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Google Ads API v16 sunset reminder

Google Ads API v16 will sunset on February 5, 2025. After this date, all v16 API requests will begin to fail. Migrate to a newer version prior to February 5, 2025 to ensure your API access is unaffected.

Here are some resources to help you with the mi...

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10 Jan 2025

Crawling out of December: the 2024 recap

It might happen that by the end of this post you're going to try to decide who wrote this blog
post, a large language model (LLM) or Gary. And you'd be right to ponder that and delve into the
intricacies of the language ...

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31 Dec 2024

Crawling December: CDNs and crawling

Content delivery networks (CDNs) are particularly well suited for decreasing latency of your
website and in general keeping web traffic-related headaches away. This is their primary purpose
after all: speedy delivery of ...

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24 Dec 2024

60 of our biggest AI announcements in 2024

Recap some of Google’s biggest AI news from 2024, including moments from Gemini, NotebookLM, Search and more.

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23 Dec 2024

Use ad inspector to debug your mobile applications

Ad inspector is an in-app overlay that enables authorized devices to perform real-time analysis of Google Mobile Ads SDK test ad requests directly within your mobile app. It is included with the Google Mobile Ads SDK and you can enable it with no codi...

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20 Dec 2024

The latest AI news we announced in December

Here are Google’s latest AI updates from December including Gemini 2.0, GenCast, and Willow.

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20 Dec 2024

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – December 20, 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 bo...

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20 Dec 2024

Upcoming changes to enable brand guidelines in Performance Max

Starting on January 20, 2025, new Performance Max (PMax) campaigns created with the UI will have brand guidelines enabled and require business name and logo brand assets to be linked at the campaign level rather than the asset group level. Brand guid...

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18 Dec 2024

Control whether your users can add account recovery information with two new admin settings

What’s changingWe’re launching two new settings that will allow admins to control whether their users can add recovery email information and phone information to their Google Workspace account. By default, the ability to add a recovery email or ph...

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18 Dec 2024

Now generally available: Monitor and manage AppSheet usage in your organization with the AppSheet Admin console

What’s changing Beginning today, we’re pleased to announce that all Google Workspace Admins with the AppSheet service privilege can access the AppSheet Admin Console. The AppSheet Admin console is a consolidated location to monitor, manage and gov...

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18 Dec 2024

Available in open beta: Set up Single-Sign On with custom OpenID Connect profiles

What’s changing Beginning today, admins now have the option to set up a custom OpenID Connect (OIDC) profile for single sign-on (SSO) with Google as their Service Provider. OIDC is a popular method for verifying and authenticating the identities -...

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17 Dec 2024

Available in open beta: migrate messages from Microsoft Teams to Google Chat

What’s changingBeginning today, we’re expanding our data migration experience to include the ability for Google Workspace admins to migrate conversations from channels in Microsoft Teams to spaces in Google Chat, making it easier for organization...

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17 Dec 2024

Crawling December: Faceted navigation

Faceted navigation is a great way to help users find what they need on your site, but it can
create an SEO nightmare if not implemented carefully. Why? Because it can generate a near-infinite
number of URLs, which causes...

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17 Dec 2024

Share your thoughts on the Workspace Updates Blog

As we approach the new year, we want to ensure the Workspace Updates Blog serves its purpose of effectively explaining new product features, improvements and changes. Please share your thoughts in this brief survey to help us identify areas of improvem...

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16 Dec 2024

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – December 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 bo...

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13 Dec 2024

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

This announcement was part of Google Cloud Next ‘24. Visit the Workspace Blog to learn more about the next wave of innovations in Workspace, including enhancements to Gemini for Google Workspace.What’s changingIn continuing our effort to...

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13 Dec 2024

Two years of progress for the Google Career Certificates Fund

An overview of the progress of the Google Career Certificates Fund.

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13 Dec 2024

Google Agentspace is bringing AI agents and AI-powered search to enterprises.

Google Cloud is introducing Google Agentspace to help companies make their employees even more productive. Agentspace includes agents that bring together Gemini’s advanc…

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13 Dec 2024

NotebookLM Plus now available to Google Workspace customers

What’s changingToday, we’re announcing that NotebookLM Plus, our newest and most advanced version of NotebookLM, is available to Gemini for Google Workspace customers. In addition to what's already included with NotebookLM, which we introduced in Septe...

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13 Dec 2024

NotebookLM gets a new look, audio interactivity and a premium version

NotebookLM is introducing new features, and a premium version called NotebookLM Plus.

