Google has just announced that it has given Gmail a much-needed update. Gmail now has the power to dig users' Spam folder for their missing emails.
It is likely that emails have been incorrectly caught by Gmail's Spam filter or erroneously flagged by users as spam. As such, incorporating this extra functionality is indeed wise.
Previously, the only component of Gmail that has been indexed, apart from users' Inbox, is the Trash.
"Sometimes emails are mistakenly marked as spam or put into Trash, and they can be difficult to discover via search," explains Google in a blog post. "To help address this issue, Gmail will now search in both the Trash and Spam folders (only Trash was indexed previously)."
Soon, when users hunt down for their emails, Gmail will be capable of displaying results from the entire account, which include the Spam folder. A footer spotted at the bottom of search results will be shown to users if a message inside the Spam folder matches the search term. If the search query is deemed too general, a different footer will then pop up to guide users to Gmail's advanced search operators.
This is not the only modification Google is putting on the table. The company also plans to release the update in waves. It anticipates that the update will roll out across the globe in two weeks.
Earlier, Google has managed to trim down the false-positive rate of the Gmail's Spam filter down to 0.05 percent. Exactly why it did not index Spam in the earlier version of Gmail has not been disclosed in the blog post.
Google is also planning to come up with an easier way to send a reply to emails via AI-powered SmartReply for its Inbox app. With the use of SmartReply, users will then send an appropriate reply with only a few taps instead of keying in the entire message. Google has tapped its machine- ntelligence researchers to work on this functionality.
It wasn't too long ago when Google has also given its web Hangouts the needed facelift, bringing in a slew of improvements for a speedier user experience and more streamlined look.
