Insert smart chips in Google Docs

Insert smart chips in your Google Doc to include information about:

• Other users with Gmail or Workspace email addresses
• Other Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides files
• Dates or Google Calendar events
• Places and map directions

Where there’s a smart chip in your document, you and other users can hover or click on a chip to get more information.

You can also insert placeholder chips, time trackers, and dropdowns, and use building blocks to track projects, files, and more.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open a document in the Google Docs app .
2. To add a date chip, type:
   • @today
   • @tomorrow
   • @yesterday
   • @date
   • A specific date like @Jan or @1/1/2021
   • A relative date like @monday, @next tuesday, or @last wednesday
3. To edit the:
   • Date: Tap the text field.
   • Date format: Tap Settings .

Tips:

• After you add a date chip, it appears on the doc for all collaborators. The language of the data chip depends on the language of the person who adds it.
• Date chips appear the same to collaborators in all time zones.
• To know how far the date is relative to your time zone, tap the date chip.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open a document in the Google Docs app .
2. Type: @.
3. Scroll to “Lists.”
4. Select Checklist.

• Insert building blocks in Google Docs
• Add items with the @ menu
• Use Google Docs to draft emails
• Share files from Google Drive
• Use AppSheet smart chips in Google Docs