Take calls on Gmail app NOW! Google Meet update brings voice and video calling support

Gmail has been updated with powerful new features, elevating Google’s email service to the status of an all-in-one app that can handle, emails, calls, video calls, messages and group texts and much more. These changes, part of a larger Workspace update will allow users to quickly start a call with a friend or a colleague directly from your email inbox, according to a new report.

In one of the biggest changes coming to Gmail in years, Google has updated the familiar email interface with four tabs – Mail, Chat, Spaces, and Meet, as spotted by The Verge. The company says that the changes coming to Google Workspace are part of its move to create a hybrid work environment where “spontaneous chats” can take place when employees are working from home.