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.

Google Calendar added additional editable event fields directly into the pop-up dialog box when you create a new event, including:

• Guest permissions: Grant guests permission to see the guest list, invite others, or edit an event.
• Description and attachments: Add an event description along with attachments from your computer or Google Drive.
• Event visibility and notification: Choose an event color, customize notifications, set free/busy, and change an event’s visibility.

With these changes, you will be able to add all the necessary information to your event within the pop-up dialog box, without needing to click on More options, saving you time when creating an event.

To learn more about Google Calendar, please visit the G Suite Learning Center.