Google Workspace
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| February 2025 | Users began criticizing Google's rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in its Calendar events. |
| 2024 | Google discontinued Google Jamboard, another component of the Docs Editors suite. |
| 2024 | Google began rolling out artificial intelligence features to select users of Google Drive and Workspace tools, powered by its Gemini LLM. These features are initially available to Google One AI Premium subscribers and organizational users with specific Gemini add-ons. |
| 2024 | Google began showing only public holidays and national observances as default Calendar events, removing observances like Pride Month and Black History Month. |
| July 2024 | Google announced full support for Markdown syntax in Google Docs, building upon the previous opt-in Markdown detection feature. |
| April 2024 | Google Drive rolled out support for a night mode theme to users, expanding the platform's visual customization options. |
| April 9 2024 | Google officially announced Google Vids, a new AI-powered video creation app for Google Workspace, designed to help users create work-related informational videos using Gemini technology. |
| March 19 2024 | Google announced that Google Docs would be folded into the G-Suite system, incorporating all of Google's services under one roof. |
| March 9 2024 | Samsung Smart TV compatibility for Google Meet was discontinued |
| 2023 | Google introduced a spam folder for Drive, similar to the existing spam folder in Gmail, to help users manage unsolicited shared content. |
| 2023 | It was reported that 9 million organizations were paying for Google Workplace. |
| December 2023 | Google released a fix for a bug in Google Drive for Desktop that had caused a small number of files to disappear from user accounts over a 6-month period. |
| December 2023 | Google began rolling out a version of Google Chat with a redesigned sidebar, updated logo, and integrated artificial intelligence to improve productivity. |
| October 2023 | Google announced the sunsetting of Jamboard by the end of 2024, with plans to integrate third-party whiteboard tools like Figjam by Figma, Miro, and Lucidspark. |
| July 2023 | Google added new features to Google Chat, including smart compose, message editing and deletion for consumer accounts, message quoting, read receipts, text hyperlinking, and the ability to hide inactive conversations and add apps from Google Workspace Marketplace. |
| July 5 2023 | Google Currents was shut down, which will lead to increased functionality for Spaces. |
| May 22 2023 | Completed the migration of reminders to Google Tasks for the enterprise sector. |
| April 4 2023 | Google removed the 5 million file creation limit one day after it was publicly discovered. |
| April 3 2023 | The 5 million file creation limit was publicly reported and discovered, leading to user backlash. |
| March 2023 | Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets introduced a new UI theme. |
| March 1 2023 | Google introduced generative AI capabilities to Google Workspace for a limited set of trusted testers. |
| February 2023 | Google introduced a user file creation limit of 5 million files, which was implemented quietly around February. |
| 2022 | Google increased the Spaces team size limit from 8,000 to 25,000 users by the end of the year. |
| 2022 | Google Meet launched compatibility with Android TV, replacing the Google Duo app |
| December 2022 | Google launched Simple ML, an add-on for machine learning in Google Sheets. |
| November 1 2022 | Google deprecated the original Hangouts and fully replaced it with Google Chat. |
| November 1 2022 | Google Meet replaces Google Duo, with the Duo mobile app being renamed Meet and the original Meet app to be phased out. |
| October 18 2022 | Google Meet offered compatibility with Samsung Smart TV |
| September 2022 | Google announced that all Hangouts data would be deleted by January 1, 2023. |
| September 20 2022 | Google announced the merger of reminders from Google Calendar and Google Assistant with Google Tasks. |
| August 2022 | The merger of Duo into Meet began, with the Duo mobile app being renamed Meet, and the Duo web app redirecting to the Google Meet web app. |
| July 2022 | Google introduces 100 TB of storage for Google Workspace for Education, targeting educational institutions and universities, with additional storage options for institutions with over 20,000 Workspace users. |
| June 2022 | Google announced the merger of Google Duo into Meet. |
| May 2022 | Google announced that Chat would display banners warning users against potential phishing and malware attacks from personal accounts, enhancing user security. |
| May 17 2022 | Google offered G Suite legacy free edition accounts the option to self-identify for non-business use to continue service. |
| March 2022 | Google added an opt-in feature to automatically detect Markdown syntax within Google Docs. |
| February 2022 | Google announced plans to begin the final migration of all Google Workspace customers from Google Hangouts to Google Chat, scheduled to be finalized in May 2022. |
| February 2022 | Google rolled out a new Gmail interface designed to better integrate Spaces, Chat, and Meet. |
| January 2022 | Google introduced the text watermark feature to Google Docs, enabling users to create or import watermarks to documents, including both text and image watermarks. |
| January 2022 | Google removed the temporarily extended advanced features for educators and workspace users, requiring a subscription to access premium features. |
| January 19 2022 | Google mandated G Suite legacy free edition accounts to upgrade to a paid tier by May 1, 2022, or face suspension. |
| 2021 | Google rolled out the ability for users to block other users in Google Drive to address spam and unsolicited sharing problems. |
| 2021 | Google stated that Google Workspace had over 3 billion users globally. |
| 2021 | Google Drive introduced a client-side encryption feature to enhance data security. |
| 2021 | Google rebranded Rooms to Spaces as part of the expansion of Google Workspace to all users, reviving a brand name previously used from 2016 to 2017. |
| November 2021 | All websites created with classic Google Sites were archived. |
| September 2021 | Google introduced a new 5 TB storage plan priced at $24.99/month. |
| September 13 2021 | Google Drive changed the URL to a portion of existing files, reportedly for security purposes. |
| August 2021 | Google started automatically signing out Google Hangouts users on iOS and Android, encouraging them to switch to Google Chat. |
| July 2021 | Google released Google Drive for Desktop for Windows and Mac, replacing 'Backup and Sync' and 'Drive File Stream', and discontinued support for Backup and Sync. |
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