Google Workspace & AI Updates June 2026: Expert B2B Overview | Softprom

June 2026: Driving Business Value in Google Workspace & AI

In June 2026, Google focused on enhancing practical automation features and robust security for business users. These updates span across key Google Workspace applications, making collaborative workflows more secure and productive:

• Upgrades and Automation in Sheets: Large spreadsheet performance has improved (sheets open up to 30% faster, with filtering and conditional formatting up to 60% faster). Gemini in Sheets can now build entire spreadsheet structures from natural language descriptions.
  Additionally, Google introduced a formula error troubleshooter: Gemini analyzes the surrounding data structure, explains the root issue, and provides a corrected version of the formula in one click.
• AI Note-Taking in Google Voice: The new AI note-taking feature allows users to record and transcribe calls. The AI generates a concise summary, outlines key action items, and sends a summary report via Gmail while saving it within the Voice app.
• Guest Accounts in Google Chat: When adding external partners (non-Workspace users) to shared spaces or direct messages, the system automatically provisions guest accounts. These users are flagged with an "External" label and can securely collaborate across Chat, Drive, Docs, and Meet without any software downloads, operating fully under your organization's security and DLP policies.
• Google Meet and Calendar: iOS mobile users can now join Google Meet calls directly through Safari without downloading the dedicated app. Meet also introduced explicit consent prompts for recording and transcription.
  In Calendar, users can personalize their schedule with up to 200 custom event colors.
• Google Apps Script: Officially transitioned to a Google Workspace core service. It is now covered under Google Cloud Terms of Service, ensuring enterprise-grade data protection, robust administrative controls, and standard technical support.
• Google Vids: Enhanced corporate video generation tools. Users can add branding elements to custom avatars (such as company logos on clothing or branded backdrops), and AI voiceovers powered by the Nano Banana 2 model are now more natural and available in 24 languages.
  Google Slides presentations can also be converted directly into Google Vids, automatically generating scripts from speaker notes.

Technical Innovations and Infrastructure Security

• NotebookLM Upgrade: Powered by Gemini 3.5, NotebookLM received a massive upgrade, giving each notebook a dedicated sandboxed cloud computer for running code, adding over 100 software skills, and visualizing AI reasoning paths.
• Google AI Threat Defense: Released as an autonomous, continuous security platform designed to identify potential attack paths and deploy verified fixes faster to mitigate AI-driven threats.
• Gemini for SMBs: Introduced direct integration with Google Business Profiles to draft reviews and post suggestions, as well as Business Notebooks to auto-generate custom knowledge bases with brand data.
• New Models: Google DeepMind released the open-source text diffusion model DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B, while developers gained access to Gemini Omni Flash and Nano Banana 2 Lite.

Read Also: Last Month's Updates Overview

A detailed analysis of the May release, where we covered the launch of Gemini 3.5 models, Workspace Intelligence, and the autonomous background assistant Gemini Spark, is available in our previous overview.