Here’s good news for the Google users.

The search engine Google has released a new Gmail gadget for its Desktop product.

According to Google, the new gadget will allow users to read, search and send Gmail messages while in Google Desktop.

It will also help users to star messages and use keyboard shortcuts. Apart from this, the plug will also utilises keyboard shortcuts and contact auto-complete.

While speaking on this, James Yum (Developer Programs Engineer, Google Desktop) said, "You can star messages, use the same keyboard shortcuts, and we didn't forget about contact auto-complete. It doesn't take up much space in your sidebar or desktop, and you can also resize it to show as few or as many messages as you'd like."

Currently, the application is Windows-only and requires Google Desktop version 5 or higher.

Google Desktop was released by Google in 2004. Google Desktop provides users full-text search over email, files, music, photos, chats, Gmail and Web pages viewed.