Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Third-party smart chips now available in Google Sheets

What’s changing 

Last year, we introduced the ability to pull rich data from apps directly into Google Docs with third-party smart chips. Since then, many users have embedded content from partner apps, including Asana, Jira & Confluence, Canva, Lucid, Loom, Whimsical, and Zoho Projects, and now we’re expanding the capability to Google Sheets. 

Starting today, users can add smart chips that pull information from third party apps into Sheets. Users can also paste third-party chips inserted in Docs directly into a spreadsheet. 

To access third-party smart chips, an admin or user must first install a partner’s add-on from the Google Workspace Marketplace. After that, simply paste a link from the third-party source into your spreadsheet and click “tab”. You will then see a smart chip populate in your sheet that previews critical information from the app, right in the flow of your work. 
Third-party smart chips in Google Sheets

Getting started 

  • Admins: You can only create and use a third-party smart chip if a developer has enabled it for that application. You will also need to install or allowlist the specific add-on for that application to ensure end users have access. Visit the Help Center to learn how to install Marketplace apps in your domain and managing Google Workspace Marketplace apps. 
  • Developers: Visit the Help Center to learn more about how to make third-party smart chips. 
  • End users: 
    • Specific add-ons for third-party applications must be installed by your admin or allowlisted for you to use this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more about inserting third-party smart chips from other applications. 
    • To convert a link to a third-party into a smart chip, you can either: 
      • Paste a link from the third-party source into your spreadsheet and select “tab” 
      • Replace the link with a chip within the hover card that appears when you place your cursor over the link. 
Users who have installed a third-party add-on will see a hovercard of information defined by the third-party upon hovering over the chip: 
Users who have installed a third-party add-on will see a hovercard of information defined by the third-party upon hovering over the chip

Rollout pace


Availability 

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts 

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