- New AI tools are coming to Google Workspace
- Automatic translation is coming to Google Chat
- Your image and voice will be sharper with Studio lighting and sound
Google Workspace is adding new AI powered tools to both Google Meet and Google Chat, without the need to buy a separate Gemini add-on. These come in the form of Generated Background Images and Studio Look, Studio Lighting, and Studio Sound for Google Meet, as well as Translate for me, coming to Google Chat.
This follows Google’s recent infusion of Gemini AI across services, most recently with its introduction into Google Calendar – so that users no longer have to manually add diary entries, or schedule meetings.
Translate for me, the AI injection into Google Chat, is an in-chat automatic detection and translation tool which can identify over 120 languages, and translate messages whilst keeping the original available for review.
For Google Meet, AI is coming with new Generated Background Images, which can help users create unique and bespoke meeting backgrounds, and can obscure your surroundings during a meeting, just in case your home office isn’t as presentable as you’d like.
Also coming to Meet is Studio Look, which uses machine learning to “detect and enhance” image quality with noise reduction and image sharpening, making sure you’re always in focus.
It won’t just be your image that’s sharper though, as Studio Lighting and Studio Sound will be introduced to simulate studio-quality lighting, with automatic light position and brightness adjustments – but only for devices that meet specific browser and processor requirements.
Your voice will sound more balanced and crisp, with Studio Sound making sure even the low quality headset users are still understood perfectly.
If you want to get a bit more creative, Google Drawings is also bringing in Gemini’s image background removal function, to help reduce time spent on fiddly tasks and give you more time to perfect your drawings.
