Google Workspace users will soon receive voice prompts in Gmail and Docs tabs

Google continues to bring more AI-driven features to its Workspace productivity app.

For example, at the Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas, the company announced that Google Workspace subscribers will soon be able to use voice prompts to launch the AI-powered “Help me write” feature in Gmail while on the go. Additionally, Google is rolling out a new feature in Gmail for Workspace that can instantly turn rough email drafts into more polished emails.

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These features will be available to paying subscribers first. When asked about it during a press conference ahead of Tuesday’s announcement, Google’s Aparna Pappu noted that the company “has a long history of leveraging artificial intelligence to deliver truly useful and efficient services to all users.” features, including Smart Reply and Smart Compose.” As we figure out how these work and get feedback from users, we’ll consider expanding this to all users. “

Workspace, which has about 3 billion users and more than 10 million paying customers, according to Google, is one of the first Google services to tap into the artificial intelligence craze.

In addition to these new AI features, Google is also adding a few other features to the Workspace suite. These include form notifications, so when a field changes, for example, the service will send out a customizable alert. In addition, Sheets will now offer a new set of templates to make using the new spreadsheet even easier.

Google’s browser-based MS Word rival Docs is getting support for tabs, so “You can organize information in a single document instead of linking to multiple documents or searching through Drive to find what you’re looking for. ” This is a great feature and very useful for workflow where you would otherwise be copying and pasting a bunch of documents into one long document.

Docs also gets a full-screen cover image, and for those larger companies using Workspace, Chat can now handle up to 500,000 members. Messaging interoperability with Slack and Teams is also now an option thanks to Google’s partnership with Mio.