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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 36

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,...

Mobile Comments Arrive for Google Docs, Slides and Sheets

Tim January 27, 2016

App updates are rolling out, allowing users of Google Slides, Sheets, and Docs to add comments while on mobile devices. Previously, commenting was exclusive to desktop folk, but now, anyone who is a part of a file can chip in their two cents, regardless of...

Google Adds Easy Notes Exporting From Keep to Docs on Android, Slides Sharing in Hangouts

Kellen August 5, 2015 4

Google is issuing a couple of updates today that involves Google Keep and Docs, along with Google Slides and Hangouts. The Google Keep update is simple in that Android users will now be able to easily export (copy) any notes to Google Docs with the touch of a...