Gmail Gets Dropbox Integration for Easier Mail Attachments

Dropbox has announced a new add-on to manage Gmail attachments in Dropbox, at today'south Google Next event.

Dropbox had before announced a broader partnership with Google to bring about integrations and product initiatives across a range of unlike Google Cloud products. "What nosotros wanted to share with y'all today was that we're bringing one of the first [pieces] in this product partnership, the Dropbox add-on for Gmail, to GA," said Ketan Nayak, a product manager at Dropbox.

Users can now make use of a direct integration at present that displays the attachments in a side panel afterward which you tin can save them if you and so choose directly into your Dropbox, with the feel being the same for the mobile app or on the web.

"We created this cross-browser, cross-platform solution that doesn't exist today, especially on mobile, where a lot of our users alive and work across these dissimilar tools. Information technology'southward been really hard for users to navigate in and out of dissimilar apps, and we actually recall of this improver as a first step that enables users across our ii platforms to start working more seamlessly."

However, that's not all. Nayak states that other integrations between products are already in the works including one that volition allow users to insert a link to a file stored in Dropbox in an email without leaving the program. Essentially,users will exist able to share and generate links to Dropbox content while composing an e-mail. While the feature isn't gear up yet, the company was showcasing it on stage at Google Next and has stated that it should exist available soon.

Considering the fact that more than 50 per centum of Dropbox users also use Thousand Suite, information technology makes sense for both companies to pair up, making things easier for the end-consumer.