Integrate AppSheet Apps into Gmail Workspace

[Jason_Leffler]

I would love to see AppSheet apps more integrated into the Gmail "Workspace" experience.  An idea would be to add another option on the left panel of gmail for "Apps".  This would expand a tray (the when you click on "Chat" which shows you all the apps you have access to.  Then clicking on the app would open it in the main window (right there in gmail); again similar to the "Chat" experience in Gmail.

My reasoning / use case is accessibility.  Things like AppSheet and Looker studio are crucial tools that get used daily in my domain environment, but they are disjointed from the daily work experience of my organization; who is primarily in Gmail and Drive.  Many of our AppSheet apps are primarily used in Desktop mode, so on desktop this would be a huge experience upgrade to improve accessibility for the users.  (On mobile it could simply act as a shortcut to the mobile version of the app.). 

I know a solution is an app of apps (which I've done), but it still requires users to favorite the link to the app, or put it on their desktop, etc.  It would just be nice for everything to have a more integrated experience in our daily working environment (gmail), where users can quickly get to what they need, organize, and pin or favorite their most frequent apps. 

This could also tie in to other feature requests like push notifications on desktop.  Users can see a little notification (again similar to chat) and developers can utilize that method of notification as a feature in their bots.

Edit: If anyone is interested in this, I also made a feature request in the Workspace community Here.   If you're not already a member you might have to request access to the Workspace Feature Request section

[Aurelien]

Hi @Jason_Leffler 

It's integrated with the Chat Apps feature. 

Please have a look there: AppSheet Chat apps FAQ - AppSheet Help

[Jason_Leffler]

@Aurelien Thanks for this suggestion.   I'm aware of the Chat App integration, the Chat apps are not quite where they need to be, to be functional for my needs.  There are a lot of bugs and missing things that make the experience a non-starter for us. 

I've made a post previously about how I would love to use chat apps and if there is a team working on those improvements I would love to provide feedback, but was met with no response.

I stand by this feature request as it would fully integrate the true AppSheet desktop experience into the Workspace Gmail experience without being squeezed into a chat environment with less features.

I was thinking maybe I should share this in the workspace community actually.  Is that a better place to suggest future integrations?  I would make the same argument for Looker Studio.

[Jason_Leffler]

If anyone comes across this and is interested in, I also made a feature request in the Workspace community Here.   If you're not already a member you might have to request access to the Workspace Feature Request section