It’s finally here: The replacement for Google Plus
Google Currents: The discussion is open!
Since Google Plus was not a great success, the project was stopped by Google after only a few years for private users and was taken offline in April 2019. Even then, there was speculation about a follow-up project and Google reacted immediately with the beta version of Google Currents. This project has been continuously developed over the last 15 months and has now been activated for all users of the Google G-Suite. For all those who are still active in Google Plus within the Enterprise Version, the move to Google Currents will take place in the next few weeks.
What is Google Currents?
With Google Currents, the company provides a platform that sorts content according to importance and time. Data is viewed via stream and through the connection to Google Drive, images, text and links can be shared within a company or within a specific group of employees. Messages from employees from the management level of a company can be arranged according to importance and supplemented if necessary. This increases transparency for all participants of the Google G-Suite and promotes the speed of the respective processing.
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Google Currents and Google Tags
Especially for companies, authorities and organizations that employ employees at home or are otherwise confronted with remote working, Google Currents can accelerate their processes. Through the connection to Google Tags and other Google functions, internal documents can be found faster and thus improve the internal communication within the company.
Google Currents as administrator
If you use Google Currents as an administrator, you will have more opportunities to interact with specific employees or groups of employees. They can also moderate existing conversations and measure efficiency and interaction. This is also beneficial for the efficiency of the individual discussion phases.
Who has access to discussions on Google Currents?
Any employee who officially works with the Google G-Suite in a company can participate in the communications. The accesses are managed by the respective administrator and are adjusted if necessary. There are no costs involved, because Google Currents is already included in the price of Google G-Suite.
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