WEBVTT - Gmail Gets a Revamp With New Features

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<v Speaker 1>Google on Veil's a brand new Gmail. Mrich Tomirow. This

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<v Speaker 1>is Rich on Tech Daily. Google says it's time for

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<v Speaker 1>a refresh, and that's exactly what it's doing today with Gmail.

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<v Speaker 1>The company is revamping the look and feel of Gmail

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<v Speaker 1>on the web and in their apps, and they're adding

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<v Speaker 1>lots of new useful features. Yeah, it's gonna take some

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<v Speaker 1>getting used to, but I think you're gonna like some

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<v Speaker 1>of them. It all looks inspired by Inbox, which was

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<v Speaker 1>Google's last attempt to revamp Gmail, but that never really

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<v Speaker 1>took off. It was optional, so not everyone switched to it.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think Google picked the best features out of

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<v Speaker 1>there and built them into the new Gmail. It seems

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<v Speaker 1>like these changes will go live for everyone at some point.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, I still don't have access to the new inbox,

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<v Speaker 1>but you can check for access by going to Gmail,

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<v Speaker 1>clicking the little settings gear in the upper right hand

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<v Speaker 1>corner of your email list, and then looking for Try

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<v Speaker 1>the new Gmail, and don't worry. If you try you

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<v Speaker 1>don't like it, you can always go back for now. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so the first thing you'll notice is that files and

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<v Speaker 1>photos are surfaced front and center in your inbox. So

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<v Speaker 1>this is really handy. Let's say you have a big,

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<v Speaker 1>long conversation with someone, right a chain back and forth,

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<v Speaker 1>and at some point you asked for a file they

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<v Speaker 1>sent it to you. Well, now instead of looking through

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<v Speaker 1>all those different emails in that chain for that file,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll just be able to see it front and center

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<v Speaker 1>in your inbox, so that's really easy. Next up, you'll

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<v Speaker 1>notice a snooze button, which is really handy. Basically, if

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<v Speaker 1>you get an email that you don't want to deal

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<v Speaker 1>with right now, you can snooze it just like you

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<v Speaker 1>would an alarm, and it will pop up again at

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<v Speaker 1>a later time, and you can say when you want

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<v Speaker 1>that to pop up, whether it's morning, afternoon, evening, or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe a specific time as well, so that's really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>There's also finally a dedicated tasks app. So I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how you operate, but basically, as I'm going through

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<v Speaker 1>my email, I'm building a to do list off of

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<v Speaker 1>my emails, and that requires a lot of different things

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<v Speaker 1>different apps. I write some of them down in a planner,

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<v Speaker 1>but now that there's a dedicated tasks app, I can

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<v Speaker 1>finally cut and paste little pieces of information that I need,

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<v Speaker 1>things I need to do, and it's all integrated with Gmail.

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<v Speaker 1>Now there is a separate app. It's called Google Tasks.

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<v Speaker 1>You can download it right now in Android or iOS.

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<v Speaker 1>But the cool thing is that you can also get

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<v Speaker 1>a one click link to it right inside Gmail. There's

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<v Speaker 1>also a part of Keep that is right in Gmail,

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<v Speaker 1>so now you kind of have one screen for all

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<v Speaker 1>of your organization and productivity. I love that. Another future

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<v Speaker 1>I think I'll love is the nudge. So how many

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<v Speaker 1>times have you had a back and forth conversation with

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<v Speaker 1>someone and then all of a sudden, one of you

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<v Speaker 1>goes silent. Most of the time, it's me because I

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<v Speaker 1>just forget. Well, this is really cool because Gmail will

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<v Speaker 1>notice that you are talking back and forth and you

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<v Speaker 1>didn't say anything for like a couple of days. So

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<v Speaker 1>Gmail will actually nudge you to respond to that message.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the futures I love on mobile is now

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<v Speaker 1>available on the web. It's called smart Reply. Google basically

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<v Speaker 1>scans your messages that you're getting and will come up

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<v Speaker 1>with certain replies, so they call them smart replies. It'll say,

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<v Speaker 1>if someone says, hey, let's do lunch Friday at eleven,

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<v Speaker 1>it might sugg asked, sure, no, can't make that, or

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<v Speaker 1>how about Friday at twelve and all you have to

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<v Speaker 1>do is tap once and you can send that right

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<v Speaker 1>on to the person. I find these really handy. Another

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<v Speaker 1>feature high priority notifications on mobile. So basically Gmail is

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<v Speaker 1>going to figure out which are the most important messages

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<v Speaker 1>and then send only those notifications to your phone. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is pretty smart because a lot of times the

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<v Speaker 1>first thing I do at Gmail is turn off all

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<v Speaker 1>notifications on my phone because I just get too many

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<v Speaker 1>of them. But if they can surface just important emails

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<v Speaker 1>from like my boss, or my wife or certain friends,

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<v Speaker 1>that'd be really cool. Gmail is also going to start

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<v Speaker 1>suggesting when you should unsubscribe from newsletters if you don't

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<v Speaker 1>read one for a while, or maybe offers you no

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<v Speaker 1>longer care about. There's gonna be big bold warnings about

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<v Speaker 1>suspicious emails, so that's really smart. A lot of times

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<v Speaker 1>these phishing emails look pretty sly they slip into the inbox,

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<v Speaker 1>once in a while, there will be big bold red

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<v Speaker 1>warnings to say, don't do anything with this email. And finally,

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<v Speaker 1>the feature that a lot of people talked about because

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<v Speaker 1>it was rumored for a while now confidential mode. So

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<v Speaker 1>this will allow you to remove the option to forward, copy, download,

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<v Speaker 1>or print messages. So let's say you're sending something that's

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<v Speaker 1>sensitive via email, like I don't know, a copy of

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<v Speaker 1>your driver's license or a tax return or your Social

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<v Speaker 1>Security number. You can say this message is not able

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<v Speaker 1>to be forwarded or copied, or downloaded or printed, or

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<v Speaker 1>you can make it expire after a set amount of time. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta say all this with the caveat of think

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<v Speaker 1>about it. Anything that is sent through email can be screenshot.

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<v Speaker 1>The person on the other ends could take a picture

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<v Speaker 1>of it. So confidential mode does not mean it's fool proof.

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<v Speaker 1>It just means it's a little bit tougher to forward

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<v Speaker 1>to a bunch of people. Google says, as of today,

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<v Speaker 1>certain people are going to start getting it. But here's

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<v Speaker 1>the deal, these things always roll out slowly. If you

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<v Speaker 1>want to try to get it right now again, you

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<v Speaker 1>can click that little settings gear in the upper right

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<v Speaker 1>hand corner of your email and look for try the

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<v Speaker 1>new Gmail and again. You can go back at this point,

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<v Speaker 1>but at some point you probably won't be able to.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't wait to dive into the new Gmail. Tell

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<v Speaker 1>me what you think. I'm on Twitter at rich Tamuro

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<v Speaker 1>or on my Facebook page, Facebook dot com sa rich

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<v Speaker 1>on Tech. Hopefully I will be much more organized thanks

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<v Speaker 1>to Google and all of these new features. I'm rich Demiro.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks so much for listening. You can get links to

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