Gmail’s quick-access side panel coming to Calendar, Docs and more

Gmail’s recent redesign brought a slew of useful new features to the email platform, including a quick-access side panel loaded with Google apps.

The panel allowed for quick access to Google Tasks, Keep and Calendar. Furthermore, the side panel enables some third-party apps to work more closely with Gmail.

The feature seems to have proved popular with Google Apps users and will be rolling out to other apps over the next few weeks.

The side panel brings Keep and Tasks to Google Calendar. Notably, Calendar isn’t joining the Calendar side-panel – a logical choice, given the duplicity.

It’s a smart move on Google’s part. Having quick access to Google apps on the side of what you’re working on increases integration between apps.

Also, the side panel features some pretty useful features. For example, Gmail users can drag an email to Tasks to set a reminder for themselves.

Now, that integration goes a step further. Say you get an email about a meeting, you can now drag that to Tasks in order to set a reminder. Now when you open Google Calendar, you’ll see that reminder in the Tasks side-bar.

This kind of integration and convenience is sure to make Google apps even more appealing to users.

Source: Google Via: 9to5Google

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