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Google LLC today debuted “smart chips” for Google Workspace that will enable users to enhance their documents with interactive elements such as polls and pop-up previews of other documents.
The feature is rolling out as part of a broad update to the productivity suite that Javier Soltero (pictured), vice president and general manager of Google Workspace, detailed this morning during the company’s virtual Google I/O conference held partly live at its headquarters in Mountain View, California. Most of the biggest enhancements are rolling out for Google Docs.
Smart chips are a new type of interactive document element that users can embed next to text by entering the @ symbol and the name of the element they wish to add. If the user embeds a spreadsheet, the smart chip turns into a Google Sheet link that brings up the selected spreadsheet in a pop-up preview box. A smart chip can also be used to link to other types of files or to mention team members who are collaborating
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