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New Gmail Is Now Rolling Out, Here's How to Get It Right Now

New Gmail Is Now Rolling Out, Here's How to Get It Right Now 3d3m5e

By Reuters | Updated: 25 April 2018 13:27 IST

Highlights

Google is rolling out a big revamp of Gmail
Many of the new features are inspired by Google Inbox
Check your Gmail settings to see if you've got the new Gmail yet

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It is Google's most extensive update to software in its Microsoft Corp's dominant Office workplace software suite. Previously, G Suite added instant-messaging and spreadsheet features.

7 New Features That the Big New Gmail Revamp Brings

With Gmail, Google said it restructured email storage databases, unified three duelling systems for syncing messages across devices and upgraded computers underpinning the service. That shift to Google's self-developed Tensor processing chips enables smart-assistant features such as "suggested replies" to messages and "nudges" to respond to forgotten emails.

"This is an entire rewrite of our flagship, most-used product," said Jacob Bank, product manager lead for Gmail, which 1.4 billion people use each month.

Unreliable offline access to email has long discouraged would-be customers, while recent high-profile corporate data breaches have increased their desire to lock down email. Analysts estimate G Suite generated about $2 billion (roughly Rs. 13,300 crores) in revenue last year, 10 times behind Office.

Google declined to specify costs associated with the redesign. But parent Alphabet reported Monday that first-quarter capital expenditures nearly tripled year-over-year to $7.3 billion (roughly Rs. 48,700 crores).

Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat told analysts that half of the spending resulted from hardware purchases to expanding use of machine learning, which describes automated programs that can, among other things, identify spam and predict which emails s would find most important.

Security and smarts
Google's Bank said the overhaul was required primarily to provide offline access to up to 90 days of emails for s who turn on the feature.

The changes also fulfil another top demand of business executives - message expiration.

s who enable a "confidential" option when sending an email can time-limit its access to recipients and also require they enter a one-time code sent to their phones to read it.

The new setting does not override corporate email retention policies or present new obstacles to law enforcement.

"Nudges" and a higher bar for new-mail notifications round out Google's revised sales pitch. The company estimated that nudges will lead 8 percent of business s each week to to follow-up on something important.

Cosmetic changes bring Gmail's website in line with Office by placing Google's calendar, tasks and note-taking services within the same page as emails.

Bank said testers have advanced from "neutral to positive to very positive" on the new look.

How to get New Gmail right now 55p3g

You can start using these new updates in Gmail on the Web today, with some features appearing within the coming weeks. Go to Settings (the cog wheel in the top right corner of your inbox) and select Try the new Gmail. If you want to switch back later down the road, you can go to the same place and select Go back to classic Gmail. If you don't see the option under Settings, new Gmail has not been rolled out to yet - wait for Google to bless your !

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