Google Calendar introduced a new feature a couple of months ago that gave users the ability to set pre-defined appointment slots so that anyone can book an appointment with them. This feature, called “Appointment Scheduling,” was different from the original “appointment slots” that Calendar offers in that it created an external page that could be […]
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Google announces AI-powered features to Workspace that improve Google Meet calls and Spaces
Google Workspace has certainly gone through many changes and improvements in the past couple of years. Recently we saw the launch of tone and styling suggestions, Gmail draft capabilities, and auto-generated summaries in Google Docs. Google is now expanding on some of these existing capabilities and introducing some new ones, and promptly announced them at […]
Continue ReadingWorkspace: Work location in Google Calendar gets a more compact look
Google Workspace is announcing a slight change to the working location feature in Google Calendar. This feature debuted last year to provide users with a way to indicate where they were physically working – be it the office, home, or a remote location. This became really handy during the pandemic and with the rise of […]
Continue ReadingWorkspace: Managers will now be able to delete messages from Chat within Spaces
Spaces – formerly known as Rooms – in Google Chat are the primary place in Google Workspace to communicate, collaborate, and get work done. As such, a user role exists within Workspace to manage and moderate a space, aptly named Space Managers. Starting today, the Space Manager role will now also have access to delete […]
Continue ReadingYou can now set end dates directly on recurring Google Tasks
Google Tasks, though somewhat limited, provide a layer of helpfulness to the suite of Google Apps both for personal and business use. I use them myself to keep up with recurring bill payments, which I prefer over using a standard calendar entry, just so I can get the satisfaction of checking it off once it’s […]
Continue ReadingWorkspace: Storage management tools rolling out for Admins
Google Workspace Admins will now have access to new tools within the console to see how much storage is being used and view how close their organization is to reaching their storage limit. These storage-related activities will now be available from a single place within the console. They will give Admins some insight into which users […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Workspace customers will now be able to create Dynamic Groups
Google has announced via a blog post that Google Workspace customers in the Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, and Education Plus tiers will now be able to create dynamic groups. These groups can be made by querying custom user attributes such as the user’s country, department, language, and more. The query information will be pulled directly […]
Continue ReadingHow to sort data by date in Google Sheets
Google Sheets may be one of the most undervalued tools in the Google Workspace arsenal of productivity apps. Accounting fiends swear by more powerful applications such as Microsoft Excel, but there is a lot that Google Sheets can do that will suffice for those simply looking for an application that can crunch some numbers. One […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Sheets can now suggest corrections for your formulas
Google Sheets is now adding the ability to suggest context-aware corrections to your formulas. The feature works similar to the formula suggestions added last year. It analyzes the data, and if it detects that an improvement can be made, it will offer a suggestion box with a new version that can replace the current formula, […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Meet adds empty call reminders and improved host controls
In a recent Google Workspace update post, Google announced some new improvements for Google Meet. These improvements include prompts to exit meetings when you’re the only person left and the inclusion of a centralized location for host management controls. The changes are being rolled out to make it easier to manage your meetings and prevent […]
Continue ReadingEmoji Reactions coming to Google Docs on the web
Recently, Google has been on an emoji kick, rolling out Emoji Reactions on many of its services such as Google Meet and YouTube. In a way, extended emoji support has even reached products like Gboard and Messages, but it appears that Google isn’t done yet. For example, Google has announced that Emoji Reactions are coming […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Docs to get Grammarly-like features in selected Workspace and EDU tiers
Google Docs will soon be getting a set of new assistive writing features, similar to what Grammarly currently offers, in selected Google Workspace and EDU tiers. These features will provide a variety of stylistic and writing suggestions to help improve your writing, such as: Alternate wording Using active voice Making sentence structure more concise Use […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Meet will incorporate Emoji “in-meeting reactions”
Google announced several new improvements that incorporate Google Meet into the workplace in new, fun, and imaginative ways. For example, the ability to use Meet directly within a Google Doc, Sheet, or Slide and to live stream a Meet directly to YouTube is sure to become instrumental tools when it comes to productivity in a […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Docs gets expanded Markdown autocorrect support
Google Docs has supported Markdown – a lightweight markup language for creating formatted text using a plain-text editor – for some time now in a very limited capacity when composing a document. The syntax is aimed at making writing for the internet easier and is a popular alternative to WYSIWYG (what you see is what […]
Continue ReadingHow to add free LottieFiles animations to Google Slides
Google Slides is Google’s cloud-based presentation app that lets you create and format presentations while providing benefits such as real-time collaboration and access to third-party add-ons. While it is a very feature-rich app, I am always surprised to see how many of these features users are simply unaware of. One of the coolest among them […]
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