Google Workspace Updates: Jamboard

The next phase of digital whiteboarding for Google Workspace

Thursday, September 28, 2023

What’s changing In late 2024, we will wind down the Jamboard whiteboarding app as well as continue with the previously planned end of support for Google Jamboard devices. For those who are impacted by this change, we are committed to help you transition:

We are integrating whiteboard tools such as FigJam, Lucidspark, and Miro across Google Workspace so you can include them when collaborating in Meet, sharing content in Drive, or scheduling in Calendar.
Further, we’re bringing these whiteboard solutions to the Series One Board 65 and Desk 27 devices by Avocor, so you can visually collaborate using a physical device and stylus.
We will provide a retention and migration path for Jamboard data so you don’t lose any of the collaborative work that’s been created within your organization.

Admins of impacted Google Workspace customers will receive more detailed information and instructions via email. We’ll continue to provide reminders here on the Updates Blog throughout this process as well.

Who’s impacted

Admins and end users

Why it’s important

We’re committed to partnering with industry-leading companies to bring the most innovative collaboration experiences to Google Workspace. We’ve heard from our customers that whiteboarding tools like FigJam by Figma, Lucidspark by Lucid Software, and the visual workspace Miro help their teams work better together — specifically, the advanced features they offer such as infinite canvas, use case templates, voting, and more. Based on this feedback, we’ve decided to leverage our partner ecosystem for whiteboarding in Workspace and focus our efforts on core content collaboration across Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

Whiteboarding capabilities in the conference room or classroom

Earlier this year, our partner, Avocor, delivered two next-generation video conferencing and whiteboarding devices, the Series One Board 65 and Desk 27, to succeed the original Jamboard device. With built-in Google AI features, studio-grade audio, and seamless video conferencing through Google Meet, these devices are designed for immersive team collaboration.

Today, we’re announcing that FigJam, Lucidspark, and Miro will create integrations for these devices, with expected delivery at the end of 2023 and early 2024 — we’ll keep you posted on the availability here on the Workspace Updates blog. Soon you’ll not only have a choice of three robust third-party whiteboarding experiences inside a Meet call, you’ll also have new options to use them outside a call as standalone whiteboarding tools on the Board 65 and Desk 27.

Transition timeline

Jamboard device:

All Jamboard device license subscriptions (including education licenses) will end on September 30, 2024. If you have an upcoming 12-month subscription renewal, you will have the ability to renew your license subscription for a term that will end on September 30, 2024, at a prorated cost.
If you need to back up any Jamboard device event logs from the Admin console, please do so before September 30, 2024. After this date, you will no longer be able to manage Jamboards from the Admin console and we will begin to delete device event log data.
October 1, 2024, the 55-inch Jamboard device will reach its Auto Update Expiration (AUE) and will no longer receive security and feature updates or customer support from Google Workspace. At this time, we will also remove Jamboard device management from the Admin console, leaving the device with limited functionality. Our FAQ page contains details on how you can continue to use your 55-inch Jamboard device beyond its AUE date.
Those looking for an alternative to the 55-inch Jamboard device can upgrade to the Google Meet Series One Board 65 and Desk 27 devices by Avocor. Both devices will have integrations with our partners’ whiteboarding software to replace the Jamboard app. We will follow up as we approach the AUE date with reminders and updates.

Jamboard app

Starting October 1, 2024, you’ll no longer be able to create new or edit existing Jams on any platform, including the web, iOS, and Android.
Between October 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024, the app will be placed in “view-only” mode, during which time you will still be able to backup your Jam files. Learn more.
On December 31, 2024, we will wind down the Jamboard application, meaning your users will no longer be able to access their Jam files and Jam files will be permanently deleted. In the coming months, we’ll provide Jamboard app users and admins clear paths to retain their Jamboard data or migrate it to FigJam, Lucidspark, and Miro within just a few clicks, well before the Jamboard app winds down in late 2024. Review how you can generate a list of your Jamboard active users. Also, have your users download their Jam files

Additional details

We also understand the unique needs of educational institutions, so we’ve worked with Figjam by Figma, Lucidspark by Lucid software, and the visual workspace Miro to provide whiteboarding capabilities that cater to students and educators, whether they’re in primary school, secondary school, or higher education. To learn more about each offering, see which is best for your educational institution, and get guidance and resources for using these tools, please visit the Help Center. We will also work directly with educational institutions to compensate them for their Jamboard devices.

