Announcements of the week
New intelligent, content based detection and additional regional security detectors for data loss prevention
We’re adding 40+ content detectors, which expand the type of content that data loss prevention (DLP) in Drive can scan and detect. Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, as well as Cloud Identity Premium customers. Read more.
Define and manage Chat Spaces, space descriptions, and guidelines with a new “manager” role
We’re introducing several improvements for Spaces in Google Chat to help you better organize people, topics, and projects. These improvements include: Manager role, space descriptions and space guidelines. Read more.
View bandwidth availability and usage during meetings via the Meet quality tool
Admins can now use the Meet quality tool to view inbound and outbound bandwidth information—both used and available—for their users. Surfacing this information helps admins visualize participants bandwidth compared to the quality of a call, making it easier for them to determine where a bandwidth bottleneck could be causing low quality. Admins can use the graphs to view sent and received bandwidth, used bandwidth, and the bandwidth availability over time. Hovering over a data point surfaces numerical readouts and exact timestamps. Read more.
Embed linked Google Forms charts into Google Docs, Google Slides, and Google Drawings
You can now embed linked response charts from Google Forms into a Google Doc, Google Slides presentation, or a Google Drawing. When new form responses are received, anyone with the proper permissions can refresh an embedded chart by simply clicking the “Update” button. This eliminates the need to re-copy the chart from the form. Read more.
Embedding a form chart
See Google Drive events involving external users in your audit logs
Admins will now be able to see events that include both their organization and another external organization or user (Copy, Move, ACL Change, etc.) in their Drive audit logs. Available to all Google Workplace customers with the Drive audit log feature. Read more.
More information included in comment notifications to help avoid phishing and malware
When someone mentions you in a comment in a Google Workspace document, we send you an email notification with the comment and the commenter’s name. With this update, we are adding the commenter’s email address to the email notification. Read more.
Use People Search in Cloud Search and Cloud Search APIs
You can now use People Search in Google Cloud Search to find people within your organization with a simple search query. You can search for a person based on any profile attribute such as name, email, location or roles. You can also search for a person based on custom fields or a combination of attributes. People profiles that match the user’s query are displayed at the top of cloudsearch.google.com search results. Available to Google Workspace Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, and Education Plus customers. Also available to all Google Cloud Search customers. Read more.
