Workspace Studio flows can now wait days before the next step
Google added a "Wait until" step to Google Workspace Studio flows, it said on November 9. A flow can now pause at any point and continue later on its own, without code.
Before this, a task with a delay, such as a follow-up email a few days after a meeting, needed two separate scheduled flows. Now one flow can hold the whole sequence. The step also works inside Check if branches and Repeat for each loops.
You can set the pause three ways. Pick a day next week, such as Monday at 8 AM. Pick a delay and a time, such as three days later at 5 PM. Or set a plain duration in hours, minutes and seconds. A flow can wait up to 14 days. While it waits, the Activity tab shows when it will resume and in which time zone.
There is no admin setting for the step. It reached all release tracks from November 9 and works on Business Starter, Standard and Plus, Enterprise Standard and Plus, and several Education plans.
What it means for your work
- For account managers: Build one flow that sends a thank-you after a meeting and a follow-up three days later.
- For HR teams: Space out onboarding reminders over a new hire's first two weeks in a single flow.
- For team leads: Collect updates during the week and post a digest in Google Chat on Monday morning.
Flows can also start from Gemini skills. See our report on Workspace skills rolling out.