Google Apps updated with Avatar Change, Easy User Management:

Change to default avatar for Google account owners without Google+

In September, we announced some changes to the default avatar that Google account owners with Google+ enabled see when logged into their accounts. We're now making those same changes for Google account owners who don't have Google+ enabled. Starting today, if a Google account owner has not added a photo to his or her account, we'll show a custom avatar with that account owner's given-name initial (two-character given names will be fully displayed). In some cases where initials are not available, a plain colored avatar will be used instead.

Google Apps updated with Avatar Change, Easy User Management

This change will be visible* in the Google Bar soon and will be gradually reflected across all Google products over the course of the coming months.

*NOTE: Users with initials in scripts other than Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean will see this change later this year.

Launch Details

Release track:

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

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

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Easier user management in the Google Admin mobile app for iOS

The Google Admin mobile app allows Apps super admins to easily manage users and groups, contact support, view audit logs and perform other common administrative tasks all from their mobile devices.

Following the recent upgrades to the Google Admin mobile app for Android, today's launch adds similar functionality to the iOS app, making managing users even easier.

Add users from contact list

When adding a new user, Apps super admins can now simply import a contact from their contact list and have all of their information pre-populated in the 'Add user' form. The information can then be edited as needed, and the user can be quickly created.