Google Expands Storage and Global Regions For Workspace Individual

Google has expanded the capabilities of its Workspace Individual platform by adding several features to help solo business owners around the world.

The company has increased the cloud storage capacity, advanced email personalisation and made the platform available in new global regions.

Google hopes that the changes will allow solo business owners to improve the experience for themselves, their customers, and their partners.

John Shriver-Blake, Group Product Manager, Google Workspace, commented:

“Since launching Google Workspace Individual last year, we’ve seen customers from around the world grow their businesses, connect with their customers in more meaningful ways, collaborate with partners, get organized and look more professional.

“Business owners have told us the familiarity of our tools helps them get more done.

“We’re offering even more features for Workspace Individual users. We’re announcing an increase to storage capacity and advances in email personalisation for all customers.

“We’re also expanding our regional availability to bring Google Workspace Individual to even more business owners worldwide.”

Increased Storage

Currently, Google Workspace Individual users only have access to 15GB of cloud storage.

Google has announced that it will soon be upgrading every account to 1TB of storage in an automatic update, meaning users will not have to make any adjustments.

The company said that it recognises that as businesses grow, it is “only natural” users will have more docs, data, and digital assets to manage and store.

Expanding Global Regions

When Google launched the Workspace Individual platform last year, it was only available to customers in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan and Australia.

In August 2022, Google announced that the platform had been expanded to Europe, with users in the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and Switzerland all able to have access.

The company has confirmed in its most recent update that Workspace Individual is being expanded in Europe and South America, plus available for the first time in Asia.

Users in the Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Argentina, the Phillippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Thailand can deploy Workspace Individual.

Mail Merge

Google’s “multi-send mode” allows users to quickly email many recipients while maintaining their privacy which is perfect for sending newsletters and announcements.

With mail merge coming to Workspace Individual, users can tag with things such as “@firstname” to multi-send emails.

This means that each recipient can receive a unique email that feels crafted just for them.