With generative AI built into Google Workspace apps, along with the introduction of new tools like Vids, the Gemini app, and NotebookLM, Workspace users can create content, research, learn, analyze, and automate tasks further and in new ways – unlocking new levels of productivity. In this guide, Google shows you, app by app, some of the ways you can use AI in Workspace to help you automate, accelerate, kickstart, enhance, and do overall better work.
Express yourself and quickly respond to emails with emojis reactions in Gmail
Google is introducing the ability for users to react to emails in Gmail with emojis. This new feature allows users to quickly respond, acknowledge receipt of an email, and express themselves more authentically. Whether you’re using a gratitude emoji to thank a teammate, voting for a team dinner with a food emoji, or congratulating your client for reaching a milestone with a celebratory emoji, emoji reactions provide an expressive and personalized way of responding to emails.
Expanding Google Vids to Business Starter, Enterprise Starter and Nonprofit customers
Google Vids helps novice video creators easily build videos with a host of Gemini features that get them to a first draft faster using a set of generative AI capabilities. Help me create can generate a fully editable initial storyboard using a prompt and a doc from your Google Drive. After choosing a style, Gemini pieces together your video draft with suggested scenes, including recommended stock media, scripts, AI voiceovers, background music and more. Google is expanding Vids to Business Starter, Enterprise Starter, and Nonprofit customers, giving them full access to Vids, and access to Vids AI features for a limited time.
Enhance Your Organization’s Security with Out-of-Domain File Warnings in Google Workspace
Google is launching Out-of-Domain file-level warnings, now publicly available to all Google Workspace users. Specifically, a badge will be displayed on Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files when the file is owned by or shared with someone outside of your domain. You'll also see a pop-up with more details and the option to report the externally owned file for abuse.