February 10, 2022
The future of Currents and the next generation of collaboration in Spaces
What’s happening
Last year, we introduced Spaces
, a dedicated place for organizing people, topics, and projects in Google Workspace. Since launching Spaces, many customers have told us that they appreciate the tight integration with Google Workspace products, including Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and Meet, and the seamless collaboration experience.
With Spaces now available, starting in 2023 we are planning to wind down Google Currents
and bring remaining content and communities over to the new Spaces experience. Before we do this, we’ll deliver new capabilities in Spaces to help you communicate and collaborate more effectively. These include support for larger communities and leadership communication, investments in advanced search, tools for content moderation, and more. We’re also investing in search and discoverability, platform capabilities for app development, and enterprise-grade security and compliance, including data protection
, data loss prevention
(DLP) and Vault
support.
If your organization is using Currents, we’ll share a timeline for opting in to data migration and other milestones in the coming months, as well as guidance to assist with the transition. Spaces are available to all Google Workspace customers today.
Who’s impacted
Admins and end users
Why it matters
The accelerating transition to hybrid work
has significantly changed the way people collaborate, and Google Workspace customers are using Chat and Spaces to communicate about projects, share organizational updates, and build community.
Upgrading Google Currents to Spaces removes a separate, siloed destination for users, and provides organizations with a modern, enterprise-grade experience that reflects how the world is working today. Spaces provide a central place for teams to engage in topic-based discussions, share knowledge and ideas, move projects forward, and build communities and team culture.
Additional details
In preparation for the migration from Currents to Spaces, we’ll start turning down features with very little usage. Please see the Help Center for more details
.
Getting started
- Admins: If your organization is using Currents, we’ll share more details, including a migration guide, in an email to the primary admin at your domain in the coming months. Please stay tuned.
- End users: Read more on how to get started with Spaces .
Availability
- Spaces are available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts.
