Automate meeting recording, transcripts and notes for your Google Meet meetings
Admins now have the option to configure meeting recordings, meeting transcripts, and “take notes for me” as on by default for newly created meetings in Meet. Meeting hosts and co-hosts can edit these settings in the Calendar invite, as well as turn these artifacts off during the meeting. These settings can help ensure artifacts are created for specific meetings or series of meetings, like sales calls or town hall meetings, without relying on manual intervention. When these meeting artifacts are turned on, attendees will be notified when they join the green room and when they join the meeting.
Earlier this year, Google announced voice messages in Google Chat, giving users a new way to communicate with others more effectively. Now, Google is introducing video messages in Chat, a new capability that helps you save time, convey more information, and add tone or emphasis. This feature can be useful in a number of scenarios, such as sales or customer support team members sending video updates about new features or account changes, executives sharing company-wide announcements or strategic updates, and team members sending a video with outstanding updates in lieu of attending a live meeting.
Third-party smart chips now available in Google Sheets
Last year, Google introduced the ability to pull rich data from apps directly into Google Docs with third-party smart chips. Since then, many users have embedded content from partner apps, including Asana, Jira & Confluence, Canva, Lucid, Loom, Whimsical, and Zoho Projects. Now, Google is expanding the capability to Google Sheets. Users can add smart chips that pull information from third party apps into Sheets, and they can also paste third-party chips inserted in Docs directly into a spreadsheet.
New summary cards in Gmail help track purchases, events and more
Important details often get scattered amongst apps and emails. While you can count on your Gmail inbox to hold all this valuable information, the sheer volume can be overwhelming. For years, summary cards in Gmail have provided a snippet of helpful information at the top of your emails. But email habits continue to evolve. That’s why Google is announcing big changes to these summary cards and new features to help you find exactly the right information, just when you need it.
New in Gemini: Gemini Live and connected Google apps in more languages
Gemini is designed to be your personal AI assistant — one that’s conversational, intuitive and helpful. To make it even more accessible and useful, Google is expanding Gemini Live to more languages, allowing you to have natural conversations in different languages. Furthermore, Gemini will be able to connect to more Google apps in different languages, making it easier to access information and complete tasks across your favorite Google services.