Google Gadgets Find New Home on the Mac

Now you can bring hundreds of existing Google Gadgets to your Mac Dashboard. These gadgets look and behave just like any other Dashboard widget, so there’s no big learning curve.

If you’re a widget or gadget freak and are worried you might miss out on new gadgets as they come along, don’t fret. The Google Gadgets application regularly updates itself so the list of available gadgets is never out of date.

Google has an open API so anyone can try thier hand at making a gadget. Just roll over to the Desktop Gadget API homepage and they’ll show you how to create a cross-platform gadget that runs on both Mac OS X and Windows. If you’re already a gadget developer, you can download the Beta today to test your gadget on a Mac and ensure that it works correctly.

Download the free gadget software from the Google Mac page