Google Drive. 3 New updates

Expanding Google Drive admin settings to additional Google Workspace editions

Google expanding the following admin settings to Google Workspace Cloud Identity Free, Cloud Identity Premium and Essentials Starter editions:

• Disable Drive Offline
• Disable Add-ons
• Disable SDK and Drive for Desktop Back-up & Sync
• Set Sharing settings including Trusted Domains

Available to Google Workspace Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Frontline Starter, Frontline Standard, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus, Cloud Identity Free, Cloud Identity Premium and Nonprofits customers only.

View recent shares in the Google Drive Activity page

Google Drive’s Activity page shows pending access requests, recent comments, and approvals for files, allowing you to quickly view recent activity and take action, all in one place.

Google adding recent file shares in the Drive Activity page, which includes who shared a file and when the file was shared.

Available to all Google Workspace customers.

Hover to preview videos in Google Drive

Google introducing a new feature that lets you quickly preview videos in Drive in List mode by simply hovering your mouse over their thumbnail. Upon hovering, the video will start to play automatically and clicking on the video will open it in full-screen.

While the video is in preview mode, you can turn captions and the sound on or off using the icons in the top right corner.

Available to all Google Workspace customers.