“In the coming months, we’ll be rolling out Meet picture-in-picture to Docs, Sheets, and Slides, too,” says Soltero. “This is especially powerful for customer interactions where you’re pitching a proposal or walking through a document. Where before, you could only see the file you were presenting, now you’ll get all those valuable nonverbal cues that come with actually seeing someone’s face.”
Google Workspace will also be offered to education and nonprofit usrs in the coming months, although education customers will be able to continue using existing tools via G Suite for Education, which includes Classroom, Assignments, Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Meet. G Suite for Nonprofits will also continue to be available to eligible organisations.
Google Workspace will also be tailored for businesses of different sizes.
“Our new editions for smaller businesses are aimed at those often looking to make fast, self-serviced purchases. Our editions for larger enterprises are designed to help organizations that have more complex implementation needs and often require technical assistance over the course of a longer buying and deployment cycle.”
Soltero says that Google Workspace embodies Google’s vision for “a future where work is more flexible, time is more precious, and enabling stronger human connections becomes even more important”. Ultimately, however, it’s a realisation of Google’s vision to become a more serious alternative to Microsoft Office 365.
- Arthur Goldstuck is founder of World Wide Worx and editor-in-chief of Gadget.co.za. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram on @art2gee
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