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This means that Yahoo and Outlook users have access to Google Now email-based cards before those of us using Google Apps.

mh- 11y ago
it's astounding that they still haven't bridged the UX gap for users w/ Google Apps accounts all these years later. Nowadays, with the more enterprise-y features (policy, etc.) of the {Gmail,Apps} for Work, I at least get _why_ they're not on parity. But if you asked me 5 years ago, I would have never guessed this (Apps users missing out on XYZ) would still be a thing.
- andybak 11y ago
  Yep. I'd be paying Google cold, hard, cash for a Google Apps account if it wasn't for this.
magicalist 11y ago
This needs to start eating its own tail and support gmailifying google apps accounts :)
tssva 11y ago
Google Apps supports Google Now email-based cards. It needs to be enabled by your Google Apps administrator.
- jakebasile 11y ago
  I've heard this before, and as far as I can tell it isn't true. There is an option buried in Device Management that claims to turn on Google Now for Android users but the service it enables is a subset of the full capability of the product. Namely, you get no cards based off of your email inbox. No flight notifications, package tracking, and similar things.
  - tssva 11y ago
    I do.
- c5karl 11y ago
  It is in fact possible to get full Google Now functionality in a Google Apps domain. I've had it working for a long while. Go to the Google Apps Admin Console (https://admin.google.com/AdminHome https://admin.google.com/AdminHome). Navigate to Apps > Additional Google Services You'll see a gray bar at the top of the screen ("Filter: Top featured services"). Click the "X" on the top right to disable that filter. Scroll down to "Web History" and select "On for everyone." Each user may then need to also enable Web History for his or her own account (https://www.google.com/settings/accounthistory/search https://www.google.com/settings/accounthistory/search). No, it shouldn't be that hard, but, yes, that will work.
- msh 11y ago
  I have never been able to get email based cards for my domain account. How did you set it up?
  - tssva 11y ago
    Instructions are at https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2938260?hl=en https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2938260?hl=en. Even though the setting is under Android Settings it does also enable Google Now for iOS.

mh- 11y ago

it's astounding that they still haven't bridged the UX gap for users w/ Google Apps accounts all these years later. Nowadays, with the more enterprise-y features (policy, etc.) of the {Gmail,Apps} for Work, I at least get _why_ they're not on parity. But if you asked me 5 years ago, I would have never guessed this (Apps users missing out on XYZ) would still be a thing.

andybak 11y ago
Yep. I'd be paying Google cold, hard, cash for a Google Apps account if it wasn't for this.

magicalist 11y ago

This needs to start eating its own tail and support gmailifying google apps accounts :)

tssva 11y ago

Google Apps supports Google Now email-based cards. It needs to be enabled by your Google Apps administrator.

jakebasile 11y ago
I've heard this before, and as far as I can tell it isn't true. There is an option buried in Device Management that claims to turn on Google Now for Android users but the service it enables is a subset of the full capability of the product. Namely, you get no cards based off of your email inbox. No flight notifications, package tracking, and similar things.
- tssva 11y ago
  I do.
c5karl 11y ago
It is in fact possible to get full Google Now functionality in a Google Apps domain. I've had it working for a long while. Go to the Google Apps Admin Console (https://admin.google.com/AdminHome https://admin.google.com/AdminHome). Navigate to Apps > Additional Google Services You'll see a gray bar at the top of the screen ("Filter: Top featured services"). Click the "X" on the top right to disable that filter. Scroll down to "Web History" and select "On for everyone." Each user may then need to also enable Web History for his or her own account (https://www.google.com/settings/accounthistory/search https://www.google.com/settings/accounthistory/search). No, it shouldn't be that hard, but, yes, that will work.
msh 11y ago
I have never been able to get email based cards for my domain account. How did you set it up?
- tssva 11y ago
  Instructions are at https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2938260?hl=en https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2938260?hl=en. Even though the setting is under Android Settings it does also enable Google Now for iOS.