Getting started

Admins: Use this article in our Help Center for more Jamboard end of life information.
End users: You can keep your Jam files in Drive by saving them as PDFs. Learn how to download Jam files.

Availability

This update impacts all Google Workspace customers who use the Jamboard app or 55-inch Jamboard device.

Resources

Adding Trusted Types to Google Workspace

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Update

[August 2, 2023] This feature has fully rolled out Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, Jamboard, Drawings and Drive.

[April 26, 2023] We have paused rollout for this feature for Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, Jamboard, Drawings and Drive while we evaluate performance and quality. We will provide an update once rollout resumes.

What’s changingWe’re improving the client-side security of Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, Jamboard, Drawings, Drive, and Calendar with Trusted Types. This will provide an extra layer of protection around Document Object Model (DOM) APIs that are used by the apps listed above or third-party extensions.
This new enforcement mode will require third-party extensions to use typed objects instead of strings when assigning values to DOM APIs, and will begin rolling out on March 23, 2023. Once Trusted Types are fully enforced, the Trusted Types directive will be present in the Content Security Policy (CSP) header:

Who’s impactedDevelopers (relying on any Chrome extensions that modify DOM APIs.)

Why it’s importantTrusted Types is a feature that further enhances our advanced data protection controls to keep users and data safe across more of the apps they use everyday.

Additional details Screen readers, braille devices, and screen magnification will not change with Trusted Types. However, we recommend admins and developers check third party extensions for Trusted Types violations. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Accessibility for Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, & Drawings.

Getting started

Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
Developers:

To make code Trusted Types compliant, signal to the browser that data being used within the context of these DOM APIs is trustworthy by creating a Trusted Type special object.
There are several ways to be Trusted Types compliant, such as removing the offending code, using a library, or creating a Trusted Types policy. To ensure a seamless experience for users, these techniques can be employed before Trusted Types enforcement is rolled out.
Visit the Chrome DevTools engineering blog to learn more about implementing CSP and Trusted Types debugging in Chrome DevTools.

End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on March 23, 2023
Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on April 24, 2023

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers
Available to users with personal Google Accounts

Resources

Google Help: Implement CSP and Trusted Types debugging in Chrome DevTools
Google Help: Accessibility for Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, & Drawings

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - October 14, 2022

Friday, October 14, 2022

New updates

There are no new updates to share this week. Please see below for a recap of published announcements.

Previous announcements

The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.

In-room meeting participants can now join break out rooms When using Google Meet Hardware devices, meeting hosts can now assign conference rooms to breakout rooms. | Available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Frontline, and Nonprofits customers only. | Learn more.

Transcribe speech during Google Meet calls into a Google Doc You can now transcribe a Google Meet video meeting into a Google Doc. The transcribed file is saved in the hosts “Meet Recordings” folder in Google Drive, similar to meeting recordings. | Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade customers only. | Learn more.

Use SIP Link to link phone numbers from local carriers to Google Voice For Google Voice Standard and Premier customers, admins can now connect a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunk with Voice. This allows phone numbers (PSTN services) from local carriers to be used for Google Voice through a secure set of certified Session Border Controllers (SBCs), such as Audiocodes, Cisco, Oracle, and Ribbon. | Available with Voice Standard and Voice Premier licenses only. | Learn more.

Preview and interact with files using smart chips in Google Sheets As an extension of smart canvas, you can now add Google Drive files directly into a Google Sheet as a smart chip. | Learn more.

Expanding smart chips to include events in Google Sheets In addition to the recent announcement of adding files to Google Sheets using smart chips, we're also making it easier for you to quickly insert Calendar events into Sheets. | Learn more.

Join or start a meeting directly from Jamboard on the web to kickstart collaboration We’re expanding interoperability with Google Meet and Jamboard with the option to join or start a meeting directly from Jamboard on the web. This makes it easier for you to seamlessly present your jam and start collaborating. | Learn more.

