Google Drive gets smarter, check out the latest updates

Google Drive’s search feature finally gets some much-needed updates like the auto-correct feature that will automatically suggest corrections to misspelled search terms. Google has also integrated drive with its natural language processing tool, making the user experience even better.

Announcing the updates, Google said, “Innovation is critical to business success, so we’re constantly trying to build tools that enable our customers to do more. Starting today, you can use Natural Language Processing (NLP) and other new and improved features in Drive search on the web to find files easier and faster.”

The natural language processing service is surely the best of the lot. It enables users to “search like you talk.” For example, you can say “find my XYZ ppt from last December” or “show me presentations from Anissa,” and Drive will know what to do — assuming of course, that the content you are requesting it to come up with is there in the first place. And as this feature works on the web giant’s NLP algorithm, it will get better the more you use it, learning all the way.

There are interesting features for Google Docs as well. You can now easily split your document into multiple columns in Docs. It will also now automatically save a copy of the non-Google file you open, convert and edit in Docs, Sheets or Slides, in its original format.

This feature has been introduced considering the fact that work can happen across a spectrum of formats. Meanwhile, you can view or download the non-Google source file in its original format directly from Revision History in Docs, Sheets, and Slides on the web.