Gmail is already enabling an improvement that will make it easier for some users to find a specific email in search: choose the order of the results To display the newest or most relevant results for the search first.

It’s not always easy to find a specific email in Gmail, especially if you’re doing a general search that returns many results. So far Gmail has offered you a few “best results” and then show the rest chronologicallybut with the new filter you will be able to choose the one that suits you best.

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Google is changing Gmail to make search more useful and give users control How do you want the results to be sorted? by date or relevance to the search term.

In 2021, Gmail added filters to the search with which we can refine the results by sender, labels, date or attachment type. A filter is no longer added, but a way to sort the results. For those who have already enabled it, like Artem Russakovskii, it appears just below the filter bar.

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The default order is: the last oneDisplays emails matching the search in descending chronological order. So those who arrive last leave first. When we tap on it, a menu opens where we can choose another way to sort the results: more relevant.

Yes We sort results by relevanceWe’ll get the emails that best match what we’re looking for first, even if they’re not recent emails. This way of sorting the results can be useful for very specific searches or if we’re trying to find an old email.

These two new ways to sort searches change current mode Here a few main (most relevant) results are shown first, then the remaining emails are sorted chronologically.

Currently this way of sorting search results is still used in Gmail in the distribution phaseso it doesn’t seem to be available to all users yet.

via | Android Police

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