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How to download all of your Gmail emails
Gmail is a popular email provider, but there's a limited amount of emails you can store on a free account. Here's how you can export all of them.
Gmail is a common email provider because it's available for free, and most people already own a Google account for the company's other services. Though many don't think about their Google account as a digital storage option, it truly is one of the best cloud storage services in 2023. Google's offerings are all tied together in Google Workspace, a grouping of productivity apps with the likes of Gmail and Google Drive found within.
Google takes on Microsoft 365 Copilot with Duet AI in Chat, Meet, and more
Google's new Duet AI for Workspace customers will cost $30/user/month for large organizations.
Microsoft has been making a lot of waves in the artificial intelligence (AI) space recently thanks to innovations in services and tools like Bing Chat, Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and ChatGPT. With interest growing in this area, it's natural to see big tech firms investing money and effort in this area to attract more customers by enticing them with the latest advancements in technology. Now, Google has announced integrations between its Duet AI and Google Workspace products pretty much across the board.
Google's Duet AI in Workspace can write documents and emails for you
Google showed off a look at its Duet AI features in Workspace at I/O, and it's looking to rival Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Google is focusing heavily on AI at its I/O developer event this year, and with the trend of large language models becoming more widespread, the company is expanding the suite of AI tools in Google Workspace, in what it calls Duet AI. Using these language models, Google is enabling new features on Docs, Sheets, and Slides, starting with the ability to ask these apps to create new content from scratch.
Google expands beta testing for generative AI in Google Docs before public rollout
Google's generative AI in its suite of applications is on its way to a lot more users.
Google will be supercharging Google Docs with generative AI soon. It first announced the incorporation in March 2023, declaring a new AI-powered era for Google Workspace. The Workspace AI features aren’t publicly available yet, but Google opened up the new experience to a small pool of selected testers. Now, Google has expanded the testing pool by 10 times.
Google announces new education features for Chrome OS and Meet
Google has unveiled an array of new features for education users, spanning Chrome OS, Google Meet, and Workspace. Many are available now.
Google has announced a handful of new features for Chrome OS geared towards the education market. These features include a new Screencast app rolling out with Chrome OS version 103, new casting controls for the classroom, and more.
Google Meet will soon remind you when you're the last person in the room
When you’re the only person in a meeting for more than five minutes, Google Meet will show a pop-up telling you that you're the only one here.
Google has announced two new improvements coming soon to Google Meet. If you tend to attend meetings with Google Meet running in the background, it's easy to forget to leave the meeting once it's ended. If that is something that happens to you frequently, this upcoming feature will come in handy.
Google Chat will replace classic Hangouts for Workspace users in a month
Google has announced that Google Chat will replace classic Hangouts for Workspace users starting March 22, 2022.
Google's plan to retire classic Hangouts has finally reached its final phase. The company has been slowly migrating users from Hangouts to Google Chats over the last two years, and it has finally confirmed that Chat will replace classic Hangouts for Workspace users in a month.
Google Docs get summaries and pageless formatting as part of "smart canvas"
In a blog post Tuesday, Google announced two new smart canvas features for Google Docs: summaries and a pageless format for documents.
Last year, Google introduced smart canvas, a new product experience for Google Workspace apps such as Docs, Sheets, and Slides. At the time, Google debuted several new features for Google Docs, including new smart chips for recommended people, files, and meetings. As part of its push to create a more integrated and cohesive collaboration experience, the company is bringing some new smart canvas features to Google Docs.
Google launches a free "Workspace Essentials Starter" plan
Workspace Essentials Starter plan is primarily aimed at businesses that already have their own email systems in place.
After deciding to end support for free legacy G Suite accounts last month, Google has now launched a new plan in Google Workspace called Essentials Starter edition. It’s a free plan that lets businesses use all Google productivity apps except Gmail.
Gmail's new "integrated view" goes live for Workspace users next week
Google Workspace users will be able to try out Gmail's new integrated view starting February 8. Here's what you need to know.
Last year Google gave us a sneak peek at a new layout for Gmail that combined Gmail, Chat, Meet, and Spaces in one space. Google has now shared when this new redesign would be available for users.
Legacy G Suite accounts will be able to migrate their data to a free account
Google says it will offer an option to free G Suite users to move their data including non-Workspace paid content to a free Gmail account.
