July 31, 2025
Build and deploy a single app across Chat, Gmail, Calendar, Drive and more with the Workspace add-ons framework
What’s changing
Previously available as part of the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program, we're excited to announce that the ability for developers to build Google Chat apps using the Workspace add-on framework is now generally available.
The Workspace add-ons framework makes it possible to build and maintain one app that works across multiple Workspace apps including Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and Chat. This reduces complexity and improves the experience for developers, system admins, and end-users.
In Chat, Workspace add-ons can provide helpful features, such as:
- Previewing links from Chat messages and taking action without leaving the conversation.
- Automating tasks across Google Workspace applications.
- Receiving alerts or notifications from linked external services.
- Combining external data from 3rd party apps and services with your data from Gmail, Chat, and Calendar.
Additional details
Lucid, developers of Lucidchart, Lucidspark, and Lucidscale, recently updated their existing Workspace Add-ons to now support Chat. These integrations with Google Chat enable link previews, quick search, and access management all within Chat.
See more details on the Lucidchart, Lucidspark, and Lucidscale integrations here.
Soon, other partners, including Asana, Confluence, Figma, HubSpot, Miro, Polly, ServiceNow, Trello, 1Password, and more will be releasing Chat apps built on the Workspace add-ons framework.
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Upcoming ServiceNow integration with Chat
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Upcoming Figma integration with Chat
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Upcoming Miro integration with Chat
Getting started
- Developers: Visit the developer documentation to learn how Google Workspace add-ons work in Chat and other information to get started.
- Apps Script developers can quickly build a Chat app as a Workspace Add-on using the Quickstart Guide, or using the Apps Script Chat app template.
- Apps Script developers can also refer to this Youtube tutorial published by our Workspace Developer Relations team: Build a Chat app as a Google Workspace add-on with Apps Script. This details how to build a Chat app as a Google Workspace add-on with Apps Script and extend it to other Workspace applications (Calendar, Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides). Source code links are available in the description as well.
- Developers that would like to build a Chat app as a Workspace Add-on using HTTP services can follow this Quickstart Guide.
- Our Google Workspace Developers YouTube channel has also published a video showing how a Chat app can configure Calendar events, and Gmail vacation responder settings: Build a Chat app as a Google Workspace add-on with Apps Script.
- Admins:
- Admins can choose to admin-install Chat apps for their users, so that the Chat app will automatically be available for end users.
- If admins allow users to install Chat apps from the Workspace Marketplace, end users can browse the Marketplace to discover and find Chat apps to install.
- Visit the Help Center to learn more about Getting started as a Marketplace app admin.
- End users:
- Install Chat apps from the Workspace Marketplace.
- Visit the Help Center to learn more about Using apps in Google Chat.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now.
Availability
- Chat apps are available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts
- Developing Chat apps is available to all Google Workspace customers