Google Workspace

Google Workspace
Developer(s)Google
Initial releaseFebruary 2006 (2006-02) (as "Google Apps for Your Domain")
TypeOnline office suite
LicenseTrialware (Retail, volume licensing)
Websiteworkspace.google.com

Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) is a collection of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools, software and products developed and marketed by Google. It consists of Gmail, Contacts, Calendar, Meet and Chat for communication; Drive for storage; and the Google Docs Editors suite for content creation. An Admin Panel is provided for managing users and services.[1][2] Depending on edition Google Workspace may also include the digital interactive whiteboard Jamboard and an option to purchase add-ons such as the telephony service Voice.

The education edition adds a learning platform Google Classroom and today has the name Workspace for Education.[3] It previously included Google Currents for employee engagement.

While most of these services are individually available at no cost to consumers who use their free Google (Gmail) accounts, Google Workspace adds enterprise features such as custom email addresses at a domain (e.g. @your), an option for unlimited Drive storage, administrative tools and advanced settings, as well as 24/7 phone and email support.[2]

The suite was first launched in February 2006 as Gmail for Your Domain, before being expanded into Google Apps for Your Domain in the same year,[4] later rebranded as G Suite in 2016, then rebranded again in 2020 as Google Workspace.[5]

As of October 2021, Google Workplace had 9 million paying businesses.[6] The number of Education users in Google Workplace surpassed 170 million.

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  1. ^ "Products". G Suite by Google Cloud. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Benefits of Business Apps for Mobile and Web". Google Workspace. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  3. ^ "Google Workspace for Education Overview". Google for Education. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Google Launches Hosted Communications Services". August 28, 2006. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  5. ^ Effron, Oliver (October 6, 2020). "Gmail is getting a new logo in a G Suite revamp | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  6. ^ Rosalie Chan, Hugh Langley (March 15, 2023). "Google Workspace, an office-software suite, hit 9 million paying organizations". Business Insider. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  7. ^ "This Googler hopes his team is one day obsolete". Google. May 17, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  8. ^ "Introducing Google Workspace for Education". Google Blog. February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2024. More than 170 million students and educators worldwide rely on our suite of tools...

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