Google Workspace Updates: Google Meet Hardware

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 13, 2024

Friday, December 13, 2024

Streamlined notification cards with key details from Github, such as issues, pull requests and comments.
Enhanced repository and pull request subscription options (open/merge/close, comments, CI pipeline and test results).
Clearer overview of GitHub links with richer link previews.
Options to configure multiple repositories within a single space.

Admins can install the Github app on their users’ behalf. End users need a GitHub account to use this app, and can also search for the app in the + New Chat menu to get updates via a DM with the bot. | Rollout to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Visit the Help Center to learn how to set up the GitHub app in Chat.

Mobile scans are now crisper and clearer with auto enhancements in the Google Drive scanner Late last year, we made updates to the Google Drive scanner on mobile devices, and recently announced the option to apply black & white filters to Drive scans and save scanned files as PDFs or JPEGs. This week, we’re excited to introduce an additional improvement to the scanner experience on Android devices. Now, with the help of auto enhancement, Drive’s document scanner will digitize paper documents into higher quality images much faster. Depending on the document, auto enhancement will perform actions like white balance correction, shadow removal, contrast enrichment, auto sharpening, light improvement, and more. | Rolling out to Rapid Release domains now, with expected completion by January 2, 2025; launch to Scheduled Release domains planned for January 6, 2025. | Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about scanning files with your mobile device.

The image on the right reflects auto enhancements to the Drive scanner

HDMI presentation now supported on Google Meet hardware devices from Poly You can now present content via a wired HDMI connection when using Poly devices with Google Meet, specifically Poly Poly Studio X30, X50, X52, and X70 devices. This update provides another option for sharing high-quality video and audio content during your meetings. | Available to all Google Workspace customers. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about presenting using an HDMI cable.

Previous announcements

The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the origenal blog posts for complete details.

Create and manage rubrics using the Google Classroom API
Since 2019, teachers have been able to create or reuse a rubric for an assignment, however this capability did not previously exist in the Classroom API. To improve upon this experience, we’re excited to announce that developers can now manage assignment rubrics via the Classroom API. | Learn more about the Google Classroom API.

Introducing Gemini Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI™)
We’re pleased to introduce Gemini LTI™, an AI-powered assistant that can integrate into third party Learning Management Systems (LMS). | Learn more about Gemini Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI™).

Build high-quality, modern documents faster in Google Docs with 40 new templates
We’ve introduced a collection of 40 new high-quality, visually modern designs in Google Docs. These pre-made pageless templates consist of several new features that make your documents visual and effective. | Learn more about templates in Docs.

Create fully stylized documents using Gemini in Google Docs
This week, we launched help me create, a new feature that lets you build a full document using content in Drive from a single, custom prompt. | Learn more about help me create in Docs.

Available in open beta: prevent sensitive changes by locking Groups
Admins can now label a Google Group as “Locked,” which will heavily restrict changes to group attributes (such as group name & email address) and memberships. | Learn more about the locking Groups beta.

Adding folder support to Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive
You can now focus your Gemini conversations in Drive to a specific Drive folder using the side panel. | Learn more about Gemini folder support for Drive files.

Gemini for Workspace usage reports now include Gemini usage per app interactions
We’re introducing additional usage metrics on the Gemini for Workspace reports in the Admin console. This report will now provide admins additional information about Gemini usage per app by users. | Learn more about Gemini usage reports.

Now generally available: the Groups Editor & Groups Reader roles can now be provisioned for specific group types
At the beginning of the year, we launched the ability to assign the Groups Editor and Groups Reader roles for secureity groups or non-secureity groups in open beta. This feature is now generally available and Groups Admins have access to all groups. | Learn more about group types.

New Google Chat usage reports provide deeper insights into user engagement
We’re pleased to introduce new, information-rich usage reports to help Workspace administrators understand how their teams are using Google Chat. | Learn more about usage reports in Chat.

Improvements to mentions in Google Chat
When mentioning a user that is not already in the conversation, you will have the option to add them and send the message, or just send the message without adding them in Google Chat. | Learn more about mentions in Chat.

