Google has made an integrated workspace feature, including Chat and Rooms, available to all users, including free personal Gmail account holders.
Last year, the tech giant had rolled out a unified app for all its communication platforms — Gmail, Chat, Rooms and Meet — for G Suite (now Google Workspace) users last year.
According to 9to5 Google, which claims to break news on Alphabet, Google, Android, Pixel, Home, Chrome, etc., the integration comes at a time Google wants to make Gmail your new “home for work”. The search engine giant wants to give users everything on one page instead of having to switch between multiple tabs.
So, now Gmail has four sections — Mail, Meet (these two have been in place for a few months), Chat, and Rooms. While using ‘Chat’ you can message individuals and small groups, with ‘Rooms’ you can have larger conversations with shared chats and files.
However, before going ahead with the upgrade, a cautionary message on Gmail states: “Enabling Google Chat lets you try out the new experience and features. You might encounter bugs and other problems, but you can switch back to your old chat setting at any time.”
Though you can enable the new Gmail with Chat on both Android and web, the upgrade is not yet available for the iOS application.
Here’s how you can turn on the new Gmail features:
For Android:
For Web:
However, be sure to have the latest version of Gmail installed from the Play Store to get started.s
First Published: Apr 6, 2021 5:03 PM IST
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