S2E42: Google Next 22: Everything announced for Google Workspace
Intro
Google pulled out all the stops for their yearly cloud conference, and even though we could not attend in person, there was a massive amount of content and announcements recorded and available on demand. This episode focuses on all the Google Workspace updates announced at Google Next 22.
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Published Releases
Everything Workspace Announced at Google Next 22
Adaptive framing gives everyone a chance to be seen in the conference room when collaborating with remote colleagues, using AI-powered cameras from Huddly and Logitech.
Covered in Part 1 - Meeting room check-ins lets participants know who is in the room by displaying their names alongside the room.
Companion mode mobile gives in-room attendees the ability to fully participate by raising their hand, chatting, or asking questions from their phone while leveraging the in-room audio and video.
Assigning conference rooms to breakout rooms helps manage the logistics for in-room attendees during breakout discussions.
Automatic video framing centers participants in their video tile before joining a meeting and lets them manually reframe at any time.
Covered in Part 1 - Auto transcriptions removes the burden of taking notes (English, with French, German, Portuguese and Spanish coming in 2023).
Speaker spotlight in Slides collapses the boundary between the story and storyteller in a hybrid world by placing the speaker’s video directly within their content.
Announced last year! Custom emojis and inline threaded conversations enable people to express themselves more authentically and go deeper on specific conversations.
Broadcast-only spaces in Google Chat make it easier for leaders to make broad announcements and maintain connections across their organizations.
Covered in Part 1 - SIP Link in Google Voice allows companies to assign and manage phone numbers provided by their telecommunication provider alongside Google-provisioned numbers.
APIs for Meet and Chat give developers programmatic access to common functions like creating and starting meetings or initiating messages directly from a third-party app. Asana and LumApps will be the first partners to leverage these in their apps.
Meet add-on SDK enables developers to embed their app directly into the Meet experience, with Figma being one of the first add-on partners.
Chat and AppSheet integration enable people to create and interact with custom AppSheet apps right within Chat. Our low-code and no-code platform lets anyone without coding experience build mobile and web applications quickly.
Smart canvas
Custom building blocks in Google Docs enable users to build their own reusable components that can be easily accessed with the @ menu.
Variables in Google Docs enable users to define common data elements in a Doc, such as a client name or contract number, and update it throughout the document by changing the value in one place. Available early 2023
Covered in Part 1 - Smart chips and a new timeline view in Google Sheets extends the power of smart canvas allowing people to easily pull in people, files, and calendar details.
Covered in Part 1 - Smart chip data extraction lets users quickly populate spreadsheets with important information from chips they use across Workspace.
Smart Chips for third-party apps lets users view and engage with rich third-party data in the flow of work rather than switching tabs or context, including AODocs, Asana, Atlassian, Figma, LumApps, Miro, Tableau, and ZenDesk coming soon. Availability 2023
Work safer
We’re extending client-side encryption (CSE) to Gmail and Google Calendar, allowing Enterprise Plus and Education Plus/Standard customers to have complete control over access to their data to address a broad range of data sovereignty and compliance requirements. Availability: Gmail later this year; Calendar in preview later this year.
Covered in Part 1 - Data Loss Prevention (DLP) checks in Google Chat lets admins create custom policies to prevent sensitive information from leaking, scans content in real-time and applies corrective action fast. Availability: Rolling out this week.
Trust rules in Drive, currently in beta, allow for more granular control of internal and external sharing, providing admins more flexibility in establishing collaboration boundaries. Availability: Later this year.
Data Analysis
Google Cloud’s business intelligence family is now consolidated under the Looker umbrella, and Data Studio is now Looker Studio, available at no cost.
Looker will be integrated into many of your favorite Google Workspace programs — starting with Google Sheets — combining our productivity and intelligence tools in one place.
Other News
Building the most open and extensible platform for hybrid work
Introducing Innovations in Google Workspace to help your organization thrive in hybrid work
Your essential lineup of Google Workspace sessions at Google Cloud Next 22
Over 300 new features last year and every one of them was covered by us!
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian just said at Cloud Next that Google Workspace now has more than 8 million paid customers, up from 6 million as of April 2020
Bringing more of Googles Productivity Apps to Glass Enterprise
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