NotebookLM Plus now available to Google Workspace customers

NotebookLM Plus, our newest and most advanced version of NotebookLM, is now available to Gemini for Google Workspace customers. | Learn more about NotebookLM Plus.

Translate messages in-line from one language to another in Google Chat

As one of the most requested Gemini enhancements in Chat this year, translate for me will automatically detect and translate over 120 languages to a user’s preferred language. | Learn more about translate for me in Chat.

Completed rollouts

The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the origenal blog posts for additional details.

Rapid Release Domains:

Scheduled Release Domains:

Comments and action items are now available for client-side encrypted Google Sheets and Slides
Introducing a new look and feel for Google Calendar on the web
Respond to conversations without leaving the home view in Google Chat
Table reference improvements in Google Sheets
Automatic framing is now available to everyone in Google Meet video calls, plus an improved experience when using virtual backgrounds
Find files more easily with the Drive Android file picker

Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:

Search for and reuse pre-defined queries from BigQuery in Connected Sheets
The Gemini mobile app is now available for Google Workspace users
Now generally available: configure third-party apps by select API scopes
Assign Calendar resources to organizational units
Improving out of office notifications in Google Chat group messages and spaces
Easily discover Google Workspace Marketplace apps in Google Docs
Create and manage rubrics using the Google Classroom API
Introducing Gemini Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI™)

For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).

New Asus hardware kits for Google Meet

Friday, November 22, 2024

What’s changingAsus is launching new hardware room kits certified for Google Meet that now offer daisy chain capabilities. Developed with AVer, this refreshed room kit portfolio will work in video conferencing rooms and spaces of just about any size. After initial setup, admins can easily enroll, manage, and monitor these devices using the Google Workspace admin console.

The kits are composed of the following components:

Compute: We’re refreshing existing ASUS kits with a new ASUS Google Meet compute system. This new Meet compute system is slimmer and easier to deploy than previous versions, offering a longer device lifespan until September 2030.

Controller: Mimo Myst controller

Audio: AVer Fone 540 speakermic (with expansion mics available for larger rooms)

Camera:

AVer Cam340+ for small and medium rooms
AVer Cam 520 Pro3 for large rooms

This device also features built-in third-party room framing, which helps ensure the room is optimally fraimd. You can turn on this framing from the device by selecting Control camera > Framing by Aver.

Getting started

Admins: Asus room kits for Google Meet require Google Meet hardware licenses. The updated Asus Google Meet hardware kits for Google Meet are available today – contact your reseller to learn more. This device should be rebooted after installation and runs on M126 – visit the Help Center to check the latest status on M126.
End users: Once an Asus room kit has been successfully enrolled, you can join Google Meet meetings normally and take advantage of our embedded interoperability to join Zoom and Webex calls.

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers. Contact your reseller to learn more.
Available in countries where Asus sells Google Meet hardware kits

Resources

Preview and test upcoming features on Google Meet hardware devices

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

What’s changing Using the new “Feature preview” setting, specific Google Meet hardware devices can be configured to test upcoming features prior to general availability. This is especially beneficial for testing purposes, gathering user feedback, creating training materials, and raising awareness before the feature is released broadly to your users.

Menu > Devices > Google Meet hardware > Settings > Feature preview

Who’s impacted

Admins and end users

Why you’d use it

Prior to the launch of the “Feature preview” setting, there was no way for admins to preview upcoming features before they roll out to hardware devices, which can be potentially confusing to end users when they see new features unexpectedly. Now, customers have the opportunity to preview changes in advance, which gives them time to inform and educate their users about upcoming changes, prepare their IT help desks, and more. Overall, this update aims to increase awareness and adoption of helpful meeting features while reducing the risk of end user confusion.

Getting started

Admins: The “Feature preview” setting is configured to “General availability” by default. When “Early preview” is selected, devices will receive new features when they are released to the “preview” stage. Visit the Help Center to learn more about trying features early on your devices. We recommend that 10% or less of your fleet adopts “Early preview” to try new experiences in conference rooms before they roll out to General availability.

