SaaS Updates Summary: July 17-July 21

Last week, Google had a few big announcements, including the announcement of Google Hire. Surprisingly, we did not see any updates from Microsoft. Perhaps Nadella and co. were gearing up for a big week to close out July.

Send and Receive Chat Messages in Hangouts Meet

G Suite | “Going forward, meeting attendees will be able to send text and links, all in real time. The chat history will be available for the duration of the meeting.”

Redesigned Lightning Experience Migration Assistant in Summer ’17

Salesforce | Have you checked out the new, easy-to-use, wizard-style Lightning Experience Migration Assistant in Setup?

Google Introduces Hire, a New Recruiting App that Integrates with G Suite

G Suite | Hire makes it easy for you to identify talent, build strong candidate relationships and efficiently manage the interview process end-to-end.

Up and to the Right: Brand New Slack Analytics

Slack | Slack releases a number of new tools to help you dig deeper into how your organization works.

An Improved Third-Party Sharing Experience in Google Drive

G Suite | Google will soon make changes to the experience users have when sharing Google files with non-Google accounts.

Feed Your Need to Know

Google | Since introducing the feed in December, Google has advanced their machine learning algorithms to better anticipate what’s interesting and important to you.

Object Duplication, Faster Sharing, and More with the Latest Jamboard Release

G Suite | Starting yesterday, Google added several helpful features to both the Jamboard device and app to make this experience even more productive.

Making Two-Step Verification (2SV) Deployment Easier

G Suite | In BetterIT, this update was met with a ton of excitement.

For last week’s SaaS updates (and beyond), click here for our archive.