Sign up for eSignature beta for Google Docs and Drive!

[gpriester]

Google Workspace’s new eSignature feature is now expanding its beta access and is looking for eligible customers to try it out and provide feedback!  Keeping track of contracts, customer agreements, and other binding documents can be challenging. To help streamline this workflow, we’re allowing you to request and add electronic signatures to official contracts, directly in Google Docs and Google Drive. 

eSignature makes it easier to:

• Quickly request signatures, see the status of pending signatures, and find completed contracts.
• Sign an official contract right from Google Drive without having to switch apps or tabs.
• Create a new copy of the contract for each request so that you can use your document as a template and initiate multiple eSignatures requests.
  

Additional details

Later this year, we will introduce support for the following new eSignature capabilities:

• Audit trail: all completed contracts will automatically contain an audit trail report.
• Multi-signer: the ability to request a signature from more than one user.
• Non-Gmail users: the ability to request an eSignature from non-Gmail users.
• Initiating eSignature on PDF: the ability to initiate an eSignature on PDF files stored in Drive.

Beta availability for Google Workspace customers

Select Google Workspace editions (see the “Availability” section below) can apply to beta test eSignature by using this form. This feature will be available as part of a larger beta, which includes access to new custom email layouts in Gmail.

These new email layouts allow users to customize existing templates, reuse a custom layout in multiple email campaigns, or create a brand new layout from scratch. Once you sign up for the beta you will see the eSignature and new Gmail features in the coming weeks.

Availability

• Already available to Google Workspace Individual subscribers! No additional action is required to test the eSignature feature.
• Eligible for beta: Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Education Plus, and Nonprofits customers. Signup via this form is required.
• We will be accepting beta applications and allowlisting customers over the next several weeks.

Resources

• Beta Application
• Google Help: Send signature requests & sign documents with eSignature
• The Keyword: New Google Workspace features to help solo business owners

[IHEI]

Greetings, is there any mechanism to join the beta with a business workspace account as of September? Unfortunately, the form is no longer accepting responses. Thanks!

[Lauren_vdv]

Thanks for the question @IHEI. Tagging in @gpriester for additional details. Thanks! 

[IHEI]

Thanks @Lauren_vdv, much appreciated. Hoping that @gpriester can shed some light on an existing process for those of us with business workspace accounts (as testing this tool while in beta would be exceptionally helpful to our NP organization),  but perhaps missed the response window on the existing form. 

[gpriester]

Hi @IHEI: unfortunately the beta is currently closed to additional parties at the moment.  I have made a note to message you in the event the beta sign-ups re-open.  -Geoffrey

[peoutebpi]

@gpriester I'm very interested in trying eSignatures as well. Any timeline for general availability or access for self-service signup through the admin control panel?

Thanks!

[gpriester]

Hi: we've begun rollout of this feature for specific Google Workspace SKUs.  See the links for more information below:

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/06/esignature-in-google-workspace-admin-control.html
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/07/release-notes-07-12-2024.html

[abruton]

My org is on the Beta right now and would like to expand it to an additional group in the organization. I contacted support for assistance but no luck.

Can you help?

[bhanson]

Hi Geoffrey!

Do you know when there will be a general rollout of this feature? 

[gpriester]

Hi @bhanson: we've begun rollout of this feature for specific Google Workspace SKUs!  See the links for more information below:

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/06/esignature-in-google-workspace-admin-control.html
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/07/release-notes-07-12-2024.html

[bhanson]

Vewy good thank you for the update looking forward to it

[gilby_cavanagh]

@gpriester - Also very interested in joining the beta if late sign-up is possible.

Thanks!

[Luub]

@gpriester, I am very curious when this functionality will become generally available. The beta version was announced about six months ago.

[gpriester]

Hi @Luub : we've begun rollout of this feature for specific Google Workspace SKUs.  See the links for more information below:

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/06/esignature-in-google-workspace-admin-control.html
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/07/release-notes-07-12-2024.html

[Luub]

Firtst of all, thanks for your update.

If I understand correctly, e-signature will not be available for the non-profit. Or am I wrong?

