Google adds more productivity-boosting features to G Suite

G Suite, Google's rebranded and refurbished set of cloud office tools previously known as Google Apps for Work, is getting a little smarter and more helpful. Google announced Wednesday it's adding a series of new productivity-boosting features to the office suite. First, Google Docs is getting an upgrade with Action Items, a way to assign tasks to colleagues from within a document. If a user types in a phrase like, "Andrea to schedule a weekly check in" on desktop, Docs will use natural language processing to intelligently suggest an Action Item to assign to the right person. A user can also manually assign an Action item from Docs, Shees and Slides desktop and mobile apps by mentioning a person's name in a comment and checking the "new Action item" box.