Gmail

Gmail is one of the world's most popular email services. It's known for its powerful search capabilities, robust spam filtering, and intuitive organization system using labels and categories. It is deeply integrated with the rest of Google Workspace, allowing you to easily save attachments to Drive or create a Calendar event directly from an email.

Chats 

This is an instant messaging and team communication platform. It's designed for both direct messages (one-on-one conversations) and group collaboration in dedicated "Spaces." It supports threaded conversations, file sharing, and task creation, making it a central hub for team projects.                                                                                                                                   

Meet

This is Google's video conferencing application. It is used for hosting secure online video meetings, webinars, and virtual events. Key features include screen sharing, virtual backgrounds, real-time captions, and the ability to record meetings directly to Google Drive. 

Calendar

Google's time-management and scheduling application. You can use it to organize your schedule, create events, set reminders, and share calendars with others. Its key strength is scheduling meetings, where it can check the availability of colleagues and automatically add a Google Meet link for video conferencing.  

Docs

Google's cloud-based word processor. It's used for creating and editing text documents, like letters, essays, and reports. Its standout feature is real-time collaboration, allowing multiple users to write and edit the same document simultaneously, with all changes saved automatically.

Sheets

powerful spreadsheet application. It's used for organizing, analyzing, and visualizing data in tables. You can perform calculations with formulas, create charts and graphs, and manage large datasets. Like Docs, it supports real-time collaboration for team-based data management.

Slides

Google's presentation tool. It is used to create visually engaging slideshows for meetings, lectures, or projects. It includes a wide range of templates and transitions, and allows for embedding videos and images. Multiple people can work together on a presentation in real time.

Kickoff Recording

This is the Kickoff Session recording where we cover off some of the important information you need to be aware of when accessing Google Workspace before the rest of the organisation. Additionally, we explain what being an Early Adopter Means