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Google recently added Chat suggestions to its revamped Hangouts replacement so that you could easily discuss details of a meeting with participants for up to 10 minutes before and after the call. These suggestions came in the form of chat messages or groups that were intelligently and automatically … [Read more...] about Access to ‘Chat suggestions’ is being directly integrated into Google Calendar events

In order to refine your search in Gmail on the web, you must click the slider icon to the right of the search box found at the top of the page. Once you do, you're presented with a wall of text options for tightening your query, and this is very helpful while trying to pinpoint a specific email … [Read more...] about Gmail on the web gets more interactive ‘Search chips’ to make finding emails faster

Google Chat for the web is now a Progressive Web Application (PWA) and comes with significant design and functionality changes compared to its previous Chrome app counterpart. About this time last year, the faster, more reliable, and engaging version was introduced, and only recently became … [Read more...] about Updated Google Chat PWA is now available, but you may need to switch over to it manually

Now that the new Google Sites has all but taken over for the traditional version, boasting a cleaner UI and more integration with the company's other services, like Youtube, Drive, and even new editing tools, Google is now looking to add a few extra features to make it more useful beyond the visual … [Read more...] about Google Sites now lets you create your own custom themes for more consistent branding

Low-light mode in Google Meet on mobile has been around for almost a year now and it's improved the quality of user cameras everywhere. Instead of having to compensate for a dark environment or less than ideal lighting conditions of any kind, even on the other end of the spectrum like sunlight blow … [Read more...] about Google Meet on the web will now automatically fix your camera’s brightness and visibility

Over on the Google Workspace Updates blog this morning, Google revealed a new logo for its Tasks app. Ever since it was released, Tasks has had the same representation - a circle and a pill shape in the form of an abstract checkmark. However, with this update, which is due to roll out between … [Read more...] about Google Tasks is getting a new Workspace-style logo, and I have mixed feelings

There are a slew of storage plans within Google One - all for different types of users. However, most of the higher-tier options are meant for Enterprise accounts - photographers, video editors, and so on. While the service does provide 100GB and 200GB plans for two and three bucks respectively, … [Read more...] about Google One adds a new 5TB storage option for $25 per month

When Google began migrating everyone over to Chat from the beloved and very underappreciated Hangouts Classic, it left out one core but important feature - the ability to call people! No, I'm not talking about in groups - you can already do that, and have been able to since its inception. I'm … [Read more...] about Google Chat finally picks up Hangouts most basic feature – the ability to call one person at a time

After announcing that Google's Chat 'Rooms' would be transformed into something called 'Spaces' earlier this year, the company is finally beginning to make good on that trajectory. The first thing I do when I wake up is check Chat, and I noticed that my Spaces had already been renamed. Let's take a … [Read more...] about Google Chat Rooms become discoverable ‘Spaces’ with in-line topic threading, and more