Google introduced “workspace intelligence” at its Cloud Next ’26 conference on Wednesday, April 22.
This new feature aims to connect emails, chats, files, and projects in Google Workspace for AI-powered context.
Using this intelligence, Google will sync data across Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Drive, and Chat, allowing Gemini-powered agents to assess what a user is trying to accomplish.
“Ask Gemini in Google Chat” is one of the components, which works as an integrated command line that makes work easier.
It allows users to request briefings for the day, create documents and presentations, get briefing files, and even book meetings, all through Chat itself. This feature works seamlessly with other apps like Asana, Jira, and Salesforce.
Other major updates include creating natural language spreadsheets in Sheets, generating infographics in Docs integrated with business data, and creating slideshows in one step in Slides with the help of company templates.
When introducing the new synchronization system, Google also emphasized data security. Officials confirmed that Workspace Intelligence operates using compliant infrastructure and does not use customer data for advertising or machine learning without their consent.
The implementation includes administrative controls, client-side encryption, and sovereign data governance capabilities for both the US and EU.
Additionally, the company also announced its 8th generation TPU chips.
The new chips offer 2.8 times better price-performance ratio and the TPU 8i, by inference, offers 80% better performance per dollar.
The series of new features is not yet complete and the company is expected to roll out more in the future.
