Google Workspace Updates
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Google Workspace Weekly Recap - August 28, 2026
Google Workspace has released several updates to enhance user experience and administrative control. A refreshed user interface for Google Meet hardware touch controllers on Neat and Poly devices offers a more efficient meeting experience. Gemini app now generates interactive simulations and models from user questions, transforming complex topics into visualizations. Google Chat spaces now allow owners and managers to restrict who can view member lists, improving privacy. Data import for Microsoft Teams and OneDrive is now generally available, simplifying large-scale migrations to Google Workspace. Google Sheets preserves grouped pivot table fields for reuse in the editor sidebar. Users can now control "Take notes for me" directly from Google Meet hardware touch controllers. Google Classroom supports Context-Aware Access controls, allowing granular security policies for access. Google Calendar interoperability with third-party video conferencing solutions like Teams, Zoom, and Webex has been improved. A new per-event setting in Google Calendar allows suppressing email responses to invitations and updates. Client-side encrypted PDF and image files can now be previewed directly in Google Drive beta. Gemini-based data classification for Google Drive is now in open beta, leveraging AI to apply classification labels.