Google is rolling out a brand new function in its Docs that’s designed to make it simpler to make use of its phrase processor to draft emails, the company has announced. It’s a part of Google’s “smart canvas” initiative, which goals to seamlessly weave collectively the search large’s productiveness software program like Meet, Docs, and Gmail.

Much like Google Docs’s different good canvas options, the e-mail draft template is accessed with the @ image, earlier than deciding on “Email draft” from the context menu. You can then draft the e-mail, together with defining recipients, a topic line, and its physique textual content. When it’s able to ship, click on the Gmail icon on the left to open the e-mail service.

The function appears most helpful for emails that a number of folks have to contribute to, permitting everybody to collaboratively edit them in a Google Doc and publish feedback and recommendations. Sure, there was nothing to cease you from copying and pasting textual content between the 2 Google providers earlier than, however the entire level of good canvas is to make switching between merchandise like this extra seamless.

Google says the e-mail draft function, which it teased final month, will probably be obtainable to all Google Workspace clients, in addition to anybody on legacy G Suite Basic and Business plans. It’s step by step rolling out to speedy launch domains now however will begin showing for many customers from subsequent week.