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What’s changing
We’re continually investing in data protection capabilities for Google Forms. We’ve already enabled data loss prevention (DLP) for Google Drive policies that apply to files submitted in external Forms, including Forms from external organizations. To expand on this, today we’re announcing that DLP policies for form content in Google Forms is now generally available. 


With DLP, Forms with sensitive content can be blocked from being viewed or responded to by external individuals. Based on DLP rules configured by the admin, this feature checks form content including questions, form title and description and answer options provided in the form, and prevents sensitive content from being shared externally; it does not check form responses provided by end users that are submitted to external forms. 

DLP in Forms
This screenshot of a Google Form includes mentions of “Project X”. DLP rules are configured to detect and prevent sharing of Forms with responders outside the organization with any mentions of “Project X”, the sensitive content in this form.


Additional details 
If you do not want DLP rules applied to users in your domain, you can exclude certain groups or organizational units from DLP checks. You can also exclude DLP rules for forms by using nested condition operators in DLP for Drive rules. To do so, add a ‘AND NOT’ conditional operator with a custom detector for “vnd\.google\-apps\.form” as a regex. In scenarios where you only want to apply DLP for forms, add a custom detector for “vnd\.google\-apps\.form” as a regex. Visit this Help Center to learn more about using Workspace DLP to prevent data loss. 


Getting started 
  • Admins: 
    • Data loss prevention rules scoped to Drive files defined for your domain will be applied automatically to Forms.
    • If you are not using DLP for Google Drive, you can create DLP rules at the domain, OU, or group level in the Admin console under Security > Data protection. You can apply block, warn or audit actions, consistent with DLP for Drive. If you apply the block action, users external to the domain will not be able to view or respond to forms with sensitive content. 
    • Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning data loss prevention in Google Forms on for your organization. 
  • End users: End users can respond to forms as usual to forms that do not violate DLP rules, but if a form violates Drive DLP rules for their domain, form editors may see warnings and form responders external to the domain may be blocked from viewing or responding to the form. 
Rollout pace 
Availability 
Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Enterprise Standard, Plus 
  • Enterprise Essentials Plus 
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus, the Teaching & Learning Upgrade 
  • Frontline Standard 
  • Cloud Identity Premium 
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Unless 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.


Now generally available: Build AppSheet automations using Google Forms 
AppSheet helps users automate manual workflows by integrating with data sources like Google Drive, Chat and Sheets, and earlier this year we announced its integration with Google Forms in beta. This week, we’re excited to announce this is now generally available. | Roll out to Rapid Release domains and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Available to Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus and the Teaching & Learning Upgrade, Frontline Starter, Frontline Standard, AppSheet Starter, AppSheet Core, AppSheet Enterprise Standard, and AppSheet Enterprise Plus customers only. | Learn more about AppSheet's integration with Google Forms and building your first app and automation using Google Forms. 


The ability to add and remove Google Groups as space members using the Google Chat API is now generally available 
Last year, we announced the ability to create spaces, memberships, group chats, and more using the Google Chat API. This week, we’re excited to introduce the option for developers to add and remove Google Groups as space members using the Google Chat API. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release domains and Scheduled Release domains. | Available to all Google Workspace customers. | Learn more about accessing Chat APIs through the Google Chat API. 


Comments and action items in client-side encrypted Google Docs is now generally available 
You can now collaborate with others on client-side encrypted Google Docs to add, edit, reply, filter, or delete comments. You can also assign action items to yourself or others. This functionality was previously available in open beta — see our original announcement for complete details. | Rolling out to Rapid Release domains now; launch to Scheduled Release domains planned for July 2, 2024. | Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard and Education Plus customers only. | Learn more about working with encrypted files in Drive, Docs, Sheets & Slides.


Previous announcements

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


Insert images into practice sets in Google Classroom 
Teachers can now import images, like graphs, charts or photos, into practice sets using files from Google Drive or directly from their computer. | Learn more about inserting images into practice sets. 

Help your students learn to read with Read Along in Classroom 
We’re introducing Read Along in Google Classroom, a new feature that helps students build their independent reading skills by enabling teachers to assign differentiated reading activities, based on Lexile® measure, grade level, or phonics skills. | Learn more about Read Along in Google Classroom. 