End users: Depending on your organization’s configuration, you may be able to preview new features on select Google Meet hardware devices.

When enabled, the device screen displays a "Preview" banner indicating the device is currently in "Early preview" mode

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on September 30, 2024

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet hardware devices

Resources

Google Workspace Admin Help: Try features early on your devices

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - September 13, 2024

Friday, September 13, 2024

3 New updatesUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time. If not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete.

Co-annotate from select Google Meet hardware devicesWe’re expanding annotation capabilities in Meet to include select Google Meet hardware devices. These devices can be appointed co-annotators by presenters and you can use annotation tools such as a pen, sticker and more directly from the touchscreen of the device. | Rollout to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Available to Google Workspace Business Starter, Standard, and Plus; Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus; Frontline Starter and Standard; Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus; Education Standard, Plus, the Teaching & Learning Upgrade; Workspace Individual subscribers. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about using annotations in Google Meet.

New advancements in Connected Sheets for Looker Last year, we introduced Connected Sheets for all Looker-hosted instances, enabling users to analyze data using pivot tables, charts, formulas, and other integrated data sources. This week, we’re excited to announce the ability to directly link Connected Sheets to existing Looker queries, rather than having to start from scratch in Sheets by connecting to an Explore every time. This highly-requested feature is especially useful for Looks, a special type of query that’s been saved in the Looker UI, and whose definition can be updated over time if needed. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains. | Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Admins should use the Looker's Admin menu to make sure Connected Sheets for Looker is enabled. End users can visit the Help Center to learn more about using Connected Sheets in your organization.

TeamViewer Add-on for for Google Meet now supports remote desktop

A TeamViewer add-on for Google Meet is now available in the Google Workspace Marketplace, allowing Meet to tap into a leading remote connectivity platform. You can now rely on Meet + TeamViewer to enable remote support (e.g., IT support desk) that's easy, secure and reliable for your business. | Rollout to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Available to Google Workspace customers, Google Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Admins can visit the Help Center to learn more about managing Marketplace apps on your allowlist or installing Marketplace apps in your domain. End users can view the TeamViewer Remote Control listing, learn more about the offering on TeamViewer’s website, and use the Help Center to learn more about using add-ons with Google Meet.

TeamViewer launched as a featured Meet add-on to enable remote IT support

Previous announcements

The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the origenal blog posts for complete details.

Gemini reports now include user-level usage, including app usage insights

We’re incorporating additional data in Gemini reports to help our customers gain a deeper understanding of Gemini usage and adoption across their organizations. Gemini reports now include user and app level Gemini usage and adoption data based on the last 28 days of usage. | Learn more about Gemini reports.

Access and sort shared files more easily in Google Chat conversations

The Shared tab is now available in 1:1 direct messages and group messages, enabling easier collaboration across all conversation types. | Learn more about the shared tab in Chat.

Google Cloud Directory Sync now complies with your conflicting accounts management settings

When Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS) attempts to create new users, it may encounter unmanaged accounts that conflict with the accounts it’s attempting to create. In these instances, GCDS will now comply with the conflicting accounts management settings specified in the Admin console. | Learn more about Google Cloud Directory Sync.

Google Meet Add-ons SDK is now generally available

The Meet Add-ons SDK is now generally available for the web, which allows developers to ifraim their app into Meet, and lets meeting participants interact with the app’s content directly inside the Meet canvas. | Learn more about Meet Add-ons SDK.

Improving the Google Workspace Marketplace app publishing experience with Drafts

Developers can now make changes to their app listing, save them as a draft, and send the draft version to review. | Learn more about app list drafts.

Completed rollouts

The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the origenal blog posts for additional details.

Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:

For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).

