Google Workspace Wednesday

Issue #84 / 22-JAN-25

Google Workspace enables the future of AI-powered work for every business

Google is now including the best of Google AI in Workspace Business and Enterprise plans, giving every business the tools they need to innovate for tomorrow. By removing the need to pay for an add-on to access its latest generative AI capabilities, Google is simplifying its plans and pricing to bring the added value of Google AI to all Workspace customers.

Configure Google Meet hardware devices to trust private certificate authorities

Google Meet hardware devices can now trust certificates signed by a private certificate authority, enabling them to securely load a third-party room control system's UCI. This gives you more control over your network security and eliminates the costs and complexities associated with public certificate signing.

See phonics-based performance insights for decodable books in Google Classroom

Last year, Google introduced Read Along in Classroom, a new feature that helps students build their independent reading skills by enabling teachers to assign differentiated reading content. This feature includes access to a growing library of decodable books that educators can assign to practice specific decoding skills. To improve upon the current analytics dashboard experience and provide teachers with phonics-based performance insights, Google is adding a new analysis section. With this update, teachers will see details about how a student or class is performing on the individual phonics skills listed in a decodable book and words that need practice.