Google Workspace
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| 2024 | Google began showing only public holidays and national observances as default Calendar events, removing observances like Pride Month and Black History Month. |
| 2024 | Google began showing only public holidays and national observances as default Calendar events, removing observances like Pride Month and Black History Month. |
| March 9 2024 | Samsung Smart TV compatibility for Google Meet was discontinued |
| March 9 2024 | Samsung Smart TV compatibility for Google Meet was discontinued |
| December 2023 | Google began rolling out a version of Google Chat with a redesigned sidebar, updated logo, and integrated artificial intelligence to improve productivity. |
| December 2023 | Google began rolling out a version of Google Chat with a redesigned sidebar, updated logo, and integrated artificial intelligence to improve productivity. |
| 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 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. |
| July 5 2023 | Google Currents was shut down, which will lead to increased functionality for Spaces. |
| 2022 | Google Meet launched compatibility with Android TV, replacing the Google Duo app |
| 2022 | Google Meet launched compatibility with Android TV, replacing the Google Duo app |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| November 1 2022 | Google deprecated the original Hangouts and fully replaced it with Google Chat. |
| October 18 2022 | Google Meet offered compatibility with Samsung Smart TV |
| 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 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| June 2022 | Google announced the merger of Google Duo into Meet. |
| 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 2022 | Google announced that Chat would display banners warning users against potential phishing and malware attacks from personal accounts, enhancing user security. |
| 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. |
| February 2022 | Google rolled out a new Gmail interface designed to better integrate Spaces, Chat, and Meet. |
| 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. |
| January 2022 | Google removed the temporarily extended advanced features for educators and workspace users, requiring a subscription to access premium features. |
| January 2022 | Google removed the temporarily extended advanced features for educators and workspace users, requiring a subscription to access premium features. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| August 2021 | Google started automatically signing out Google Hangouts users on iOS and Android, encouraging them to switch to Google Chat. |
| August 2021 | Google started automatically signing out Google Hangouts users on iOS and Android, encouraging them to switch to Google Chat. |
| April 2021 | Google Chat became fully available to general consumers. |
| April 2021 | Google Chat became fully available to general consumers. |
| February 2021 | Google began rolling out Google Chat in 'early access' to regular consumer accounts. |
| February 2021 | Google introduced 'Lyra', a new very low-bitrate codec for speech compression that can operate with network speeds as low as 3 kbit/s, developed using machine learning models trained on thousands of hours of voice data. |
| February 2021 | Google introduced 'Lyra', a new very low-bitrate codec for speech compression that can operate with network speeds as low as 3 kbit/s, developed using machine learning models trained on thousands of hours of voice data. |
| February 2021 | Google began rolling out Google Chat in 'early access' to regular consumer accounts. |
| October 2020 | Google announced plans to open Google Chat to consumers in 2021 and migrate Hangouts conversations, contacts, and history to Google Chat. |
| October 2020 | Google announced plans to open Google Chat to consumers in 2021 and migrate Hangouts conversations, contacts, and history to Google Chat. |
| September 15 2020 | Google introduced Meet Series One in partnership with Lenovo, featuring a Meet Compute System with Edge TPU, Smart Camera, Smart Audio Bar with noise reduction, and options for remote control or a touchscreen with Google Assistant support. |
| September 15 2020 | Google introduced Meet Series One in partnership with Lenovo, featuring a Meet Compute System with Edge TPU, Smart Camera, Smart Audio Bar with noise reduction, and options for remote control or a touchscreen with Google Assistant support. |
| May 2020 | Asus unveiled videoconferencing hardware specifically designed for Google Meet, including a Meet Compute System mini PC, dedicated camera, and microphone for conference room settings. |
| May 2020 | Asus unveiled videoconferencing hardware specifically designed for Google Meet, including a Meet Compute System mini PC, dedicated camera, and microphone for conference room settings. |
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