External users can now securely collaborate on client-side encrypted files 
We’re expanding visitor sharing, a feature that provides secure, pincode-based collaboration over sensitive data with people, to include client-side encrypted files. This allows users to securely collaborate with external partners on sensitive Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides files, while maintaining the confidentiality of the information with the granular control of encryption keys, identity verification and user permissions. | Learn more about visitor sharing. 

Create interactive YouTube assignments in Google Classroom more quickly and efficiently, with the help of AI 
We’re introducing AI-suggested questions that educators can easily attach to a video based on its content when creating interactive YouTube assignments in Google Classroom. | Learn more about YouTube assignments in Classroom.

Google Meet adds 52 new languages to translated captions and 11 more languages for closed captions 
For all Google Workspace customers and users with personal accounts, we’ve expanded support for closed captioning. In addition, for Gemini for Google Workspace customers, we are adding 52 languages to translated captions with full language support. | Learn more about translated captions and closed captions. 

Improved syncing experience between Google Calendar and third-party calendars 
We’re pleased to introduce an improved email notification experience for those who are using third-party calendar services—like Outlook—to collaborate with Google Calendar users. | Learn more about the improved syncing experience on Calendar.

Completed rollouts

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


Rapid Release Domains: 
Scheduled Release Domains: 
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).   

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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 changing

AppSheet helps users automate manual workflows by integrating with data sources like Google Drive and Sheets, and today we’re excited to announce its integration with another data collection tool in Workspace: Google Forms.


Many companies rely on the data collected via form submissions when they are performing tasks for ticketing or incident reporting. However, prior to today you could only view information from form submissions via email, spreadsheet, or in the Forms app itself.


With this update, Google Forms submissions can act as event triggers within AppSheet Automations. These automations can then take many different actions, such as sending notifications or approval requests to Gmail or Google Chat, or even calling a custom Apps Script function. 
Build AppSheet automations using Google Forms is now available in beta


Who’s impacted 
Admins, end users and developers 


Why you’d use it 
This integration enables users to receive actionable notifications based on responses to Google Forms.


Getting started 
  • Admins: 
    • AppSheet admins can use AppSheet’s Policy Engine to control access to this feature by App Creators in their organization. Visit the Help Center to learn more about policy enforcement in AppSheet policies and specific guidance on preventing app creators from using Google Forms. 
    • This feature is available as an open beta, which means AppSheet app creators can use it without enrolling in a specific beta program. 
  • Developers and end users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about building automations using Google Forms. 

Rollout pace 

Availability 
Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Business Starter, Standard, Plus 
  • Enterprise Standard, Plus 
  • Enterprise Essentials Plus 
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus and the Teaching & Learning Upgrade 
  • Frontline Starter, Standard 
  • AppSheet Starter, Core, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus 
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What’s changing
We’re introducing a beta that gives Google Forms creators more granular control over who can respond to their forms via sharing settings. 

Previously, forms creators had two sharing options: restrict responses to users within their domain (and trusted domains) or make forms public (i.e. anyone with the URL can respond). With this new option, 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 in Drive. 
New beta to add granular control options for who can respond to Google Forms


Who’s impacted 
Admins, end users and developers 


Why you’d use it 
This feature is useful in any scenario where you’d like to control who can respond to a form. For example, teachers can use this to ensure a quiz is only accessible to select students who receive the link. Similarly, business leaders can better collect feedback from specific organizational units and prevent the form from collecting email addresses or from being forwarded. 


Getting started 
  • Admins: For a limited time, you can sign your organization up for the beta using this form. Upon signing up, users within the Google group signed up for the beta should see the new feature within 2-3 weeks. 
  • End users: All new forms created by users who are allowlisted will be enabled into this feature. Form creators must publish their form to enable responders to view the form or submit a response. Form creators can see who has access to the form and share response access to specific users, groups, or target audiences. Visit the Help Center to learn more about creating a form in Google Forms. 
    • Users with personal Google Accounts or Workspace Individual subscribers can sign up using this form. 

Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts 
    • Note: The target audiences feature mentioned above is only available for the Google Drive and Docs and Google Chat services. Supported editions for this feature on Drive, Docs & Chat include: Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus. Supported editions for this feature on Drive & Docs only include: Business Standard, Nonprofits and G Suite Business. 

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What’s changing
You can now more easily and quickly create with high-quality, pre-designed branded templates and themes in Google Slides and Forms. 

