The new Google Docs help for better writing

Google Docs will soon incorporate new tools to improve user typing. In addition to grammar and spelling suggestions, it will also add recommendations to use more inclusive language as well as to avoid inappropriate terms.

“These new features offer a variety of style and writing suggestions as documents are written. Suggestions will appear as you write and guide you when there are opportunities to avoid repeated or unnecessary words, which will help diversify your writing and ensure that you are using the most effective word for the situation,” the statement highlights.

The user may also be advised to choose active, rather than passive, voice in certain contexts, or to write a more concise sentence for clarity. In turn, potentially discriminatory or inappropriate language will be flagged, along with suggestions on how to make your writing more inclusive and appropriate for your audience.

Google that tone and style suggestions will be available to Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus and Education Plus subscribers.” While “Word Warnings” will be available on Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus plans, as well as Teaching and Learning Up.”

Those users with more basic plans such as Google Workspace Essentials, will not get any set of functions for now.

The new writing tools will begin to reach users in the next two weeks, as announced by the company on its official blog.

Another new feature that will come to the service is a new “no page” view for Docs, which formats the document to the size of the window being used.

Yesterday, the company also announced a large number of new features for Workspace. These include the ability to start video calls from a Docs, Sheets and Slides file to present this content to all meeting attendees; as well as Picture-in-Picture on Google Meet, which will allow users to access a floating window of up to four participants while using other applications.

Another important new feature is Meet news for live broadcasts. Currently, Google Meet users can host meetings of up to 500 active participants with the ability to live stream to audiences of up to 100,000 trusted Google Workspace domains. In the coming months, attendees of these livestreams will be able to participate in Q&A as well as surveys, matching the experience already enjoyed by users who make video calls on Meet.

On the other hand, you can stream Meet directly on YouTube. Integration with such a platform means that a Google account can be used for authentication, which simplifies the live streaming process.

In order to add a little warmth to so much technology, the company announced that starting next month, participants will be able to express themselves visually with different ones, which will be viewed directly and in the moment. A new tool to link speakers and attendees to virtual meetings.

On security, it was reported that starting in May, optional client-side encryption (currently in beta) will be implemented to help keep your communications more confidential, secure and private. This feature gives customers direct control of the encryption keys and the identity provider used to access those keys. Throughout 2022, optional end-to-end encryption will be introduced for all meetings.

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