Searching for your Gmail messages on mobile could soon be easier

Searching for your Gmail messages on mobile could soon be easier with machine learning technology.

Searching for a specific message amongst thousands of other emails on your Gmail mobile app can be a complex and frustrating experience, but Google plans to improve this soon with machine learning technology.

Under the new process, a user who searches for a particular keyword or phrase will be shown the top results most relevant to the query. Only then will they see all other results in chronological order.

In a press release on Friday, Google said this was meant to help users save effort.

To use this feature, go to the Gmail search bar on mobile and enter the term you wish to look up.

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“When searching in Gmail, machine learning models will use the search term, most recent emails and other relevant factors to show you the results that best match your search query. These results will now appear at the top of the list in a dedicated section, followed by all results sorted by recency,” said the company in its post.

Rollout of the new feature started on Friday, and it is expected to reach all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts.