Google optimizes Workspace apps for tablets
Google released updates that increase the performance of Workspace applications on tablets. The company released Android 12L earlier this year to make tablets easier to use. It plans to upgrade more than 20 popular applications to improve compatibility on larger tablet displays.
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Google announces consolidation of desktop file syncing apps into a singular app on Drive
Drive for desktop has replaced Drive File Stream, Sync, and Backup to provide all their popular features in one app to facilitate users.
Drive for desktop is Google’s latest attempt at making it easier for their users to use their famous features.
Google offered two syncing services for fil... Read more
Google releases education updates for Classroom and Meet
Google announced new updates on Wednesday that are intended to advance education in both online and offline scenarios. These will be beneficial to people in classes and remote learning environments.
The most important update has to be the launch of Google Workspace for Education. It is meant to ... Read more
Google Drive test offline save PDF and Office files
A new beta version of Google's G Suite allows users to store PDFs, Office documents and other files that are not from Google's own services offline in Drive. Offline saving was already possible with Docs, Sheets and Slides.
You can save offline by enabling the option 'Available offline', which can ... Read more
Extensions in Google Chrome and Drive get stricter privacy policy
Google has announced a stricter privacy policy for extensions in Google Chrome and apps that use Google Drive cloud storage. Extensions, for example, can no longer just ask for broad access to data.
According to Google itself, there are now over 180,000 extensions in the Chrome Web Store and almost... Read more