Google Prepares for Remote Work Future With Workspace Refresh
`It will never be the same again,’ executive Javier Soltero says
A woman works at a desktop computer alongside an Apple Inc. laptop as a child sits on her knee in a home office in this arranged photograph taken in Bern, Switzerland, on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020.
Photographer: Bloomberg/BloombergGoogle is updating its productivity software to better meet the needs of frontline and remote workers, in a bet that the pandemic has permanently changed how work gets done.
A version of the company’s Workspace offering will be tailored specifically for frontline workers, such as retail and health-care employees, the Alphabet Inc. unit said in a blog post Monday. The effort will let organizations better communicate and collaborate with employees through their mobile phones, and is similar to a service from rival Microsoft Corp.