Google Calendar adds booking page to streamline appointment making
Google’s latest Calendar update promises to eliminate a lot of the back-and-forth when it comes to scheduling appointments. Users will soon be able to construct a "booking page" UI that they can share with anyone.
You present the times when you're available for a meeting, and the other user ca... Read more
Google Meet now shows bandwidth consumption of conferences
Google expanded Google Meet's monitoring functionality for administrators. The Meet Quality Tool provides insight into the bandwidth usage of participants in (video) meetings.
Google collects diagnostic data for Google Workspace Meet to give administrators insight into the operation and quality ... Read more
Google Docs now has text watermarks
The Google Workspace Update blog reported that Google Workspace customers will now be able to add custom watermarks to a Google Doc and even customize background text markers/identifiers.
The ‘Watermark’ tab in the ‘Insert’ drop-down allows users to choose an image as their watermark or ... Read more
Google Meet introduces a real-time translation feature
Google Meet has recently launched a new real-time translation feature for beta users. Now English speaking Meet participants can translate their words in four different languages during live audio and video calls.
After five months of extensive beta testing, Google Meet's on-call translation is ... Read more
Google announces major updates to Workspace for hybrid work
The new features aim to enhance hybrid work environments,with the goal to remove boundaries between coworkers.
Google unveiled a whole list of updates to its collaboration platform Workspace. The new functionalities seek to remove the boundaries between coworkers, regardless of their location. T... Read more
Logitech introduces Zone True Wireless (and Wired) Earbuds
If you're in calls a lot, you know that good tools are important. One of the pieces of equipment you use then is a headset. For the business market there is already quite a large selection from several manufacturers. However, a fully wireless (true wireless) set of earbuds speficially aimed at the ... Read more
Google Meet introduces 1-hour meeting limit
The move is an attempt to limit the impact of free users on their overall network.
When the COVID-19 pandemic drove everyone online the demand for videoconferencing skyrocketed. It was then that Google seemed to rise to the occasion as a good corporate citizen. Everyone with a Gmail account woul... Read more
Google’s raised hands feature in Google Meet is more noticeable now
Video meetings are going to be a part of what we do for several years to come and in some cases, will be a permanent feature. The pandemic ushered in a new era of communications and the hybrid working model, which has prompted companies with the technologies, to come up with new features that make ... Read more
Google’s unified Gmail interface to be available to all users
Google made two big features of Google Workspace (the paid tier of business Google accounts) free for all consumer Google accounts. The features are Google Chat, the latest messaging app from the company as well as the merger of Gmail and Google Chat, Docs, and Meet. All are coming to consumer acco... Read more
Google Workspace takes the lead over Microsoft in hybrid working
Google has decided to make its Google Workspace product available to everyone. Previously, Google Workspace was only available to business or education users. The service is now available to everyone, although there will still be subscription options for businesses and educational institutions that... Read more