

What’s more – Gmail now also forms an integral part of Google Workspace (formerly G Suite), one of the most widely-used online productivity suites in the world. And the April 1 release date obviously didn’t help, either.ġ7 years later, around 1 in 4 users now use Gmail for their email.

The 1 GB of storage offered just seemed too good to be true (back then, rivals like Hotmail and Yahoo only offered 2 MB). Eligibility to automatically transition is on a rolling basis, beginning in November 2021.Here’s a fun fact: when Google first released Gmail in 2004, many dismissed it as an April Fool’s joke. If you prefer to wait, we'll notify you at least 30 days before it’s your turn to automatically transition. Transitioning does not affect your Google Workspace data or service availability. Let Google transition you after your organization is eligible.Self-transition your organization at your convenience (recommended).

If you have a legacy G Suite subscription, we’ll be contacting you with information about your transition to Google Workspace. Now’s the time to transition to Google Workspace Enterprise family-For larger businesses, we introduced 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.Business family-For smaller businesses, we introduced 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.We rolled out new subscription options to give you more choices to fit your needs. Whether you’re at home, at work, or in the classroom, Google Workspace is the best way to create, communicate, and collaborate. On October 6, 2020, we introduced the Google Workspace brand, product experience, and set of offerings to better equip our customers for the future of work.
