What changes do we implement?
Introducing a new experience for Google Contacts that will help Google Workspace users learn more about their colleagues. In Contacts (contacts.google.com) or in Contacts sidebar, you can see more detailed information about other people, for example:
- Your management chain, department and title
- A history of your Workspace relationship, including email conversations and meetings
Who is affected by this change?
To administrators and end users
Why is it important?
More than ever, our work requires a higher level of interaction, collaboration and connection. To collaborate effectively with people in our broader network, it’s helpful to have more information about them, what and who they work on, and what’s important to those people. The redesigned Google Contacts experience gives you the ability to easily learn more about your colleagues and stakeholders, making it easier to collaborate and make ideas impactful.
Additional details
To maximize the value of this feature, it’s helpful to fully propagate user data to all Google Workspace apps. Workspace administrators can propagate this data from different locations:
- The “Users” section of the Administration Console
- Google Cloud Directory Sync
- Admin SDK
How to get started
- Administrators: There is no administrator control for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more details about how to add information to user directory profiles.
- End users: In Google Contacts (contacts.google.com), Select the “Contacts” tab or use the search bar to learn more about other members of your organization.
Throwing rhythm
- Fast and Scheduled Release Domains: Gradual release (up to 15 days for feature visibility) a starting June 24, 2021
Availability
- Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers
Resources
- Help for Google Workspace administrators: Add information to user directory profiles
- Help for Google Workspace administrators: About Google Cloud Directory Sync
- Help for Google Workspace administrators: Directory API
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