Data loss prevention for Google Chat now generally available Over the next several weeks, data loss prevention (DLP) rules for Google Chat will become generally available for select Google Workspace editions. Data protection rules for Chat help admins and security experts build a stronger framework around sensitive data to prevent personal or proprietary information from ending up in the wrong hands. | Learn more.
Improve your visibility in Google Meet video callsGoogle Meet can now automatically frame your video before joining a meeting to help ensure equal visibility for all participants. The automatic framing happens only once, so there are no motion distractions that can divert attention from the content of the meeting. | Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, Education Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Workspace Individual customers with eligible devices. Also available to Google One subscribers with 2TB or more storage space with eligible devices. | Learn more.
For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).

Join or start a meeting directly from Jamboard on the web to kickstart collaboration

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

What’s changing We’re expanding interoperability with Google Meet and Jamboard with the option to join or start a meeting directly from Jamboard on the web. This makes it easier for you to seamlessly present your jam and start collaborating. This feature is available on the web.

Who’s impacted End users
Why you’d use it Effective team meetings are a critical component to unlocking innovation facilitated by human connection and collaboration. A key component of this is the ability to communicate seamlessly whether you’re joining in a meeting room or remotely. Bringing Google Meet into Jamboard allows everyone in the meeting to collaborate while having a conversation.

This is particularly helpful for presenters, who can share their Jam to illustrate a new idea or concept, and receive their audience's reaction in one place. Collaboration is even easier, allowing everyone in the meeting to co-create on a whiteboard without switching between tabs or apps.

As with other capabilities, such as Meet in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, we hope this update empowers teams working together in-real time, regardless of location.
Getting started

Admins: This feature will be ON by default for all domains with Jamboard enabled. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Jamboard on or off for your organization.
End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more about collaborating with a Jamboard in Meet and using a Jamboard device in a video meeting.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 20, 2022
Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 31, 2022

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers

Resources

Version history now available for Jamboard on web

Friday, March 12, 2021

Quick launch summary When using Jamboard on the web, you can now:

See the version history of a Jam file
Create named versions of a Jam file
Restore a previous version of a Jam file

This is the same behavior you’re familiar with from other Google Workspace products, like Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Version history makes it easy to see changes to a Jam and who made them. This is particularly useful in education settings, allowing teachers to view and track student changes to Jam files. Additionally, you can name different versions of your Jam files, so you can quickly revert to them when needed.
Getting started

Admins: No action required.
End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about finding what’s changed in a file.

Rollout pace

Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on March 12, 2021

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers

Resources

Google Help: Finding what’s changed in a Jam

Adding Google Chat, Google Calendar, and Jamboard to Google Workspace Essentials

Monday, March 1, 2021

Quick launch summaryWe’re giving teams and organizations more ways to connect and collaborate by adding Google Chat, Google Calendar, and Jamboard to Google Workspace Essentials, all included at no additional cost.
We know that different types of workers have different needs for communication and collaboration. We hope that, with the addition of these apps, Google Workspace Essentials customers will take advantage of new ways to communicate and collaborate by:

Using Chat to stay connected with your team and other stakeholders in your organization
Using Jamboard and Google Meet to conduct more immersive and engaging meetings
Using Calendar to schedule calls and team meetings

We’re also adding the ability for multiple teams within one domain to sign up for Google Workspace Essentials, even if other teams in their domain have previously signed up in the past.
Visit http://workspace.google.com/essentials to learn more about Google Workspace Essentials.
Getting started

Rollout paceThese features are available now.Availability

These changes apply to Google Workspace Essentials customers only.
These changes are not relevant to Google Workspace Enterprise Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, or Enterprise Plus, or G Suite Basic, Business, Education, Enterprise for Education, or Nonprofits customers.

Resources

Changes to Google Workspace storage policies starting June 1, 2021

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

UpdateMarch 31, 2021: We've made some changes to the storage policy timeline. Please see this post for more information

Host collaborative brainstorms with new digital whiteboarding integration in Google Meet

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Quick launch summaryWith the new Google Jamboard and Google Meet integration, you can now create or open an existing jam while on a Meet video call. This digital whiteboarding integration means you can use the Jamboard virtually to host collaborative brainstorming sessions with your coworkers or students in real-time, even when you can’t be in the same room.

You’ll also be able to save, share and continue the whiteboard at any time with Jamboard.
Note, you can only start or open a Jamboard during a Meet call if you joined the call on a computer. Video call participants on a mobile device or tablet will get a link to a Jamboard file and be directed to the Jamboard app.
Getting startedAdmins: This feature will be ON by default for all domains with Jamboard enabled. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Jamboard on or off for your organization.
End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more about whiteboarding in Meet.
Rollout pace

Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on September 22, 2020

Availability

Available to all G Suite customers and users with personal Google accounts.

