✨ Recently Announced Gemini Integrations (2026 Updates)

In a major milestone recently announced in early 2026, Google has made core generative AI capabilities available to Education Plus customers at no additional cost for users aged 18 and older.

  • Gemini in Workspace Apps: Direct AI assistance natively embedded into Google Docs, Slides, Forms, and Gmail (e.g., generating lesson plan drafts, creating custom images for presentations, or drafting parent communications).
  • Google Vids Creation: Full access to Google Vids, an AI-powered video editor infused with Gemini. Features include AI avatars, image background removal, read-along teleprompters, stylized captions, and transcript trimming.
  • Polished Communications: The advanced “Proofread” feature in Gmail goes beyond basic spelling to suggest improvements for tone, conciseness, and clarity.

(Note: Institutions needing even higher AI limits, custom AI agents via Workspace Studio, or advanced features like Deep Research and Gems can purchase the Google AI Pro for Education add-on).

🎓 Advanced Teaching & Learning Tools

Education Plus significantly upgrades the digital classroom experience for educators and academic leaders.

  • Practice Sets: AI-assisted interactive assignments in Google Classroom that provide real-time hints and feedback to students as they work.
  • Unlimited Originality Reports: Scan student submissions for plagiarism against web sources and a private, school-owned repository of past student work. Includes peer-to-peer comparison.
  • Classroom Analytics: High-level dashboards providing visibility into student performance, engagement, assignment completion, and overall Classroom adoption across the district or university.
  • SIS Roster Syncing: Automatically set up and update Google Classroom rosters, co-teachers, and grading periods using direct imports from your Student Information System.
  • Classroom Visits: Give curriculum leaders or substitute teachers temporary access to a Google Classroom without needing to add them as permanent co-teachers.
  • Read Along Integration: An interactive, speech-based reading tool in Classroom that helps students build independent literacy skills with automated progress metrics for teachers.
  • Interactive Questions in YouTube: This feature empowers educators to turn passive video watching into an active, engaging learning experience directly within Google Classroom.
  • Mail Merge (Bulk Send) & Custom Layouts in Gmail: Education Plus upgrades standard Gmail into a lightweight email marketing and mass-communication tool, perfect for sending parent newsletters, staff updates, or personalized student notifications.
  • Native eSignature in Google Docs & Drive: Google Workspace Education Plus includes built-in electronic signatures, allowing staff and administrators to execute official agreements without leaving their Workspace environment.

📹 Premium Video Conferencing (Google Meet)

Education Plus offers the highest limits and most interactive features for virtual learning and remote administration.

  • Massive Meeting Capacity: Host up to 1,000 active participants in a single Google Meet.
  • In-Domain Livestreaming: Broadcast events, assemblies, or lectures to up to 100,000 viewers within your institution.
  • Microsoft Teams Interoperability: (New in 2026) Built-in interoperability allows users to seamlessly join Teams meetings from Google Meet hardware, and vice versa.
  • Interactive Tools: Built-in breakout rooms, Q&A, polling, and attendance tracking.
  • Advanced Audio/Video: Enterprise-grade noise cancellation, translated captions in 65+ languages, and automatic meeting transcriptions and recordings saved directly to Google Drive.

🛡️ Enhanced Security, Analytics, & Admin Controls

This tier provides a proactive, enterprise-grade approach to identifying and neutralizing digital threats.

  • Security Center & Dashboard: A unified hub providing instant visibility into external file sharing, spam, malware, and data loss prevention (DLP) rule violations.
  • Security Investigation Tool: Allows admins to identify, triage, and take bulk action on security and privacy threats across the domain.
  • Security Sandbox: Automatically scans and executes suspicious email attachments in a secure, virtual environment before they ever reach a user’s inbox to prevent ransomware.
  • Context-Aware Access: Restrict access to Google Workspace apps based on granular attributes like user identity, IP address, device security status, or geographic location.
  • BigQuery Log Exports: Export detailed audit logs (Gmail, Drive, Classroom, Devices) to BigQuery for customized, advanced analytics and data visualization in Looker Studio.
  • Client-Side Encryption: Ultimate control over encryption keys for Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Meet, ensuring Google cannot access your institution’s highly sensitive data.

💾 Storage & Enterprise Utilities

  • Expanded Cloud Storage: Institutions receive the baseline 100 TB of pooled cloud storage, plus an additional 20 GB for every Education Plus license purchased.
  • Google Cloud Search: A powerful, enterprise-wide search engine that allows users to securely find files, emails, and data across all Google Workspace apps and connected third-party databases.
  • AppSheet Core: Empower staff to build custom, no-code applications to digitize workflows and automate administrative tasks without needing software development experience.
  • Target Audience Groups: Create specific, preset sharing parameters so users default to sharing sensitive files with a specific department rather than the entire institution.

All Education Premium Features

Productivity and Collaboration

Education Plus provides powerful tools to enhance productivity and collaboration across your organisation.

Teaching and Learning

Education Plus provides helps enhance instructional impact with flexible, easy-to-use tools.

Security and Admin

Education Plus provides proactive approach against security threats with its advanced features

Services

Security and Data Protection

Data Regions

Google Chat

Reports and audit logs

Email security and compliance

Groups/Groups for Business

Google Meet and Calendar

Drive and Docs

Contact us today to discuss your requirements.