Once an admin distributes branded materials to users in their domain, they will have access to: 
  • A domain template with a variety of branded slides, layouts, images, colors and fonts that will appear when creating a new presentation in Slides. 
  • A domain theme including fonts, branded colors and a header image that you can use when creating a new form or editing an existing form in Forms. 
Domain template in Slides
Domain template in Slides

Domain theme in Forms
Domain theme in Forms

Who’s impacted 
Admins and end users 


Why you’d use it 
These features enhance brand consistency across an organization. 


Additional details 
Admins have the ability to assign a domain template to all users in the organization, or specify particular templates for certain workgroups. 


Getting started 
Rollout pace 

Availability 
  • Available to Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus 

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What’s changing 
We’re introducing a new toggle in the Admin console that adds controls for who can access Google Forms features and services. When disabled, end users cannot create, edit or respond to Google Forms. 
More granular control for Google Forms
Getting started 
  • Admins: 
    • Forms will be ON by default and can be disabled at the domain, OU, and group level by navigating to Apps > Google Workspace > Drive and Docs > Google Forms. This setting will not take effect if the entire Drive and Docs Service is turned OFF. 
      • The entire Drive and Docs Service is the setting in the Admin console that turns OFF Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Forms. 
    • Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Google Forms on or off for users. 
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. If disabled by your admin, you cannot create, edit, or respond to Google Forms. 
Rollout pace 
Availability 
  • Available to all Google Workspace customers 
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2 New updates

Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), 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), and available to all Google Workspace customers.



Adding flexibility to email collection in Google Forms 
Previously, when creating or modifying a Google Form and editing the “Responses” section, form creators only had the option to toggle the "Collect email addresses" option on or off. If enabled, this meant when users filled out the form, their email was automatically collected with their form submission. To add flexibility, we’ve introduced the ability to choose between the following email collection options:
  • Verified email collection (previously known as automatic email collection)
  • Responder input (previously known as manual email collection)
  • Do not collect
The verified collection option will now require a user to click a checkbox to confirm which email address is being collected upon submission. | Learn more about viewing & managing form responses. 

Adding flexibility to email collection in Google Forms
Gain consensus from collaborators quickly with voting chips in Google Docs 
You can now add smart chips that contain emojis to use as voting indicators in Google Docs. This feature helps teams express themselves while they’re collaborating in Docs by allowing you to rank or compare ideas. | Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus customers and Nonprofits only. | Learn more about inserting smart chips & building blocks in your Google Doc. 
Voting chips in Google Docs


Previous announcements

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


Launching in beta: programmatically write working locations with the Calendar API 
Available now in beta through our Developer Preview Program, you can write a user’s working location using the Calendar API. | Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Plus, Education Standard, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade and Nonprofits customers only. | Learn more about writing working locations with the Calendar API. 

Enhancing Google Vault file retention capabilities using Google Drive Labels 
Google Vault now supports custom retention rules based on Drive labels. | Available to Google Workspace Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers only. | Learn more about Vault file retention using Google Drive Labels. 

Respond to access requests for Google Workspace files more efficiently 
Users can now review and respond to requests from within the file. Approvers will see a notification dot on the “Share” button if they have a pending access request and a new banner at the top of the sharing dialog. | Learn more about responding to access requests. 

Monitor additional Google Meet hardware issues in the Admin console 
You can now use the Admin console to detect and monitor additional Meet hardware issues, such as: missing display, missing controller, missing default camera, missing default microphone, missing default speaker, and missing default whiteboard camera. | Learn more about monitoring Google Meet hardware issues. 

Use companion mode to check-in to a Google Meet conference room, so everyone can know you by name
If you’re joining a meeting from a conference room, you can use companion mode on your personal device to check in to that specific room. Room check-in allows everyone on the call to easily identify who is in the conference room, rather than simply seeing the conference room name. | Learn more about companion mode check-in with Google Meet.


Completed rollouts

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

Scheduled Release Domains:
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).
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    Update

    [August 2, 2023] This feature has fully rolled out Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, Jamboard, Drawings and Drive.
    [April 26, 2023] We have paused rollout for this feature for Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, Jamboard, Drawings and Drive while we evaluate performance and quality. We will provide an update once rollout resumes.


