New Gmail adds @ mentions support

If you’re using the redesigned Gmail on the web, here’s one handy trick that hasn’t really been talked about. Android Police reports you can quickly add someone as a recipient in an email by just using the @ + name option. Just type that into the body of the email and you’ll get a list of suggested contacts to be added to the recipient list. Once you select the name, it gets highlighted and linked (as mailto:) in the body of the email and it shows up as a recipient, too. Again, this only works for the redesigned Gmail on the web for now.

Gmail starts rolling out Nudges feature

Ever ignore emails and then completely forget to reply to important ones? One of the newest features in Gmail is its new Nudges feature. It’s an automated feature that will surface emails to the top of your inbox the service thinks require your attention and reply. It’ll include a highlighted message telling you how long ago you received the message. If you’re using the new Gmail, you get this AI feature enabled by default. You can, of course, turn this off in the settings if you don’t want it.

Source: Google

Google introduces Smart Compose for Gmail

Google’s introducing an extension to its Smart Reply feature on Gmail. Called Smart Compose, it’ll suggest complete sentences in the body of your email as you type. Similar to autocomplete on phones, it works as you compose your message and you just need to hit tab for the text to auto-populate your message. The feature aims to help you save time and help prevent any spelling or grammatical mistakes. Smart Compose will also recognize context. So if you send out an email on Friday, it will prompt you to add “Have a great weekend!”

The feature is supposed to roll out to all Gmail consumer users later this month, while G Suite customers can access it in the coming months. You will need to have enabled the new Gmail (which you can access through the gear icon on the top right) to get access to Smart Compose. From there, you head into the general tab of settings and scroll down and enable “experimental access.”

Are self-destructing emails coming to Gmail?

It’s been rumoured that Google is set to revamp Gmail soon. On top of this, the email client might also soon let users send out self-destructing emails. These emails will “expire” after a set amount of time. The feature is reportedly being called “confidential mode.” If an email has been set to expire, the recipient won’t be able to download, forward, or print said copies of the email after the expiration date. It can last for a few days to even years after. There might also be an option to add a passcode for certain emails, which will be sent to the recipient via text message. There is no indication though if this possible new feature could work with emails sent to non-Gmail users or if there will be end-to-end encryption. We have to wait and see if this feature will come to users.

Source: Android Authority