Gmail is about to get a big improvement to its search feature that will actually work for more users, as long as you enable the right settings.
The email provider has long provided a search feature, even offering specific filters and settings to help its users find the right content in an overflowing inbox, but despite these advanced efforts, it doesn't use all of the platform capabilities.
To that end, Gmail will now use machine learning to figure out what you're looking for.
Gmail search update
The new process revolves around past searches to understand what kind of results you click from the keywords you use in the search bar, which will now work in a more conversational way, like Google Assistant.
The enhancement will make the search function go beyond contacts' last names, as it has in the past, to their full names and email addresses, as well as previous emails and how often they were received. communicate with you.
To enable Gmail contextual search, you need to enable web and app activity in your Google account, which can be a new issue for customers concerned about their privacy and how their data is used.
The move is part of a series of updates being implemented by Gmail in an effort to maintain its place as one of the most popular email clients against competition from rivals like Proton Mail and Apple Mail.
Another notable change of late has been Gmail's redesigned interface which, as TechRadar reported at the time, became the only view available in November 2022.