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13 Dec 2024

Search Central Live Kuala Lumpur and Taipei 2024: Recap

The Search Central Live events in Kuala Lumpur and Taipei were nothing short of amazing, in large
thanks to the over 600 people who attended the events! We were thrilled to see the level of
enthusiasm and engagement from...

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13 Dec 2024

Year in Search 2024: The Breakout searches of the year

Take a look at the Breakout searches of the year on Google Search, from the Olympics to the Northern Lights.

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13 Dec 2024

Improvements to mentions in Google Chat

Update[December 18, 2024] We have updated the rollout information for this feature. See the Rollout section below for more details.What’s changingWe know there are scenarios in which you may want to reference a person with an @mention without addi...

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12 Dec 2024

New Google Chat usage reports provide deeper insights into user engagement

What’s changingFrom the introduction of spaces, huddles, voice messages, and more, Google Chat has added major new features and transformed significantly over the past several years. As a result, usage reports for Google Chat are evolving as well. Beg...

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12 Dec 2024

Now generally available: the Groups Editor & Groups Reader roles can now be provisioned for specific group types

What’s changingAt the beginning of the year, we launched the ability to assign the Groups Editor and Groups Reader roles for security groups or non-security groups in open beta. Beginning today, this feature is now generally available. Groups Admins ha...

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12 Dec 2024

24 of our favorite AI tips from 2024

Here are Google’s best AI tips and tricks from 2024.

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12 Dec 2024

Gemini for Workspace usage reports now include Gemini usage per app interactions

What’s changingStarting today, 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, specifically:The number ...

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12 Dec 2024

Android XR: The Gemini era comes to headsets and glasses

Android XR is our newest platform built specifically for XR headsets and glasses.

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12 Dec 2024

Sharing data on our DMA hotels test

As we’ve worked to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), many stakeholders have been satisfied with our updates, but a handful of intermediary comparison sites are …

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12 Dec 2024

Our new deal to remove CO2 from the atmosphere by crushing rocks

We’re purchasing 200,000 tons of carbon removal credits from enhanced rock weathering startup Terradot.

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12 Dec 2024

An improved way to view your recent performance data in Search Console

To better help you monitor the recent performance of your content, we're launching the '24 hours'
view to the SC performance reports and improving the freshness of the data. We're rolling out
these changes to all properties gradually...

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12 Dec 2024

3 artists reimagine AI imagery through speculative photography

We commissioned artists Farah Al Qasimi, Charlie Engman and Max Pinckers to envision possible futures with AI for a new exhibition.

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12 Dec 2024

New features in Android to help you stay safe from unwanted Bluetooth tracking

Android’s unknown tracker alerts automatically notify you if an unfamiliar Bluetooth tracker is moving with you to help you take action to protect yourself.As part of ou…

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11 Dec 2024

Adding folder support to Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive

What’s changingSince rolling out Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive, users have been able to summarize one or multiple documents, get quick facts about a project, and more. We also introduced a new way for users to interact with the Gemini side p...

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11 Dec 2024

Listen to a deep dive conversation about Gemini 2.0.

The Google AI: Release Notes podcast dedicated its most recent episode to the release of Gemini 2.0. Host Logan Kilpatrick chatted with Tulsee Doshi, the head of product…

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11 Dec 2024

Filling your CTV ad break with Google Ad Manager

New and enhanced Ad Manager tools for CTV publishers to optimize ad revenue, streamline workflows and improve viewer experiences.

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11 Dec 2024

Trillium TPU, our most powerful AI chip yet, is now generally available.

Our sixth-generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), called Trillium, is now generally available for Google Cloud customers. The rise of generative AI has created a need f…

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11 Dec 2024

Here are 3 new ways developers can test out Gemini 2.0.

Today, we announced several new ways developers can use Gemini 2.0 to create new apps and boost their productivity. Here’s an overview.An experimental version of Gemini …

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11 Dec 2024

Try Deep Research and our new experimental model in Gemini, your AI assistant

Try Deep Research, a new research assistant in Gemini Advanced, and a chat optimized version of Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental.

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11 Dec 2024

Introducing Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era

Today, we’re announcing Gemini 2.0, our most capable AI model yet.

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11 Dec 2024

Gemini 2.0: Our latest, most capable AI model yet

See how Gemini 2.0 and our research prototypes work — and how they’ll help make our Google products more helpful.

