Productivity

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Claude for Microsoft 365 is now generally available

Google Docs interface with a blank “Untitled document” open, showing the Gemini side panel on the right. The panel displays a saved instruction reading “Use a concise and professional tone for all my documents,” along with confirmation text and an “Ask Gemini” input area labeled Beta.

Google Docs now lets you set custom instructions for Gemini

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Perplexity Computer is now inside Microsoft Teams

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Legal Agent in Microsoft Word is now live for Frontier users in the US

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OneNote Copilot now understands images, tables, and note tags

Google Meet video meeting interface with participant tiles and a Gemini side panel indicating “Gemini is taking notes,” showing settings for sharing notes, level of detail, and selectable sections like summary, decisions, next steps, and details.

Google Meet’s AI notetaker gets toggles, decisions tracking, and more

Screenshot of Microsoft PowerPoint with the Copilot side panel open beside a presentation titled “Monthly Operations Report.” The Copilot panel shows “Allow editing” selected, letting Copilot directly edit the presentation, with an alternative “Chat only” mode available. Suggested actions include creating a presentation, adding a slide, or creating a branded presentation, demonstrating AI-assisted presentation editing.

Microsoft adds agentic Copilot to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Screenshot of a Google Sheets spreadsheet titled “Customer Feedback” for Dallas AC Tech & Repair. The table includes columns for Customer Name, Customer Message, Praise or Complaint, and Suggested Response. Rows show customer feedback entries with Gemini-generated classifications and professional response drafts, demonstrating AI-assisted spreadsheet filling and customer service workflow management.

Google Sheets’ new Fill with Gemini feature fills your data nine times faster

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You can now paste unformatted text and let Gemini build a Sheets table for you

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Building complicated spreadsheets in Google Sheets is now Gemini’s job

Illustration showing Google Workspace apps feeding into a central “Workspace Intelligence” system. Icons for Gmail, Chat, Docs, Meet, Slides, Sheets, Drive, Calendar, Keep, and Google Vids on the left connect through colored lines into the text “Workspace Intelligence” in the center, which then branches out into structured colorful blocks on the right, representing organized AI-powered workflow and data integration.

Workspace Intelligence gives Gemini a unified understanding of your work

Gemini NotebookLM interface showing a light blue background with the Gemini logo and NotebookLM branding at the top. Left sidebar displays navigation options including New chat, My stuff, Scheduled actions, Gems, Notebooks section with Job search and Biology finals items, New notebook button, and Chats section listing various items like travel essays, meal prep, and recipes. Main content area prompts to "Give your notebook a name" with "Grad school application" entered as an example, accompanied by a blue submit arrow button.

Google launches Gemini Notebooks to keep chats, files and NotebookLM in sync