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Latest Gmail update lets you preview and browse full attachments within emails, save files direct to Drive
Google wants to make sure you never have to leave its tidy suite of services and today's Gmail update goes a long way towards assuring that. Now, previews of file attachments will show up at the bottom of emails and can be expanded to full-size view just by hovering over them with the cursor. That preview state not only lets users browse multi-page documents and search for text, but also presents an option to upload directly to Google Drive, so you can access those files from the cloud on whatever device, wherever you go. The update's set to roll out "over the next week," and is desktop-only for now. But this being Google, you can expect Gmail's new preview convenience to seep into mobile sooner than later.
Gmail now searches attachment text, homework hoarders rejoice!
As Google continues to improve other areas of its broad ecosystem, it's always great to see that the company hasn't abandoned its search simplification roots. A spokesperson for the company told us, "we recently added the ability to search within Gmail attachments as part of our ongoing efforts to improve search." This potential time-saver plays nice with Word docs, PDFs, PPTs and many other file extensions. Currently in its infancy, some of your older attachments may not have been indexed yet, so you might not be able to "share" last year's term paper with your younger sibling until Google brings the feature up to speed. However, if you're just looking to locate that recently received Word doc filled with notes from your study buddy, then have at it.
