Here are the most interesting smaller upgrades Google Workspace got at Google Cloud Next 2026

Date:
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:05:00 +0000

Description:
Gemini has become more contextual with these new Workspace upgrades,
including making migrating from M365 even quicker.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter You can now interact with data and create entire dashboards with Gemini in Sheets Google Meet's AI summaries now extend to in-person and third-party conferencing platforms AI has allowed Google to make it even quicker to move from Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace Google Cloud just held its biggest event yet, but with 260+ announcements across the entire portfolio at Google Cloud Next 2026 , many of the smaller but no less important Google Workspace updates flew under the radar.

In a 'one last thing'-like blog post , the company detailed a number of less headline-worthy improvements it's rolled out to its Workspace online apps to make Gemini even more useful. With the changes, Gemini is transitioning from
a generative tool to produce new content to an agentic assistant that can interact with the context of your documents and carry out some
functionalities autonomously. Article continues below You may like 'We are reimagining how people create content': Your Google Workspace apps are
getting a major Gemini-powered upgrade Google Workspace gets a new intelligence layer to make Gemini more of an agentic assistant Google Cloud Next 2026: everything we saw at its biggest annual event Google Workspace
just got these updates Starting with one of the most commonly used Workspace apps, Sheets now lets users analyze their data and produce dashboards more conversationally.

The company also claimed 110 million Google Meet attendees have used 'Take Notes For Me' in the last month an 8.5x growth compared with last year so it's now making AI-generated summaries and action items available beyond the four walls of Meet, including in-person meetings and calls on other platforms like Zoom and Teams.

And as for organizations, Gemini Enterprise customers will be able to create brand-new documents in line with their brand and requirements with new
'Canvas Mode'. With a detailed prompt, Gemini can fetch data and context from the web and other Workspace locations to generate full presentations and documents that are as editable as human-created ones.

Finally, Google Cloud's stance against Microsoft didn't go amiss at its
annual conference. Having previously lodged a complaint against Microsoft's cloud practices, Google now says it's up to 5x quicker for M365 customers to migrate to Workspace thanks to some under-the-hood interoperability improvements like an AI-powered Office macro converter. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get
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