![]() If an email has lingered in your inbox for a while that Google thinks is important to you, based on your previous email interactions, it will gently "nudge" you by calling more attention to that email so you can follow up on it-or, you know, finally archive the message. ![]() An Email Assistant in Your Inboxįinally, no surprise, given Google's AI (artificial intelligence) smarts, but Gmail's gotten smarter. This feature is still rolling out, though I wasn't able to test at the time of this writing. You'll find this option at the bottom of an email you're drafting. Note that this doesn't fully protect you, since the recipient could take a screenshot of your message before the expiration time-so, as always, just don't send sensitive information via email if you can deliver it in a more secure method. In other words, more control over when and who can see this email. ![]() Gmail's new confidential mode will give security pros and paranoid people like myself some peace of mind: Now, when you write an email, you can pick an expiration date for your emails (so the message and attachments are no longer readable), revoke previously sent emails, and require the recipient to add authentication via a text message before seeing your email. Yet because it's the most popular way to communicate with others digitally, we still keep sending emails even if there might be some super secret information in there. Send Confidential, Self-Destructing EmailsĮmail isn't the most secure way to send confidential information, such as your tax returns or the security code to your front door. Now you can just click on Snooze to set a time when that email will reappear in your inbox-that is, when you're ready to deal with it. Previously, you'd need to use a Gmail add-on, such as Boomerang or SaneBox, to snooze emails in Gmail. As the name implies, this feature hides the email message from view until a specified time-kind of like when your alarm goes off in the morning and you just can't deal with the day yet so you snooze it. One option in that new hover menu is a brand new feature for Gmail: Snooze. The update is currently rolling out to new users, so it might not be available to you yet. ![]() How to Get the New Gmail Version Right NowĬlick the gear icon on the top right of your screen and then choose the "Try the new Gmail" option, if it's available. Here's how to get the new Gmail and its best new features. (I feel like a spy.) If you use and love Inbox by Gmail on your phone, you'll find the web-based version now closer to that more efficient experience. It's not just redesign or a small tweak like adding an unsubscribe link to newsletters: Gmail's host of new features might actually make email more manageable for you.Īmong the additions: a new side panel so you can see your emails and events, notes, and tasks in one place the option to snooze emails until later and quickly archive them with one click and, my favorite, a way to send self-destructing emails. Google has tweaked Gmail over the years here and there, but this is the biggest revamp for the email service for as long as we can remember. Currently rolling out to both personal users and G Suite customers, the new Gmail gives us features we've needed but perhaps didn't know we needed, all in one update. It's not often we jump up and down over email, but today's Gmail update is like a present. ![]()
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