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JAVIER SOLTERO: Hello, everyone.
I'm Javier Soltero.
I'm really excited to be here with you today.
We have a lot of exciting product announcements
and some very big news to share.
But before we get to that, I'd like
to start by taking a quick look at how we got here.
For more than a decade, Google has
been at the forefront of transforming how people
communicate and collaborate.
In 2004, we introduced Gmail to help make email
more helpful and more secure.
And then in 2006, we pioneered real-time collaboration
with Google Docs.
Since then, we've built out a complete productivity solution
that includes products like Google Drive, Sheets, Slides,
Chat, Meet, and many more.
But the way people work together has continued to change.
And COVID-19 has heightened both the need for
and the urgency of rethinking how people get things done.
Earlier this year, global shelter-in-place mandates
forced all of us to find new ways
to work, teach, learn, and connect
with each other remotely.
Thankfully, technology played a big part
in helping keep people connected and keep businesses running.
But as we look toward the future,
there's a new set of challenges that we need to address,
challenges that will change not only
how we work, but also who we work with and where we work.
Some teams will be able to function and even thrive
without ever meeting in person.
For many, work may no longer be a place we actually go to.
Time is more precious and more fragmented across work
and personal responsibilities.
These challenges will drive the need to design products.
It won't be enough just to add more tiles to a video call
or more bots to your chat.
We have to move from building siloed single-purpose apps
to creating integrated solutions that deepen human connection
and help people make the most of their time
no matter where they're working from.
And Google is uniquely positioned to do this.
First, over 2.6 billion users choose our apps every month.
We've spent decades building products
that are simple, easy to learn, and anticipate
our users' needs.
Second, our products all cloud-based,
so we can innovate with speed and don't
have to worry about maintaining those legacy desktop
applications.
And third, our infrastructure is built
with trusted Google security and powers
the cleanest global cloud.
And today, building on those strengths
and on our vision for the future,
I'm incredibly proud to introduce
some exciting developments.
First, a new name and new icons that reflect
our ambitious product vision.
Next, a new, deeply integrated product experience
that helps people accomplish more at work,
at home, and at school.
And finally, new ways to buy, with solutions
that are tailored to our customer's unique needs.
All of this comes together in Google Workspace,
everything you need to get anything done, now
in one place.
Google Workspace is all the productivity apps
you know and love--
Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet,
and many more.
Whether you're at home, at work, or in the classroom,
it's the best way to create, communicate, and collaborate.
Let's take a look.
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That was awesome.
But there's a whole lot more to this than just a new brand.
Every day, we get questions from customers
like, hey, how can you help us transform patient care, how can
you help us do better research, enable contactless customer
service.
As we help more than 6 million businesses move
into the future, we're continually
evolving Google Workspace, formerly known as G Suite,
to be simpler, more helpful, more flexible, and more secure
to meet our customer's needs.
At Next OnAir this past July, we announced a better [INAUDIBLE],,
one that thoughtfully brings together core tools
for communication like chat, email, voice and video
calling into a single unified experience.
Today, this integrated communications experience
is generally available to all Google Workspace customers.
And we're getting really positive feedback
from the companies that are already using it
like Salesforce, Trimble, and Equifax, whose enablement lead
recently shared that the integrated experience has been,
quote, "A real catalyst to helping
us work more effectively."
But we've always had more in store.
In addition to integrating our communication experiences,
we're making content collaboration
easier and more contextual.
July's announcement showed you file and task management
with dedicated rooms in Chat, which
keep all the group's work in one single place.
Whether it's a team within an organization
or a group of people from many different organizations,
Chat is a secure, modern way to stay
connected across organizational boundaries.
All of this is critical in an age
where teams are composed of people who, in many cases,
have never even been able to meet together in person.
In the coming weeks, we'll be enabling users
to dynamically create and collaborate
on a document within a group without ever
having to switch tabs or tools.
