Google Meet is quickly gaining new and interesting tools for collaboration with your co-workers, colleagues, and peers. The tech giant is clearly hoping to make it one of the most competitive and useful video conferencing tools on the market, and while it's already in the ranks with Zoom and others, … [Read more...] about You may soon be able to Live Share YouTube Music tracks right inside Google Meet calls
Workspace
Support our independent tech coverage. Chrome Unboxed is written by real people, for real people—not search algorithms. Join Chrome Unboxed Plus for just $2 a month to get an ad-free experience, access to our private Discord, and more. Learn more about membership here.
START FREE TRIAL (MONTHLY)START FREE TRIAL (ANNUAL)
Google Workspace customers can now attach Box files directly to Calendar events
All the way back in 2018, Google and Box.com teamed up to bring the popular Box storage add-on to Workspace customers. Since then, users have stored their files in Box and have been able to open them in Drive. Additionally, anyone doing so can also migrate their content directly to Box and connect … [Read more...] about Google Workspace customers can now attach Box files directly to Calendar events
Google Meet will now let you view presentation speaker notes without having to switch tabs
You may already know that you can present Google Slides directly in your Google Meet calls, but have you ever tried to use this feature before? It's not exactly "feature complete", per se. In saying this, I'm referring to your speaker notes. Currently, you are forced to open the Slide up in another … [Read more...] about Google Meet will now let you view presentation speaker notes without having to switch tabs
Google 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 … [Read more...] about Google Chat makes it much faster and easier to create group conversations on the fly
Google Meet begins rolling out real-time emoji reactions to make calls more fun and expressive
While a standard feature in apps like Facebook Messenger, Google Messages, and more, real-time emoji reactions have not appeared in Google Meet yet, even though they were announced last year. As with most things the company reveals, Google has taken its time putting the final touches on this tool, … [Read more...] about Google Meet begins rolling out real-time emoji reactions to make calls more fun and expressive
Google Docs becomes a better listener with more accurate voice typing tools in its latest update
Have you ever heard of Dragon, Naturally Speaking? It is, or at least was, one of the most popular voice-to-text software on the market that allowed you to type and control your PC with just your words. Years ago, Google added something similar to Docs, and called it, well, "Voice typing". Like … [Read more...] about Google Docs becomes a better listener with more accurate voice typing tools in its latest update
You can now write and format programming code properly in Google Docs
In the current version of Google Docs, contributors who want to present code have to manually highlight and then apply a font or paragraph style after pasting the code into the page. This has been a challenge and a shortcoming of Google Docs, as it was challenging to illustrate that certain text was … [Read more...] about You can now write and format programming code properly in Google Docs
7 Ways to Manage Your Digital Marketing Strategy with Google Workspace
Digital marketing can be a complex process to manage, even for businesses that have been in the space for years. Between tracking performance, managing budgets, and building campaigns, there are a lot of moving parts to keep track of on an ongoing basis. In order to ensure that your campaigns are … [Read more...] about 7 Ways to Manage Your Digital Marketing Strategy with Google Workspace
Google Sheets get a new project tracking Smart Canvas feature
Google continues on improving its "Smart Canvas" product experience which aims to deliver the next evolution of collaboration for Google Workspace. In this latest update, Google is adding dropdown chips in Google Sheets giving you the ability to easily show the progress of a project or one of the … [Read more...] about Google Sheets get a new project tracking Smart Canvas feature
Google Slides adds new “Follow” feature to improve collaboration
Google Workspace is launching a brand-new tool called 'Follow,' which will enable you to work in tandem with your coworkers on Google Slides in real-time. This builds upon the previously launched feature that allows you to see what slide a colleague is on, except now you can click on a … [Read more...] about Google Slides adds new “Follow” feature to improve collaboration
Google Sheets improves creating and modifying Pivot Tables
A pivot table is a very popular type of statistical tool that may be used to produce reports that summarize and reorganize chosen columns and rows of data contained within a database or spreadsheet. The spreadsheet or database structure is not altered in any way by the tool but rather helps you … [Read more...] about Google Sheets improves creating and modifying Pivot Tables
A new Gmail update improves your email search results
As a result of new machine learning models, Gmail rolled out an update back in July, which resulted in search suggestions that were more accurate, customizable, and made more sense. When using the Gmail Search Box to look for a conversation, files, or a coworker's contact information, you would see … [Read more...] about A new Gmail update improves your email search results
