Google Workspace, he pointed out, is cloud-native, upgrading every user (and their workflows) to the cloud, where they can enjoy helpful tools, frequent updates, stronger security and deep integrations not possible on their local machines.
It is about how and where people work - in the cloud, on their local machines, or somewhere in between.
Google question is not about app-by-app or feature-by-feature comparisons. This clearly is a subjective question as both suites of apps offers more than enough functionality for the majority of desk workers.Ĭhristian Newman, CEO of Surrey, B.C., Canada-based Rise Digital, points out that the answer to the Microsoft vs. While Workspace, or G Suite, has always had an edge in terms of pricing, there has always been a question of its functionality compared with Office 365 and whether it had enough functionality to make it a real enterprise alternative. While Microsoft offered Office with a number of added apps, Google offered Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, Chat with deep integrations between the different apps. The original idea behind Workspace - or G Suite as it was known previously - is to enable deeper collaboration between users in much the same way Microsoft’s Office 365, or Microsoft 365 with Teams at the core. Spaces will bring several new features, including in-line topic threading, presence indicators, custom statuses, expressive reactions, and a collapsible view. With Chat, users can create group chat experiences, which are currently called Rooms but will be "evolved" to Spaces over the summer. "With this update, Google Workspace is creating a new competitive advantage by optimizing for a single, connected experience across its products that it is extending to consumers and individual business owners, to align with the experience that its enterprise and education subscribers benefit from today."Īt the heart of this new experience is Google Chat (formerly Hangouts), which is now available for everyone and can be turned on in Gmail's settings. "Ensuring that workers have access to best of breed collaboration tools and information, regardless of location, is a top priority for every company, especially as they navigate a return to the physical office," said Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst, Moor Insights & Strategy, said in a statement.
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Now, all of the company's three billion-plus existing users across consumer, enterprise, and education have access to the full Google Workspace experience, including Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Meet and other capabilities.
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In recent weeks, one of the most significant announcements in the productivity space was when Mountain View, Calif.-based Google announced a series of updates that build upon its vision to deliver a single, integrated communication and collaboration solution to everyone via Google Workspace. But can it really match up with Microsoft Teams and Office 365? Google recently made its productivity suite Workspace accessible to everyone.