Your Google Sheets are about to get a lot smarter - but only if you pay

Date:
Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:30:40 +0000

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New Duet AI tool for Google Sheets promises to add context to your spreadsheet, but will you use it?

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Google has announced what it calls the next evolution of automated data entry in Google Sheets, but it will only be available for Duet AI users who are willing to pay an extra $30 per month or rather, whose companies see the value in such a significant monthly fee.

The addition of Enhanced Smart Fill, an upgraded version of the existing
Smart Fill functionality, is designed to help reduce the amount of time workers spend on manual data organization, especially in spreadsheet software .

Unsurprisingly, artificial intelligence is what sets it apart and commands
the higher price tag, but the difference between it and the regular Smart
Fill might not be as substantial as youd hope. Google Sheets gets new AI feature

Google said that Enhanced Smart Fill can recognize and fill patterns like: sentiment classification, combining and generating text, extracting specific text, formatting addresses, structuring phone numbers and emails, condensing text and more.

Smart Fill, which was added in 2020, already detects patterns between columns and suggests data for remaining cells using Googles Knowledge Graph. (Image credit: Google)

Some potential use cases include generating simplified next steps for businesses from unformatted notes, or creating messages in response to data
in other cells. The reality is that the feature looks to be an embedded, contextual deployment of an existing generative AI feature, rather than anything particularly pioneering.

Google added: This feature will only appear if relationships between data points exist within your spreadsheet.

The feature has been switched on by default for Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise users so long as the right conditions are met, and there are no admin controls to disable it.

While the feature in isolation is rather underwhelming, the fact is that
small injections of GenAI across Sheets and the rest of Googles free office apps will add up to considerable productivity boosts for many workers. More from TechRadar Pro Need a Sheets alternative? Heres the best free office software Lots more Duet AI could be coming to Google Workspace soon Weve rounded up the best online collaboration tools



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