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This week we learned more about Google’s plans for Meet, Chat and their vision for a “home for work”, learned which playlist features YouTube plans to deprecate, and updates to AdSense content policies, prohibiting medical misinformation and spyware content. Plus there are updates for Messenger, webmasters and more.
Google Cloud Next ‘20: On Air: Meet, Chat, Docs and moreWeek 2 of Google Cloud Next 20: On Air focused on Productivity & Collaboration. G Suite VP Javier Soltaro talked about the new “home for week” with more integration of Gmail, Meet, Chat, Docs and Tasks. Watch a demo of “G Suite’s vision for content collaboration” to see how that works..There was a sneak peek at new Meet features in the works. Watch the Meet session starting at 14:11 to get a glimpse of breakout rooms, hand raising, polls, virtual backgrounds and more. Meet will be getting new security and moderation tools, that allow the meeting host to control whether participants can chat or present their screen…

Playlists are one of the few features that is still managed in "classic" YouTube, rather than the new YouTube Studio. While playlist management will eventually be available in new Studio, YouTube has announced that a number of playlist features will not be making the transition. 
If you are a YouTube power user, you probably know that playlists go beyond manually adding videos to a list. You can select keywords to add videos to a playlist automatically, set a playlist to be the "official" list for a series, and more. 
Some of those playlist features will not be available when the classic playlist editor is retired:  Set as official seriesAuto add video rulesVideo notesTranslate playlist informationRemove duplicatesYouTube has not given a date this change will happen, so, for now, you can continue to use these features. Which playlist features will be deprecated?Set as official series

You can create an official series playlist of your own videos. When someone watches a v…

The Google Publisher Policies for AdSense will be updated in August. The changes include an apparent COVID-19-related prohibition of misleading medical content and there will be a clarification of prohibitions on content promoting spyware. 
There will also be a few other changes to the policy language.  Upcoming Changes to the Google Publisher PoliciesThe following changes will be made in August 2020. Be sure to check the Google Publisher Policies in August for more detailed information and examples of prohibited content. 
Dangerous and Derogatory Content
The policy will be updated to explicitly prohibit "content that relates to a current, major health crisis and contradicts authoritative, scientific consensus."
This would prohibit monetizing misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic and probably some coronavirus conspiracy theories. 
Related information:  COVID-19-related changes in AdSense site reviews and paymentsCOVID-19-related changes to YouTube monetization and content…

This week Google announced their vision for a “home for work” with integrated Gmail, Docs, Meet video calling and Chat. One place with all your apps. There was an AMA with the YouTube gaming team, who answered questions about live streaming, monetization and gaming content.
Google Cloud Next ‘20: On AirThis week Google Cloud Next On Air kicked off with “Industry insights”. Of particular note is Google’s vision for G Suite as a “home for work”, with deeper integration between Gmail, Google Meet, Google Chat, Docs and more. Sign in to Gmail and you will be able to chat with your colleagues, join a video call, edit documents, and more without switching between different sites. Watch the demo video.

There are new safety and privacy features for Google Meet video meetings that will be available in the coming weeks, starting with personal accounts (yay!) and G Suite for Education:
All participants in a G Suite for Education-hosted meeting will now need to be signed in to a Google account. …