Resources

Google Help: Whiteboarding with Google Meet

Roadmap

This feature was listed as an upcoming G Suite release.

New improvements for Jamboard mobile and tablet apps

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

What’s changing

We’ve redesigned the Jamboard apps for iOS and Android to improve usability, performance, and reliability for Jamboard users. Together with our recent usability redesign of Jamboard hardware on web, these updates create a rich collaborative experience for Jamming across all user touch points.

These changes create a more seamless and consistent experience, bringing familiar functionalities from other Google Editors to Jamboard. Additionally, we’re removing several functions to further streamline the user experience. For more details, see below.

Who’s impacted

End users

Why you’d use it

We’ve redesigned the current Jamboard apps to optimize the user experience, improve performance and reliability, make them work more effectively:

Jamboard is now more consistent with other G Suite editors
We’re bringing familiar functions from Google Editors to the Jamboard apps, which will make them easier to use. Specifically, you’ll be able to take actions such as starring, make a copy of a Jam or copy a link to a Jam. We’re also adding the standard G Suite link sharing abilities found in our editors to our apps to make sharing easier.

You’ll also notice a grid view and a list view for your Jams on the homescreen. You can view recent, shared with me, starred and trashed Jams as browsable directories. These features are a part of the larger effort to bring the power and familiarity of G Suite to Jamboard.

An improved editing experience for mobile and tablet users
We’ve added full portrait and landscape support for apps, which makes jamming on mobile and tablet devices easier.

You’ll see a redesigned toolbar and framebar bringing a familiar interface from Jamboard hardware and the web to users. We’ve also added missing tools, such as the select tool to mobile and made the tools for inserting images and drive files more performant and reliable.

Easily join or open a Jam on Jamboard and share a Jam with people
We’ve made several improvements to the way you join and open Jams on Jamboard, and share Jams with people from mobile and tablet devices. You can now share Jams using the standard G Suite sharing methods. You can open a Jam on Jamboard using Bluetooth. Also, you can join a Jam on Jamboard using Bluetooth or a jam-code that is created on Jamboard hardware.

You can read more about the improvements of our usability redesign here. See our Help Center to learn more about the updates to the sharing, opening and joining model.

How to get started

Admins: No action required.
End users: You’ll see the new changes coming to your Android and iOS devices in the coming days. For more information on the updates to claiming and sharing Jams, see our “Helpful links” section.

Additional details

We’ve temporarily removed the ability to create a jam offline while we continue working toward achieving parity with the offline capabilities of other G Suite Editors. You’ll still be able to edit a Jam offline while you have a Jam open and edit any Jams offline you have previously opened.

We’ll also be deprecating a few features:

You’ll no longer be able to use NFC to open or join a Jam on Jamboard. Instead, you can use Bluetooth to open or join Jams on Jamboard.
We’ve removed the Hangouts integration on mobile and tablet. To co-edit a Jam, share the Jam file link in Hangouts Chat or attach it to a calendar entry, which gives all meeting participants access to the Jam. To present a Jam to a meeting, use the new mobile Meet screen-sharing feature which is available on iOS and coming soon to Android.
We’re removing the web search and crop feature. Instead, you can use the native browser to find a web page, the native screen-capture and crop functionality, and our apps gallery insert flow to insert cropped images of web pages. For our EDU customers, this change allows us to lower the age restriction of our apps to 13+.
The ability to create Jam file codes on mobile and tablet will also be removed. Instead, you can use the familiar G Suite share features to share with people or use Bluetooth to open Jams on Jamboard.

Helpful links

Availability

Rollout details

Rapid Release domains: Full rollout (1-3 days for feature visibility) starting on September 11, 2019
Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1-3 days for feature visibility) starting on September 11, 2019

G Suite editions

Available to all G Suite editions

On/off by default?

This feature will be ON by default.

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Edit and open jams on Jamboard more easily

Thursday, August 8, 2019

What’s changing

We’re making some updates to Jamboard to make it easier to jam on all your devices. Specifically you may notice:

An improved editing experience on Jamboard devices, including a redesigned toolbar and framebar, a new quick-access menu, and new gestures to select objects.
Simpler ways to open jams from your computer or on Jamboard devices.

