Google Slides mobile app for Android & iOS, with PowerPoint editing

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As previously announced, the new Google Slides mobile app is now ready for launch on Android (with iOS coming soon), making it easier for you to quickly find, edit and create presentations on the go — online or offline. The Slides app includes support for editing PowerPoint via Quickoffice, so you don’t have to worry about file compatibility, it all just works. This is available now on Android and is coming soon on iOS.

Release track:
Rapid release and Scheduled release

 

For more information:

Google Drive blog postHelp Center article
Get the Google Slides app on Google Play

Reference by : www.google.com

 

Removal of Quickoffice from Google Play and App Store

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With the integration of Quickoffice into the Google Docs, Sheets and Slides apps, the Quickoffice app will be unpublished from Google Play and the App Store in the coming weeks. Existing users with the app can continue to use it, but no features will be added and new users will not be able to install the app.

Release track:
Rapid release and Scheduled release

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Dedicated desktop home pages for Google Docs, Sheets & Slides

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We know that often times you’d like an easier way to return to your most relevant and recently edited documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, no matter what device you’re using. So we created new home screens to help you do that with direct access points for Docs, Sheets & Slides.

To access these home screens, use the following urls:

http://google.com/docs
http://google.com/sheets
http://google.com/slides

Release track:
Rapid release (Note: this launch will be rolling out gradually over the coming weeks), with Scheduled release coming soon

Reference by : http://www.google.com

Better document and image viewing experience in Gmail and Google Drive

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Google has launched a new version of the UI for viewing documents and images in Gmail and Google Drive to give more focus to the content itself. The tool bar has moved to the top (and disappears when not in use) and the document/image frame is now wider, giving users a more streamlined experience.

Release track:
Rapid release, with Scheduled release coming in two weeks (for Gmail only, changes in Drive will launch to all tracks today)

Reference by : http://www.google.com

Restore a user’s Google Drive files

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Admins can now restore a given user’s deleted Google Drive files for a specified date range. This helps ensure that, if a user accidentally deletes important files, those files are not permanently lost. The feature pertains to files that have been emptied from the Trash only. Files still in the Trash can be easily recovered by the user.

Release track:
Rapid release and Scheduled release

Reference by : http://www.google.com

 

Enhancements to the SMTP relay service

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We are launching several enhancements to the SMTP relay service. Admins will benefit from the following five key features:

  • Multiple authentication configurations: Admins can now configure multiple sets of authentication rules. For instance, you can specify that messages sent from one IP address are always allowed, messages from another IP address are only allowed if encrypted with TLS, and messages from another IP address range require SMTP AUTH.
  • SMTP AUTH: This newly supported authentication method uses Google “application-specific passwords” to allow admins to configure clients to authenticate to the relay service. This feature is available for registered Google Apps users only.
  • IP range description field: To manage IP addresses more efficiently, admins can enter descriptions in text fields for each IP address or range that you use to set authentication rules.
  • Selective enable/disable of IP ranges: Admins can selectively enable/disable IP ranges approved for relay as needed
  • Increased rate-limits for certain customers: In special circumstances, admins may increase the rate limits of 2,000 emails/user/day and 2,000 recipients/user/day by calling customer support. Requests need justification and are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

 

Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release

 

For more information: https://support.google.com/a/answer/2956491

 

Reference by : http://www.google.com

Better spam management with Message Center

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Building on the quarantine summary feature launched earlier this year, we are launching Message Center. Message Center is a web-based spam management system designed for Google Apps customers who relay some or all of their email traffic to on-premise SMTP servers. It provides the following features

  • Ability to view and search 30 days of clean/spam mail
  • Ability to mark single or multiple messages as spam or not spam
  • Delivery of messages that are not spam to the on-premise mailbox
  • Addition and removal of contacts for whitelisting purposes
  • Bookmark-able URLs for searches and individual messages

Release track:

Rapid release and Scheduled release

 

For more information:

https://support.google.com/a/answer/3028953

https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/6011636

 

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Exclude email drafts from Google Vault search with one click

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Admins can now more easily exclude email drafts from searches in Google Vault. Simply check the Exclude drafts checkbox in the search panel to exclude draft emails from your search.

 

Release Track:

Rapid release and Scheduled release

 

For more information:

https://support.google.com/vault/answer/2462480

https://support.google.com/vault/answer/4388708

 

Reference by : http://www.google.com/

Move documents, spreadsheets, and presentations to trash from their own File menu

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Owners of a document, spreadsheet or presentation will now be able to move it to the trash from within its own File menu, rather than needing to do so from the Drive home page. Editors and viewers will see the ‘Move to trash’ option in the File menu, but it will be inactive and greyed out.

 

Release Track:

Rapid release and Scheduled release

 

Reference by : http://www.google.com/

Enhancements to the "Open with" menu when previewing Gmail attachments

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When previewing Gmail attachments in Chrome, certain Chrome extensions can now be queried to determine if they are enabled for Drive. If they are, they will be included in the list of apps available as choices in the “Open with” menu in the attachment viewer.

 

Release Track:

Rapid release, with Scheduled release coming in two weeks

 

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