Nick Abouzeid

Smart Reply in Gmail — Quick suggested responses for emails, using machine learning

12

Add a comment

Replies
Best
Paul Lambert
Hey ya'll, I was the PM on this. If you have any easy questions happy to answer. :)
✎ Andrew Warner
@prlambert any chance you'll add it to the desktop version of gmail? It's my favorite way to respond.
Paul Lambert
@andrewwarner Great to hear that! Here's the response we gave VentureBeat: "We asked Google if the company plans to bring Smart Reply to Gmail on the web, and a spokesperson replied the team is “heavily considering this as a future feature, but we don’t have any current plans to share.”" https://venturebeat.com/2017/05/...
Vlad Goloshchuk
@prlambert Hi Paul. Is there a plan to setup an API for this? For example invite 3rd party developers to develop smarter replies?
Alan Seideman
Can google please just handle all of it for me... Read it, reply, have the calls, meetings, etc. I'm ready for my Universal Basic Income ;)
Ben Tossell
this has been on inbox by Google for a while... was only a matter of time!
Ryan Hoover
I love this as someone that spends SO much time in my inbox, often replying to cold emails with a similar response. On the other hand, things like this might make us more robotic and transactional in our communication. Thoughts, @prlambert?
Paul Lambert
@rrhoover A common initial misconception of Smart Reply is that it's a fully-contained automatic reply that will send after you tap. In Gmail & Inbox it doesn't work like that – it prefills a compose window, so you can always modify before it sends. Many people do, they use it as an 'accelerator' to get started, but still add personal touches.
andreas jonsson
@prlambert A common misconception or suboptimal design. May I suggest a redesign to emphasize exactly what you say the feature does? I too thought it would instantly send, as I believe the design suggests it will.
Mark Newhouse
I see on my phone app but not on my computer why?
Jordan Gonen
This will win big!
Pablo
Uh oh, let's be careful about this... Avogadro Corp, I mean Google, might end up creating our ELOPe...