Back in the day, Google used to offer a free G Suite plan that allowed users to have a Google account with a custom domain. Google stopped offering this tier in 2012 but those who had created a free account were able to continue to use the service, up until now. Last week, Google began informing users that it was going to end support for free G Suite accounts, leaving users no choice but to upgrade to a paid plan or lose access to core Workspace features such as Gmail and Calendar. But it seems Google will offer an easy way to migrate your data to a Gmail account.
Google Calendar will help you cut out distractions with 'Focus time'
Google Calendar is rolling out a new 'Focus time' event type, but it's limited to work accounts for now, sadly.
One of the more challenging aspects of setting a work schedule is figuring out when you can take a breather. More often than not, I've accidentally scheduled events on my off days, simply because I forgot I was saving that day. Google Calendar already has an 'Out of office' option when creating an event, and now an additional 'Focus time' setting is rolling out that is less work-specific.
Google will finally let you set up Android work profile on unmanaged devices
Google announced that it’s planning to expand the availability of Android work profiles to unmanaged users with a Google Workspace account.
Android work profiles provide a convenient way to separate your work and personal life on your smartphone. When this feature is enabled, work and personal apps appear under two different tabs within the app drawer. Work apps feature a small briefcase badge to distinguish themselves from personal apps.
Google makes it easier to search emails in Gmail by adding filters
Google is adding new search filters in Gmail for Android to help you easily search for emails. The feature is currently rolling out to Google Workspace users.
In February last year, Google introduced a new "Search Chips" feature in Gmail for G Suite (now Workspace) users. The feature provided users easier access to Gmail's search filters by providing clickable suggestions underneath the search bar. A few months after adding the feature, Google rolled it out to Gmail for consumers. The company is now introducing a similar feature in Gmail for Android for Workspace users.
Material You support comes to Google Calendar, Gmail, and more on Android 12
If you have a Pixel phone on Android 12, Google is treating you to redesigned Workspace apps with Material You dynamic color support.
In a few weeks from now, Google will release the first stable builds of Android 12 for Pixel phones. Before the Android 12 update rolls out, product teams across Google are working diligently to redesign their apps in accordance with Material You, the latest evolution of Google's Material design language. The latest Google apps to receive Material You redesigns are from the Google Workspace productivity suite, and they include Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Meet, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides.
Google Workspace users can finally use Assistant on smart displays and speakers
Google Workspace users can now take full advantage of the Google Assistant on smart displays and smart speakers. Read on to know more!
Google Workspace accounts are great for users within a company as they give you most of the benefits of having a Google account applied within your company's specific context, but trying to use one as a regular Google account yields some interesting results. While they're technically just another Google account, it's weirdly crippled in some aspects. One of them is support for Google Assistant. Google Assistant on Workspace accounts has extra work-related features meant to integrate into your workspace, but it used to be a famously glaring omission from these accounts compared to regular Google accounts. And even then, you couldn't use it on smart displays and speakers. Today, that changes.
Google Calendar invites are getting new RSVP options
Google Calendar invites are getting new RSVP options that will let you specify if you're attending a meeting in person or virtually.
Google Calendar invites will soon show you additional options to specify whether you're attending a meeting in person or virtually. The new options will show up in a dropdown menu on the "Yes" button in the coming weeks.
A bunch of Google Drive links are about to be broken
Lots of publically accessible Google Drive links are going to be broken and inaccessible in the near future, read why here.
A lot of publicly accessible Google Drive links will no longer be accessible later this year unless their owners opt out of new security enhancements. These enhancements are being brought to Google Drive on September 23rd, 2021, the company announced in a blog post today.
Google Chat web redesign making its way to Workspace accounts
Google is rolling out some interface changes to Google Chat on the web (i.e. chat.google.com) for Workspace accounts.
Google is rolling out some interface changes to Google Chat on the web (i.e., chat.google.com) for Workspace accounts, the company said on Monday.
You can finally snooze Google Calendar notifications on desktop
Google has announced that you can now snooze Google Calendar desktop notifications right from the notification itself.
Google has announced that you can now snooze Google Calendar desktop notifications right from the notification itself. The feature may seem small, but Google said it was a top user request before today's announcement.