Google has been adding a lot of productivity and machine learning tools to its email service. New additions this week include a way for Gmail to write email subject lines for you and schedule an email to send at a later time.
Compounded with a redesign that launched last year for desktop and earlier this year on the mobile app, it can be a little confusing to navigate some of Gmail’s newer features. In this tutorial, we’re going to focus on Gmail’s auto-completion tools like Smart Reply and Smart Compose, which are designed to help you save time.
Letting a machine help write emails and subject lines for you can feel a bit unusual, but if you’re open to at least trying it out for yourself, here are the ways to automate your Gmail responses.
To allow Gmail to generate responses and email text, you first have to opt in from your Settings menu. If you are a regular Gmail user, here’s what to do:
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Click on the gear icon on the upper right side and find the Settings page.
Scroll down to Smart Reply and Smart Compose and choose “On” for either or both to enable the automated suggestions.
You can also choose to allow Gmail’s machine learning to personalize the
suggestions based on the way you write your emails. For example, if you greet your colleagues with “Hi, team” versus “Hello, everyone,” it will automate to whatever you use most often.
