Google has released four new Addons for Gmail in Gmail Labs today. The experiments bring previews from Picasa, YouTube, Flickr and Yelp into mails.
To mail a link to Picasa, YouTube, Flickr or Yelp is included below are small preview images. As the Gmail blog post is, it works similarly to the identification and linking of addresses, calendar data and packet numbers.
Google built some new Gmail Labs features that do just that. For our first set, we picked stuff that often shows up in email: YouTube videos, Picasa and Flickr links, and Yelp reviews. Turn on Picasa previews from the Labs tab under Settings, and rather than having to click on a Picasa album link to see the photos it contains, you can see photos right in the message itself:
Same for Flickr:
Enable Youtube previews, and you can watch YouTube videos from inside your email:
And whenever you receive a Yelp link in an email, Yelp previews show you ratings, phone numbers, and other listing information right there:
Give them a try and send Google your thoughts. If you work on a product that would lend itself to a great preview in Gmail, Google would love to hear from you too.
