Google Workspace is a great suite of services for you if you want to get some serious work done. While it’s so easy to keep in contact with your colleagues across your Workspace account, there are times when you want to block them out. Google Calendar will let you mute messages from Google Chat, according to Android Police.
Starting late last year, Google officially killed off Hangouts in lieu of Google Chat. It basically provides the same functionality. You’re allowed to message other people through their Google accounts. It’s basically Google’s answer to platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram. If you have a Google account, then you have access to Google Chats. In fact, most people found that their chats on Hangouts were automatically transferred over.
Google Calendar will let you mute Chat notifications
If Google Workspace is your primary business platform, then you’re most likely using Google Chat for your primary communication. Larger businesses are more likely to have a torrent of messages passing between users. That can be a bit annoying if you’re trying to get work done.
Thankfully, Google has a solution to this. Google Calendar has a feature called Focus Time. This feature is like Do Not Disturb mode. It will mute notifications coming in so that you will avoid distractions. If you’re bent on getting work done without any bothersome messaging coming through, you’ll want to also mute messages from Google Chat.
Thanks to a new update, you’re now allowed to do that. In Google Calendar, when you’re setting up the Focus Time duration, you’ll see a checkbox that will mute Google Chat notifications.
Muting Google Chat notifications is something that you can do from the Google Chat app, but why not set that up all on one screen? Adding Google Chat to your focus time when you’re setting it up just makes the experience quicker and more streamlined.
Since this is a Google Workspace feature, you know that it’s not coming out to everyone. So far, it’s only available for paid Workspace tiers.
2023-06-30 15:14:36