5 Google G Suite changes that will improve your life

Designing an effective productivity suite is increasingly about connections: between services, between data sources, between employees, and between apps. At Google Next on Wednesday, Google debuted a number of upgrades to its G Suite of business apps, which have competed against Microsoft Office and its ecosystem for years. According to Google, more than 5 million businesses have signed up for G Suite. (Microsoft has said previously that it has more than 60 million commercial customers for Office 365.) And that means if you're using Slack, or G Suite, that doesn't mean you won't be able to directly interact with a Word document. If you're a Google G Suite user, here are five ways that G Suite will change for you: While Office and G Suite workers can already interact with common documents, it's always been a bit of a ballet between what files can be opened by which suite, and which require conversion.