Google announced today that its Calendar email invites are getting an improved layout, making event details more accessible and useful. The top header that details the date and time of the meeting, plus the agenda to the right, remains pretty much untouched. However, where you will see the difference is in the description. The description […]
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You can now star your important Google Tasks and sort them by importance
Let’s be honest: as a productivity app, Google Tasks hasn’t quite been the number one choice for most people when it comes to productivity. Its feature set is good-enough, allowing you to schedule and check off simple tasks, but its options are not considered “Pro” or even consistent throughout all the platforms where you can […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Drive will now show you your file’s location at a glance
An update rolling out in Google Drive for Google Workspace customers adds a new column in the Search, Recent, Starred, and Trash web views. This column will include file location in addition to the file name, owner, modification date, and size. This feature will make it much easier to be able to at a glance […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Docs redesigns file menus to improve findability
Soon, when you log in to Google Docs, you will find the menus have changed slightly, looking more modern with some improved visuals. Google has announced this update in a blog post stating that this change is geared toward making it easier to locate the most commonly-used features, opting for shortened menus and prominent icons. […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Forms API now available for all, out of restricted Beta
Launched in 2008, Google Forms has become an instrumental tool to capture data from forms, surveys, and quizzes. It is used in various use cases – from quizzing students to getting feedback on a product and much more. In October 2021, Google introduced the Google Forms API, further increasing its potential and providing a way […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Docs gains Gmail draft capabilities for Workspace customers
Google Workspace users got some excellent news yesterday with the announcement of the new email draft template feature that is making its way to Google Docs as we speak. This feature was teased last month as part of a celebratory post regarding the broad adoption of Smart Canvas features and the expansion of the “@” […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chat will now show “In a meeting” or “In focus time” status from Calendar
Previously, Google Workspace users could see within Google Chat whenever a co-worker had set up an “Out of office” in Google Calendar. Today, Google announced that this functionality will now be expanded so that other statuses like “In a meeting” or “In focus time” will also show within Google Chat. This feature will be visible […]
Continue ReadingGoogle doubles the cell limit in Google Sheets for Workspace accounts
Google announced today via the Workspace Updates Blog that the cell limit on Google Sheets has been increased from up to five million cells to up to ten million cells, effectively doubling its capacity. The new limit will apply to new, existing, and imported files. I imagine this will be a welcome change for corporations […]
Continue ReadingGoogle celebrates the adoption of Smart Canvas features, announces more to come
Building off of their announcement back in May of last year which introduced Smart Canvas – a new product experience that delivers the next evolution of collaboration for Google Workspace – Google posted today on The Keyword a summary of all the Smart Canvas features released to date. Additionally, Google boasted of the welcomed adoption […]
Continue ReadingWorkspace: Classic Hangouts migration to Google Chat enters final phase
Google has been warning that the migration from Classic Hangouts to Google Chat was impending and inevitable for Google Workspace customers for some time now. We last reported this back in July when Google warned that it was switching Workspace users from “Chat and classic Hangouts” to “Chat preferred” unless the organization opted out. Google […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Drive ‘Search Chips’ now generally available for all
Back in November 2021 Google announced a beta test for Search Chips: a new feature that makes it easier to drill down on your Google Drive search results by allowing you to filter by different criteria. The filters are presented once you’ve performed a search in the form of different drop-downs, as opposed to having […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Workspace Now Allows Limiting Drive Sharing to Targeted Groups
A Google Workspace feature previously in Beta, has now begun to roll out to its users. This feature allows administrators to set up pre-determined groups of people – such as departments or teams – that will be automatically recommended when sharing a Google Drive link. This will enable users to share with a more targeted […]
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