What’s New with Google Workspace: Latest Developer Updates

Stay up-to-date with the latest enhancements to the Google Workspace platform. This post covers recent updates that empower developers to build even more powerful and integrated applications.

Key updates include:

• Google Meet Add-ons SDK General Availability: The Google Meet Add-ons SDK is now generally available, allowing developers to integrate their apps directly into Google Meet. Learn more about the Meet Add-ons SDK

• Draft App Listings in Google Workspace Marketplace: The Google Workspace Marketplace now supports draft app listings. This allows developers to refine and test their app listing before publishing it publicly. Learn more about managing app listings

• Calendar API Exposes Birthdays: The Calendar API now exposes birthday events, enabling developers to build birthday reminders and other related functionalities. Learn more about event types in the Calendar API

• Modify Event Subscriptions with the Workspace Events API: Developers can now change the event types for event subscriptions via the Google Workspace Events API. This provides greater flexibility in managing event notifications. Learn more about patching subscriptions

• Long-Running Operations for Drive API File Downloads: The Google Drive API now returns long-running operations for file downloads, improving handling of large file transfers. Learn more about long-running operations

• Looker Integration with Connected Sheets: Looker is now available in Connected Sheets from Apps Script, allowing developers to leverage Looker’s powerful data exploration capabilities directly within Google Sheets. Learn more about Connected Sheets

• Smart Chips for Chat Spaces: Developers can now add smart chips to messages that point to a Chat space, enhancing in-app navigation and context. Learn more about the Chat API

• Enhanced Chat Space Management: Workspace admins can now use the Chat API to manage and search Chat spaces more efficiently. Learn more about Chat API release notes

• Group Chat Import Mode: Developers can now create group chats in import mode. Learn more about importing data into Chat

Stay tuned for more updates and follow the Google Workspace Developers YouTube channel (youtube.com/@googleworkspacedevs) for the latest news and tutorials.