Google Workspace Wednesday

Issue #77 / 20-NOV-24

Automatic framing is now available to everyone in Google Meet video calls

Depending on their camera placement, some meeting participants might be less visible than others. With automatic framing, Google Meet will automatically center your video before joining a meeting to help ensure equal visibility for all participants. The automatic framing happens only once, so there are no motion distractions that can divert attention from the content of the meeting. Additionally, Meet will now continuously keep you centered when using a virtual background, ensuring your background is fixed and not constantly reframing.

Table reference improvements in Google Sheets

Since introducing tables in Google Sheets, Google has made numerous improvements to ensure users are equipped with the tools they need to accelerate spreadsheet building. Table references, a way to refer to a table or parts of a table in a formula, are just one example of how tables reduce time spent manually formatting data. Now, Google is announcing updates to table references that enhance discoverability and usability.

More ways to get started quickly with building blocks in Google Docs

For the last few years, users have added building blocks, including custom blocks, to their Google Docs to quickly spin up email drafts, meeting notes, reusable templates and more. Google is introducing a new collection of building blocks designed to help you manage important business workflows in Docs, including team task management, project tracking, hiring, and more.

Add multiple multimedia files to a single message in Google Chat

Users can currently send & share files such as images, PDFs, and videos in Google Chat messages and use the Shared tab to access all conversation-related artifacts including files, links, and media. However, only one image can be uploaded in a single Chat message on web at a time. To improve upon this functionality, Google is announcing that users can now upload and send up to 20 multimedia files (photos and videos) in one Chat message. Dragging and dropping multimedia files into the compose bar from your desktop is also supported.

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