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With smart canvas, Google looks to better connect Workspace apps
Google has unveiled a range of new ways to connect its productivity and collaboration apps, including the rollout of its smart canvas. But is it enough to keep up with innovative start-ups?
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Google is adding a range of “smart canvas” features to its Workspace productivity software suite, offering news ways to connect and share contextual information between apps such as Docs and Sheets.
Rather than introducing entirely new products, the Workspace smart canvas features are pitched as a “new product experience” that updates existing apps with improved collaboration functions. With smart canvas, we re bringing the content and connections that transform collaboration into a richer, better experience in Google Workspace,” Erika Trautman, director for Google Workspace, said ahead of the Google I/O conference this week. “We re enhancing the apps that hundreds of millions of people already use every day like Docs, Sheets, and Slides, to make them more flexible, interactive and intelligent.”
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Facebook s Workplace gets ‘Plugins , new app integrations
Facebook s Workplace gets ‘Plugins , new app integrations
As the social media giant now pegs the number of paid Workplace users at seven million, an analyst sees Facebook’s growing focus on integration as important to continued enterprise uptake.
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Facebook has announced a handful of updates to its Workplace enterprise social network, including new video features and improved integrations with third-party applications.
Among the features unveiled Tuesday are updates to a Live Q&A feature rolled out last year. A presenter can now click on a question and get details about the person who asked it, making it easier to personalise a response.
Facebook Workplace
Facebook this week announced a handful of updates to its Workplace enterprise social network, including new video features and improved integrations with third-party applications.
Among the features unveiled Tuesday are updates to a Live Q&A feature rolled out last year. A presenter can now click on a question and get details about the person who asked it, making it easier to personalize a response. By clicking on the question, the presenter can also place it in the middle of the screen for hosts and the audience. (Employees will soon also be able to include their name pronunciation, helping to avoid mispronunciations during video Q&As.