Can't I pay to just use a custom domain in a regular Google account? All I want is to use it for my Gmail. I don't have any use for the "G Suite" features and I know that some features are not available there, especially newer ones.<p>I'm probably leaving for another provider because of this. I'm more and more concerned about the @gmail.com lock-in. I don't even send any media attachments (audio, video) or store anything in my Drive since I know of several people getting banned and not even receiving a justification (anecdotal, but it's enough to make me nervous about it). I'm not saying that was the cause, but I can't know for sure, so...
This change doesn't make "sense." They literally didn't explain at all how this would improve or change anything, but they spent the time to rename it, draw some cute gifs, and make a completely marketing fluff video about the future of work.<p>You know what company sounds like mostly marketing fluff? Hint: It's the one "no one ever got fired for buying [from]."
This appears to be a rebrand of Google Apps; <a href="https://apps.google.com" rel="nofollow">https://apps.google.com</a> now redirects to <a href="https://gsuite.google.com" rel="nofollow">https://gsuite.google.com</a>
A new name! That is exactly what google apps was missing. Now I'll be so much more productive yay. It's too bad I switched to Fastmail though.
I have to take issue with the opening paragraph. It says that research shows we spend 3 out of 5 days working on stuff we weren't hired to do. But then it says attending meetings falls under that definition as does gathering information. A lot of people need to meet to gather information. Of course that's part of their jobs. While machine learning can, I am sure, help a lot the fallacy the opening paragraph starts with makes me lose faith in the whole article. They also don't cross reference this 'research'.
So Hangout is pivoting to a business tool in G Suite? While Allo/Duo are created for consumer market?<p>Interesting if so, it's exactly the opposite to most other companies: create a consumer product, reuse brand and/or code for biz product.
In theory, the new functionality is cool and will help people be more productive. As a reasonably happy work customer, I'm quite excited to try these out. But I am not sure why they decided to rename it...again. Does no one at Google understand branding?
Formerly: Google Apps for Your Domain, Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, and Google Apps for Work...<p>A turd by any other name is still a turd.<p>This name is definitely poor; people will have trouble with "suite", short of english/french speaking countries, and even in english speaking countries, considering suite and sweet are homophones and the fairly low usage of suite.<p>Can anyone at google explain why the brand changes every couple years? New leadership?
There's, uh, prior art for the name: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/5dDY0YtgEP/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/p/5dDY0YtgEP/</a>
I can see why they might want to rebrand, given that (a) the word "app" has taken on a specific meaning in the mobile space and (b) Google as a whole is now branded with a stylised "G".<p>EDIT: It's hard for this product to have its own stable brand identity. All it does is add a feature to the existing Google products: the ability to use a custom domain, with some useful tools to manage that namespace.<p>Maybe the word Domain should be emphasised: "G Domain Suite" (or Domain Pack/Extensions/Link). Sounds better than just G Suite anyway.
Interesting use of pronouns here... "adding her to the team" but "removing him from the team". Why not be consistent?<p>"Drives help streamline teamwork from end-to-end, from onboarding a new team member (add her to the team and she instantly has access to all of the work in one place) to offboarding a departing team member (remove him from the team and all of his work stays right in place), and everything in-between."