    What’s changing

    We’re improving the client-side security of Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, Jamboard, Drawings, Drive, and Calendar with Trusted Types. This will provide an extra layer of protection around Document Object Model (DOM) APIs that are used by the apps listed above or third-party extensions. 

    This new enforcement mode will require third-party extensions to use typed objects instead of strings when assigning values to DOM APIs, and will begin rolling out on March 23, 2023. Once Trusted Types are fully enforced, the Trusted Types directive will be present in the Content Security Policy (CSP) header: 

    Who’s impacted
    Developers (relying on any Chrome extensions that modify DOM APIs.) 


    Why it’s important
    Trusted Types is a feature that further enhances our advanced data protection controls to keep users and data safe across more of the apps they use everyday. 


    Additional details 
    Screen readers, braille devices, and screen magnification will not change with Trusted Types. However, we recommend admins and developers check third party extensions for Trusted Types violations. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Accessibility for Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, & Drawings. 


    Getting started 
    • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
    • Developers: 
      • To make code Trusted Types compliant, signal to the browser that data being used within the context of these DOM APIs is trustworthy by creating a Trusted Type special object. 
      • There are several ways to be Trusted Types compliant, such as removing the offending code, using a library, or creating a Trusted Types policy. To ensure a seamless experience for users, these techniques can be employed before Trusted Types enforcement is rolled out. 
      • Visit the Chrome DevTools engineering blog to learn more about implementing CSP and Trusted Types debugging in Chrome DevTools. 
    • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. 
    Rollout pace 
    Availability 
    • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers 
    • Available to users with personal Google Accounts 
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    New updates
    Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), 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), and available to all Google Workspace and G Suite customers. 


    Drag out from Keep 
    You can now effortlessly insert images saved in your Keep notes into other apps by dragging them out from the image carousel on Android devices. | Learn more. 
    Drag out from Keep


    Previous announcements 

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

    Offline syncing available for opened Microsoft Office documents 
    You can now work offline with Microsoft Office files on your desktop. | Learn more. 


    Rich text formatting in Google Forms titles and descriptions 
    In addition to new options for styling fonts, rich text formatting is now available in Google Forms, enabling you to customize and add emphasis to your forms. | Learn more. 


    Start meetings more efficiently with the Calendar guest list in Google Meet 
    In Google Meet, you can now see participants who were invited to the meeting but have yet to join the call. | Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, the Teaching & Learning Upgrade, Education Plus, Non profit customers, and legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers only. | Learn more. 


    Updated timeline for the new integrated view for Gmail 
    We’ve rolled out the opt-out experience to a segment of Gmail users. This means that select users will see the new Gmail experience by default, but they will still have the option to revert to classic Gmail via the settings menu. | Learn more. 


    New security alerts for highly sensitive changes to Google Workspace configurations 
    In the Alert Center, admins will now be notified of select critical and sensitive changes made to their Google Workspace configurations. | Learn more. 


    Synchronize client-side encrypted files with Google Drive for Desktop on Windows and Mac OS 
    Admins can update their client-side encryption configurations to include Drive for Desktop. When enabled, users can synchronize their Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides files with Drive for Desktop on Windows & Mac OS devices. | Encrypt and upload local files is available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard and Education Plus customers only. | Learn more. 


    Easily share profile links via Contacts 
    Every contact with a Workspace email now has a new profile link that is easy to copy, share, and send within an organization. | Learn more. 


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

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    Quick summary
    In addition to new options for styling fonts, rich text formatting is now available in Google Forms, enabling you to customize and add emphasis to your forms. This highly requested feature allows you to use bolding, underlining, italicizing, hyperlinks, and lists in titles, question titles, and descriptions. 

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    Getting started 
    • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
    • End users: To access rich text formatting, create a Form > add or edit text > select the desired formatting option. Visit the Help Center to learn more about formatting text in your form. 

    Rollout pace 

    Availability 
    • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers 
    • Available to users with personal Google Accounts 

    Resources 
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    New updates 
    Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), 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), and available to all legacy Google Workspace and G Suite customers. 


    Frictionless sharing across Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides 
    In the effort to make collaboration simpler for users, we've introduced a new sharing experience in Workspace. Now, when you click the "Share" button in the top-right corner of your file, you'll see a streamlined design that makes it easier to share files with others and/or specific groups of people in your organizations, control whether your file is searchable to groups with access, and to copy the file link. | Learn more. 

