Latest News from the Glide team
New feature

Excel Data Source

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Shared by Rhys • February 26, 2024

May 2022

It’s here. As well as Google Sheets and Glide Tables, you can now choose Excel Workbooks as your data source for both Apps and Pages. Now Glide is spreadsheets-galore, no matter what system your business runs off!

New feature

Kanban Board now in Glide Pages

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Shared by Rhys • February 26, 2024

May 2022

Forget Trello. Glide Pages now has its own Kanban Board! Create to-do lists, weekly plans, manage projects, track progress, and maximize your flow. Some of the many ways to connect and visualize your data. Ready to turbo-charge your productivity?

Improvement

Allow Google Sign-in when your project is ‘Public’

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Shared by Rhys • February 26, 2024

May 2022

You can now enable Google sign-in for “public” Apps and Pages. In the Settings > Privacy tab, you can allow users to sign in with a Google account even when Privacy is set to “Public”.

New feature

New ‘Usage’ Screen inside the Dashboard

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Shared by Rhys • February 26, 2024

May 2022

There’s now a Usage screen for Teams. This screen shows you updates, feature limits, row usage, and more. Here you can view all usage for Glide Apps and Pages. Now your team has powerful insights into how your Glide projects are performing.

Improvement

Adding Custom Values to Cards in Glide Apps

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Shared by Rhys • February 26, 2024

April 2022

You can now add custom values to Captions when designing cards! Check out Overlays when configuring an inline list inside a Glide App.

Improvement

Enable Row Owners in External Sources

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Shared by Rhys • February 26, 2024

April 2022

If you’re using the new Glide Excel or Airtable integrations, you can now enable row owners to keep your database safe and secure. To enable it, just select Make Row Owner from within the column menu dropdown inside the Data Editor.

Improvement

“Are you sure you want to delete”? - For Android

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Shared by Rhys • February 26, 2024

April 2022

Android users will now see a new and improved warning when users delete an item inside Glide Apps. No more accidental trigger fingers. Phew!

New feature

Airtable Data Source

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Shared by Rhys • February 26, 2024

March 2022

A new Data Source is here!

Meet Airtable.

Like a database wrapped in a spreadsheet, Airtable is a powerful tool that many organizations rely on to store their data, capture its relationships, and build applications.

Now, you can build Glide Apps and Pages using your data stored in Airtable. To learn more about this new data source read our documentation.

Improvement

Ability to add new columns to the right

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Shared by Rhys • February 26, 2024

March 2022

In the Data Editor, you can now add columns in between columns. Select a column, and you’ll see the option “Add column right”. Selecting this will add a new column to the right of that existing column.

Improvement

Hover over a component to learn more

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Shared by Rhys • February 26, 2024

March 2022

When adding a component, you can hover your cursor on the different icons to learn more about each component. Explore and discover which components are the best match for what you need.