Gmail: Google has rolled out several new updates for its Workspace users. These updates include apps like Gmail, Google Docs, Drive, Meet, Sheets and Vids. Markdown files can now be opened and edited directly in Docs and Drive with the help of new features. when Gmail And Docs has added new voice features for searching information and creating drafts by speaking.
Apart from this, Google Meet will also have the facility of live translation in 63 languages. According to the company, these new features are rolling out to Workspace users gradually.
Markdown files can be edited directly in Docs and Drive
Google Docs and Drive now support opening and editing Markdown (.md) files directly. That means users will not need to convert these files to other formats first. Along with commenting on such files in Google Docs, previous changes can also be seen through Version History. When opening the Markdown file in Drive, things like tables and links will also appear in the correct format. This feature can be especially useful for people who work on technical documents and AI prompts.
You can work by speaking in Gmail and Docs
Google has also added new voice features called Gmail Live and Docs Live.
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Gmail Live: With the help of this feature, users will be able to find the required information by speaking in their email. For example, someone could ask a voice question about a meeting date or a project update in an old email.
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Docs Live: In this feature, users will be able to speak their thoughts and turn them into a draft like a project brief or executive summary.
Apart from this, this feature can also help in collecting necessary information from emails, chats and Drive files.
Live translation in 63 languages in Google Meet
Google Meet now features real-time speech translation for 63 languages. During meetings, this feature can translate people’s conversations and show captions in the language of each member’s choice. Each user can turn on this feature according to their needs. Apart from this, the Quick Notes feature has also been modified. He will now prepare a one-page summary of the main decisions of the meeting and the work to be done. Full notes and transcript of the meeting will also be available along with it.
Coming to Workspace from Microsoft 365 just got easier
According to Google, the process of transferring data from Microsoft 365 to Workspace can be up to five times faster with the help of new migration tools.
Data can be transferred through these tools as follows:
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Microsoft Teams messages and attachments in Google Chat.
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OneDrive files to Google Drive.
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SharePoint Online library in Shared Drives.
The special thing is that there is no extra charge for using these migration tools.
New AI features in Sheets and Vids too
Fill with Gemini and AI functions in Google Sheets can now handle web sources. Apart from this, the facility of working up to 3,000 cells will also be available at the same time. On the other hand, Google Vids is offering an option to create AI videos with the help of Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash. Users will now be able to create long video clips, choose their duration and enhance the video quality up to 1080p. These new updates can make writing emails, creating documents, participating in meetings and working with AI in Google Workspace easier and faster.