This is one of the worst-written Google blog posts I've ever read. I'm still struggling to understand it.

Please just plainly explain what is happening, if it's optional or not, and how to turn it on or off. https://t.co/N7YUyPXZyO

— Ron Amadeo (@RonAmadeo) June 14, 2021

"The key idea is that users can more easily switch between 'modalities' of communication."

Because if there's one thing your average user has been begging for, it's *checks notes* modality switching. https://t.co/AcSMFX8S5T pic.twitter.com/4obchTCVkv

— Rick Klau (@rklau) June 14, 2021

Okay so Google Workspace and Google Chat are officially available to everybody — but of course the thing I’m noting is that they’re finally going to offer a real Progressive Web App for Workspace in September. https://t.co/GIHTHIpU0R pic.twitter.com/96pQHg4itA

— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) June 14, 2021

I once wrote a blog post about how Microsoft's UI in 2012 approached self-parody and now Google has reached and surpassed that bar: https://t.co/KR4hPup8ef pic.twitter.com/sKYqyO2KlW

— Laurie Voss (@seldo) June 14, 2021

Theory: The big UX Trend of the next five years will be every product by every company adding a feature called "Spaces" that you don't understand what it does, don't care what it does, and don't have a need for, but which they aggressively foist on you anyway https://t.co/TsXH2GT1V5

— mcc (@mcclure111) June 14, 2021

#googleworkspace #security #news around Client-side encryption is now No. 2 on @techmeme https://t.co/YsxPP8cjM5

— Pete Voss (@petevoss) June 14, 2021

Judging by the Hacker News comments, nobody really understands the Google Workspace/GSuite update today - or what the Rooms/Spaces name change is about - or the paid individual accounts. https://t.co/O8w8xOlhw3

— Frederic Lardinois (@fredericl) June 14, 2021

I just want to work in Google Docs in PEACE!!https://t.co/vbNMhBzjN3

— John Legere (@JohnLegere) June 14, 2021

Happy to share that the fully integrated @GoogleWorkspace experience, including smart canvas that we announced at #GoogleIO, is now available to everyone with a Google account.https://t.co/UriwEFb6Y1

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) June 14, 2021

Google is gradually moving from introducing new communication apps every four months to simply renaming existing ones twice a year. But the overall goal remains: to ensure that under no circumstances do you ever know which Google product you are using https://t.co/SnW5B8pF1H pic.twitter.com/hO85CI7So6

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) June 14, 2021

you know what would have gone really great with this Google Workspace / Chat news? an updated and refreshed Pixel Bookhttps://t.co/ULrI83KWGX

— dan seifert (@dcseifert) June 14, 2021

meanwhile, Google is still selling the vastly inferior Pixelbook Go for these silly prices pic.twitter.com/7GxHgFZstJ

— dan seifert (@dcseifert) June 14, 2021

Google will let enterprises store their Google Workspace encryption keys, making the data indecipherable to Google. For now keys will be stored by a third-party, but an API will let organizations store their keys on their own servers. https://t.co/6smx8fcHXj

— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) June 14, 2021

I don’t use Google messaging products much in part because there are so many solid alternatives that don’t feel like they’re going out of their way to be baffling. https://t.co/9ciz1iLvPo

— Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) June 14, 2021

Google Workspace is now free for everyone — here’s how to get it (story by @thomas_macaulay) https://t.co/rK3rOCZGI6

— TNW (@thenextweb) June 14, 2021