Update October 14, 2020: We previously stated that primary domain admins would receive more information from Google by Friday, October 16. Please note that this only applies to customers who bill directly through Google; customers who purchased G Suite from a reseller should reach out to their reseller for more information.
What’s changing a deeply integrated user experience a new brand identity new ways to get started
As part of this, we're evolving our
offerings to better serve the diverse purchasing needs of our large and expanding customer base.
For smaller businesses , we’re introducing tailored offerings that make it easy and cost-effective to get started with Google Workspace— including best-in-class collaboration and productivity tools, security protections, and administrative controls.For larger enterprises , we’re introducing a set of offerings with additional productivity features, enterprise-grade administrative controls, and our most advanced security and compliance capabilities, available at both the team and organization level.Who’s impacted Admins and end users
Why it’s important Basic, Business, and Enterprise customers
As an existing G Suite Basic, Business, or Enterprise customer, you can rest assured we’ll give you the time and support needed to transition to one of these new offerings. If you purchased G Suite directly from Google, please look for an email to the primary administrator in your domain arriving no later than Friday, October 16. This email will outline the specific impact to your organization and who to contact for more info.
Education and Nonprofit customers
We are also bringing Google Workspace to our education and nonprofit customers in the coming months. Education customers can continue to access our tools via G Suite for Education, including Classroom, Assignments, Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Meet. G Suite for Nonprofits will continue to be available to eligible organizations through the Google for Nonprofits program.
Essentials customers
G Suite Essentials will now be called Google Workspace Essentials. There are no additional changes to Essentials at this time.
Additional details The productivity apps you know and love in G Suite aren’t going away—Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, Chat, and all the others will continue to be the foundation of the Google Workspace experience. In the future, we’ll continue to evolve our products to be more flexible, more helpful, and simpler.
Getting started Admins : Primary domain administrators who purchased G Suite directly from Google will receive an email no later than Friday, October 16. This email will outline the specific impact to your organization and who to contact for more info.
End users : End users will see the new Google Workspace name and icons reflected across our products and properties over the course of the next several weeks.
Rollout pace Rapid and Scheduled Release domains : G Suite is now Google Workspace. You’ll see the new name and icons reflected across our products and properties over the course of the next several weeks.Resources
