Google has integrated its advanced Gemini AI into Google Workspace, transforming the experience of Google Meet and Google Chat for Business and Enterprise users. These new features promise increased productivity and seamless communication within the digital workspace.
AI-Powered Enhancements for Google Meet
Gemini AI introduces several innovative features designed to elevate the quality and efficiency of virtual meetings in Google Meet. One notable addition is the ability to generate unique and customized meeting backgrounds. This feature offers users greater control over their visual presentation, allowing them to maintain a professional appearance regardless of their actual surroundings. This is particularly beneficial for those working from home or in other less-than-ideal environments.
Furthermore, Gemini empowers Google Meet with three machine-learning-driven Studio settings to enhance video quality:
- Studio Look: This setting refines the user’s appearance by reducing noise and sharpening the image, creating a more polished and professional look.
- Studio Lighting: Simulating professional studio lighting, this setting optimizes brightness and focus to enhance the overall visual clarity of the video feed.
- Studio Sound: This setting addresses audio imperfections by recreating and balancing missing or distorted frequencies, ensuring clearer and more natural-sounding conversations.
In addition to these dynamic backgrounds, users can also choose from a variety of preset backgrounds, including options like “Bookshelf,” “Professional Office,” “Tropical Beach,” and “Sci-fi Spaceship.” These presets provide a quick and easy way to personalize the meeting environment.
Seamless Communication with Gemini in Google Chat
Gemini AI also brings significant improvements to Google Chat, particularly in facilitating multilingual communication. The AI can now automatically detect and translate messages in up to 120 languages, instantly displaying the translated text in the user’s preferred language. Importantly, the original message is preserved for reference, eliminating the need for manual copying and pasting into translation tools. This feature streamlines cross-language communication, saving users time and enhancing clarity.
Availability
These new Gemini-powered features are now available for both Business and Enterprise editions of Google Workspace, empowering users with enhanced communication and collaboration capabilities.
