Google Chat

Google intends to help companies to improve their productivity with a new internal communications system for work teams that's called Google Chat app.

Google's own version of Slack

Google Chat is a new communication tool focused on business productivity, equipped with security and confidentiality features. Google intends to enter a sector that it has yet to master due to the great developments created by other parties such as Slack, Microsoft Team or even Skype.

The first thing to know about this new platform is that it is not available to everyone, only to the companies that use G Suite, a service provided by Google with several of its products on a domain tailored to the customer.

Key features of Hangouts for business

This new platform offers us clear communication, necessary for any work team and allows us to be more productive thanks to the following options and features:

• Internal messaging for teams from the same company, be it through one-on-one or group chats.
• Allows content from G-Suite to be shared without having to grant permissions: documents, spreadsheets and slideshows.
• Includes a Google search engine to search the web as well as chats and shared files.
• Allows us to conduct video conferences through Hangouts Meet.
• Uses artificial intelligence to improve workflow and bots to streamline the creation of meetings and other tasks.
• Google focuses on security to prevent data loss, configure admin, archive, search and export documents from Google Vault.
• Compatible and syncable with the rest of the company's services such as Google Drive, Docs, Calendar or Gmail.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 5.0.