As an habitual user of Google?s impressive array of services, I?ve only had one grievance, finding it frustrating to have to check every Google service for any new activity. In the past, keeping notified of such activity required the installation of an app for every service, which can prove to be somewhat tiring. Released today, there is now a free utility that consolidates notifications for every Google service you?re subscribed to, acting as a hub of alerts that spares you the hassle of having to use distinct notification apps for each service.?
Called Googsystray, this convenient tool monitors Gmail, Google Voice, Calendar, Reader, and Wave ? settling right in your system tray, where it?ll update you whenever new activity occurs.
Upon its installation, the utility allows you to determine which service you?d like it to keep you apprised of and how you?d like it to respond. For instance, once you?ve received a new email, you can toggle the application to play a sound or even commence with a preset command. Once alerted, an icon corresponding to the service in question will also pop-up; should you right-click on the icon, it?ll expound upon the notification, giving you more information about what new content has arrived.
This is particularly useful if you?re a frequent user of each of these services. Working on both Windows and Linux Operating Systems, this is a free download.
You can grab it here.