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title: "Google Workspace Wednesday Issue #92 (19-MAR-25)"
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News and updates covering Google Workspace and Google Cloud Platform for small and midsize businesses.

| View in browser Google Workspace Wednesday   Issue #92 / 19-MAR-25 Try Canvas, a new way to collaborate with the Gemini app   You can create, format, and refine your documents or code in Canvas, a new collaborative space in Gemini. After generating a first draft in Canvas, you can rapidly refine and ask Gemini for feedback to suggest edits. Update specific sections or the whole draft, and use the quick editor tools to change the tone, length, or formatting. From essays to blog posts to reports, up-level your documents in Canvas. Read more See summaries of shared Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets files directly in Google Chat   Similar to how Google Chat’s summaries in the home view provide users with a bulleted synopsis of message content, Google is introducing a new way to preview files shared in Chat. Now, users can easily summarize Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets files shared within a Chat conversation. Simply click the new “Summarize this file” button that appears within the respective file preview card in the conversation, and Gemini will summarize the file so you can get a quick overview without having to leave Chat. Read more 5 ways to help your small business thrive with Google Drive   With about 4.7 million new businesses entering the U.S. economy every year, small businesses work hard every day to stay relevant and competitive. Sometimes the difference between finding the right information quickly, or keeping all your important files and project folders organized in one place, can mean the difference between growing as a business or falling behind. There are so many great examples of how small businesses around the world use Google Workspace and tools like Google Drive to move their businesses forward. Read more Introducing a new building block that summarizes content with Gemini in Google Docs   Last year, Google introduced a collection of building blocks designed to help you manage important business workflows in Google Docs, including team task management, project tracking, hiring, and more. Google is announcing an additional building block that adds an AI-generated summary to your content using Gemini in Docs. These AI-generated summaries make it easier to consume long documents and can be particularly useful for content such as technical documents, meeting notes, strategy documents, marketing briefs, and more.  Read more Consent re-confirmation for under 18 users accessing Additional Services will soon be required   When a Google Workspace for Education admin chooses to enable Additional Services for students under the age of 18 to use, they acknowledge that they may be required to collect parental or guardian consent. This includes access to services like YouTube, Google Translate, Google Photos, Google Books, Google Earth and more. Google will now require admins who have Additional Services enabled for users under the age of 18 to re-review them on an annual basis. Read more Follow   \|   View   \|   Visit   \|   Meet Cumulus Global, 4 Bellows Road / 2nd Floor, PO Box 1129, Westborough, MA 01581-6129, USA, +1 (508) 948-4070 / (866) 356-1202 Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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