[Google Blog] SUBJECT: Write emails faster with Smart Compose in Gmail

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Link: SUBJECT: Write emails faster with Smart Compose in Gmail

 

 

Smart Compose helps save you time by cutting back on repetitive writing, while reducing the chance of spelling and grammatical errors. It can even suggest relevant contextual phrases. For example, if it's Friday it may suggest "Have a great weekend!" as a closing phrase.

 

Get started

 

Over the next few weeks, Smart Compose will appear in the new Gmail for consumers, and will be made available for G Suite customers in the workplace in the coming months.

 

To get started, make sure you’ve enabled the new Gmail by going to Settings > “Try the new Gmail.” Next, go to the general tab in your settings, scroll down and enable “experimental access.” If you want to switch back, you can always uncheck the box.

[fiza]

Do we really need smart compose?

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Do we really need smart compose?

Maybe not, but we are getting it anyway.

 

[Arthur]

Do we really need smart compose?

The native offline mode will be useful though...

 

Smart Compose and offline mode have arrived in Gmail

 

As promised, Google has rolled out new key features for Gmail. Native offline mail support is now available after it was promised as a follow-up to the major redesign that launched late last month. You have to be using Chrome as your Web browser to access this feature, though.

 

Offline mail

This is the first time Gmail has supported offline use without additional software or extensions. Google previously offered offline email through Google Gears in ages past as well as a Chrome extension. Now it's baked right into Gmail natively, so Google is encouraging users to uninstall the old extension in favour of this feature.

 

Google has published a short support page explaining how to set up and use the feature and what its limitations are. The most critical limitation is that it's only supported on the Chrome Web browser—Chrome 61 or later, specifically.

 

Offline mail works by syncing information with the servers each time you connect. In other words, you can read mail, archive it, and perform other functions while offline, and the actions will take effect on Google's servers once you are back online.