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    Previous announcements 

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



    Data Loss Prevention for Drive helps protect sensitive data when users upload files to external Google Forms, now generally available 
    Users can now respond to external forms that contain file upload questions, while also helping to prevent the leak of sensitive and confidential information. | Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers. | Learn more. 


    New options for styling fonts in Google Forms 
    We’ve added additional font style and sizing options, and the ability to customize header, subheader, and body text separately in Google Forms. | Learn more. 


    Adjust spacing between content in Sites using new density theme setting 
    Site editors can now adjust the spacing between the content on their site with a custom theme setting that offers Compact, Cozy, or Comfortable spacing options. | Learn more. 


    Easily print your Tasks List 
    You can now print personal and Chat spaces Task lists on web, making it easier for you to track assigned items offline or plan with pen and paper if that’s your preference. | Learn more. 


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

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    What’s changing 
    We’re adding additional font style and sizing options, and the ability to customize header, subheader, and body text separately in Google Forms. 



    Who’s impacted 
    End users 


    Why it matters 
    This highly requested feature allows you to easily change the look and feel of your forms. You can use different typefaces and sizes for different parts of your form. 


    Getting started 

    Rollout pace 

    Availability 
    • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers 
    • Available to users with personal Google Accounts 

    Resources 
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    What’s changing 
    Previously, users in organizational units (OUs) or groups with active Drive Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies couldn’t respond to external forms with File Upload questions. 


    Now, we’re launching a new beta that will allow users to respond to external forms that contain File Upload questions, while also helping to prevent the leak of sensitive and confidential information. This beta will apply your domain’s existing Drive DLP policies to files that your users submit to Google Forms, without creating new rules or updating any existing ones. 


    Admins of eligible customers can express interest in the beta using this form. 




    Who’s impacted 
    Admins and end users 


    Why it’s important 
    With this launch, end users will be unblocked from responding to Google Forms with File Upload questions across domains. At the same time, DLP gives admins control over what their users can share, and prevents unintended exposure of sensitive information such as credit card numbers or personal identifiable information. 


    Getting started 
    • Admins: 
      • Use this form to express interest in the beta. 
      • Once accepted into the beta, Drive DLP rules defined for your domain will be applied to files submitted to File Upload questions in Google Forms. 
      • If you are not using DLP for Drive, you can create DLP rules at the domain, OU, or group level in the Admin console under Security > Data protection. You can apply block, warn or audit actions, consistent with DLP for Drive. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning data loss prevention in Google Forms on for your organization. 
    • End users: 
      • End users can respond to forms as usual, but can now respond to forms outside their domain, including forms that have File Upload questions. 
      • If a form violates Drive DLP rules for their domain, end users may see warnings or be blocked from submitting. 

    Availability 
    • Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard and Education Plus customers 
    • Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers 


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    What’s changing

    The Google Forms API provides programmatic access for managing Google Forms and acting on responses— empowering developers to build powerful integrations on top of Forms.

    Who’s impacted 

    Admins and developers

    Why you’d use it 

    The Google Forms API provides programmatic access to manage Forms and receive responses, supporting the development of a variety of powerful integrations. For example, you can use the API to develop real-time dashboards or data visualizations; trigger business workflows incorporating project management, CRM, or LMS tools; or auto-generate forms from question banks or other data sets. 

    The API is useful for a variety of tasks such as:

    • Creating and modifying forms or quizzes
    • Retrieving form responses or quiz grades
    • Reading form content and metadata
    • Receiving push notifications for form or quiz responses or form structure updates 


    Getting started



    Rollout pace
    Integration availability for end users
    • This feature is available now for all users.

    Availability

    • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers and users with personal Google Accounts

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    Quick summary 

    You can now embed linked response charts from Google Forms into a Google Doc, Google Slides presentation, or a Google Drawing. When new form responses are received, anyone with the proper permissions can refresh an embedded chart by simply clicking the "Update" button. This eliminates the need to re-copy the chart from the form. 

    This feature is useful for sharing real-time responses to polls or surveys and for incorporating Forms responses data into presentations or reports. 


     

    Embedding a form chart


    Getting started 

    • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
    • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more about viewing and managing form responses. 

