The following features are now available to domains following the Scheduled Release track: – Sites: Keyboard shortcuts in Sites editor – Docs: Migration of documents to the newer documents editor – Drive: The rollout of the “opt-in” phase of Google Drive to scheduled track domains. The “opt-in” phase consists of the following: Users can visit [...]

You can now search the web for information directly from Google Docs using the new research pane. From the research pane, you can look up maps, quotes, images and add them directly to your document. Release track: Rapid Editions included: Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education Languages included: All languages supported by [...]

Version 3.1 of Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook® is rolling out over the next 2-3 weeks with the following new features: – New registry key for hiding the Synchronization Status dialog for new users – Disabled services are now indicated in the Synchronization Status – “Error reported” fix Editions included: Google Apps for Business, [...]

The following features are now available to domains following the Scheduled Release track: – No new features to announce The following features are intended for release to these domains on or around May 15th: – Sites: Keyboard shortcuts in Sites editor. – Docs: New version of Google Documents rolling out on May 16th. – Drive: [...]

We completely redesigned Google Groups from the ground up to offer a new and improved user interface, collaborative inbox, take and assign topic functionality, multi-domain support, advanced search operators, new ways of viewing group content, and much more. Release track: Rapid Editions included: Google Apps for Business, Government and Education Languages included: All supported languages [...]

Version 4.06 of Google Apps Device Policy is now available for your Android users with the following improvements: – Multiple Account support: Google Apps Device Policy app allows users to register with multiple Google Apps domains. – New supported settings for Android in the Google Apps control panel Settings > Mobile > Org Settings: Number [...]

Starting Wednesday, May 16th, we will begin the process of migrating legacy Google documents (those created before July 2010) to the new document editor. The new editor has the following features: – Real time collaboration: See updates from other collaborators as they edit the document. – Higher-quality imports: More consistent imports from your desktop into [...]

Gmail now has the following new features: – Automatic language translation – The text in the browser tab now reads “Inbox (20) – u…@example.com – Gmail” instead of “Gmail – Inbox (20) – u…@example.com.” – A change to the way “Mute” works Please see the blog URL below to read which labs have been retired. [...]

The following features are now available to domains following the Scheduled Release track: – Gmail: Compact conversation view becomes more compact – Gmail: New Google Plus people widget The following features are intended for release to these domains on May 8th: – No new features to announce Release track: Scheduled* Editions included: Google Apps, Google [...]

Beginning Monday, April 30th, a new Control Panel Dashboard user interface will start to roll out over the next 2-3 weeks. The new design simplifies the Dashboard layout and brings commonly used actions and setup tasks to the main page. Google Apps for Education and Government customers will receive this update around late-May to early-June [...]