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MANILA, Philippines – If you’re a Gmail user and have typed in the name of a person you frequently connect with, you may be in for a surprise following a recently discovered issue in the email service’s autocomplete function.
TechCrunch reported Tuesday, February 24, that power users who relied on the autocomplete function to pick the right recipient ended up getting the wrong names. It made sending emails slightly more difficult for people accustomed to the function.
has anyone else noticed that the autocomplete for addresses in gmail has gotten horrendously bad recently?
— Sam Altman (@sama) February 23, 2015
Gmail’s Twitter account responded to the social media chatter, saying that they had investigated and found the bug, and were working on a fix for the issue.
Thanks again for your patience everyone re: Gmail and auto-complete. We’ve identified the issue and are working on a fix. Stay tuned.
— Gmail (@gmail) February 24, 2015
– Rappler.com
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