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Life & fun · January 21, 2014

Gmail Actions

Interact with other products/services from the Gmail Inbox

Gmail Actions launched on January 21, 2014 with 70 votes, #381 of 1,173 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

What it does

Actions enable users to interact with your product or service right inside Gmail. For example, when you send a notification that a magazine subscription is about to expire, you can present the option to renew it right from the notification. You can declare actions in two ways: in-app actions or go-to actions. Gmail supports multiple types of actions. Gmail handles in-app actions in place without sending the user to another website. These actions include one-click actions. In many scenarios, the user must confirm a predefined request. For example, when a user registers for a website, they receive an email asking them to confirm their registration. Similarly, a movie or music recommendation…from developers.google.com

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