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 … [Read more...] about You can now star your important Google Tasks and sort them by importance
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Pin up to three videos simultaneously in Google Meet with the Multipin accessibility update
Google Meet will now let you "multipin" things during video calls including participant's feeds and active presentations. This can be useful for a number of reasons but is primarily being advertised as an accessibility feature as that's how it was first announced last month during Global … [Read more...] about Pin up to three videos simultaneously in Google Meet with the Multipin accessibility update
All of Google Meet’s features are coming to Duo, app to be renamed “Google Meet” later this year
Just days after Jaxon wrote his piece about the innovations that Google Duo made over Hangouts and how it was better, Google is saying goodbye to it. Despite what you may read in the headline, Duo itself sure will be dead and gone as a brand, but its features and the app itself will live on as … [Read more...] about All of Google Meet’s features are coming to Duo, app to be renamed “Google Meet” later this year
Google 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 … [Read more...] about Google Drive will now show you your file’s location at a glance
Workspace: You will soon be able to copy encrypted documents, spreadsheets, or presentations
Google Workspace admins and organizations have the option to enable client-side encryption for files in their domain. This encryption encodes and provides another layer of security beyond the standard AES 256-bit encryption that Google Drive provides to files that are considered confidential. … [Read more...] about Workspace: You will soon be able to copy encrypted documents, spreadsheets, or presentations
Workspace: Admins can now manage shared drives using Organizational Units (OUs)
Shared Drives (formerly Team Drives) in Google Drive are an important and efficient way to keep files that belong to a specific department or group of associates separate from the rest of the files in an organization. Unfortunately, as it stands right now, all company shared drives are subject to … [Read more...] about Workspace: Admins can now manage shared drives using Organizational Units (OUs)
You can now copy and paste files across Google Drive instead of having to use the ‘Move’ option
Before Google cleaned up Drive's duplicate, messy file structure, pretty much all users had multiple versions of the same file in many locations, making it nearly impossible to manage. Now that they've gone through and turned these into what can basically be considered arrows or shortcuts pointing … [Read more...] about You can now copy and paste files across Google Drive instead of having to use the ‘Move’ option
You will now be able to make and act on multiple selections at once in Google Docs
Google announced a productivity update to Google Docs that will make a huge difference in how you work. Starting today, but rolling out gradually within two weeks, you will now be able to make multiple text selections at once and then apply actions such as deleting, copying, pasting, or … [Read more...] about You will now be able to make and act on multiple selections at once in Google Docs
How to use the VLOOKUP function in Google Sheets to find things in a table or range by row
Google Sheets is powerful. It's not as powerful in some ways as Microsoft Excel has become over the past four decades, but it's stuffed full of functions - Google's name for formulas - and these can be used to turn the spreadsheet service into a powerhouse for data organization and … [Read more...] about How to use the VLOOKUP function in Google Sheets to find things in a table or range by row
You can now create a Task out of a Google Chat message
Google has been hard at work releasing updates to its Workspace suite of apps. Some of these updates get them closer to feature parity with other productivity suites, and others are meant to improve their already existing feature set. Today, Google has announced one more update that should please … [Read more...] about You can now create a Task out of a Google Chat message
I’m beyond ready for these Airtable and Notion-style features to come to Google Sheets
I used to hate spreadsheets. Period. The main reason why is that I hated formulas, and thought they were extremely confusing. I mean, I was right, of course, but I also had pretty much no data to organize in my youth, so I couldn't see the practical application of learning to use them, to begin … [Read more...] about I’m beyond ready for these Airtable and Notion-style features to come to Google Sheets
Google expands its warning banners of malicious links to Chat
Google continues its efforts to curtail phishing attacks on unsuspecting users by expanding their now-known warning banners when suspicious links are detected. This functionality was first made available in Gmail and later added to Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Fortunately, starting now, users … [Read more...] about Google expands its warning banners of malicious links to Chat
