G Suite

G Suite Users Get New Google Assistant Functions for Email and Calendar Events

Tim November 21, 2019

G Suite account users, so long as their admins are nice people, can now have beta access to additional Google Assistant functionality for Google Calendar and Gmail functions. Once opted into by an admin, which is required because you're opening up what could...

Google Extends Life of Classic Hangouts to June 2020 for Some

Kellen August 21, 2019

We know that Google Hangouts will die one day and that most of us will have the opportunity to transition over to something else, possibly Google's Hangouts Chat. Today, though, the death of classic Hangouts has been given somewhat of an extension for select...

Hangouts Chat Out of Beta and Available to G Suite Users

Kellen February 28, 2018 15

Almost a year ago today, Google announced its new vision for Hangouts. It would break Hangouts apart into two apps - Meet and Chat - while adding advanced features to them. Meet was available pretty quickly to most, but Hangouts Chat has only been in beta or...

Add-ons for Gmail Are a Go and Great for Enterprise Users

Tim October 24, 2017 5

Launched today, add-ons for Gmail allow third-party developers to integrate their services directly into the Google-powered email service. There's already a handful of add-ons available, so far catered to enterprise users, including some from Trello,...

Google Improves Collab Tools in Sheets, Slides, and Docs

Tim August 16, 2017 8

Google is rolling out many improvements for collaborative users of Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Moving forward, users should find it much easier to finish up documents and forms that require multiple people. Specifically for Docs, individual users inside...

Project Fi Opened Up to All G Suite Users in US

Tim June 27, 2017 15

Signing up for Project Fi has been limited to users with "@gmail.com" addresses, but moving forward, Google is opening up the service to all G Suite users in the US. Thanks to this, if you utilize G Suite and have your own domain, you can now sign up to use...

Google Will Stop Scanning Gmail for Ad Personalization

Tim June 23, 2017 12

Announced today, Google will soon stop scanning your Gmail messages for the use of ad personalization. You see, for the longest time, Google has scanned free Gmail users' messages to help sell personalized ads. Well, moving forward, Google will stop doing that...