# Google Workspace Automate Drive, Gmail, and Google Chat actions with new steps in Workspace Studio

- Product: Google Workspace (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace)
- Vendor: Google
- Date: 2026-09-02
- Original notes: http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/09/automate-drive-gmail-and-google-chat-actions-with-new-steps-in-Workspace-Studio.html
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/google-workspace/releases/2026-09-02-automate-drive-gmail-and-google-chat-actions-with

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To help teams automate everyday work and seamlessly connect tasks across Google Workspace, we are introducing four new automation steps in Workspace Studio Flows: Move Drive file, Copy Drive file, Sen…

- **added** — Add Move Drive file step to automate moving files in Google Drive
- **added** — Add Copy Drive file step to automate copying files in Google Drive
- **added** — Add Send Gmail message step to automate sending emails in Gmail
- **added** — Add Send Google Chat message step to automate sending messages in Google Chat