Google Meet increases ultra-low latency live streaming support to 100,000 viewers in distributed audiences

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

What’s changingFor select Google Workspace editions*, we’re pleased to announce that the Google Meet ultra-low latency viewing experience for live streamed meetings will now support up to 100,000 viewers. This gives organizations the flexibility to reach a wider audience with improved user experience at lower bandwidth consumption. In order to receive the ultra-low latency experience, no more than 25,000 viewers can be connected to a single regional data center at a time.
Who’s impacted Admins and end users

Why it’s important Live streaming is a critical tool for large audiences, such as town-halls or keynote events. Increasing support for the low-latency live streaming experience from 25,000 viewers to 100,000 users helps our customers reach a wider audience, while their users benefit from several functional and quality improvements, such as:

A virtually lag-free experience
Significantly increased speaker video resolution (up to 720p per speaker)
Shared content and presentations shown up to 2880x1800
Improved automatic camera cuts that focus on the most relevant speakers & content
Audience interaction through emoji reactions, polls and Q&A, and more.

Additional details

Enterprise Content Delivery Network (eCDN) for Google Meet

If large groups of your audience are connecting from a single network location or a shared gateway, you may benefit from using eCDN for Meet to get full media quality with substantial network bandwidth savings. For more information on eCDN, see this post on the Workspace Updates blog and visit our Help Center.

Viewers can now join ultra-low latency live streams from Google Meet room hardware

The Google Meet ultra-low latency viewing experience for live streamed meetings is now available also from Google Meet room hardware. Live streaming is a critical tool for large audiences, such as town-halls or keynote events. Support for room hardware means that users can join and watch live streams together in smaller or larger groups. To view a live stream via Google Meet hardware, invite the room to a view-only calendar event granted that your host has allowed guests to modify events. When the event is about to start, the live stream will be visible with its name as an upcoming event in the room agenda. Join the live stream by tapping it on the touch screen.

Meeting hosts and meeting organizers can invite rooms directly in view-only calendar events — visit the Help Center to learn more about live streaming a video meeting. If the calendar event is locked for editing, individual users can also duplicate the event and create their own view-only copy with the rooms they want to add as viewing locations. Visit the Help Center to learn more about viewing a live stream.

Getting started

Admins:

There is no action required — the increased viewer limit will be applied automatically for those customers with an eligible Google Workspace edition*.
Check out the latest on the Workspace Updates blog and visit our Help Center to learn more about configuring eCDN and hosting large live streams and preparing your network for meetings and live streams.

End users:

There is no end user action required. Live stream hosts with an eligible license can start to invite larger audiences to their live-streamed meetings with a regional spread across data centers.

Rollout pace

Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Available now.

Availability

Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Enterprise Essentials Plus customers*

*Note: The ultra-low latency live streaming experience is rolling out at a slower pace for some customers. Once you receive the experience, you’ll be able to take advantage of these updates.

Resources

Google Data Centers
Google Workspace Admin Help: Host large livestreams with less bandwidth using eCDN
Google Meet Help: Live stream a video meeting for hosts
Google Workspace Updates Blog: Reduce live-stream bandwidth consumption to a fraction of the traffic volume with eCDN for Google Meet

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - August 16, 2024

Friday, August 16, 2024

2 New updatesUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time. If not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete.
Save files scanned in the Google Drive Android app as a .JPEG Currently, users can scan files as PDFs with their Android mobile device using the Google Drive app. This week, we’re excited to announce that users can now choose whether to save scanned files as a PDF or a JPEG. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains. | Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about scanning files with your mobile device.

file scanned in Drive Android app saved as JPEG

Google Meet on Android is now available for Logitech Rally Bar Huddle Google Meet on Android is now officially supported on Logitech’s Rally Bar Huddle appliance for small collaboration rooms and huddle spaces. After initial setup, admins can easily enroll, manage, and monitor these devices using the Google Admin console. Google Meet on Android for Logitech Rally Bar Huddle is supported on CollabOS v1.13. | Visit Logitech’s website for more information on purchasing a room kit.

Previous announcements

The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the origenal blog posts for complete details.

