A few months ago, Google announced a new field trial wherein you could search within your emails by using the regular old Google.com, if you were logged into your account
Today, the company announced that the field trial would open up a little wider, as well as include items stored on your Google Drive and Calendar.
As you type a search in Gmail you’ll instantly see relevant emails as well as results from Google Drive, Google Calendar and more.
“Gmail is almost larger than our web corpus and it continues to grow. We’re seeing a demo of what would happen if you searched for something to buy on Amazon. Gmail results for things will pop up on the right-hand side of your Google search, if you’re part of this trial.” says Sagar Kamdar, Director of Product Management, and Universal Search at Google.
You can click an icon that “hides” personalized results, if you aren’t interested in seeing Gmail search results. This is tricky because this is also how you turn off personal search results influenced by Google+. This should most certainly be separated.
Currently, this is not available for everyone, but sooner is expected to be available globally. You can sign up to get the trial now.
