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Google’s Workspace App Suite Gets Fresh Look and Feel

Tim March 7, 2023 2

Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides on the web are getting a fresh look in the coming weeks. Announced this week, Google is tweaking the appearance for the aforementioned services, moving features around, and simplifying the user interface for quicker...

Google Drops 9 New Android and Wear OS Features on Us

Kellen February 27, 2023 20

One of my favorite Android-related events that flows throughout the tech space every few months is the feature drops Google does for the Android platform. Not only do these drops add new tools or toys for you and I to play with, but it perfectly showcases the...

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 Drive on Web Finally Gets Copy, Paste Keyboard Shortcuts

Tim May 27, 2022 2

A feature that I always assumed was there in Google Drive, is now a truly there beginning this week. I'm referring to cut/copy/paste keyboard shortcuts for web users, an addition that should save users a few seconds here and there. Just like anything else you...

Google Shows Off Material You Looks for Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and More

Kellen September 9, 2021 10

Android 12 is so close to launching that Google is starting to show off changes to its apps that will arrive alongside it. On the Google Workspace blog, they just previewed a bunch of their apps with Material You redesigns, as well as how they'll look with...

Which is Your Favorite of Google’s New App Icons?

Kellen November 10, 2020 56

To kickoff October, Google showed off the future of its products by revealing how much time they spend on the super important stuff: new icons. The new icons have brought out emotions and jokes and memes - mostly memes. The icons are, to be chill about it,...

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...

Gmail Might be Down, Plus Hangouts and Drive and More (Updated)

Kellen March 26, 2020

Yep, Gmail is down (for some). Noticed that your Gmail isn't quite acting like you want it nor is Google Drive or Hangouts Chat/Meet? That's because there is a pretty major Google outage at the moment. On Google's G Suite Status Dashboard, they have...