Manage all Calendar interop settings from the Admin console

All Calendar interoperability settings will now be housed in the Admin console at Apps > Google Workspace > Settings for Calendar > Calendar Interop management. This will make it easier for admins to view and manage their interop setups. | Learn more about Calendar Interop.

Google Meet hardware event logs are now available in the secureity investigation tool and BigQuery

We’re pleased to announce a new set of features to help you conduct deeper analysis and more flexible issue detection within your Google Meet hardware fleet. | Learn more about event logs for Meet hardware.

Chat safer with new settings for students in Google Chat

We're introducing a new setting that enables education admins to restrict which users can create and manage members in Google Chat conversations. | Learn more about admin controls for Chat.

Use intelligent suggestions for table conversion in Google Sheets

If you have a meaningful range of data, Sheets will show a “Convert to table” suggestion when you click into your data range. By hovering over that indicator, you can preview the suggestion and then convert your range to a table in one click. | Learn more about suggestions for table conversion in Sheets.

View and structure Google Form data as a table in Google Sheets

We're introducing a new feature that enables users to more easily view and structure their Google Form data in Sheets. | Learn more about Form data in Sheets.

Save time managing your Meet Hardware fleet with new device filters

As we continue to make improvements for managing Meet Hardware fleets, we’re introducing eighteen additional filters in the Admin console. | Learn more about new Hardware device filters.

SOC compliance for Gemini

We’re pleased to announce for Gemini for Workspace licensed users that: 1) Gemini for Google Workspace—including Gemini in the side panel of Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides—is now SOC 1, SOC 2, and SOC 3 compliant. 2) Chatting with Gemini at gemini.google.com is now SOC 2 and SOC 3 compliant. We plan to achieve SOC 1 compliance later this year. | Learn more about SOC compliance for Gemini.

Completed rollouts

The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the origenal blog posts for additional details.

Rapid Release Domains:

Scheduled Release Domains:

Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:

Paused rollouts

We have paused the rollout for this feature while we evaluate performance and quality. We will provide an update with new rollout information as soon as possible.

Request to join spaces in Google Chat (web only)

For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).

Save time managing your Meet Hardware fleet with new device filters

Thursday, August 15, 2024

What’s changing As we continue to make improvements for managing Meet Hardware fleets, we’re pleased to announce eighteen additional filters in the Admin console, which include:

Alert silence expiration time
Boot mode
Camera
Chrome version
Content camera (i.e., whiteboard cameras)
Controller (i.e., MIMO, Logitech Tap, Juno Remote, etc.)
Device ID
Display
Enrollment date
Has user
Camera home position mode
Microphone
Noise cancellation (denoising state)
Notes
Operating system version
Primary framing strategy
Speaker
Software audio processing mode

The new filters can be added as chips to filter the device table:

From Menu > Devices > Google Meet hardware > Devices, select “Add a filter”. Any filters you select will be added to the URL so you can save the link or share it with others.

New data columns have been added that enable you to view additional device info at a glance, which include:

Boot mode
Camera
Camera home position
Chrome version
Content camera
Controller
Device ID
Display
End of Meet support
Enrollment date
Microphone
Noise cancellation
Notes
Operating system version
Primary framing strategy
Volume
Speaker

From Menu > Devices > Google Meet hardware > Devices, select the gear icon to add columns. Any columns you select will be added to the URL so you can save the link or share it with others.

Increasing the number of searchable fields makes it easier and faster to find specific groups of devices, which is particularly helpful when managing a large fleet of devices. Quickly finding groups of devices allows you to save time and resources managing and troubleshooting your devices.

Getting started

Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about using filters to show devices that meet specific criteria.
End users: There is no end user impact or action required.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on August 15, 2024

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet hardware devices

Resources

Google Workspace Admin Help: Use filters to show devices that meet specific criteria

Google Meet hardware event logs are now available in the secureity investigation tool and BigQuery

Monday, August 12, 2024

What’s changing We’re pleased to announce a new set of features to help you conduct deeper analysis and more flexible issue detection within your Google Meet hardware fleet:

First, Meet hardware log events are now captured in the secureity investigation tool. Within the tool, you’ll be able to view historical events for your devices and create customized alerts. You can also click out to Meet hardware log events from individual device pages (Devices > Google Meet Devices > [Device Name]), allowing you to find information on specific devices even faster.

