• 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

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Install Marketplace apps for your organization 
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Allow users to install Chat apps
• Google Workspace Marketplace: Lucid for Google Chat
• Youtube: Build a Chat app as a Google Workspace add-on with Apps Script

• Get an immediate preview of Lucidspark and Lucidchart links shared in Chat conversations. 
• Type “/lucidsearch” in Chat to find and share Lucid documents instantly.
• Keep teams aligned by bringing visual context into conversations. 

Searching for Lucid documents in Chat spaces

Additional details 

• Admins: 
• If you have already admin-installed the Lucidchart and Lucidspark add-ons, then no action is needed. 
• To enable the Lucid for Google Chat app for all users in a domain, or to add these apps to the allowlist for users to be able to install them, admins can admin-install or allowlist Lucidchart and Lucidspark from the Google Workspace Marketplace. 
• Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing the Marketplace app allowlist for your organization.
• End users: 
• Every user that already has the Lucidchart and Lucidspark add-ons will automatically get the Chat app. 
• If you do not have the Lucidchart and Lucidspark add-ons yet, you can install them from the Workspace Marketplace and they will automatically appear in Chat. 

Rollout pace 

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on July 10, 2025

Availability 

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

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Install Marketplace apps for your organization 
• Google Workspace Marketplace: Lucidchart and Lucidspark

Getting started 

Rollout pace

Availability

Resources 

• Apps such as Google Cloud Build, Asana, GitHub, Jenkins and more, have been updated with new functionality: 
• Using Slash commands for quick actions such as creating a new Asana task or triggering a build in Jenkins or Google Cloud Build. 
• Ability to use Dialogs for important flows such as setting up the app, or entering detailed info such as creating a GitHub issue. 
• Operations and incident response professionals can use the new PagerDuty integration to take action on PagerDuty incidents from Chat. From Chat, you’ll be able to: 
• Receive notifications of PagerDuty incidents right from Google Chat. 
• Take action, including acknowledging and resolving incidents without leaving the conversation. 

• Admins: In the Admin Console, you can specify which applications your users can install from the Google Workspace Marketplace. 
• End users: If allowed by your admin, you’ll be able to install Google Chat apps using the “New chat” button in Google Chat . The apps you install will appear in the Google Chat conversation list.

• Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Available immediately. 

• Available to Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers 

• Google Help: Chat bots available from Google 
• Google Help: Get started with bots in Google Chat 
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Manage Google Workspace Marketplace apps on your allowlist

• Developers: You can now develop add-ons that support attaching files from sources other than Google Drive. To get started, learn more about extending Calendar with Google Workspace add-ons and adding attachments with a callback function. 
• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing Google Workspace Marketplace apps. 
• End users: If allowed by your admin, you’ll be able to install a Calendar add-on using the “+” button in the quick access side panel or via the Google Workspace Marketplace. End users need to install a compatible add-on to enable this feature. 

• This feature is available now for all developers and users. 

• Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers 

• Google Workspace Developer Documentation: Google Workspace Add-ons 
• Google Workspace Developer Documentation: Extending Calendar with Google Workspace add-ons 
• Google Workspace Developer Documentation: Add attachments with a callback function 
• Google Workspace Admin Help: Manage Google Workspace Marketplace apps 
• Google Help: Get extra Calendar tools

• Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing Google Workspace Marketplace Apps for your organization. If you allow your users to install any app from the Marketplace, the “Approved for you” section will be hidden. 
• End users: To view applications in the Marketplace approved by your admin, visit the “Approved for you” section of the Google Workspace Marketplace.

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 8, 2021

• Available to Google Workspace Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Plus, and Nonprofits, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers 
• Not available to Google Workspace Essentials and Frontline customers 

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Install Google Workspace Marketplace apps in your domain
• Google Help: Google Workspace Add-ons

• They’ll be able to install Gmail Add-ons for their own G Suite accounts before they’re published, to aid in the development process. Previously, this was limited to their personal Gmail accounts.

• They’ll be able to publish Gmail Add-ons to users in their own G Suite domains. In addition, they'll be able to publish to the general public, after requesting and receiving publication permission.