Google recently released the following new features for Google Meet:

• Host collaborative brainstorms with new digital whiteboarding integration.
• See up to 49 people in a tiled view, including yourself.
• Blur your background for extra privacy.
• More participant controls for the meeting host, including the ability to prevent participants from sharing their screens and sending chat messages.

We hope these features help you host better virtual meetings with your classmates and colleagues. To learn more about Google Meet, please visit the Google Workspace Learning Center.

Google recently released the following new features for Google Chat:

• Pin conversations in Chat in Gmail for easy access to your favorite conversations.
• Schedule Google Calendar events from Google Chat.

  

• Set your status as away in Google Chat in Gmail.
• New rooms created in Google Chat will be unthreaded starting November 16.

We hope these features help you communicate and collaborate better with your classmates and colleagues. To learn more about Google Chat, please visit the Google Workspace Learning Center.

On October 1, Google will integrate the Gmail, Chat, Rooms, and Meet apps together into one page on Gmail.com and in the iOS and Android apps.

• Gmail: The same email experience you know.
• Chat: Message individuals and small groups directly (Chat will replace the current Hangouts app).
• Rooms: Collaboration spaces for groups and teams.
• Meet: Create video meetings and see all upcoming video meetings.

You can access Chat and Meet directly if you prefer to use these tools as stand-alone services.

Google has also introduced new features to help simplify your work inside the new interface. You can now:

• Edit your shared Docs and assign group tasks in Rooms.
• Set your availability to ‘Do not disturb’ to help you focus on your task at hand.
• Search across email and chat messages.

To learn more about the new integrated Gmail, please visit the Google Workspace Learning Center.