E024 - Breaking News! Google announces a flood of updates detailing the next evolutionary step for Google Workspace. We also have Video backgrounds in Meet, Approved list of Apps in Marketplace…

We interrupt our normal format for a breaking news discussion and analysis with special guest Christian Newman to help us detail it all.

Google Chat Rooms is becoming Spaces which is WAY more than a name change and a facelift. Google is making a jump to catch up to others in the market in a big way and we had a lot of fun going through it all on the podcast.

Of course, we follow it up with our regularly scheduled updates and discussion. Enjoy!

Published Releases

• Replace your background with a video in Google Meet

• Option to replace your background in Google Meet is now available on Android

• Find admin approved applications in the “Approved for you” section in the Google Workspace Marketplace

Other Topics

• Google Voice is now available in Belgium

• Easily view the number of Google Meet hardware devices in your organization in the Admin console

• Google Workspace for everyone ($9.99 and $7.99 Pricing - TechCrunch)

Published Releases (Early)

• Evolving Rooms in Google Chat to Spaces to create a richer, more collaborative experience

• Get more control over how files can be shared with trust rules for Google Drive beta

• Enhanced content classification and DLP with Drive labels beta

• Stronger data security and privacy with Google Workspace Client-side encryption beta

• Background noise reduction in Google Meet now available to more users and turning on by default

Keep it locked here every week for your regular dose of all things Google Workspace!

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