Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Enhance your writing in Google Docs with Proofread, available with Duet AI for Workspace

This announcement was made at Google Cloud Next ‘23. Visit the Workspace Blog to learn more about the next wave of AI innovation in Workspace. This feature is exclusive to the Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise add-on.

What’s changing

Google Docs offers several existing capabilities to help you write faster and with more confidence, such as grammar suggestions, smart compose, and smart reply. Today, we’re introducing the next generation of writing suggestions, powered by AI: Proofread.


In addition to spelling and grammar, Proofread will provide a list of suggestions you can review and accept, including:
  • Conciseness: Suggestions for making your writing more concise 
  • Active voice: Suggestions for making your writing more clear to readers
  • Wording: Suggestions for making words sound more dynamic or formal in context
  • Sentence Split: Suggestions for splitting up complex sentences to make your writing easier to read



Who’s impacted

End users


Why you’d use it

Proofread is our latest innovation that helps you more easily and quickly compose high-quality content in Google Docs. It can help improve conciseness and make your documents clearer and easier to read.  These suggestions are non-intrusive and won’t clutter your document as you compose and collaborate — you can easily review all suggestions directly from the Proofread sidebar whenever you’re ready and decide which suggestions are most appropriate for you to accept. Plus, you can customize the types of suggestions you’ll see via the filter option, helping ensure we’re giving you the most relevant suggestions.


Additional details

If you’re currently participating in alpha testing for Proofread, you’ll need to purchase the Duet AI for Workspace Enterprise add-on to continue using this feature. If not, you will no longer be able to access the feature beginning on August 29, 2023.


Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. This feature is exclusive to Google Workspace customers with the Duet AI for Workspace Enterprise add-on. Use this link to get started with a trial for Duet AI.
  • End users: 
    • This feature will be ON by default and can be turned off in Docs by going to Tools > Proofread. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Proofread in Docs.
    • You can open the Proofread sidebar by selecting this icon:


    • There will be a bluedot alongside this icon when there are writing suggestions for your document: