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Google has become so big that it needs to split its conferences. While there are developer summits and events where they announce new hardware, every year they host Google I/O (more for consumers) and Google Next (Cloud development). G Suite is part of Google Cloud and Google Next just happened, so let's check what was announced and look at "what does it mean"!
As you may know, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became law in May and has kept Google pretty busy. Google seems to have done their homework and are getting back to firing on all cylinders. Here is what got done - and why.
The cool stuff
The cool stuff
Chat will get AI-powered smart replies. This means less time spend writing standard phrases - it also means receiving more standard phrases. So a mixed bag for the Chat overload problem.
Gmail will get AI-powered Smart Compose, which assists you in writing emails (not just smart replies). While this also means more text (contributing to email overload), it means faster typing and less errors for non-native speakers.
Grammar suggestions (AI-powered, of course) are coming to Docs.
Both Chat and Gmail are galloping towards making Google Workspace the control center of your business life - and preparing to fully automate the low-level parts of daily communication, if you ask me.
The new Gmail UI has been made generally available.
Jamboards' mobile application will support drawing.
The not-so-obvious stuff
The not-so-obvious stuff
Google will make components of Google Workspace available separately, mainly Drive. The bet is companies still running Exchange will become addicted to Drive unlimited storage - good for their users, but only halfway there, as we all know: It is not about the tool. The real value will come from winning companies over to G Suite completely, so Drive is a foot in the door. Drive is also a key component to GCP... very well played.
Cloud Search can now index third-party databases, further cementing G Suite in companies. Such indexing is great value - companies invest insane amounts of money into being able to search several sources of information.
Google Voice is becoming more widely available - Voice over IP managed by Google, integrated into mobile devices and G Suite! We may finally be able to say goodbye to those landlines soon, and it is literally the last mile where Google is not present.
Data Regions will enable customers to store user data in different regions for compliance reasons. This is the first step in taking the last hurdles to G Suite adoption by legally restricted countries or companies.
GCP is racing along
GCP is racing along
Google is traditionally not revealing figures for GCP, but they revealed their revenue is growing in line with their competitors. Google also showed more of the guns they're bringing to the battle over developer preference and company dollars:
More AI. Developers will be able to use more of the AI building blocks that Google has developed, be it software or hardware. AI is quickly developing into Google's competitive edge for developers.
Google is entering Bitcoin and Internet of Things playing fields in force.
Serverless computing: A cloud is still "your software running on someone else's computer", so there still is a computer. But developers have to worry ever less about those servers.
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