Using text-based or image prompting, you can now generate custom 30 second soundtracks in Gemini. This new capability is powered by Lyria 3, Google’s most advanced music generation model yet.

The Gemini app facilitates new forms of musical expression by transforming prompts and images into custom soundtracks. A user might, for instance, turn a “welcome to the team” email into a track. Or, a student or educator could generate custom instrumentals for class presentations or projects. From funny jingles to lo-fi beats, just describe what you want to hear and let Gemini handle the rest.

Note: Lyria 3 music generation in Gemini is currently available globally in English, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and French for users over the age of 18.

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We are introducing a new capability in Connected Sheets for BigQuery that allows users to generate data forecasts directly within Google Sheets using the power of BigQuery ML (BQML) and Google’s state-of-the-art TimesFM model. Users can now predict future sales, demand volume, or other key business metrics without needing to write SQL, use Python, or customize and train their own models.

We are updating the administrative privileges setting for Windows device management to give administrators more control over how local administrative access is handled on Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices, managed by Google Endpoint Management.

This update simplifies settings and provides greater flexibility for organizations that need to preserve local admin access while managing specific users via Google Workspace. Previously, managing local administrative access used a "Replace" behavior, which removed any existing members from the local administrators group before adding the newly requested ones.

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Today, we’re releasing new adoption and usage metrics to our Gemini reports in the Admin console. These new reports offer administrators comprehensive visibility into AI feature usage and thresholds to help them better manage their Workspace subscription and Gemini adoption. This includes usage data by features, apps, and active users.

With these new metrics, administrators can better understand how users are engaging with Gemini features across Workspace apps. Admins can use this information to make decisions on AI enablement, adoption, and productivity for their organizations. This data also offers insight into when they may need to adjust their Workspace subscriptions and plan for potential upgrades when users have reached their maximum AI usage thresholds.

Gemini usage report in the Admin console that shows per-feature data on active users and users at the limit

User-level Gemini usage report in the Admin console that shows data across apps and overall activity

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Audio summaries in Google Docs, a new Gemini-powered feature that enables you to listen to a brief overview of your document, can help you get up to speed quickly and understand the most important parts of your content. For example, you can quickly catch up on notes before a meeting, or summarize a long report and get the highlights in only a few minutes.

Audio summaries provide a short verbal synopsis of the contents in your document, including multiple tabs. These summaries are typically under a few minutes long, and use a natural speaking style to help you catch up quickly and efficiently.

You can personalize your audio experience by selecting different voices like narrator, persuader, coach, and more.  Plus, you can adjust playback speeds to suit your preferences and learning style.

Quickly access the Listen to document summary option in the Tools menu

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The Figma for Google Workspace add-on helps teams seamlessly collaborate on Figma files and keep everyone on the same page without switching context. The Figma add-on makes it easy to embed Figma files in Google Docs for easy reference and collaborate on Figma files in real-time in Google Meet.

Today, we’re excited to bring Figma into Google Chat, so you can stay on top of updates and comments wherever you work. 

Whether you’re ideating, designing, or building, Figma for Google Chat lets you:

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We’re introducing a “Video calling” setting for Google Meet hardware, allowing you to turn video calling on or off for a device. 

New device-level controls: On each device's settings page in the Admin console, admins will find a new Video calling setting with an ON/OFF toggle. This lets admins enable or disable a device's ability to join meetings at any time. When a newly-enrolled device has video calling turned off, it will display the device’s serial number or name and a short URL on the screen. We've also moved Calendar into its own distinct setting. 

Admin console > Google Meet hardware > [Select a device] > Video calling and calendar

New default enrollment policy for secure setup: To support large-scale or third-party installations, admins can now set a Google Meet hardware customer-level setting so all newly-enrolled devices have video calling on or off. By default, devices will continue to enroll with video calling ON.

Admin console > Devices > Google Meet hardware > Settings > Service settings > New device video calling

This feature enables a two-stage process when installers provision devices in insecure environments. First, installers with only the “Enroll Google Meet hardware” privilege enroll the device with video calling turned off. Later, admins with the “Manage devices” privilege can turn on video calling when the device is in a secure environment.

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We’re introducing the ability for meeting participants to move screen shared content into a standalone window with the “Open in new window” option.

This update gives viewers more flexibility in how they view content during a meeting. By undocking screen shared content—whether it is a presentation, a spreadsheet, or a document—you can move it to a secondary screen or resize it independently. This makes it easier to simultaneously view the screen shared content and participants in the video meeting, helping you stay connected and collaborate more easily.

This feature works for all screen share content types.

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Google Vids is designed to help users share information and tell stories through video. To help more users create professional-quality content, we are making three features in Vids available to all users, regardless of what Workspace edition they use. These features include:

When you draft an email, Proofread can suggest improvements beyond spelling and grammar corrections like conciseness, active voice, sentence structure, and word choice so everything is polished before you send. We recently launched this feature to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, and we’re now bringing it to additional Workspace plans.

Example of Conciseness suggestion

Workspace customers will get promotional access to higher usage limits of Proofread, allowing users to experiment with this feature. Per-user usage limits may apply afterward; we’ll provide more information in a future update prior to any changes.

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Last year, we announced the launch of the Google Classroom API Student Groups endpoints through the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program (DPP). Now, Student Groups endpoints are generally available, so developers no longer need to be in the Developer Preview Program (DPP) to access them.

Student Groups endpoints enable developers to manage student groups and group members on behalf of administrators and teachers. Specifically, developers can: 

With this launch, developers can programmatically read and manage student groups in Google Classroom, enabling greater integration between Google Classroom and other tools used by teachers and schools. 

