As with all Google updates, they take about six months to a year to materialize after being announced. The same can be said of Google Chat’s new four-colored Workspace-oriented logo and revamped homepage. Luckily, today is the day I can officially announce they’re going live. Let’s take a look at everything the company discussed on […]
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Duet AI brings chat and file summaries, audio-first ‘Huddles’, and a visual redesign to Google Chat
Duet AI for Google Workspace just launched, and acts as your personal AI assistant and collaborator across Google’s services. In fact, it can even take notes and attend meetings on your behalf! At $30 per person per month, it is a steep investment, especially for small businesses, but it offers a no-cost trial for those […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat walks back its announcements posting exclusivity, now lets people reply
Earlier this year, Google added a new feature to Chat Spaces that let managers lock off replies, effectively turning a space into a bulletin board for announcements. I quite liked the feature and thought it was fine it its natural form, but it seems the company thought more about how restrictive this was and is […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat is finally giving you the ability to hyperlink text in your messages
Google Chat may not have launched with many of the same standard features as its competitors, but it’s slowly started added them over time – a Google staple for the development pipeline. Now, over on the Google Workspace Updates blog, Google announced that it’s finally adding the ability to let you link text in your […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat is getting new tools to help you reply to messages faster, better express yourself
Google Chat is introducing a range of new features to enhance you and your organization’s experience. These updates aim to help you reply faster to messages on the go, in meetings or when you’re just super busy and to help you express yourself in new and appropriate ways. To be clear, we’ve already covered many […]
Continue ReadingFive annoying Google Chat Spaces issues that need to be fixed immediately
As Google Chat and Spaces in particular gain popularity, boasting over 50,000 active users, we must be open to point out its shortcomings as a platform.While it’s a great tool that’s helped me structure my life and work beyond any other solution I’ve tried in the past, it’s not perfect. Whether to just openly complain […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat now has Smart Compose to help you autocomplete your sentences
I’m sure you’re all fairly familiar with the idea of Smart Compose now in Gmail and on your Android phone. Start typing and Google will make suggestions in a light gray color to the right of what you’ve already written. While not something I always use as my mind is already prepared to finish a […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat may jump on the four-colored logo bandwagon, but could get convenient feature
Many of you have repeatedly expressed your distaste with Google’s new Workspace design philosophy – take every logo and dip it in tie-dye. The four primary colors look great on many things, but when it comes to iconography, it makes it difficult to distinguish at a glance what apps you’re looking at. Despite this, Google […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat gets “Quick reactions” so you can spend less time picking emoji for replies
Google Chat, Google’s replacement for Hangouts, has added a lot of features that help it and its sub-feature, Spaces, replace things like Google+ or “Currents” for Enterprise. It’s a different philosophy and approach to social, and acts more as an intranet than an open social network. A year ago, the company added emoji reactions to […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat for Chromebooks has one frustrating limitation: Sharing
I’ve spoken a lot about Google Chat Spaces this week. From its Material You redesign to it being the spiritual successor to Google+ and Google Currents. Back when Google first replaced the Android app on Chromebooks with a progressive web app (PWA) in the Google Play Store, I was initially excited since I believe PWAs […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat is getting the Material You redesign it so desperately needed
Google has been busy refreshing its suite of Workspace apps this year, and now it’s Chat’s turn. The app will be getting a new look based on Google’s Material You design. This will bring several changes (pictured below), including updated fonts, colors, and layouts, making it more consistent with the company’s other products like Gmail […]
Continue ReadingThe last shred of Google+ is being killed off, but its spirit will live on in Google Chat Spaces
The last surviving version of Google+ meant for Enterprise users only – Google Currents – is finally being shuttered. While the “wind down” was announced last year, it’s now time for it to ride off into the sunset once and for all. In its place, Google Chat Spaces is taking the lead. The communication app […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat will soon let you create Spaces meant only for announcements, not chatter
Google Chat has been a great tool for organizations to collaborate and communicate with each other. However, with the increasing number of users in Spaces, it can sometimes be difficult for important announcements to be seen among all the chatter. Google is addressing this by introducing a new feature that will allow you to create […]
Continue ReadingFrustrated with Google Chat Spaces’ lack of a dark mode for your Tasks? Here’s a quick fix
Google Chat is a powerful productivity tool for companies, schools, families (yep), and even individuals alike. Built right into it are Spaces – individually sectioned-off chat rooms that can be set up to reflect projects or goals and keep things neat and tidy. What many people may not know, however, is that each of these […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat makes it much faster and easier to create group conversations on the fly
In the past, creating a group chat required you to spin up a conversation with one individual co-worker or colleague and then add everyone else afterward via the “Start group conversation” button on that person’s DM. The problem with this is that it wasn’t just annoying and tedious, it made literally no sense from a […]
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