Smart chips & smart screenshots for Google – Miro Help Center

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Google offers powerful collaboration capabilities with its smart canvas, which utilizes interactive building blocks called smart chips. With the Miro smart chip for Google, you can add a shortcut to a Miro board directly in your Google Doc, Google Slides, or Google Sheets, boosting your collaborative capabilities.

Additionally, Miro offers Smart Screenshots, allowing you to paste Miro boards and widgets directly as images into Google Doc, Google Slides, and Google Sheets with enhanced functionality for keeping content synchronized.

The Miro smart chip add-on in Google Docs

Set up Miro smart chips

Follow these steps to integrate Miro board links as smart chips within your Google Doc, Google Slides, or Google Sheets.

✏️ Your Google Workspace administrator may need to install the Miro add-on for your Google Workspace organization or team. Please check with your administrator if it is not available. Learn more.

Inside your Google document, paste a link to your Miro board, then press Tab. Google will then check if the link is a chip link.
From here, Google will check if you have Miro's Google Workspace add-on already installed. Then, one of two actions will take place:
1. If you already have the Google Workspace add-on installed, there's no need to install smart chips — you have them already. You'll see a preview of your board when you click the link.
2. If you haven't installed the add-on, you'll be prompted to install it from the Google Workspace Marketplace.
  
  ✏️ You may need your Google Administrator to install the add-on for you.
Next, Google will ask you to connect to your Miro account. This is needed to display certain board information and determine whether you have access to the board you're linking to. Click Connect to Miro.

Connecting Miro to Google Workspaces
From here, one of two actions will take place:
1. If you're already authorized to access this board, you'll see the chip with a preview of the board and metadata such as the board owner and last modified date.
2. If you need to be authorized, you'll see a Request Access button. Click it and your request will be sent to the board owner.
  
  Requesting access to a private board
Once your access has been approved, you'll see the chip with a preview of the board. If you don't see the preview, refresh your document.
Your board is now added to the doc, and clicking on it will take you to the Miro board. Anyone with access to the board can create a smart chip in their Google document.

Connecting a Miro smart chip board link to Google Workspaces

Use Miro smart screenshots

The Miro side panel integration allows you to embed Miro board content directly into Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets without leaving your document. This feature provides seamless access to your Miro boards and enables you to insert visual content with enhanced functionality.

Miro side panel

The Miro side panel in Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets includes the following capabilities:

Direct board access: Access your Miro boards directly from Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets without switching applications.
Board selection: Choose from your available Miro boards using the "Select Miro board to embed" button.
Interactive preview: View and select specific content from your Miro board before inserting.
Precise placement: Insert content exactly where your cursor is positioned in the document.
Smart functionality: Embedded content maintains connection to the original Miro board.

How to use the Miro side panel

In your Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets, position your cursor in the document where you want to insert the Miro content.
Open the right-side panel by clicking on the Miro integration icon.
Click Select Miro board to embed to choose from your available Miro boards.
Browse and select the specific area, frame, or content you want to embed from the board preview.
Use any available dropdown options to choose different view settings or selections.
Click Confirm to insert the content at your cursor position.

The embedded content will appear as a screenshot in your document with a smart chip connection to the original Miro board.

✏️ Note: The Miro side panel requires the Miro Google Workspace add-on to be installed. The feature works with both Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets.

Manage the add-on as an administrator

Review these points if you are a Google Workspace administrator managing the Miro add-on:

The Google Workspace add-on can be installed or removed on the Google side only.
If you want to restrict access to Google smart chips, this must be done on the Google side; Miro has no control over which users install and use smart chips.

Frequently asked questions

Here are answers to common questions about Miro smart chips for Google.

What's the difference between Smart Chips and the Miro side panel?

Smart Chips create clickable links to Miro boards within your Google documents, while the Miro side panel allows you to embed visual content from your Miro boards directly into Google Docs and Slides. The side panel provides an integrated way to select and insert specific board content without leaving your document.

Which Google Workspace applications support Miro integration?

Smart Chips work with Google Docs, and the Miro side panel works with both Google Docs and Google Slides. Support for Google Sheets is determined by Google - please check back with the Help Center for updates.

What type of links does smart chips work with?

Miro's smart chip for Google supports links to Miro boards and board objects.

How do embedded Miro board elements stay updated?

Content embedded through the Miro side panel maintains a connection to the original Miro board. While it doesn't automatically sync, you can refresh the embedded content to ensure it reflects the latest version of your Miro board.

How does the Google Docs side panel work?

The Google Docs side panel provides direct access to your Miro boards without leaving your document. Click the Miro integration icon to open the right-side panel, then use "Select Miro board to embed" to choose from your available boards. The panel allows you to preview and select specific areas or frames before inserting them into your document at your cursor position.

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