Google Workspace has announced a new tool – Working Location – that will allow organizations to encourage or even require employees to provide their work locations and hours.
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The Working Location setting, which adds a customizable banner to Google Calendar containing a user's status, is already available to enterprise users of online collaboration tools at their discretion.
In a post announcing the news, Google claims that by giving IT admins the ability to increase the use of Working Location, teams will be able to better schedule their meetings – both virtual and in-person.
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Hybrid work environment
Google believes that supporting hybrid work environments is now essential.
It also claims that giving IT admins the ability to control the use of Working Location will better educate users about the improvements that have appeared in the banner in recent months.
In July 2022, Google enabled Working Location by default, without users having to manually enable the feature in Calendar . Of course, IT admins will still have the ability to disable the Working Location banner.
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The management tool for the Google Calendar Working Location banner will only be available on select pricing plans and will not be available to users with personal Google accounts.
Information source: techradar.com
