Who doesn't love a collaboration service that plays well with others? At the beginning of June, Google announced that they'd be launching a range of updates to their G Suite service, making their productivity suite much more accessible for those who already have third-party tools in their communication network.
In a world where hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, and other unique environments are becoming more popular for companies of all shapes and sizes, the search giant has clearly embraced the importance of interoperability. After all, according to one study, some employees use as much as 36 cloud services in an average day at work.
Anyone Can Hang Out with Google
While Google introduced a series of updates to G Suite this month, perhaps the most exciting was to the Hangouts "Meet" service, which is the enterprise versions of Google's popular tool for video chat. From now on, whether you're using Skype for business, Cisco, Polycom, or anything else, you can join a Meet call as a fully-featured participant.
The third-party integration options come from a recent partnership with Pexip- a platform designed to bridge the gaps between video and audio technologies from different environments. This means that if you're on your Skype app and you want to move to a Google Hangouts Meeting, you don't have to switch to a new app. For Google, this seems like a great opportunity to solve some of the productivity hurdles that modern companies are facing.
In a recent blog post, the company noted that they're constantly looking for ways to make their system simpler for businesses to use. It's not just people on different apps that can join meetings either. Google also noted that you'll soon be able to invite people from outside your organisation to join conferences too.
As businesses search for more "unified" UC platforms, Google's updates to the G Suite could be a powerful step forward. The brand also noted that they will be supporting third-party 
