Your Google email account is changing — it’s getting even more social.
A new Google update will make “people front and center in Gmail” — or rather the people you know who signed up for Google+.
These updates will further integrate Google+ — the search engine’s social network — into Gmail. Now when users search for an email address, contact information from Google+ profiles will show automatically. This means Google+ profiles are pushed to the forefront including profile pictures, emails, chat prompts and phone numbers. This could be a solution for Google+’s lackluster user engagement.
A company product manager Itamar Gilad described the new personalized changes in an official blog post.
“These updates are helping us to provide a more consistent, beautiful experience across all of our products,” he wrote. “Quick access to contact details will be rolling out to everyone today. To take advantage of circles and more in Gmail, you’ll need to join Google+.”
Google+ circles are also finding their way into your email. You’ll be able to filter messages by circles of friends. To see how, watch the video above.
Updates like these are a part of Google’s master plan to incorporate Google+ into all facets of the company’s products. Google unveiled Google Search Plus Your World in January.
Do you think Google+ is an effective directory? Tell us which social network you turn to for contact information — for friends or strangers.
Monday 21 May 2012
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