Google Unveils Smart Compose to Draft Emails Using AI
Google introduces Smart Compose, a new AI-powered Gmail feature that predicts and suggests entire sentences to speed up email writing. The tool rolls out soon to highlight the company's broader push into consumer artificial intelligence.
Google introduces a new Gmail feature called Smart Compose that relies on artificial intelligence to help users write their emails. The tool predicts entire sentences based on the context of the message, offering suggestions for everything from the initial greeting to common phrases and the final sign-off.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai demonstrates the feature at the Google I/O Developer Conference by showing how the AI understands a subject line like "taco Tuesday" to generate relevant text. Users simply press the tab key to accept any suggested sentence that appears on their screen.
The feature arrives in the coming weeks for personal Gmail users who activate the updated version of the interface, with G Suite workplace customers gaining access in the following months. While just one of many announcements at the conference, Smart Compose clearly illustrates Google's massive investment in AI and its attempt to showcase the everyday benefits of the technology to cautious consumers.