You can now easily share Google Drive files to Calendar meeting attendees

Google has introduced a new option to share any Google Drive file with all meeting participants on a Calendar invite via the sharing dialog within a file. The new sharing option will be available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts.

To share a file to a calendar event, you need to be the owner or editor of the file and a participant in the meeting that you’re sharing to on your calendar. Go to the Share button in a file > type in the title of a calendar event > select the event > confirm the correct list of meeting attendees are added > select the users’ access level > click Share.

Additionally, if you wish to attach the file to the calendar invite, select "Attach to calendar event" before clicking Share.

For end users, when adding a file directly to a Calendar invite, a prompt will ask if you want to share the file with meeting attendees.

"We know sharing files is critical to building a collaborative environment. With this new feature, users can easily share files with meeting attendees before a meeting, ensuring everyone is prepared and able to collaborate on the same file," Google wrote in a blog post.

The new feature is gradually rolling out to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains and may take up to 15 days to be fully visible.