    Rollout pace 

    Availability 

    • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers Available to users with personal Google Accounts 

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    What’s changing 

    At Google Cloud Next 2021, we announced the Google Forms API Beta, which provides programmatic access for managing Google Forms and acting on responses— empowering developers to build powerful integrations on top of Forms. 

    The Google Forms API is now rolling out as an Open Beta which means developers who are part of our Early Adopter Program can make their integrations available to the public. We’ll no longer require individual end-user accounts to be allowlisted. Developers should keep in mind, however, that their integrations are in Beta. 

    Developers can apply to join our Early Adopter Program and begin developing using the Google Forms API by filling out this form. 

    See below for more information. 

    Who’s impacted 

    Admins and developers 

    Why you’d use it 

    The Google Forms API provides programmatic access to manage Forms and receive responses, supporting the development of a variety of powerful integrations. For example, the API could be utilized to develop real-time dashboards or data visualizations, trigger business workflows incorporating project management, CRM, or LMS tools, or auto-generate forms from question banks or other data sets. 

    The API is useful for a variety of tasks such as: 

    • Creating and modifying forms or quizzes 
    • Retrieving form responses or quiz grades 
    • Reading form content and metadata 
    • Receiving push notifications for form or quiz responses and updates 



    Getting started 

    Rollout pace 

    Integration availability for end users 

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    Quick launch summary 
    Now you can easily customize your form or quiz settings with a more visible settings tab and an improved settings layout. 


    You’ll see an improved settings menu in the settings tab.

    You’ll see an improved settings menu in the settings tab.


    Getting started 
    • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
    • End users: There is no end user control for this feature.

    Rollout pace 
    Availability 
    • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers. Available to users with personal Google Accounts 
     Roadmap 
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    What’s changing
    When responding to a Google Form, Quiz, or Quiz assignment in Classroom while signed into your Google account, your progress will automatically be saved as a draft for 30 days from your last edit, or until your submission is complete.

    Gif showing a form being filled out and saved



    Who’s impacted
    End users


    Why it matters
    This highly requested feature helps ensure you won’t have to start over if:
    • You can’t complete a form or quiz in one sitting,
    • You have to switch between multiple devices,
    • You have low internet connectivity.

    Additional details
    Form owners and editors can disable this feature for responders to a specific form. You may want to disable the feature on forms that are:
    • Used for repeated data entry,
    • Embedded in websites,
    • On certain shared devices, such as registration or information kiosks.

    To disable this feature, within Google Forms, go to Settings > Presentation > Restrictions and select “Disable autosave for all respondents”.


    Getting started
    • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.

    Rollout pace
    • Rapid Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on August 3.
    • Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on September 15.

    Availability
    • Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers
    • Available to users with personal Google accounts

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    Update
    [January 13, 2022]: We have extended the previously announced timeframe for the Google Workspace storage policy changes. Beginning May 2, 2022, any newly created Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, or Jamboard files will count toward storage. See below for more information.

    What’s changing
    We’re extending the previously announced timeframe for upcoming changes to the Google Workspace storage policy. The updated timeline is:

    • June 1, 2021: High-quality photos will count towards Drive quota beginning June 1, 2021. There is no change to this timeline.
    • May 2, 2022: Any newly created Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, or Jamboard files will count toward storage. Existing files within these products will not count toward storage, unless they’re modified on or after May 2, 2022. Read more in our Help Center.

    Note that there are no changes to the previously announced dates for personal Google accounts.

    Who’s impacted
    Admins and end users. Storage limits differ across Google Workspace and G Suite editions, but we estimate that the majority of users will not be affected by these changes. See “Getting Started” below for more information on determining storage usage across your organization.

    Why it’s important
    People are uploading more content than ever before—in fact, more than 4.3 million GB are added across Gmail, Drive, and Photos every day. These changes to our storage policy are necessary to provide our users with a great experience and to keep pace with the growing demand.



    We recently announced changes to the pooled storage policy for Workspace for Education customers. As a part of these updates, to empower Google Workspace admins to adapt to this model and optimize their storage, we will provide new admin tools to identify and manage how storage is used and allocated before the policy goes into effect. We’ve decided to delay the count of Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, or Jamboard files count toward storage quotas until that tooling is in place.

    Getting started

    Rollout pace
    High-quality photos
    Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, and Jamboard
    Availability
    • These changes will apply to all customers with Google Workspace and G Suite licenses.
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