Posted by Tom Holman, Product Manager, Google Sheets and Josh Danziger, Software Engineer, Google Sheets

At Google, we are always working to keep our users' information safe. As part of these ongoing efforts, we will begin requiring explicit authorization when third-party sites request access to Google Sheets content via the Google Visualization API or Google Query Language.

For many developers, this change will be transparent, but others may need to make changes in order to continue reading spreadsheet data. For more details on the technical changes required, please visit the Google Charts API Documentation. We will begin enforcing these requirements on September 14, 2016.

If you have any questions or concerns about this change, please follow up in the Google Docs forum or on Stack Overflow.


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Release track:  
Launching to both Rapid release and Scheduled release on September 14, 2016

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

Impact: 
Developers using the APIs to access Google Sheets
Action:
Developer action required, if using the affected APIs

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We’ve also made improvements to the technology that powers charts in Sheets, so you may notice small changes to the way your charts are drawn.

Download the latest versions of the Docs, Sheets, and Slides Android apps from the Google Play Store.

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

Rollout pace:
Gradual rollout (potentially longer than 3 days for feature visibility)

Impact:
All end users

Action:
Change management suggested/FYI

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

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  •  On the web, if you receive a message with a link to a dangerous site known for phishing, malware, and Unwanted Software, you’ll begin to see warnings when you click on the link. These warnings are an extension of the Safe Browsing protection available to various web browsers today. The full-page warning will look like this:

    • Please note: Not all affected email will necessarily be dangerous. But we encourage you to be extra careful about replying to, or clicking on links in messages that you’re not sure about. And with these updates, you’ll have the tools to make these kinds of decisions.


    Launch Details
    Release track:
    Launching to Rapid release, with scheduled release coming in 2 weeks

    Rollout pace:
    Gradual rollout (potentially longer than 3 days for feature visibility)

    Impact:
    All end users

    Action:
    Change management suggested. The Help Center articles below outline the expected behavior, and can be used to help effectively communicate these changes to users.

    More Information
    Help Center: Check if your Gmail message is authenticated
    Help Center: Safer Links in Gmail


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    Posted by Thijs van As, Product Manager

    Staying on top of your to-do list can be a challenge. In order to get things done, you often need to hunt through your inbox to find what you’re looking for, whether it’s info about upcoming events, your next trip, or a news article you want to share with colleagues.

    The team behind Inbox has made its mission to help you organize your email and save you time. Starting today, you'll discover more integrations that make it easier to see what's happening and then act with organized Trello and GitHub project updates and Google Alerts previews. You'll also see updates based on your feedback, including Google Drive integration.


    Get organized Trello and GitHub project updates

    The Inbox team has worked with Trello, a project management application, and GitHub, a software collaboration platform, to improve email notifications. If you use Trello, you'll get a summary of what's new with your Trello projects, so you can stay up-to-date on the latest updates. And for those of you who use GitHub, you’ll get a summary of code changes and filed issues for each repository.

    Stay on top of your Google Alerts

    To help you stay in the know on topics you care about, you can scan through your Google Alerts just like a newsletter. New alerts are summarized right in the inbox. If one of them catches your eye, you can click to read more. If not, you can quickly mark it as done.

    Enjoy other updates based on your feedback

    You'll also see a number of highly-requested features based on your feedback (thank you!):

    • If you use Google Drive, you can now insert Drive links into emails, check and fix permissions for those links, and save email attachments to Drive.
    • You can now drag-and-drop contacts between to, cc, and bcc in compose on web.
    • You can delete right from the inbox just as easily as you can mark as done.


    What’s next?

    If you're a company that sends emails, and are excited about our Trello and GitHub updates and want to make your emails more useful, contact us here -- we are excited to work with more email senders directly over the coming months.

    This is just the beginning: The Gmail team will continue to improve the email experience so you can spend less time dealing with email and more time being productive.


    Launch Details
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    Launching to both Rapid release and Scheduled release

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

    Impact:
    All end users

    Action:
    Change management suggested/FYI


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    Launch Details
    Release track:
    Launching to Rapid release, with Scheduled release coming in 2 weeks

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

    Impact:
    All end users

    Action:
    Change management suggested/FYI

    More Information
    Help Center


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    Once enabled, the user will see a new section in their Gmail settings to Import mail and contacts. Users will then follow the prompts to migrate their email and contacts.
    Note: If you import multiple times, the migration service will handle contact and mail duplicates seamlessly.


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

    Impact:
    All end users

    Action:
    Change management suggested/FYI

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    Import email and contacts


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    Check out the latest "What's New in Google Apps" newsletter [pdf] for a roundup of all Apps launches from July 2016.


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    If the activity looks suspicious, the user can choose to “Review Account Activity,” and find out what device was added, from what location, and other important information. If the activity is expected, the user can dismiss it as any other notification.
    Benefits

    Now users are quickly notified on multiple devices when a new device has been added. This increases transparency to the user of what actions they've performed and allows them to flag any suspicious activity they may be seeing on the device. We’ve also found that with Android notifications, users are up to four times as likely to review the information as compared to email notifications.

    We hope you find this security feature as useful as we do!


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

    Rollout pace:
    Gradual rollout (potentially longer than 14 days for feature visibility)

    Impact:
    All end users

    Action:
    Change management suggested/FYI


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