Digital updates: June 2026
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Google has refreshed the visual identity of its Workspace apps, and Classroom now lets teachers track student progress against learning standards. NotebookLM keeps Drive sources up to date automatically, Drive gains a multi-page document scanner on Android, and Canva delivers its long-awaited Offline mode.
Google Workspace
A fresh look for Workspace app icons
Google has refreshed the icons for Gmail, Calendar, Chat, Meet, Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Vids, Keep, Forms, Voice, Sites, and Tasks with a more modern visual design. Each app keeps a distinct identity, while the suite gains a more consistent look.
The change is purely visual—the apps work exactly as before.
Google Classroom
Track student progress against learning standards
Google Classroom now lets you tag coursework and rubrics with specific learning standards and skills, then view analytics that show how individual students, whole classes, or particular learning areas are progressing.
When creating an assignment, quiz, question, or material, you can search the available standards or accept Gemini-suggested goals based on the content of your assignment. Students and parents can see the goals attached to assignments, giving them a clearer view of how each piece of work connects to broader learning milestones.
UK learning standards are included in the initial rollout.
This update is rolling out gradually and may not yet be visible to all users.
Use learning goals in Classroom
Turn rubric documents and photos into Classroom rubrics
Gemini in Google Classroom can now convert a rubric stored in a document into a structured, interactive rubric inside the assignment creation workflow—it even works on a photo of a printed rubric.
Upload a .doc, .pdf, .jpeg, or .png, and Gemini will generate a draft rubric you can review and edit before saving.
Create or reuse a rubric for an assignment
NotebookLM
Drive sources stay in sync automatically
When you add a Google Doc, Sheet, or Slide to a notebook, NotebookLM will now keep the file in sync automatically. Previously, you had to manually re-sync sources after editing them in Drive—now any changes flow through to your notebook without extra steps.
NotebookLM also respects file permissions and deletions: if you lose access to a source, or the file is deleted from Drive, it will be removed from the notebook as well.
This update is rolling out gradually and may not yet be visible to all users.
Add and manage sources in NotebookLM
Google Drive
Scan multiple pages at once on Android
The Google Drive app on Android includes a built-in document scanner that uses your phone’s camera to turn paper documents into PDFs and save them straight to Drive. It can now capture several pages at once: lay receipts out on a table for a single capture, or flip through a book and the scanner will pick up each page as it appears. It also detects duplicates, so you don’t accidentally re-scan the same page twice.
Multi-page scanning is only available on Android devices with 8GB or more of RAM.
Scan documents with Google Drive
Request alignment without locking the document
A new alignment approval option in Google Drive lets you record approver sign-off on a document without freezing it for further edits. Approvers can still register their decision, but collaborators can keep editing the file—useful for ongoing projects where you want a sign-off snapshot rather than a strict content lock.
When you request an approval, tick the new Alignment checkbox in the request dialog to use this mode instead of the existing locking approval flow.
This update is rolling out gradually and may not yet be visible to all users.
Request and manage approvals in Google Drive
Gemini app
Share Gemini chats, canvases, and media via Drive
You can now share a snapshot of a Gemini chat, canvas, or piece of generated media with colleagues through the same sharing interface you use for Docs. This makes it easy to pass a useful workflow on to others, or to build on top of what someone else has created.
Sharing is governed by your organisation’s existing Drive sharing settings, so the people you can share with are the same ones you can share Docs with today.
Share content from the Gemini app
Google Forms
More choices for header images
When designing a Google Form, you can now choose a header image from Google Drive, search Google Images, or paste in a URL. These join the existing options of pre-selected themes, uploads from your device, and Google Photos.
Change the theme or font of your form
Workspace Studio
Workspace Studio is Google’s tool for building automated workflows (called flows) that link your apps together and handle routine tasks without any coding. Visit studio.workspace.google.com to explore what’s possible.
Loop a flow over a list of items
Flows now support looping, so a single flow can repeat the same steps for each item in a list.
When configuring an Ask Gemini step, set its Response format to List, and you can follow it with a new Repeat for each step that runs sub-steps once per item. You can also loop over the rows of a Google Sheet—for example, drafting a personalised email for every name in a tracker, or creating a task for each action item from a set of meeting notes.
Learn about the Repeat for each step
Canva
Canva Offline
Canva has launched its long-awaited Offline mode. You can now select designs to make available for editing without an internet connection, and work on local image files. Changes sync automatically once you’re back online.
This is particularly useful for staff working in locations without a reliable internet connection.
Set up and use offline editing in Canva
Adobe Express
Apply ready-made styles to a design
A new Styles option lets you transform a design by applying a predefined combination of colours and fonts in a single click. Use it to quickly try out different visual directions on a template, or to bring an existing design in line with a particular look.
Control reveals with click order in presentations
When presenting in Adobe Express, you can now control the order in which animations, videos, and audio appear and play—so each element is revealed at exactly the moment you want it.
Use click order in presentations
Add pages to a shared template
If you start a design from a single page in a multi-page custom template, you can now pull in further pages from the same template later, without having to start a new project. Useful for adapting school-branded templates as your work grows.