It comes as part of the Google Cloud partnership announced by Dropbox back in March. “This is the common vision of platform openness that Dropbox and Google share, and that’s what brought us together.” “It’s all about user choice, our customers want to use the tools they love and they want that choice,” Dropbox product manager Ketan Nayak said. You’ll be able to download the add-on from the G Suite marketplace within Gmail. The company says the integration is about making things easier for its own users, 50% of whom use Gmail. Once installed the add-on appears as an accessible tab on the right hand side of the page, alongside the Calendar, Tasks and Keep icons. Dropbox says it’s coming to the Gmail iOS app first. The add-on is now available for all browsers, as well as the Android Gmail app.

The ability to save attachments to Dropbox is available from today, while the link-sharing functionality will roll out soon. And shared links always point to the latest versions, so there’s no need to update email threads when files are updated.”

In a blog post, the company writes: “Accessing your Dropbox right in Gmail means no more jumping back and forth between apps. On the flip size the app users will be able to save email attachments they read directly to their Dropbox account. The new extension, which was initially available only for the Chrome browser, will make it easy to attach Dropbox files as links within an email, without switching between apps.īecause the Dropbox files are attached as links, there’s no need to worry about file sizes. Dropbox has expanded the reach of its add-on for Gmail, which will make it easier for users of both services to find and share files within the email client.

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