[oren_pyltech]

Hello there !

we would be also interested to whitelist our domain for this feature

thanks

Oren

[gpriester]

Hi @oren_pyltech: we've begun rollout of this feature for specific Google Workspace SKUs.  See the links for more information below:

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/06/esignature-in-google-workspace-admin-control.html
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/07/release-notes-07-12-2024.html

[samuelwangwh]

@gpriester

My org would love to use this feature, let us know if there's an expected rollout date or if there will be another beta opening! I see the feature now in our workspace but its not working for some reason 

[gpriester]

Hi @samuelwangwh : we've begun rollout of this feature for specific Google Workspace SKUs.  See the links for more information below:

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/06/esignature-in-google-workspace-admin-control.html
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/07/release-notes-07-12-2024.html

[jmosertezza]

Hi @gpriester , I would also love to use this feature. Can you let me know when it will be available? 

[MK2024]

@gpriester I'd love access to the beta version please? Whats the overall update on this release of this? I cant find any more info beyond mid 2023. Thanks, Michael

[arqdesignstudio]

Hi @gpriester We are VERY interested in the beta of this as well for some simple signature needs. Is this yet available or open for more beta users?

[abruton]

Good morning - is there an update on when this will be available on a larger scale to Business licensing?

[juanmichael_str]

Hi @gpriester, 

Are there any updates on whether the beta program will be extended and more parties will be able to join and test, we would personally love to test it internally as resellers of Workspace and I have a few clients that are also eagerly awaiting this new feature. 

[nrobertsonnz]

Kia Ora @gpriester and @Lauren_vdv , I would love to be a beta testa also.
My workspace account has two users so just missed out on the individual requirements.
We are in early stages of an insurance broker business and just signing up customers.
Having access to use esignature as part of my workspace licence would be a fantastic addition. 
I'm also a web developer so understand the limitations and issues that might come from a beta product.

Eagerly awaiting, Nick 🙂

[gpriester]

Hi @nrobertsonnz : we've begun rollout of this feature for specific Google Workspace SKUs.  See the links for more information below:

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/06/esignature-in-google-workspace-admin-control.html
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/07/release-notes-07-12-2024.html

[nrobertsonnz]

Kia Ora @gpriester, thank you for this! I really appreciate it

I've just now enabled it in my workspace and signed my first document 🙂

I switched from Docusign to Tresorit recently and have used Adobe in the past.

I'd like to give some feedback on the product, as there are some issues / features that I would personally want addressed before I would use this in production with my clients and prospects.

Where is the best place to provide the team with feedback?

Thank you,
Nick

[gpriester]

Hi Nick,

On your desktop client, you can provide feedback in Docs by clicking "Help -> Help Docs Improve" in the main menu bar of a document.  If you're viewing a PDF in Drive, you can provide feedback by clicking the three dot menu in the top right of the screen and selecting "Send Feedback to Google".

[nrobertsonnz]

Thanks @gpriester , I raised my feedback earlier today 🙂

[EzraDB]

Hi @gpriester , I would like to be part of the Beta testing as we use electronic signatures daily.  We are currently using Third Party software for this and would love to be able to do this with Google Workspace.

Ezra

[gpriester]

Hi @EzraDB: we've begun rollout of this feature for specific Google Workspace SKUs.  See the links for more information below:

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/06/esignature-in-google-workspace-admin-control.html
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/07/release-notes-07-12-2024.html

[andresurena]

Where do I sign-in for the beta? The form is no longer available and can't seem to activate it in Admin.

[gpriester]

Hi: we've begun rollout of this feature for specific Google Workspace SKUs.  See the links for more information below:

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/06/esignature-in-google-workspace-admin-control.html
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/07/release-notes-07-12-2024.html

[athandin]

Hi @gpriester Do you guys have API available for this yet?

[h2immigration]

I would like to signup for this feature if possible

[LearnnLearn]

It was setup as an option update out GWS admin console under apps\drive add docs within the last 24 hour. According to this in preparation to roll out

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/06/esignature-in-google-workspace-admin-control.html

[dh_mtaylorinc]

Is the ability to add eSignatures to uploaded PDFs still in Beta? We have an eligible Workspace Business account, and I've enabled the option for eSign in Admin>Apps>Drive>eSign. But, when I upload a PDF, there's no eSign option in the menu on the Preview windows. If I open a Google Docs, I find it's available under the Tools menu. But, we really need it available for uploaded PDFs. 

[shu-is-cold]

Hi! Is there any possibility to enable eSignature on Non-profit account? (Google Workspace for Nonprofits subscription)
Can I sign up or subscribe on it somehow? 
Thanks in advance!