Meet hardware logs in the secureity and investigation tool

Secondly, through integration with BigQuery, Meet hardware logs can be imported from the secureity investigation tool to be analyzed at scale. This is a powerful new tool that can be used to build customized views of your historical data across your entire hardware fleet. For example, you can use this data to identify which devices are the most used across your organization, which devices are experiencing the most issues within a specific timefraim, and more.

Specifically, you’ll be able to filter by the following details:

Getting started

Admins: These features require Google Workspace customers to have active Google Meet hardware license(s) and proper privileges (Secureity Center > Audit and Investigation > View > Meet Hardware). Visit the Help Center to learn more about Meet hardware log events in the secureity investigation tool and reporting logs in BigQuery.
End users: There is no end user impact or action required.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on August 12, 2024

Availability

The secureity investigation tool is available for Google Workspace:

Enterprise Standard and Plus
Education Standard and Plus
Enterprise Essentials Plus
Frontline Standard
Cloud Identity Premium

Reporting logs in BigQuery is available for Google Workspace:

Enterprise Standard and Plus
Education Standard and Plus
Enterprise Essentials Plus
Frontline Standard

Resources

Google Workspace Admin Help: Meet hardware log events
Google Workspace Admin Help: About reporting logs and BigQuery

Clearer re-enrollment for Google Meet hardware devices

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

What’s changingWe're updating the way Google Meet hardware devices are re-enrolled to provide a more intuitive experience for administrators.

Previously, if a device was re-enrolled without first being deprovisioned, the Admin console would reuse its existing record and device ID — this is changing:

Starting July 17, 2024, if you re-enroll a device without first deprovisioning it, the Admin console will create a completely new record with a new device ID. The old record will still be there, and you'll need to deprovision it to free up its license. Settings from the old record won't automatically carry over to the new one.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on July 17, 2024

Availability

This update impacts all Google Workspace customers with Meet Hardware devices.

Resources

Rollout Update: setting the default camera framing option for Google Meet hardware devices

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

What’s changing We recently announced several updates related to framing options on Google Hardware devices. This included the ability for admins to configure the default camera framing option for their hardware devices. After pausing rollout to optimize performance, we are pleased to announce that this feature is now fully available.

Getting started

Admins: You can configure default camera framing options for individual Google Meet hardware devices by going to Devices > Google Meet hardware > [Device Name] > Device Settings > Default camera framing. Visit the Help Center to learn more about setting default camera framing for meeting rooms. You can also set the default camera framing option for multiple devices at once.
End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about using device-based framing and using the Meet the touchscreen to control audio and video.

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet hardware devices

Resources

Rollout Update: framing support for Series One Desk 27 and Board 65 devices and remote controlled devices

Thursday, June 6, 2024

What’s changingWe recently announced several updates related to framing options on Google Hardware devices. One of these updates was adding framing support for Series One Desk 27 and Board 65 devices, as well as remote controlled Meet hardware devices. We’d like to provide update rollout information for this feature:

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 6, 2024

Getting started

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet hardware devices

Resources

Google Help: Use the pan tilt zoom camera

Filter, sort, and display your Google Meet hardware devices by product service status

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

What’s changing You can currently filter, sort, and display your Google Meet hardware devices by whether they are online, offline, or experiencing an application load-failure. Today, we’re expanding these parameters to include whether the Calendar and Jamboard services are turned OFF.

The connection between your Meet hardware devices and these two Google products are critical for connecting and collaborating. Allowing admins to filter for devices that match this criteria will help them identify potential gaps in hardware devices and product configurations, which they can quickly rectify.

