The New Face Of Gmail: An Overview Of Its Freshly Introduced Features
Snooze
While the feature is not new in the world of email clients (Mailbox has it since 2013), for Gmail it is a new addition. Starting with this update, Gmail users will have the possibility to use the Snooze button, which can be a great tool when you’re not yet prepared to deal with certain emails, but you don’t want to lose track of them.
Side Panels
From now on, you will have access to miniature versions of Google Calendar, Tasks, and Keep in a right-hand sidebar. This feature allows you to take notes, create to-do lists, and even make appointments without having to switch tabs in your browser. As a final addition, you can now create a to-do item by simply dragging an email into Tasks.
AI-based nudging
We’re sure this happened to you: you read an email, you make a mental note that you should reply during the day, but you get busy with other things (meetings, planning, budgeting, and so on) that you completely forget about it for the following two weeks. When you remember, it’s already too late and the business opportunity just went through your fingers! To avoid this from happening, Gmail will introduce a feature called Nudging, where AI-based software will sort through your emails and nudge you about the ones that look important.
Smart Reply
This is another feature coined to save time for busy people, such as business managers. The cool thing is that the AI behind this will create replies that don’t look automatic or out of context. For instance, if you want to reply to an email that asks you about a meeting on Monday, you’ll just have to press a button and the response will be ‘Monday works for me’ or ‘Monday is not a good fit for me, let’s set another date’. The idea is that Gmail’s AI can create human-readable replies based on the context of the email and your intention.
Assistive Unsubscribe
This feature will make a note of the emails you don’t actually read, but receive on a regular basis, and will suggest unsubscribing from them. While Gmail already has the option to highlight the Unsubscribe link in an email, this is one step further and helps you keep a clean Inbox.Attachment Links in the Inbox
If you have to sort through a ton of emails every day, you will definitely appreciate this feature that brings attachment links to the Inbox level. This means you don’t have to click on the email and scroll through the body to see the attachment – you can just click on it without even opening the email! All in all, this is definitely a time-saver!