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We recently launched full-length practice tests in Gemini, starting with the SAT. Today, we're expanding practice tests to support the JEE Main.

We have grounded practice tests in rigorously vetted content from leading education companies like PhysicsWallah and Careers360, to build a best in class experience for learners coming to Gemini. This helps ensure that you’re not just practicing — you’re preparing with material that more closely resembles what you’ll see on test day. 

To try it out, just tell Gemini “I want to take a JEE Main mock test.” 

Note: This feature is currently available in English only. 

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As of January 27, 2026, speech translation in Google Meet is no longer restricted to businesses in a limited alpha program; it is now available for Google Workspace customers with select plans. This feature utilizes the technology detailed in our research on real-time speech-to-speech translation to translate spoken language in near-real-time, helping global teams communicate more naturally and reducing the friction of language barriers. Speech translation is already available to users with personal accounts subscribed to Google AI plans.

This launch follows our recent announcement regarding new admin controls, ensuring organizations can configure this capability to best suit their needs.

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Speech translation allows participants to speak in their native language while others hear the translation in theirs. Unlike translated captions, which only display text, speech translation preserves the flow of conversation by creating an audio translation dubbed over the original speech that mimics the speaker’s tone and speaking cadence.

Why it matters

Speech translation is designed to make meetings more inclusive and effective. By preserving the speaker's tone of voice, it makes it easier for participants to distinguish who is speaking, even in group settings. This helps maintain the emotional context and expressiveness of the conversation without the need to constantly read subtitles.

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• Language support: At launch, the feature supports bidirectional translation between English and Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Italian.
• Single language pair per meeting: Currently, only one language pair (e.g., English <-> Spanish) can be active in a meeting at a time.
• Meeting room hardware: Users in conference rooms can hear translations but their own speech will not be translated.
• Mobile support: Speech translation will roll out to the Meet Android and iOS apps in the coming months.
• Ongoing improvements: In the coming months, users can expect visual updates to the user interface, as well as refinements to translation accuracy and nuance.

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Workspace customers will get promotional access to higher usage limits of speech translation for at least 60 days, allowing users to experiment with these features. Per-user usage limits will apply afterward; we’ll provide more information in a future update prior to any changes.

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• Admins: Speech translation will be ON by default and can be disabled/enabled at the organizational unit (OU) level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Speech translation on or off for Meet.
• End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Speech Translation.

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• Rapid Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) started on January 27, 2026
• Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on February 18, 2026

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• Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Frontline Plus
• Google AI Pro and Ultra
• Google AI Ultra for Business add-on
• Google AI Pro for Education add-on

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• Google Help: Learn about Speech Translation
• Keyword: How AI made Meet’s language translation possible

Gemini in Chrome is rolling out now to Chromebook Plus devices in the US. This feature empowers business and education users with AI tools that integrate seamlessly into their daily browsing workflows while maintaining strict data governance. It’s also available to users with personal Google accounts who can access the Gemini app.

Gemini in Chrome allows users to:

Starting today, we’re bringing generative AI capabilities in Google Workspace for Education to more educators and students around the world. The following features are now available to users 18 and older with a Google Workspace for Education Plus or Teaching and Learning add-on license at no additional cost:

We’re introducing video conferencing device interoperability for Google Meet with Microsoft Teams, which will allow you to:

Last year, we announced that form creators can upgrade their existing forms to have granular controls over who can respond to those forms via sharing settings.  Specifically, form creators can limit response access to specific users, groups, or target audiences, similar to how file owners can restrict the sharing of Google Docs, Sheets, Slides or Sites files in Drive. 

We’re excited to announce that we will now automatically upgrade all existing forms to have granular controls over who can respond. This automatic upgrade will not change who can access or respond to the form. Once the upgrade is complete, form creators can make changes to who can respond using the new granular controls, if desired. The form will remain available to receive new responses while it is being upgraded. Admins may see Drive log entries for forms we upgrade, indicating that we've changed its "publish status.”

Form creators can control who can respond to existing forms by sharing to specific users or groups

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Starting today, we're bringing audio, video, and screencast recording functionality to Google Classroom. This new functionality is designed to help transform teaching and learning through multimodality, improving communication, intake, and retention for learners.

Now, teachers and students (when permitted) will see a record button where they can initiate, record, and post audio, video, or screencasts without ever leaving Classroom.

This new recording feature will be available in several key areas:

Google Calendar offers event color labels for events on your primary calendar, which help users to visually organize their meetings and categorize them with Time Insights. Currently, color labels are only visible to users who have “Make changes to events and manage sharing” permissions for a primary calendar. 

Starting February 27, 2026, we are expanding this to include users who have  “Make changes to events” permissions. Currently, these users are only able to see the colors, not the labels — which made color categorizing events harder.

Starting today, Workspace users can now add notebooks from NotebookLM as a source in the Gemini app. This will provide deeper, more relevant responses that are grounded in the sources in your notebook. This functionality is already available to consumers, and we’re excited to share that it is now expanding to Enterprise and Education users of all ages. 

NotebookLM is a powerful tool for synthesizing information from vast document collections, including PDFs, Google Docs, and more, all with clear, citable sources. By adding notebooks directly into Gemini, users can seamlessly build upon this deep, specific knowledge base and get more relevant responses with the full power of Gemini’s advanced conversational and content-creation capabilities.

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• Create content based on your notebook
• Add a notebook to a Gem 
• Use other Gemini tools (like Canvas, Veo, Guided Learning, or Deep Research) based on the contents of your notebook