See below for more details, or see our Help Center for the full list of changes. You can also use this guide to learn how to use Jamboard, including the new features outlined in this post.

Who’s impacted

End users

Why you’d use it

These updates will make it easier for all users to visualize their ideas and collaborate through jams. This should help unlock your team’s creative potential by bringing more ideas together on a range of platforms, and making it easier to continue jamming in later meetings, brainstorms, and working sessions.

How to get started

Additional details

Use this guide to get more details and learn how to use the toolbar, framebar, and other new features outlined in this post.

An improved editing experience on Jamboard devices

An updated toolbar on Jamboard devices features new and rearranged options, which make it easier to find and use popular editing controls including undo/redo, text colors, and more.
The framebar has been redesigned. Tap the frame icon at the top of the Jamboard, and an expanded view of the frames in your jam will make it easy to move between frames.
You can quick-select an object by tapping it with two fingers, rather than long-pressing as you would have before. This was changed in response to strong user feedback that it was too easy to accidentally lift objects while writing on them.
A new overflow menu will make it easier to find more editing functions when you have an object selected.

Updated toolbar and framebar on Jamboard devices

Simpler ways to open jams from your computer or on Jamboard devices

You can now use your computer to easily open a jam on a Jamboard using the Jamboard name. Simply open the jam on your computer, click “Open on a Jamboard,” then search by Jamboard name. To make this easier, we added the name of the Jamboard to the screensaver on Jamboard devices so it’s quick to open jams when you’re in sight of a Jamboard. See below for more details on how this works.
You can no longer share a Jam by creating a share-code from your computer. Instead, you can share a jam using the standard G Suite Share button, and you can open Jams on Jamboard using the search by Jamboard name feature described above.
We’ve updated the ‘open a jam’ instructions in the main menu on Jamboard devices. The new instructions make it easier to use the search, nearby, and code options to open a jam. See our Help Center for more information on how to open an existing jam on Jamboard.

Helpful links

Availability

Rollout details

Rapid Release domains: Full rollout (Up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on August 8, 2019
Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (Up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on August 8, 2019

G Suite editions
Available to all G Suite editions

On/off by default?
This feature will be ON by default.

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Choose your videoconferencing option on Jamboard by June 30

Monday, May 13, 2019

What’s changing

Starting on May 13th, you can choose whether or not to enable an enhanced Jamboard videoconferencing experience with Hangouts Meet on Jamboard devices. If you don't configure your boards to enable or disable this feature by June 30th, your boards will be automatically enabled. The improved experience replaces the current “Connect to Meeting” feature to:

Add full screen videoconferencing to Jamboards: Jamboard will use Hangouts Meet for a better videoconference experience.
Pair to a calendar: Pair your board to a calendar resource in the admin console to make it a bookable resource and make it easier to start or join a meeting directly from the board.

For Jamboards in large rooms or open spaces, we recommend setting up the Jamboard with peripherals to provide the best audio quality. Review our deployment recommendations and information below to make sure you provide your users with the best experience.

Who’s impacted

Admins and end users

Why you’d use it

The enhanced Jamboard videoconferencing will use Hangouts Meet to expand how you can use your Jamboards. Now, you can have a video conferencing call, a collaborative session with the digital whiteboard, or both at once—all with a single Jamboard. Specifically, Meet on Jamboard will:

Add full screen videoconferencing for when you want to talk to meeting participants
Make it easy to switch between videoconferencing and sharing the digital whiteboard
Improve screen sharing from other devices to a Jamboard so you can present to the meeting
Allow pairing a Jamboard to a calendar resource to easily start or join a meeting directly from the board.

How to get started

Admins: Review these deployment recommendations and enable or disable the upgrade on your boards.
End users: If enabled, see how to use Meet on Jamboards here.

Additional details

Choose whether to enable the feature on your Jamboards by June 30

By June 30, Admins should choose which configuration to use for each Jamboard and ensure that the Jamboards are properly deployed within your organization for optimal video meeting experience (deployment recommendations).

If you enable full screen videoconferencing, the feature will be enabled immediately on the board.
If you turn it off, the feature will not be enabled, but can be enabled any time in the future.
If you decide to pair the Jamboard with a Hangouts Meet hardware device, you will be able to use both Jamboard and Hangouts Meet hardware in the same room.