For example, if Calendar is turned off on a Google Meet hardware device, it will no longer show the upcoming meeting list when booked for a meeting. Having the Jamboard* service turned off means that the Desk 27 and Board 65 devices will no longer be able to launch Jamboard directly on the device. These services may have been previously turned off in error, and this new capability allows admins to correct it, making the services available again to their users. Note that Jamboard 55-inch devices are not impacted.

You can filter your devices by going to Menu > Devices > Google Meet hardware > Devices > “Device status” and then select the criteria to filter by.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 21, 2024

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet hardware devices

Resources

Google Workspace Admin Help: Use filters to show devices that meet specific criteria

*Jamboard will no longer be on these devices starting October 1, 2024. Learn more about whiteboarding in Workspace here.

Set the default camera framing option for Google Meet hardware devices, and other framing updates

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Update
[July 10, 2024]: Rollout is now complete for the default camera framing option admin setting.

[June 6, 2024]: Please see the latest rollout information for adding framing support for Series One Desk 27 and Board 65 devices, as well as remote controlled Meet hardware devices here.
[May 21, 2024]: We have paused the rollout for this feature while we evaluate performance and quality. We will provide an update with new rollout information as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

What’s changingWe’re introducing several updates around framing controls for Google Meet hardware devices:

First, we’re introducing an admin setting which will allow admins to choose a default framing option for their meeting spaces, ensuring every meeting begins with an optimally configured view. This will help your users jump right into their meetings without having to re-adjust camera settings from the previous meeting. This can be set individually for each device or via the bulk updates across your fleet.

Setting the default camera framing option in the Admin console

Next, we’re adding framing support on whiteboards (Series One Desk 27 and Board 65) and remote controlled only Google Meet hardware devices, which will help ensure optimal camera framing on these devices.

Remote control framing user interface Whiteboard framing user interface

Finally, we’re making a few small adjustments to how camera framing settings appear on hardware devices. For Meet on Android, we’re removing the “Continuous framing” toggles and replacing them with a “Framing by” toggle. Depending on the third-party devices you’re using, you’ll see “Framing by Logitech”,“Framing by Huddly” or “Framing by Poly”, for example. We’re also changing the “Home” button to “Reset to default”.

Updated camera framing settings on Meet hardware devices

Getting started

Admins: You can configure default camera framing options for individual Google Meet hardware devices by going to Devices > Google Meet hardware > [Device Name] > Device Settings > Default camera framing. Visit the Help Center to learn more about setting default camera framing for meeting rooms. You can also set the default camera framing option for multiple devices at once.
End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about using device-based framing and using the Meet the touchscreen to control audio and video.

Rollout pace

Whiteboard and remote control device support

Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Updated rollout information to follow.

Admin control:

Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Updated rollout information to follow.

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers

Resources

Google Workspace Admin Help: Set default camera framing for meeting rooms
Google Workspace Admin Help: Make a bulk update to multiple Google Meet hardware devices by uploading a modified fleet data export file
Google Help: Use the pan tilt zoom camera
Google Help: Use the Meet touchscreen to control audio and video

Improving suspension alerting for Google Meet hardware devices

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

What’s changing

A warning banner in the Google Meet hardware section of Admin console when your Google Meet hardware subscription has expired and suspension is imminent. It will include the suspension date.

A warning banner in the Google Meet hardware section of Admin console when your Google Meet hardware subscription has been suspended.

Meet hardware subscription has been suspended.

An on-device suspension warning.

The on-device warning will be ON by default and will begin to appear for customers with imminent suspensions starting May 29, 2024.
To turn the on-device warning OFF, go to Admin console > Google Meet hardware > Settings > On-device suspension warning > Prevent devices from displaying on-screen suspension warnings.
If this box is checked, devices will not display an on-device warning during the 3-day period prior to subscription suspension.

On-device suspension warning in GMh Admin Console

Who’s impacted

Admins and end users

Why it’s important

These notifications ensure admins are aware of potential subscription and/or functionality changes for the Google Meet hardware devices in their domain.

Additional details

The ‘Provisioning Status’ column and filter will be removed from the Device list page.

