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Bard AI Gets Integrated Into Google Apps for Better or Worse

Tim September 19, 2023 5

I struggle with AI, folks. The main issue I have is, I can't seem to figure out how to use it to benefit my every day life. I can't ask it to write blogs for this site (I've tried and they're usually awful and nonsensical) and I don't need it to write code for...

Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides Apps Get UI Update

Tim August 21, 2023 1

Google announced a UI refresh for three of its Android apps late last week. Users of Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides should see the tweaks in the coming weeks, as it usually takes time for Google to roll the changes out to all users. Google...

Google Continues Work to Improve Apps on Android Tablets

Tim July 25, 2022 7

Google is continuing its push to improve the Android tablet ecosystem, this week releasing updates for Workspace apps like Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Keep that take better advantage of a tablet's larger display. For example, Google wants to make it easy...

Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides All Get Dark Theme on Android

Kellen July 6, 2020 5

Google announced this morning that Docs, Sheets, and Slides for Android now all have dark theme support. That means viewing documents, spreadsheets, and slideshows in both light or dark themes. Each app's dark theme can be forced to dark or light or follow...

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...

Pretty Convincing Google Docs Phishing Scam is Making the Rounds, Google is Investigating (Updated)

Kellen May 3, 2017 33

You may have received an email today that looked a lot like an email you get when a colleague or contact shares with you a Google Docs file. If so, you should be careful and double check that it's actually from that someone. I say that because a pretty...

Google Docs and Sheets Gain App Add-Ons on Android

Kellen July 28, 2016 3

This morning, Google introduced a new feature to Google Docs and Sheets that allows 3rd party apps to better integrate their services into Google's office suite. Called Android Add-ons, you will now be able to trigger a DocuSign action from within Docs, import...

Use Your Voice to Type, Edit, and Format Inside Google Docs

Tim February 24, 2016 4

Users of Google Docs can now utilize their voice to not only dictate what they want written, but can comprehensively edit and format documents. Any editing or formatting feature available in docs can be commanded with your voice, such as heading settings,...