Drive Links & Downloads - September 23, 2026

• Paste a Google Drive, Docs, Sheets or Slides link in Search Google Drive to find the file or folder it points to.
• Add a Download Google Drive File command to download a file by searching for it or pasting its link.
• Download Google Docs as Markdown or Word, Sheets as Excel, Slides as PowerPoint, Drawings as PNG, and folders as a ZIP archive.
• Add a download-file AI tool.

Bug Fix - May 22, 2026

• Prevent Google Drive search from crashing when the Drive API response does not include a files list.

Add Preferred Browser Preference - January 8, 2026

• Allow users to specify which browser they want to use.

Hierarchical Navigation - January 5, 2026

Changed

• 📂 Hierarchical Drive navigation — The extension now loads only files from the root directory by default (navigate through folders to see their contents).
• 🔍 Global search — Searching for a term now automatically searches across the entire Drive, while browsing without a search term stays within the current directory.

Folder Navigation Enhancements - December 25, 2025

Added

• 📂 Improved folder navigation — Navigate folder hierarchies with the new "Enter Directory" and "Go to Parent Directory" actions (accessible via Tab and Shift + Tab keyboard shortcuts).
• 🔍 Enhanced empty state — The empty view now displays the Google Drive icon for better visual feedback.

Improvements and Fixes - December 18, 2025

Changed

• 📂 File location now shows folder path - the "Where" metadata field now displays only the parent folder path, making it easier to understand file organization.
• 📑 Expanded file type recognition - improved support for more file types.

Thumbnail Previews - December 17, 2025

Changed

• 🖼️ File previews now show real content instead of generic icons - see thumbnails of documents, images, videos, and PDFs directly in the list.

Enhanced File Details and Improved Search - December 15, 2025

Added

• 📊 Detailed file information now displayed for every file:
• File details: Name, Type, Size, Created, Modified, Last Opened, Shared with Me dates
• Photo details: Dimensions, Camera model, Date taken, GPS location (tap to view in Maps)
• Video details: Dimensions and Duration
• Permissions: Owner, Last Modified By, Sharing status with Copy Protection indicator
• 🎨 File icon preview shown alongside file details.
• 📅 Smarter date display showing "Today" and "Yesterday" for recent files.
• ⬇️ Download files directly with live progress updates showing percentage and size.
• ⭐ New starred file filters: quickly filter by "Starred in My Drive" or "Starred in All Drives".
• 🏷️ Clear section titles that adapt based on your filter: "Recently Used" for file name and starred filters, "Results" for content searches.

Changed

• 🔄 Clearer filter dropdown with more descriptive labels.
• 📝 Actions reordered for easier access to commonly used options.
• 📂 Folder reveal action renamed from "Open File Location in Browser" to "Reveal in Google Drive" for clarity.
• 🔍 Search placeholder updated to "Search in Drive" to match Google Drive's interface.

Removed

• 🗑️ Separate "Starred Google Drive Files" command - you can now use starred filters in the main search instead.

Fixed

• 🐛 File downloads now work reliably for all file types and sizes.

Add list home and open home quicklink - March 7, 2025

• 🔗 Quickly open the Google drive home page in browser.
• 🔧 Minor fix action conflicts.

✨ AI Enhancements - February 21, 2025

Add file path info to the file list - October 21, 2024

• Adds the file path information to the list of accessories.

Log out the user if re-authentication fails - July 11, 2024

• Automatically log out users if re-authentication fails, instead of displaying an error message.

Fix download link - June 17, 2024

• Fixes the Google Drive's download links to use the currently authenticated user.

Adds support to choose which browser to open a file with from Action Panel - April 11, 2024

• Adds the ability to select which browser to open a file in from the Action Panel.

Add Copy Markdown Link and Copy HTML Link actions - February 19, 2024

• Add the ability to copy a link to a file list item to the clipboard as Markdown or HTML. This is useful for quickly sharing links in various applications.

Use OAuth utils - February 12, 2024

• Use new OAuth utils.

Add menu bar shortcuts - November 16, 2023

• Create new Google documents from the menu bar.
• Add an alternate to the menu bar command to open starred files in Raycast instead of Google Drive.

Fix opening link from Search Google Drive Files command

Previously, there was a problem where links would open under the incorrect Google account. This issue has been resolved ensuring that links now open with the correct Google account.

Fix Google Spreadsheets creation command - March 12, 2023

Fix the Create Google Spreadsheet command to use the authenticated user.

Open file location in browser - December 19, 2022

Added an action allowing to open the file's location in Google Drive. This action is similar to the Show file location item when selecting a file in Google Drive.

Search on all Drives - September 1, 2022

Added support to search not only on My Drive but also on Shared Drives.

Open source the Extension - August 4, 2022

Google Workspace added to the public repository.

Select browser to open Google related links - February 23, 2022

Adds the ability to override which browser Google services will open to. Head over to the extension preferences to change the browser.

Updated icons for commands - January 4, 2022

Added new icons for all commands.

Added Extension to Store - November 30, 2021

Google Workspace added to the Raycast Store.