Google Workspace Wednesday

Issue #90 / 05-MAR-25

Google Vids is updating its AI voiceovers with more expressive options

Since bringing Google Vids to general availability last year, users have engaged with Gemini features in Vids like AI voiceovers. Now, Google is announcing that users can choose from a more expressive range of AI voices for their videos with the introduction of new voices. These high-quality voices offer more natural and expressive voiceovers that dynamically adjust pitch and tone to match your script, whether you wrote it yourself or used the Gemini-powered 'Help me create' to generate your script.

Introducing the Salesforce for Gemini extension in Gmail

Previously, Google announced third party extensions for Salesforce and AI in Workspace. Beginning now, you can install the Salesforce extension for Gemini in Google Workspace, which will allow you to get information from Salesforce and create leads and contacts directly from Gemini in the side panel of Gmail.

Improving Google Calendar's interoperability with Microsoft Outlook

Google recently announced an improved syncing experience from Google Calendar to third-party calendars, like Microsoft Outlook, that allows event guests to enjoy a more reliable syncing experience with less calendar emails in their inbox. Building upon this, Google is announcing that Calendar now reliably processes calendaring emails sent using the Microsoft-specific format for rich text emails. As a result, Calendar users and organizations that routinely collaborate with internal and external Outlook users will now benefit from a more reliable experience when receiving invitations and RSVPs from Outlook users.

Transferring your personal Google Voice number to a Google Workspace business account just got easier

Google is introducing a significantly improved experience for transferring a personal Google Voice number to a Google Workspace account. When using Google Voice on the web, you can go directly to “Account Settings” and then to the "Transfer your number to another Voice account" section. Here, you can enter the Voice number you’d like to transfer and the Google Workspace email address it should now be associated with. Once submitted, your admin can accept the transfer.

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