To opt-in for this videoconferencing update on your Jamboard, please log on to admin console and manually enable the upgrade. If no option is selected before June 30, all boards that are not currently paired to Hangouts Meet devices will auto-upgrade.

Turn the feature on or off at any time
You can enable or disable videoconferencing or change pairing set-ups for each Jamboard at any time. If you choose to disable the upgrade now, you can still enable it at any time in the future to rollout the feature on your own timeline.

Helpful links

Deployment recommendations to set up your meeting room
Help Center (admins): Set up Jamboards for video meetings

Availability

Rollout details

Rapid Release domains: Admin controls available starting May 13, 2019. If enabled, the feature is available starting May 13.
Scheduled Release domains: Admin controls available starting May 13, 2019. If enabled, the feature is available starting May 13.

G Suite editions
Available to all G Suite editions

On/off by default?
This feature will be ON by default starting on June 30, 2019. You can turn it on or off for each Jamboard at any time.

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Use Vault for Gmail confidential messages and Jamboard files

Thursday, March 7, 2019

What’s changing

Google Vault is adding support for two new types of content:

Gmail confidential mode emails - If your users send or receive messages in Gmail confidential mode (currently available for G Suite as a beta program,) Vault will retain, preserve, search and export confidential mode messages as per the details below.
Jamboard files stored in Google Drive - Vault will automatically retain and preserve Jamboard files (‘jams”) according to the retention rules and holds set for Google Drive, and let you search and export these files.

Who’s impacted

Admins only

Why you’d use it

Google Vault lets you retain, hold, search, and export data to support your organization’s retention and eDiscovery needs. This launch adds support for new data types so that you can comprehensively govern your organization’s data.

How to get started

Admins: Use our Help Center to find out more about retention and Google Vault.
End users: No action needed.

Additional details

Support for Gmail confidential mode emails
Gmail confidential mode lets users restrict recipients' access to sensitive email content. This feature is available to G Suite domains through our Gmail confidential Beta program.

Vault and confidential messages sent by members of your organization - Vault can hold, retain, search, and export all confidential mode messages sent by users in your organization. Messages are always available to Vault, even when the sender sets an expiration date or revokes recipients' access to confidential messages.

Here’s an example of what admin@ink-42.com will see in Vault when they search for sam@ink-42.com and preview this email sent by lisa@ink-42.com.

Vault and confidential messages received from external senders - Your users might receive confidential mode messages from external parties such as other G Suite customers and from personal Gmail accounts. You can hold, retain, search and export message headers and subjects of external confidential messages. However, you can't search or export message content or attachments from external confidential messages.

Here’s an example of what admin@ink-42.com will see in Vault when they search for sam@ink-42.com, and preview this email sent by an external domain (ben@imfl.com).

See our Help Center for more information on Vault and Gmail confidential mode. You can also see how to protect Gmail messages with confidential mode.

Support for Jamboard files (“jams”) stored in Google Drive

With this launch, you’ll be able to manage Jamboard files that have been saved to a user’s Google Drive:

See our Help Center for to see how to set retention rules for Drive, which will also apply to jams.

Helpful links

Availability

Rollout details

Vault support for Jamboard

Vault support for Gmail Confidential in beta is completely rolled out to all domains.

G Suite editions
Available to G Suite Business, Enterprise, and Enterprise for Education editions, as well as G Suite users with the Vault add-on license

On/off by default?
This feature will be ON.

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Updated UI for Jamboard web home page

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Quick launch summary

To create an interface that’s clearer and easier to navigate, we’re updating the design of the Jamboard home page (jamboard.google.com). This builds on recent updates that made it easier to create and edits jams on the web. You may notice:

Material design updates, including updated boxes and increased white space, so you can quickly find what you’re looking for
New buttons to open jams more quickly with fewer clicks
New logos and design elements to increase consistency with other G Suite products and interfaces.

The new interface will show on the Jamboard web home page at jamboard.google.com.

The new Jamboard UI

Availability

Rollout details

G Suite editions
Available to all G Suite editions.

On/off by default?
This feature will be ON by default.

