More information included in comment notifications to help avoid phishing and malware

When someone mentions you in a comment in a Google Workspace document, we send you an email notification with the comment and the commenter’s name. With this update, we are adding the commenter’s email address to the email notification. 

We hope that by providing this additional information, this will help you feel more confident that you’re receiving a legitimate notification rather than a spam or phishing attempt by a bad actor. 

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
• End users: This feature will be available by default. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using comments and actions items and comment notifications. 

• Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on March 3, 2022

• Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers
• Also available to users with personal Google accounts 

• Google Help: Use comments and action items 
• Google Help: Get Google Drive notifications