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Coming back to the office after a few days away usually means trawling through an email backlog.
A standard out-of-office response usually works but there’s a high chance you’ll still have those “oops, sorry, didn’t realise you were away” messages from colleagues clogging up your inbox.
Google has added a new feature to both Gmail and Hangouts Chat that aims to cut down on this kind of thing.
If you’re out of the office, a yellow banner will appear at the bottom of any email or chat window informing your colleagues that you’re away.
They’ll get the notification before they even have a chance to hit the ‘Send’ button.
The feature is only being made available to business users who are signed up to G Suite – the more expansive paid-for version of Google’s software.
When you’re out of office, you want to feel like you’re out of office. A new G Suite feature should help you achieve that vacation bliss: Gmail and Google Hangouts will now let the world know you’re OOO when they go to email/chat you. Kick back, relax, and put down the phone.
— Shelly Palmer (@shellypalmer) August 30, 2019
It’s going to be enabled automatically and will be rolled out to users over the next few weeks.
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