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Get your whole team jamming with Jamboard web improvements

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

What’s changing

We’re adding several new features to Jamboard which will make it easier to create and collaborate on jams on the web. We recently announced that you can now create and edit jams in a Chrome browser. We’re enhancing this web-based Jamboard experience with several useful features including:

Support for familiar keyboard shortcuts: Use Ctrl/CMD+c to copy, CTRL+V to paste, and CTRL+D to duplicate Jam objects when editing on the web.
Create, delete, and duplicate frames on the web: Easily manage frames (the equivalent of pages in jams) on the web.
Easier switch between creation modes: Quickly switch between the drawing and selection modes - hold down Ctrl/CMD to switch to the select mode, and release to switch back to drawing mode.
Better image management: Add images to jams by drag and drop, copy and paste, or through a simple image upload dialog.

A new dialogue will make it easier to insert images in jams

Who’s impacted

End users

Why you’d use it

Jamboard is a great tool for brainstorming, encouraging collaboration, and generally bringing ideas to life. This launch makes it easier for everyone on your team to collaborate on jams, regardless of whether they’re by a physical Jamboard or not.

With these improvements to Jamboard on the web, and the pre-existing apps for phones and tablets, we hope more if your team can join in and share ideas, capture sticky notes, brainstorm, and much more.

How to get started

Admins: No action needed.
End users: Go to https://jamboard.google.com to get started, or use our Help Center for more details on how to use Jamboard on the web.

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Availability

Rollout details

Rapid Release domains: Keyboard shortcuts, frame management, and mode switching will have a gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on Jan 23, 2019.
Scheduled Release domains: Keyboard shortcuts, frame management, and mode switching will have a gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on Jan 23, 2019.

Better image management will start rolling out in February. Keep an eye on the G Suite Updates blog to know when to expect it.

G Suite editions

Available to G Suite Basic, Business, Enterprise, Enterprise for Education, and Education editions. Not available to G Suite for Nonprofits edition.

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This feature will be ON by default.

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New settings and connectivity logs improve Jamboard fleet management

Monday, October 22, 2018

We’re adding new Jamboard logs to the Admin console. These will give G Suite admins better visibility into the status of their Jamboards, as well as what actions have been taken on them. We hope this will help you better manage your fleet of Jamboards and better diagnose and fix any issues you have with them.

Easily access logs of Jamboard actions

Logs will be displayed with simple descriptions, and admins will be able to search within and filter these logs to quickly see important information about the status of their Jamboards. The logs will include:

Recent changes to Jamboard settings, such as device name, location, screensaver timeout, device updates, and more
For recent settings changes, who made the changes, as well as both the old and new value (where possible)

Following our previous announcement that we’ve moved Jamboard fleet management to the G Suite Admin console, these logs will be in the G Suite Admin console at Home > Reporting > Audit.

Pinpoint and fix Jamboard issues

This information can help admins:
Diagnose issues: For example, if a Jamboard is offline, an admin can review the logs to see when it went offline and see when the device was last rebooted. This can help you narrow down and fix the possible cause of the connectivity issues more quickly.

Save time: For example, if a Jamboard user reports an unhelpful change or is experiencing an issue, admins will be able to see when recent on-device settings were changed. This could help narrow down the issue and track admin actions taken for the board, which helps avoid duplicating any steps that have already been tried.

See our Help Center for more information on how to manage Jamboards.

Launch Details
Release track:
Launching to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release

Editions:
Available to all G Suite editions

Rollout pace:
Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility)

Impact:
Admins only

Action:
Admin action suggested/FYI

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Help Center: Manage your Jamboards

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Manage your Jamboard fleet directly from the Admin console

Monday, October 8, 2018

You can now manage your Jamboards, along with your users and other devices, all in one place. We’re moving Jamboard fleet management and administration into the Admin console under Device Management > Jamboards. This move creates a more consistent and intuitive resource management experience for G Suite admins.

This replaces the Jamboard Admin console, but all of its functionality to provision, deprovision, and see device health is still available and all of its settings will be preserved. We’ve also added new features like filtering for improved searching, pagination, and a refresh button.

Visit the Help Center for more information on viewing, modifying, and updating settings for your Jamboard in the Jamboard Admin console.

