We recently introduced Google Slides Add-ons so developers can add functionality from their apps to ours. Here are examples of Slides Add-ons that some of our partners have already built—remember, you can also add functionality to other apps outside of Slides, like Docs, Sheets, Gmail and more. When it comes to Slides, if your users are delivering a presentation or watching one, sometimes it's good to know how far along you are in the deck. Wouldn't it be great if Slides featured progress bars? In the latest episode of the G Suite Dev Show, G Suite engineer Grant Timmerman and I show you how ..read more

You might have seen that we announced new features in G Suite to help teams transform how they work, including Hangouts Chat, a new messaging platform for enterprise collaboration on web and mobile. Perhaps more interesting is that starting today you’ll be able to craft your own bot integrations using the Hangouts Chat developer platform and API. Now, you can create bots to streamline work—automate manual tasks or give your users new ways to connect with your application, all with commands issued from chat rooms or direct messages (DMs). Here are some ideas you might consider: Create a bot t ..read more

You might have seen that we recently announced new Google Slides add-ons. We worked closely with several technology partners to build these new add-on solutions to help speed up workflows.  One partner, Lucidchart, worked closely with Google to create a new integration that brings added diagramming functionality to Slides. We sat down with Tim Winchester, engineering lead at Lucidchart, to learn more about how his team built the new Lucidchart add-on for Slides. Tell us about the Google Slides add-on you built for Lucidchart.  We built it as a sidebar add-on that allows users to ins ..read more

Today, we announced a collection of exciting new features in Google Slides—among these is support for Google Apps Script. Now you can use Apps Script for Slides to programmatically create and modify Slides, plus customize menus, dialog boxes and sidebars in the user interface. Programming presentations with Apps Script Presentations have come a long way—from casting hand shadows over fires in caves to advances in lighting technology (magic lanterns) to, eventually, (in)famous 35mm slide shows of your Uncle Bob's endless summer vacation. More recently, we have presentation software—like S ..read more

The software development process requires complex, cross-functional collaboration while continuously improving products and services. Our customers who build software say that they value Google Workspace for its ability to drive innovation and collaboration throughout the entire software development life cycle. Developers can hold standups and scrums in Google Chat, Meet, and Spaces, create and collaborate on requirements documentation in Google Docs and Sheets, build team presentations in Google Slides, and manage their focus time and availability with Google Calendar.  Development team ..read more

Since we first enabled scripting in Google Sheets in 2010, developers have been writing scripts and building app integrations to make work easier. From Apps Scripts projects, to integrating with our APIs, to building custom apps for your enterprise using App Maker, there’s no shortage of things you can do with the G Suite developer platform. With that in mind, we want to make it even easier for you to create, track and manage your developer projects. Starting today, the Apps Script dashboard will offer exciting new functionality under the new name the G Suite Developer Hub. A s ..read more

You may have heard of the open-source framework, Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP). It’s a framework for developers to create faster-loading mobile content on the web. Beyond simply loading pages faster, AMP now supports building a wide range of rich pages for the web. Today, we’re announcing AMP for Email so that emails can be formatted and sent as AMP documents. As a part of this, we’re also kicking off the Gmail Developer Preview of AMP for Email—so once you’ve built your emails, you’ll be able to test them in Gmail. AMP for Email opens up several new possibilities: Design interactive c ..read more

We extended the Gmail Add-on preview toward the end of last year, so that developers can bring the functionality of business apps they rely on directly into Gmail. Now, we’re also making it easier for you to develop and publish Gmail Add-ons domain-wide. Create add-ons for users to access tools directly in their inbox, like your company directory, HR tools or other CRM solutions. You can now: Publish Gmail Add-ons to users in your G Suite domain.This lets you build and deploy custom add-ons for workflows or processes that are unique to your company. Install Gmail Add-ons for G Suite accounts ..read more

Rodan and Fields (R+F) focuses a lot of time and energy working to empower its 300,000 Independent Consultants and provide them with the tools they need to to run their businesses successfully. One of these tools, the R+F Solution Tool, allows R+F Consultant’s to provide personalized, one-on-one recommendations to customers regarding the best Rodan and Fields products for their skincare needs. In the past few years, the company has managed several important technology initiatives, including migrating its SAP systems to Google Cloud and modernizing databases. All of these digital transformatio ..read more