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Google has announced new features and updates to Smart Canvas today, which brings a refreshed user interface to the feature set that was originally launched in 2021 for Google Workspace users.

Google Meet is rolling out the Dark Canvas theme that replaces light interface elements on the home screen with darker ones. It is also announcing a new set of wallpapers for users.

Google has decided to let personal G Suite legacy free edition customers carry on using the service and won't insist they move to Google Workspace. The legacy service will not get support.

In order to prevent the accidental sharing of audio or video, Google has revealed that Meet will automatically exit meetings for you if you are the last person in a call and don't respond to a prompt.

Google Drive can now display warning banners to alert users of potentially malicious files. The new resource is available to all Google Workspace, G Suite Basic, and Business users.

If you have lost drafts while filling forms in the past, you will be pleased to know that Google has now announced autosave capabilities for Google Forms. The feature is rolling out now.

After rolling out the ability to blur or change the background in Meet on iOS last month, Google today announced that the feature is live for iOS users. Compatible devices are limited, however.

Google's legacy G Suite for Education will now be called Workspace for Education after it rebranded its suite of office apps to Workspace last year. The new suite has four tiers instead of two.

Google announced a bunch of features coming to Meet aimed at education customers, including new meeting management features such as mute all, improved performance on Chromebooks, more.

Gmail on the web has added a new capability that allows you to resize the Chat and Rooms sections in the left-side navigation by dragging the header. The new update is available from today.

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Google has announced some new features for the Workspace suite of tools, including the ability to immediately edit Microsoft Office files in Gmail and a Macro Conversion add-on for Excel files.

Google today announced that it is adding intelligent search suggestions and history sync for Google Drive on Android and iOS. The features begin rolling out to all users starting today.

Google is rolling out a new update to Gmail that allows you to view additional information about your contacts or people in your team such as their manager, among others, within Gmail's side panel.

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Google Meet has added a new feature that makes it easier to accept pending requests to join a meeting, called knocks, all at once. It's rolling out to both business and personal Google accounts.

Google Cloud has announced Google Workspace, a new brand identity for its integrated product experience that brings together messaging, meetings, docs, and tasks. It is a transformation of G Suite.

Google is rolling out dark mode to Docs, Sheets, and Slides on iOS today after releasing the feature to the apps' Android version in July. It's available on personal and enterprise Google accounts.

A number of Google services like Drive, Keep, Docs, and others are experiencing a service outage preventing users from uploading files, sending emails, and more. Google has acknowledged the outage.

Google is bringing enhancements to Docs, Slides, and Sheets on mobile. Docs gets link previews and Smart Compose, while Slides gets a new design for previews. The comments UI is also improved.

Google has started rolling out the dark theme for its Chat app on iOS and Android, available to all G Suite customers starting today. There are other minor changes to the app's interface as well.

Google is rolling out a new security feature to Gmail for G Suite that will require some organizations to authenticate their corporate logos. Meet and Chat are also getting a few security updates.

Google announced today a bevy of new capabilities coming to Gmail for G Suite customers. These changes are meant to provide an integrated workspace to users, combining Meet, Chat, and Rooms.

A major Gmail redesign for G Suite users is in the works. The images from Google Cloud's upcoming virtual event hint that the tool would indeed become the rumored unified messaging app for businesses.

Google Calendar on the web now lets users add more information like guest permissions, attachments to event descriptions, custom notifications, and more right from the event creation pop-up.

Google today announced that it is rolling out support for dark mode for its productivity apps. The feature adapts to the system settings and also lets users select the theming based on preference.

Today, Google announced that its Gmail app on iPadOS finally announced Split View, letting you use it side-by-side with other apps. You'll even be able to use two instances of the app with iPadOS 14.

Google announced today the general availability of Connected Sheets, which was rolled out in beta last year. This lets you analyze and work on billions of rows of BigQuery datasets without SQL.

Google announced a bunch of features making it to G Suite education customers such as a 49-user tiled layout for video, option to replace or blur backgrounds in video, polling, and more.

Google is extending the availability of Meet's advanced features to G Suite and G Suite for Education customers until September 30 at no cost. The free access was initially set to expire on July 1.