You’ll soon be able to share Google Chat Spaces with everyone in your organization
After years of creating,renaming, and killing messaging apps, Google is currentlysticking with Spaces. The app is tightly integrated with Workspace software like Gmail, Chat, Drive, Calendar, and Meet, making it excellent for business collaboration. Last month,Spaces got a few updates, including a manager role to give specific users greater control over a Space, descriptions for users to create a context for their spaces, and guidelines to ensure safe and effective communication. Now, Google’s introducing the ability to share Spaces, albeit in a limited capacity.
A newWorkspace blog updatehighlights the new Google Chat feature. You’ll be able to give everyone in your organization access to your new Space at the point of creation. Simply click on theNew spacebutton to create one and then select theSpaces accesstab to reveal a dropdown menu where you’re able to restrict it or add your company. Google says that it will come in handy when looking to share particular information across the team (be it discussions, how-to guides, etc.), release a policy update, gather folks with relevant expertise on a particular issue, or even just geek about topics of interest (like reading, sports, or cooking). The only downside is that you can’t tweak this access setting once you’ve created the Space.
However, Google offers another way to share a space with your organization via links — you know, as you would with Google Docs, for example. Simplyselect the Space,tap on the dropdown arrowbeside the name, and select theCopy link to this spaceoption. You can then share the link with your coworkers, allowing them to join easily. That said, the feature only works for individuals in your organization. Outsiders will not be able to access your Space, even if they have the link.
The new Spaces experience is already rolling out to all Google Workspace, legacy G Suite Basic, and legacy G Suite Business customers. However, you might not see it until the first week of April.
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