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G Suite 5 changes will improve our life
- By Elite CIO
Apr 17, 2019
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“I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. – Georg C. Lichtenburg “
“I cannot say whether things will get better if we change;what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. – Georg C. Lichtenburg“
If you’re a Google G Suite user, here are 5 changes that G Suite will change for you:
1.) Office editing in Docs, Sheets, and Slides
According to Google, You’ll be able to work on Office files straight from within G Suite without any file conversion and this will allow you to take advantage of Google’s AI-powered grammar suggestions.
2.) Hangouts adds transcriptions, streaming, and Gmail integration
There are 2 versions of Hangouts for businesses: Meet and Chat. It’s natural that the text-based Chat option would be more closely integrated into other text-based Google apps, and it’s happening—you’ll start to see Hangouts Chat more closely tied into Gmail, with chats taking place in the same window that you’ll exchange email with your co-workers. Likewise, Google is starting to respond to Microsoft, whose Skype videoconferencing apps are becoming more defined by their ability to transcribe and translate content than just allowing more than one employee to talk to one another. Hangouts Meet now has automatic live captioning, though just in English. In addition, Meet now has the ability to live stream to up to 100,000 viewers—though YouTube has tended to handle this quite well already.
3.) Voice is now part of G Suite
Voice is now a part of G Suite, in “select markets.” Voice gives employees, and personal users, their own phone number. Google has also used the service to show off its AI capabilities in terms of transcription and blocking voice calls, and it’s now finally available to business users.
4.) Google Assistant breaks into G Suite
It’s been a long time coming for the Google Assistant to break out of the smart phone and into other areas within Google’s ecosystem. (Cortana has been integrated into Edge as well as other Office apps, by contrast.) Unfortunately, Google Assistant isn’t penetrating any further than the Google Calendar app, and in beta, to boot. But at least you’ll be able to ask Google when your next meeting is. It’s a start.
5.) Add-ons are now part of G Suite, too
We have to go all the way back to 2005 to find the first instance of Office Add-ins, which bolts on additional functionality to Microsoft Office apps like Word or PowerPoint. Now, add-ins are coming to the right-hand rail of Google’s G Suite apps, too. Those apps will include Copper, Work front, Box, and others. Unfortunately, they’ll debut in beta, which you’ll have to sign up for and will debut in the coming months.
Author : Atul Bansal, Gateway Rail