Google Workspace: The best place to make things happen - together, anywhere.

Organizations were already facing numerous challenges in rethinking the future of work, and  COVID-19 has greatly accelerated the timeline for digital transformation. Around the world, businesses are looking for streamlined ways for employees, customers, and partners to collaborate, connect, and get things done remotely. This change isn’t only in our work lives. Collaboration and connection at a distance is now a key part of families, friendships, and how we manage our daily lives. 

The great news is that, for more than a decade, Google Cloud has built technology that helps people work together, smarter. Whether it’s real-time collaboration in Google Docs or instant connections through Google Meet, our tools help people be more productive — at work, at home, and at school, which may now be the same place for many. I vividly recall my very first use of Google Docs and thinking, “Now THIS is true collaboration! I’m never going back.”

Introducing Google Workspace

So, whether it’s a service that helps friends host their online book club meetings, or the ability for a team to work on a presentation all at the same time, flexibility, helpfulness, and simplicity are at the core of what we do. In fact, they have always been our guiding principles — for how people experience our products and the way we do business.

Today, I’m thrilled to be able to introduce Google Workspace. This launch is different. Because we are not starting from scratch - we are building on years of Google’s innovation and leadership in this space. Having talked to customers, I’d venture I’m not the only one reading this who has heard a customer express real *LOVE* for our products.  People get emotional about using G Suite. THAT is special. But don’t just take my word on this, take a look at these numbers:

• Over 2.6 billion users across consumer, enterprise and education now actively choose to use our productivity and collaboration apps every month.
• Google Meet is connecting people in 230 countries. 
• We surface over 2 billion grammar suggestions in Docs each month and more than 3 billion keystrokes are saved with Smart Compose in Gmail every week. (I’ll have to do the math sometime on how many of those are mine!  I use this all the time.)
• In Q2, we peaked at more than 600 million Meet participants in a single week.

Google Workspace is everything you need to get anything done, now in one place. Offering you a seamless experience that will allow you to be super efficient. Whether you’re at home, at work, on a walk or in the classroom, it makes communication, collaboration, and creativity simple by bringing together messaging, meetings, docs, and tasks — all built with industry-leading security and powered by the cleanest cloud in the industry.  This matters to me.  I want to be more efficient, because I want to spend more time with those I love.  I want a clean cloud because I want my son to be able to enjoy the environment - not survive it.

With work becoming increasingly distributed, with fewer in-person interactions, building a more connected world, for today and the future, is more important than ever. As we consider what collaboration may look like 10 years from now, we have the opportunity to redefine productivity in a way that will empower people for years to come. That’s why I, for one, am thrilled about the ways Google Workspace will help us reimagine the way we create, communicate and collaborate.