Thursday, May 14, 2015

Google Apps Update Alert




Posted: 13 May 2015 01:04 PM PDT
A new version of the Google Drive app for Android is coming to Google Play this week. New features include:

  • PDF Viewer enhancement: see completed form data
  • Performance and interface improvements

Release track:
Rapid release and Scheduled release (gradual rollout)

For more information:
Get the latest Google Drive app on Google Play


Note: all launches are applicable to all Google Apps editions unless otherwise noted

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Posted: 13 May 2015 11:59 AM PDT
New versions of the Google Docs and Slides apps for Android and iOS are now available on Google Play and the App Store. New features include:

  • Docs
    • Insert images
  • Slides
    • Insert, crop and mask images
    • Insert and manipulate tables

All of today’s improvements to Docs and Slides will remain available when you’re offline. You’ll just need the updated mobile apps.

Release track:
Rapid release and Scheduled release

For more information:
Get the latest Docs and Slides apps on Google Play and the App Store (Docs | Slides)
Help Center: Docs
Help Center: Slides


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Posted: 13 May 2015 11:13 AM PDT
To improve overall performance, we’re moving from using hash marks (#) to using the HTML5 History API in Google Drive. This means that moving forward, Google Drive folder and page URLs will no longer include hash marks (for example, https://drive.google.com/drive/#folders/ABC will become https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ABC and https://drive.google.com/drive/#starred will become https://drive.google.com/drive/starred).

Links to Drive folder and page URLs containing hash marks will continue to work indefinitely, but this change could impact any Google Apps admins or employees who parse Drive folder or page URLs specifically for the “#” symbol or who use Chrome extensions that employ the old-style URLs for Drive navigation.

This change is currently live for Rapid release domains; the rollout to Scheduled release domains is planned for June 9th.

Release track: 
Live on Rapid release, with Scheduled release to follow on June 9th

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