While Microsoft previews its subsequent OS, Google is displaying a new look for Contacts. According to the corporate this Circles-style further data is “a new experience for Google Contacts which will help Google Workspace users learn more about their colleagues.”

In apply, it shows your organizational chart as part of the Contacts UI in addition to your historical past with a specific particular person, together with each emails and conferences. Keeping issues cleanly organized with the intention to “easily learn more about your colleagues and stakeholders” sounds good. The solely drawback is that one thing makes it really feel one step away from the unhealthy outdated days of the early 2010s, when Google pressured Google Plus sorting and feeds onto everybody. Events spam and “Email from Google Plus” had been simply a number of the lowlights.

There’s no indication that this mannequin is coming to non-public accounts, simply to Workspace customers and G Suite accounts of varied ranges over the subsequent few weeks.

As for the precise Google Plus, that resulted in privateness breaches and Congressional investigations earlier than your complete factor rebranded as Currents, a product that some individuals nonetheless discover helpful.