Google’s famous “G-Suite,”
is now, “Google Workspace.” The change appears to be an effort by Google to improve it’s suite of “office apps,” by integrating their video conferencing system, aka Google Meet, across more applications. To quote Google’s VP of Google Workspace, Javier Soltero, “This is the end of the ‘office’ as we know it.”
Many clients and associates still seem to be a bit puzzled about what G-Suite is. I always ask them if they use Gmail, and often they do. Well, that’s really one of the core applications of G-Suite. A Gmail account gives users access to G-Suite, even if they aren’t aware the 9 dots in the upper right corner will open G-Suite.
The bottom line is really about the battle for market share in the ever-growing cloud-based office applicaion space. With more people working from home, this kind of competition should only serve to help users get more bang for their buck. For the record, most of G-Suite is free for single-users which was the first salvo fired by Google at Microsoft when MS Office was running a cool undred bucks at Fry’s on CD.
For a visual overview of the major changes from G-Suite to Workspace, here’s a video by a third-party that goes by 9to5Google on Youtube.