Since launching Gmail in 2004 and Google Docs two years later, we’ve been creating flexible, useful and innovative solutions that allow people to connect, create and collaborate securely, from anywhere on the planet and on any device. When we introduced Google Workspace last October, We are not only introducing a new brand, but also our vision of a single, integrated experience for everyone: everything you need to do anything, now in one place. In apps like Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Meet, and more, our consumer, business, and educational users choose Google Workspace to stay in touch, share ideas, and do more together every day.
Over the past year, we’ve delivered innovations that combine content, communications, and tasks that help millions of businesses, nonprofits, and classrooms transform the way they collaborate, make the most of their time, and have more impact. Now we’re bringing those same innovations to everyone else. Starting today, the entire Google workspace is available to anyone with a Google account.
Bring your projects and passions to life in Google Workspace
By bringing Google Workspace to everyone, we’re making it easier for people to stay connected, get organized, and accomplish more together—whether it’s promoting a cause, planning your family reunion, mapping out next steps for PTA, or discussing choosing a school. this month’s book club.
You can create a secure collaboration space in Google Chat to keep everyone up to date, share ideas, and keep track of all your important information in one place, from videos and images of your latest trip, to a Google Sheet of your annual budget. your family Smart Suggestions help you incorporate recommended files and quickly include the right people with @mentions, whether you’re composing a group-wide message in Gmail or scheduling a meeting invite in a shared Calendar. To keep things moving, you can use the smart canvas to generate a checklist in Google Docs and quickly assign roles and next steps. And if your project requires spontaneous conversation, you can present the document, sheet, or slide you’re working on together directly into a Google Meet call with just one click.
Plus, you’ll have peace of mind when working with others knowing that we designed Google Workspace to operate on a secure foundation, with the necessary protections to keep you safe, your data safe, and your information private.
Planning the family reunion in Spaces
Starting today, you can enable the integrated experience in Google Workspace by activating Google Chat. Use Google Chat Rooms as a central place to connect, create, and collaborate with others. Over the summer, we’ll evolve rooms into spaces and introduce a streamlined, flexible user interface that helps you stay on top of everything that’s important. Powered by new features like online topic conversation, presence indicators, custom statuses, expressive reactions, and a collapsible view, Spaces will seamlessly integrate with your files and tasks, becoming your new home in Google Workspace to get more done. together. Learn more about our vision for collaborating on Spaces.
Introducing Google Workspace Individual
For some people, pursuing their passion and getting involved in the community leads to great business ideas. For other entrepreneurs, a single Google account is the foundation for running their long-established businesses or spreading the word about their next big endeavor. With Google Workspace Individual, we offer a powerful, easy-to-use solution that’s built to help people grow, manage, and protect their business.
With this new Google Workspace subscription offering, small business owners can do more, show up more professionally, and better serve their customers. Building on the integrated Google Workspace experience now available to everyone, the solution offers premium capabilities, including smart booking services, professional video conferencing, personalized email marketing, and much more on the way. Within their existing Google account, subscribers can easily manage all their personal and professional commitments from one place with access to Google support to get the most out of their solution.
Workspace Individual was created to help people focus their time on doing what they love, like meeting with clients and designing personalized services, and less time on daily tasks, like scheduling appointments and emailing clients. Workspace Individual will soon launch in six markets, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia and Japan. Sign up to receive updates about Google Workspace Individual.
Easily set up and share appointment booking pages in Calendar
Google Workspace: how to do it
Every day, the world’s most innovative businesses, schools, nonprofits, and governments use Google Workspace to transform the way people work and achieve more together.
It’s a daily part of how major healthcare providers revolutionize patient care, schools turn remote learning into an immersive, personalized experience, and aerospace companies rethink flight.
Now, with Google Workspace for everyone, you can easily organize your youth sports league, take that fundraising to the next level, or even turn your hobby into a business. Whatever it is, Google Workspace helps people (teams, families, friends, volunteers, neighbors…) connect, create and collaborate. Google Workspace is how to do it.
By: Kelly Waldher (VP of Marketing, Google Workspace) and Aparna Pappu (VP of Engineering, Google Workspace). Read the full article here.
