{"id":94826,"date":"2017-10-25T18:02:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T18:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=94826"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:45:00","slug":"try-the-brand-new-gmail-add-ons-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/try-the-brand-new-gmail-add-ons-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Try the brand new Gmail add-ons now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gmail is one of those services that we use almost every day. Google hasn\u2019t updated Gmail for a long time, but this week we got up with a big surprise: <strong>They\u2019ve finally released some add-ons.<\/strong> Add-ons that you can install directly onto Gmail, and that aren\u2019t merely browser extensions.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to install these extensions on Gmail, and which ones you&#8217;ll find right now.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Install New Gmail Add-ons<\/h2>\n<h3>1. Click on Settings &gt;Settings &gt; Add-ons &gt; Get Add-ons<\/h3>\n<p>Go to the wheel button (upper right-hand side of the screen) and click on the <strong>Settings<\/strong> option. About halfway across the top menu, you&#8217;ll find the <strong>Add-ons<\/strong> button, and when you click in the top right you&#8217;ll find the <strong>Get Add-ons<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-94829\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/get-addons-1024x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/get-addons-1024x158.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/get-addons-300x46.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/get-addons-768x118.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/get-addons.jpg 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>2. Choose an add-on and install it<\/h3>\n<p>The Add-on store will open. Use the categories on the left or the search engine to find the add-on you want. Click it and then click the <strong>Install<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p>The chosen plug-in will then be installed on your Gmail account (it installs in the cloud, not in the browser). Usually, the plugin will explain where it is located so that you can start using it, and it will tell you the steps to follow (for example, if you have to log in to a service, such as Trello or Asana).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94830\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/addons-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"977\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/addons-1.jpg 977w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/addons-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/10\/addons-1-768x483.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Which Gmail add-ons are available?<\/h3>\n<p>The Gmail Add-on store, for now, has 8 available add-ons: <strong>Asana, Dialpad, ProsperWorks, RingCentral, Smartsheet, Streak, Trello, and Wrike<\/strong>. These are mainly time management and project management tools, but we expect that other types of add-ons will be added soon.<\/p>\n<p>What add-ons would you like Google to add to Gmail? Tell us in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gmail is one of those services that we use almost every day. Google hasn\u2019t updated Gmail for a long time, but this week we got up with a big surprise: They\u2019ve finally released some add-ons. Add-ons that you can install directly onto Gmail, and that aren\u2019t merely browser extensions. Here&#8217;s how to install these extensions &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/try-the-brand-new-gmail-add-ons-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Try the brand new Gmail add-ons now&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":94827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[],"tags":[2339],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-94826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongmail"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328486,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94826\/revisions\/328486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94826"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=94826"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=94826"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=94826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}