Google Workspace Updates

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Google has updated the presenter toolbar in Google Slides to make it less intrusive and provide you more flexible controls.

When presenting, you will now see the following options:

  • Selecting the previous or next slide
  • Select any slide from the picker
  • The three-dot overflow menu, which will open options for opening speaker notes, auto play, caption preferences, and more.

Also, the presenter toolbar has been reduced down to only the controls you need the most and the size of the trigger zone has been improved to minimize distractions or obstruction of your contents.

Presenter toolbar menu options screenshot

Please visit the Google Workspace Learning Center to learn more about Google Slides.


Jamboard on the web now lets you see the version history of a Jam file and restore a previous version.

This is the same behavior you are familiar with from other Google Workspace applications like Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

Version history makes it easy to see changes to a Jamboard and who made them.

To see a Jamboard's version history, click More Actions Screenshot of version history button, See version history.

Screenshot of different types of rulers.

Please visit the Google Workspace Learning Center to learn more about Jamboard. 


Trash has been added to Google Contacts, making it easier for you to recover contacts that you have accidentally deleted. Now, when you delete a contact on any device - web, Android, and iOS - it will go into Trash, where it will stay for 30 days before being permanently deleted. In that time, you can view, restore, or permanently delete the contact.

Note: Trash can only be viewed and managed on the web.

Screenshot of Google contacts screen

To learn more about Google Contacts, please visit the Google Workspace Learning Center.