PC World - USA (2020-11)

NOVEMBER 2020 PCWorld 17

Google’s G Suite becomes Google

Workspace, with a new unified UI

You’ll see more of these new changes transferring over from the new Google Workspace to

Google’s free consumer apps like Gmail and Sheets, too. BY MARK HACHMAN

G

oogle is marking its transition to

a more unified G Suite

workspace by changing

Google G Suite’s name...to

Workspace.

In July, Google announced (go.pcworld.

com/july) a more unified look for G Suite,

announcing that you’ll be able to collaborate

in apps like Sheets, for example, while within

an entirely different app. For now, this

integrated experience is just available to

paying customers of Google Workspace,

Google said in a blog post (go.pcworld.

com/gowo).

In the coming months, Google said, the

company plans to migrate the new UI over to

the consumer experience, too, “to help them

do things like set up a neighborhood group,

manage a family budget, or plan a celebration

using integrated tools like Gmail, Chat, Meet,

Docs, and Tasks,” the company said.

What’s changed? Besides the name, and

some new limits on cloud storage, not that

much. Google considers its UI changes to be

IMAGE: GOOGLE