Google is making it easier to help you find the contents of your Gmail. The search giant recently announced that Gmail’s autocomplete feature will now include suggestions based on the content in your e-mail. Previously, autocomplete only suggested e-mail addresses from your contacts list and previous communications. The new feature is rolling out to all English language Gmail users over the next few days. Other languages will be added in the coming months.
One of the nice features of Google’s main search is its ability to understand and correct your spelling mistakes on the fly. So if you search for “Orlanod” it knows you probably meant Orlando and automatically shows you results for the Florida city.
I haven’t yet had a chance to test the new Gmail autocomplete, so it’s not clear whether the new feature is indexing just your e-mail subject lines or actually digging deep into your message content.
If you’re a Google Apps user, improved autocomplete will not be coming to your account for now. Google says it plans to launch the new feature for enterprise customers in the future.
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