Crazy - and GREAT!
Cloud Spanner in my mind was always "cool" - but I never saw myself understanding how to use it.
I think for folks bridging from something like postgresql, this could also make spanner more accessible.
My own use cases can all be handled so simply with postgresql I don't see needing the spanner scale, but for others perhaps valuable.
Kind of weird, google paying attention to what users want!
What's next, google home / assistant will support google work calendars? Alexa has supported google work calendars forever, but google's own devices did not - despite plenty of requests.
I always wrote google off as so disconnected from users / developers wasn't worth dealing with them, but this is interesting to see some changes that look user / developer directed (vs just wowing with google fu features with modest uptake).
Do not know why it's not more marketed... a lot of people miss this!
https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googleassistantforgsuit...
was where you could try to get into a beta.
Google Home, Home Mini Home Mox Home Hum Nest Mini etc did not support gsuite accounts during launch as far as I can tell.
It just lets you link your consumer account to your GSuite (for calendars, etc.)
But as it seems so many people wanted it (including myself), just surprised it wasn't marketed