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11 Dec 2024

Google Cloud expands vulnerability detection for Artifact Registry using OSV

Posted by Greg Mucci, Product Manager, Artifact Analysis, Oliver Chang, Senior Staff Engineering, OSV, and Charl de Nysschen, Product Manager OSVDevOps teams dedicated to securing their supply chain and predicting potential risks consistently face nove...

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10 Dec 2024

Our favorite Chrome extensions of 2024

Here are some of our favorite Chrome extensions from this year to help you get work done and have fun.

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10 Dec 2024

How I’m using Pixel to create my holiday card

Use Pixel Camera features like Add Me and Night Sight as well as AI editing tools like Magic Editor and Pixel Studio for holiday cards.

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10 Dec 2024

Available in open beta: prevent sensitive changes by locking Groups

What’s changingAdmins can now label a Google Group as “Locked,” which will heavily restrict changes to group attributes (such as group name & email address) and memberships. This will help admins who sync their groups from an external source and wa...

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10 Dec 2024

Create fully stylized documents using Gemini in Google Docs

What’s changing Building upon AI-powered features such as help me write, image generation, and more using Gemini in Google Docs, we’re excited to introduce a new way for users to create highly structured, styled, and visually-appealing documents w...

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10 Dec 2024

Build high-quality, modern documents faster in Google Docs with 40 new templates

Update[December 18, 2024] We have updated the rollout information for this feature. See the Rollout section below for more details.What’s changingWe recently released our refreshed library of templates in Google Slides, and today we’re introducing...

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10 Dec 2024

A new approach to data center and clean energy growth

Intersect Power, Google and TPG Rise Climate partner to tightly couple data center growth with clean power generation.

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10 Dec 2024

Introducing Gemini Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI™)

What’s changingWe’re pleased to introduce Gemini LTI™, an AI-powered assistant that can integrate into third party Learning Management Systems (LMS). Gemini LTI™ helps enhance the educational experience for both educators and students by providing AI-d...

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9 Dec 2024

Create and manage rubrics using the Google Classroom API

What’s changing The Google Classroom API enables third-party developers to manage classes, rosters, invitations and more in Google Classroom. Since 2019, teachers have been able to create or reuse a rubric for an assignment, however this capabilit...

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9 Dec 2024

Crawling December: HTTP caching

Allow us to cache, pretty please.
As the internet grew over the years, so did how much Google crawls. While Google's crawling
infrastructure supports heuristic caching mechanisms, in fact always had, the number of requests
that...

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9 Dec 2024

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – December 6, 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 bo...

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6 Dec 2024

HIPAA and additional ISO certifications for the Gemini app on web and mobile

What's changingWe’re pleased to announce the attainment of HIPAA, ISO 27701, 27017, 27018, 9001, and 42001 certifications for the Gemini app on web and mobile. These certifications give customers the peace of mind that data (including personally identi...

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6 Dec 2024

Tackle repetitive tasks, extract deeper insights, and more with the latest premade Gems in the Gemini app

What’s changingEarlier this year we introduced Gems for the Gemini app, which are custom AI experts that you can build across a variety of topics. At launch, we included several premade Gems, which allow you to easily chat with an already built, topic-...

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5 Dec 2024

Announcing the launch of Vanir: Open-source Security Patch Validation

Posted by Hyunwook Baek, Duy Truong, Justin Dunlap and Lauren Stan from Android Security and Privacy, and Oliver Chang with the Google Open Source Security TeamToday, we are announcing the availability of Vanir, a new open-source security patch validat...

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5 Dec 2024

New AI features and more for Android and Pixel

Learn more about the latest Pixel and Android updates, featuring the latest in Google AI innovation.

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5 Dec 2024

Android’s Expressive Captions uses AI to bring emotion to captions

The new Live Caption feature gives you the full picture of emotion in what’s being said on your device.

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5 Dec 2024

Connect and share in more ways with new Android features

New Android features connect your digital and physical worlds, from expressive audio captions to AI-generated image descriptions by Gemini.

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5 Dec 2024

December 2024 update to Display & Video 360 API

Today, we’re announcing the December 2024 update to the Display & Video 360 API. This update includes the following:

Support for additional exchanges.
An increased maximum page size of 5000 for firstAndThirdAudiencePartyAudiences.list requests. To o...

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4 Dec 2024

Request an eSignature on PDF files

What’s changing Earlier this year we introduced eSignature in Google Docs for select Google Workspace customers. eSignature helps you request, track, and add signatures to official contracts, and more. Today, we’re pleased to announce that yo...

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4 Dec 2024