This reduces distractions and helps ensure the whole group
has visibility into all the relevant project work.
Next, let's talk about collaboration
in our editing products, Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
The ability to easily link to other files
is actually one of our customers' most-loved features,
and something that's only possible because our solution
is 100% cloud-based.
And it's natural that if you link to another file,
someone will want to open, view, or edit it.
So now, you can do all of that within the original document.
No need to open a new tab.
It's little time-saving features like these
that make the difference, especially
when every minute you spend at work
is a minute you could be using to help
your kid with her homework.
Now, imagine you're working on a project with a few other folks
on your team.
We pioneered the ability to get a group together on a document.
Remember those dueling cursors, right?
But now, with many more teams working
from different locations, we've enhanced this experience
to help reinforce critical personal connections.
In the coming months, we'll be rolling
out Meet picture-in-picture to Docs, Sheets, and Slides,
in addition to Gmail and Chat, so you can actually
see and hear the people that you're
working with while you're collaborating.
This means you'll get all those non-verbal cues that
come with actually seeing someone's face,
all while talking through a problem
and collaborating in real time.
For me, it really captures some of the magic that
comes from being in the same place,
back when you could call a co-worker over to your desk
and say, hey, do you mind taking a quick look at this?
Reinforcing those human connections
is even more important when people are working remotely.
It's what keeps teams together and builds cultures
that make employees want to come to work,
even if that just means switching on a laptop.
Let's take a look at how it all comes together
in one example of how teams can stay connected no matter
where they are, celebrating a colleague from afar.
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Of course, staying connected with others
is just as important in our personal life.
And when we launched this new product experience back
in July, I immediately got questions
about when it would be available to consumers.
So today, I'm pleased to officially announce
that we'll be offering this integrated
experience to consumer users in the coming months.
In the Gmail you already know and love,
you'll be able to do things like set up a neighborhood
community, manage a family budget,
or plan a wedding using integrated tools like Chat,
Meet, Docs, and Tasks.
So that even when you're not actually together,
staying on the same page remains effortless.
Simplicity, helpfulness, flexibility--
these guiding principles apply to the way people
experience our products and to the way we do business.
All of our customers share a need
for secure, transformative solutions
that help them modernize how they work.
But their storage, management, and security and compliance
needs often vary greatly.
In order to provide more choice and help customers get the most
out of Google Workspace, we're introducing
more tailored offerings designed to meet
our different customers' unique needs.
This includes dedicated offerings
for small businesses looking to make fast,
often self-service purchasing and tailored offerings
for larger enterprises that have more complex implementation
needs or need technical assistance
over the course of a longer buying and deployment site.
But what matters most across our products in our business
is how they benefit customers like you.
So we asked some of our customers
what they're excited about with the new Google Workspace.
Let's take a look at what they had to say.
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- That's really cool.
I think it's pretty natural.
Like, it's an organic shift.
- Wow, that's astonishing.
- I think what we're most excited about with Google
Workspace is the fact that it's going
to help our team at MakeSpace be able to be
as creative and collaborative like we
would be in a real room.
- With this evolution, it's clear
that Google is raising the bar in terms of value delivered
to users by creating a rich, intuitive,
and integrated experience.
- I love how much more connected everything is.
- Picture-in-picture feature is like screen share on steroids.
- I think it's really going to be a time saver for us
as a company.
- You guys have knocked this one out of the ballpark.
- That's the best news I've heard today.
- When can I use it?
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JAVIER SOLTERO: You, our customers and our users,
are our inspiration as we work together
to navigate the changes ahead.
This is an incredibly challenging time,
but I believe it's also the beginning of a new approach
to working together, one that is more
productive, collaborative and impactful.
If you're an existing customer, I'd
encourage you to try out the new experience
and learn more at workspace.google.com.
And if you haven't tried Google Workspace yet,
I encourage you to sign up for a free trial
or get in touch with our sales team.
Thank you so much for tuning in.
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