Major Updates at Google Cloud Next 2024: What's New for Gmail, Sheets, Docs, and Other Workspace Tools?

Google has recently announced several updates during its Cloud Next 2024 conference, aimed at enhancing productivity and collaboration among users of its Workspace suite. These updates include the integration of new capabilities powered by artificial intelligence (AI), which Google plans to incorporate more deeply into its products over time.

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• One of the most notable updates is the addition of new features to mobile Gmail, such as voice prompting and an "instant polish" function that can refine rough notes into well-crafted emails with a single click.

• Google Docs also received a new tabs feature to help users organize information within a single document, as well as full-bleed cover images to enhance document presentation. Meanwhile, Google Sheets now offers a range of templates and a new table feature for simplified data organization and formatting, along with conditional notifications for automated alerts based on specific criteria.

• Google Chat has combined Gemini's AI to summarize conversations and answer queries, with new features such as automatic message translation and expanded group space for up to 5,00,000 members.

• Google Meet now provides automatic caption translation in 69 languages across 4,600 language pairs a preview of the  "Take notes for me" feature. To further enhance AI-driven meeting and messaging tools, Google has introduced two enterprise add-ons priced at $10 per user per month.

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The first integrates Gemini into Chat and Meet for advanced AI capabilities, while the second focuses on enhancing security within Google Drive through AI-powered classification and protection of sensitive files.