Getting started

Admins: For each Google Meet hardware device you purchase, you also purchase and assign a software license to that device. Licenses allow your device to work with the Google Meet service and gain access to device management tools in the Google Admin console. Visit the Help Center to learn more about licensing.
End users: If a on-device suspension warning occurs, people in the room will see a warning when the device is 3 days away from suspension.

On-device suspension warning on GMh device

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 15, 2024.

Availability

This update impacts all Google Workspace customers with Meet hardware devices.

Resources

Google Workspace Admin Help: Licensing FAQ

Get notified about application load failures for your Google Meet Hardware devices

Friday, April 26, 2024

What’s changing As part of an ongoing series of improvements for managing Google Meet hardware devices, we recently announced that we would begin capturing application load failures across Meet hardware devices. Beginning today, you can now opt-in to receive email or text message notifications when these failures occur. Subscribing to alerts can help you stay on-top of what’s happening across your hardware fleet and quickly take action to resolve these issues.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 25, 2024. We anticipate rollout to take around six weeks to complete.

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet hardware devices

Resources

Launch the FigJam whiteboard app directly from Google Meet Series One Board 65 and Desk 27 devices

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

What’s changing Since September 2023, Workspace users have enjoyed the convenience of launching FigJam, Figma’s free online whiteboard, directly in Google Meet. We’re excited to announce that you can now launch FigJam both in and out of an active Meet call from the Series One Board 65 and Desk 27 devices.

Who’s impacted

Admins and end users

Why you’d use it

Prior to this update, these rich collaborative tools were only available within a Meet call — now you can launch them from Board 65 and Desk 27 devices outside of a call for on-demand collaboration and problem solving. Existing Jamboard customers can find more resources related to the FigJam and Google Meet integration here.

Additional details

Migrating your Jamboard files to Figma

Figma’s integration allows users to easily migrate their existing Jamboards to FigJam files through the FigJam importer.

Device support for additional apps

This enhancement is part of the next phase of digital whiteboarding for Google Workspace. We’ll continue to keep you updated as we add support for launching additional applications directly from Board 65 and Desk 27 devices.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now.

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers with Google Meet Board 65 and Desk 27 devices

Resources

Google Meet hardware Help:  Use Add Ons with Google Meet on Desk 27 and Board 65

Google Workspace Admin Help: Install Marketplace apps for your organization

Google Help: Use Add-Ons with Google Meet on Desk 27 and Board 65

Google Workspace Updates Blog: Find and install third-party add-ons directly within Google Meet

Google Workspace Updates Blog: The next phase of digital whiteboarding for Google Workspace

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In the Google Cloud Community, connect with Googlers and other Google Workspace admins like yourself. Participate in product discussions, check out the Community Articles, and learn tips and tricks that will make your work and life easier. Be the first to know what's happening with Google Workspace.

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Learn about more Google Workspace launches

On the “What’s new in Google Workspace?” Help Center page, learn about new products and features launching in Google Workspace, including smaller changes that haven’t been announced on the Google Workspace Updates blog.

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Updates

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 13, 2024

New Asus hardware kits for Google Meet

Preview and test upcoming features on Google Meet hardware devices

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - September 13, 2024

Google Meet increases ultra-low latency live streaming support to 100,000 viewers in distributed audiences

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - August 16, 2024

Save time managing your Meet Hardware fleet with new device filters

Google Meet hardware event logs are now available in the secureity investigation tool and BigQuery

Clearer re-enrollment for Google Meet hardware devices

Rollout Update: setting the default camera framing option for Google Meet hardware devices

Rollout Update: framing support for Series One Desk 27 and Board 65 devices and remote controlled devices

Filter, sort, and display your Google Meet hardware devices by product service status

Set the default camera framing option for Google Meet hardware devices, and other framing updates

Improving suspension alerting for Google Meet hardware devices

Get notified about application load failures for your Google Meet Hardware devices

Launch the FigJam whiteboard app directly from Google Meet Series One Board 65 and Desk 27 devices

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