Gmail has been given a massive overhaul, with a refreshed redesign bringing a mix of new and familiar features. So what’s new?
The revamp has innovations such as confidential, email snoozing, and nudging alongside built-in Google productivity features such as Calendar and Tasks.
Security features centre around the Confidential mode is designed help you to protect sensitive content by allowing you to create expiry dates on emails, or revoking previously sent messages.
Information Rights Management enables senders to remove the option to forward, copy, download or print messages, which Google says will reduce the risk of information being shared accidentally with the wrong people.
Users will also be able to create 2-factor authentication for sensitive emails, requiring recipients to authenticate with a passcode sent separately before opening an email.
The new gmail has a number of AI-powered features to will help manage your emails. Gmail will “nudge” you to follow up on emails it deems important, while high priority notifications mean you’ll be notified only of important messages coming in.
Gmail will also recommend unsubscribes based on how many messages from a sender you actually read.
Google’s Smart Reply, already available in Gmail on mobile (and which Google says drives more than 10 percent of email replies on mobile) is also now being rolled out to Gmail on the web.
A number of features help in quick scanning of your emails. You can hover over a message and take actions such as snoozing, and snooze till later today, tomorrow, or further ahead, while clickable attachments mean you can see and open attachments without needed to open the email.
Gmail has integrated G-suite apps in a new right-hand sidebar where you can click on Calendar to manage your diary, Keep for notes and Tasks for your to-do lists. You’ll also be able to add other Gmail add-ons you might use easily to this panel.
Gmail will also be getting a new offline mode where you’ll be able to see up to 90 days of messages.
The new Gmail is available for businesses to start using today in the G Suite Early Adopter Program (EAP) and can be turned on in the Admin console. Personal Gmail users can also opt-in to the new experience, too by going to Settings at the top right and selecting “Try the new Gmail”.
For more details see Google’s blog post.