Launch Details
Release track:
Launching to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release

Editions:
Available to all G Suite editions

Rollout pace:
Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility)

Impact:
Admins only

Action:
Admin action suggested/FYI

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New ways to create, edit, and share your jams on the web with the latest Jamboard release

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

With this month’s release, we’ve added two highly requested features from customers that help you jam from anywhere and give you more control when sharing your work: creating and editing jams from the web and a “View Only” mode.

Create and edit your jams in a web browser

While users have always been able to view a jam from any device, editing and collaborating on a jam has been limited to touch devices (like the physical kiosk, tablets, and smartphones).

Now, you can create and edit your jams on the web too. With the new updates to the Jamboard web experience, everybody on your team can join in and collaborate on a session in their web browser. This means that anybody in the meeting can participate, whether they want to edit a sketch from a laptop or quickly type up sticky notes during a brainstorm.

We’ve found that this makes using and adopting Jamboard much easier for most teams and organizations.

Share and protect your work with View Only mode

Sometimes you want to share something to collaborate, but other times you want to share something that’s complete. Perhaps it’s an early brainstorm that you just want your manager to be able to view, or perhaps you’re a teacher sharing an assignment that you don’t want students to edit or change. With View Only mode, you can share something broadly but set exactly who has edit access.

The feature looks and works similarly to other G Suite apps like Docs, Sheets and Slides, so you have a consistent experience no matter what you’re creating and sharing.

For a full list of new features and improvements from this month’s release, check out the What’s New in Jamboard page in the Help Center.

Launch Details
Release track:
Launching to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release

Editions:
Available to G Suite Basic, Business, Enterprise, Enterprise for Education, and Education editions only

Rollout pace:
Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility)

Impact:
All end users

Action:
Change management suggested/FYI

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Jamboard now available for purchase in Japan

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Over the past year, we’ve announced that Jamboard, our cloud-based, collaborative whiteboard, is available for purchase in an ever-growing list of countries such as the United States, Canada, UK, select parts of Europe, and Australia. We’re now expanding that list further, bringing Jamboard to Japan.

G Suite customers in Japan can now purchase Jamboard for 640,000 JPY, which includes two styluses, an eraser, and a wall mount. See the table below for pricing.

Keep in mind that a G Suite license is required to use Jamboard so that you can access files from Drive, use them in your brainstorms, and come back to your work later.

G Suite customers based in Japan can contact their Google Cloud sales rep, our distributor, BenQ, or visit our website to learn more about how to start jamming with colleagues today.

Additional information about Jamboard
In addition to the Jamboard device, the Jamboard app is available on Android and iOS for all G Suite customers. When used on a tablet, the Jamboard app allows users to experience similar features as they would on the Jamboard device. On a smartphone, the app functions as a companion for the Jamboard device.

Usage of the Jamboard app and web viewer are controlled by a service on/off switch in the Admin console. This service switch is on by default.

Check out the Help Center for more information, including an FAQ section.

Launch Details
Release track:
Jamboard devices now available for purchase in Japan

Editions:
G Suite Basic, Business, Enterprise, Enterprise for Education, and Education editions only

Impact:
Admins only

Action:
Admin action suggested/FYI

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Draw on and claim jams from your mobile device with the latest Jamboard release

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

With this month’s release, we’ve added two new features specifically for Jamboard for mobile devices: drawing tools and the ability to claim jams using near-field communication (NFC).

Draw and edit jams from your mobile device
In the Jamboard mobile app, you can now:

Draw using Jamboard brushes
Use the color picker
Use the handwriting and shape recognition tools
Use laser pointer
Erase and clear board functions

Claim a jam using NFC-enabled mobile devices
Users can use NFC from their phones to take ownership of jams from a Jamboard or push their jams to the Jamboard using their mobile devices. They can simply tap to own or push a jam to Jamboard.

Updated Icons on the Jamboard device & apps
Toolbar icons on both the Jamboard device and mobile applications have been updated. It is important to note that the arrow that moves the toolbar from the left to the right edge of the Jamboard has been removed in this version.

For a full list of new features and improvements from this month’s release, check out the What’s New in Jamboard page in the Help Center.

Launch Details
Release track:
Launching to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release

Editions:
Available to all G Suite Basic, Business, Enterprise, and Education customers

Rollout pace:
Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility)

Impact:
All end users

Action:
Change management suggested/FYI

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New ways to create, edit, and share your jams on the web with the latest Jamboard release

Jamboard now available for purchase in Japan

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