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Digital updates: February 2026
Thursday, 26 February 2026 in Blog
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A big month for AI in Google Workspace! Gemini writing, image, and video tools are now included for all Outwood staff in Docs, Slides, Forms and Vids. Alongside that, Google Classroom has gained powerful new recording and AI feedback features, and …
AI Pro update: February 2026
Tuesday, 24 February 2026 in AI Pro updates
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Recent AI Pro updates focus on communication and collaboration: Gemini in Gmail can polish your writing, while Meet gains real-time speech translation and Calendar gets smarter scheduling suggestions. These features require a Google AI Pro for …
Digital updates: January 2026
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 in Blog
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We hope your new year is off to a great start! The last month has brought some exciting changes, including scheduling Google Chat messages, improved AI capabilities across the Gemini app, Vids, Classroom, and NotebookLM, and various enhancements to …
Digital updates: December 2025
Friday, 05 December 2025 in Blog
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November brought some exciting new features to Google Workspace, including major AI enhancements across the Gemini app, NotebookLM, and Vids. Gemini app Model and tool options The model you select can impact both the quality and speed of responses, …
Digital updates: November 2025
Tuesday, 04 November 2025 in Blog
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October brought some great new features to Google Workspace, a major update from Canva, and new AI resources from Google. Google Classroom: generate stories in Read Along Google’s Read Along is a reading app aimed at children in years …
Timers in Meet
Tuesday, 14 October 2025 in Blog
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Meet now has countdown timers built in ⏲️ Meeting hosts and co-hosts can add a timer in meetings. While it’s running, you have options to pause, cancel, or extend the timer. Once started, all participants see the countdown on screen. …
Gemini's image support just got better
Monday, 08 September 2025 in Blog
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The Gemini app got a huge upgrade to its image support with Google’s Nano Banana 🍌 Nano Banana brings enhanced image generation, along with entirely new capabilities. You can now prompt Gemini with text, images, or a combination of …
Gemini AI in Google Classroom
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 in Blog
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Google Classroom now includes built-in Gemini AI tools ✨ There’s a wide range of tools you can try today, including: Generate quizzes Re-level text (adjust reading age) Write a story The Gemini tools area in Google Classroom. Get started …
Canva Education
Tuesday, 01 July 2025 in Blog
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Whether you’re a Canva regular or someone who’s been curious about trying it for lesson materials, presentations, or other visual content, we have good news. Canva is now streamlined for Outwood students and employees—sign in with …
Polls in Chat
Friday, 02 May 2025 in Blog
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Google Chat now includes a built-in polling feature that makes it easy to gather quick feedback and make decisions directly in your conversations. In Chat, type /poll and then Enter to create a new poll. Add 2–10 choices Option to hide the …