Google Keep was released in 2013 – that’s almost ten years ago! Within that time, the service has seen many improvements, but aside from the note backgrounds, a material you remake and new homescreen widgets for rapid logging ideas (all recent developments, I might add) almost none of them have been user-facing. Now, it looks […]
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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 ReadingWebex Meetings teams up with Google to release a Progressive Web App for Chromebooks
If you’ve read Chrome Unboxed for any length of time, then you probably already know what a “PWA” is. A Progressive Web Application is a website with app-like functionality. They’re becoming increasingly more popular these days, and in many instances, are replacing traditional installable apps entirely. Today, Webex, a Cisco product for video conferencing often […]
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: Google Meet Companion Mode gets video feed capability
In 2021, Google launched “Companion mode” in Google Meet which allowed users to connect to meetings without sharing their full audio and video. This is very practical for situations where you want to avoid audio feedback due to having a second screen nearby joined to the same meeting, while still being able to access interactive […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Docs receives dropdown chips and table templates, making Smart Canvas even smarter
Ever since Google took Docs to the next level with the Smart Canvas update, it’s become capable of so much more than just being a word editor. By tapping the “@” sign on your keyboard, you’ll be presented with a whole load of Notion-style block tools that can help turn your boring, old document into […]
Continue Reading“Witeboard” is a web app that lets you sketch out your ideas in a pinch during meetings
I absolutely love aggregating and showcasing new web applications that you can all benefit from in your daily life and on your Chromebooks. Today, I happened upon something called “witeboard” and despite the fact that the brand name is intentionally missing an “h”, it’s a simple yet effective tool for quickly communicating your thoughts during […]
Continue ReadingHow to enable Dark Mode on Google Docs for Android and the web
Are you sick and tired of editing late at night and being completely blinded by the light of a white user interface in Google Docs? What’s astonishing to me is that despite the many ways that Google has already baked Dark Mode into many of its apps, several others remain without it in 2022. That’s […]
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 Apps will now warn you when opening a potentially dangerous file
In January, Google rolled out warning banners for potentially malicious or dangerous files in Google Drive. This came about as a necessity after several scams surfaced that used Google Docs or Google Sheets files to spread abusive content. Google is now extending that same functionality to Google Apps files opened directly and not necessarily through […]
Continue ReadingHow to connect Google Tasks to a Trello board for automatic card creation and collaboration
Google Tasks is more powerful than ever thanks to the new Google Chat Spaces integration. Being able to assign tasks to others in a Space, or place them in more versatile categories just makes them much more flexible than they are if you use the standard Tasks app. However, if you’re interested in using Tasks […]
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 ReadingYou can now open Google Drive images directly in Picsart for web-based photo editing
Picsart is a photo editing web application that’s grown quite a bit over the past few years. It now has over 150 million users, and offers plenty of tools for creating and editing YouTube and other social media banners and thumbnails, flyers, brochures, birthday cards, and so much more. Anyone familiar with Canva will know […]
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