 3.6 Flash cost per million tokens.

Make a copy of a notebook in Gemini Notebook

Gemini Notebook users can now copy entire notebooks, including all associated sources and studio items, if they have copy permission for that notebook. This capability allows users to build upon existing work or templates shared by others.

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