Alphabet’s Google said on Wednesday its corporate Gmail customers would now be able to edit documents and other files without leaving the email service.
The announcement by Google was made at cloud unit’s annual customer and partner conference.
The tech giant has been trying for more than a decade to catch up with Microsoft’s Office, which dominates the global market for corporate email and document-editing tools.
Both companies have been adding video-calling features and other collaboration tools to attract new business from companies operating from home during the pandemic.
Google contends it has found an edge with potential customers by promoting Gmail as a single hub for workers to access text chats, video calls, and now documents. Microsoft has limited tie-ins between its email and chat tools, Outlook and Teams.
