Google introduces Springboard, an A.I-powered supporter

Google has unwrapped two significant announcements for its enterprise customers, the most notable of which is the rollout of Springboard, a new digital assistant to help enterprise companies that make use of Google’s services for business.

Springboard, which has been in testing with “a small set of customers,” is a little like Google Now for enterprise workers.

That’s to say that it offers a single search interface which utilizes artificial intelligence to surface information within a user’s suite of Google products — such as Google Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Google Docs and more.

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That’s important because, according to Prabhakar Raghavan, VP of Engineering for Google Apps, “the average knowledge worker [currently] spends the equivalent of one full day a week searching for and gathering information.”

Beyond search, Springboard also provides “useful and actionable information and recommendations” to users throughout their work day.

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