S2E8: Smart Canvas and Pageless in Docs launching, Search Chips in Drive, ChromeOS Flex, Workspace Productivity tips, Google Cloud Infrastructure diagramming and deployment tool, and more

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Google came out of the gate swinging this week with a whole bunch of announcements. Interestingly, only 4 of them made it on the official Workspace Updates blog, and the rest were through other blog posts and news releases.

I tried something new with the sound this week, so let me know if this improves your listening experience. :-)

Here are this week's updates:

Published Releases

1. Search chips in Google Drive help refine search results and surface important files faster

2. New smart canvas features in Google Docs

3. Improved search experience in Google Chat on Web

4. New document previews enhance the Cloud Search experience

Other Topics

• Cloudready is now Chrome OS Flex

  • Chrome OS Flex

  • Early access to Chrome OS Flex: The upgrade PCs & Macs have been waiting for

  • Certified Models List - Chrome OS Flex

    • 42 Major Issues

    • 240 Minor Issues

    • 58 Verified to work

  • Certified Models List - Neverware

• Smart Canvas

  • Google Docs getting AI generated summaries 

  • Smart Canvas Rollout

• Avocor Series One Desk 27” and Series One Board 65” - webinar link

• Google Workspace Productivity Tips

  • Chanel Grecko at Saperis Playlist

• Google Search on desktop tests adding widgets and weather and other Discover like cards

• Google commissions and releases ‘Roboto Serif’ as new font ideal for reading

• Introducing a Google Cloud infrastructure diagramming tool

• Google Workspace Admin Settings API

• Google Cloud to release 10 year deal with Dunn and Bradstreet

  • Supply Chain Twin and Pulse

• Shortwave is Google Inbox’s spiritual successor made by ex-Googlers, and there's an Android beta to test right now

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