Gmail Has More Third-Party Support, Access To Asana And Trello Now Much Easier

It would seem that Google is finally making good on its announcement during its I/O event last March. Gmail is now supporting more third-party sites that include work-related platforms such as Asana, Trello, and DocuSign. This is intended to make the Google service into a hub for users that have accounts in some or all of these available platforms.

As TechCrunch notes, during the I/O conference, Google was already hinting that this kind of feature was coming to Gmail. At the time, it was only developers and enterprises that were given the privilege to see what the possibilities of adding these supports might be. Now, the feature is available to everyone, whether they are groups or private individuals.

Aside from the services mentioned above, the third-party platforms that will be supposed on Gmail will include Dialpad, Hire, Intuit QuickBooks, ProsperWorks, Streak, Smartsheet, and RingCentral. Since these services already involve email tasks to some degree, the goal that Google has for integrating these services to Gmail is simply to increase productivity.

Basically, the search engine company wants to make its email service into the one place that all of these services can be connected to. If users want to check developments in multiple platforms at once, for example, they simply need to use Gmail to get that information.

According to the announcement post put up by Google, the extensions will also be activated on every single device where the Gmail account is used. As such, there is no need to individually activate the third-party tools for desktops, smartphones, and tablets.

“Rather than toggling between your inbox and other apps, use add-ons to complete actions right from Gmail. With Gmail Add-ons, your inbox can contextually surface your go-to app based on messages you receive to help you get things done faster. And because add-ons work the same across web and Android, you only need to install them once to access them on all of your devices. Click the settings wheel on the top right of your inbox and then “Get add-ons” to get started,” the post reads.