Google adds expanded Markdown support to Docs on the web, off by default, as part of its autocorrect feature (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Google adds expanded Markdown support to Docs on the web, off by default, as part of its autocorrect feature  —  ## An alternative to keyboard shortcuts  —  Google is adding Markdown support to Google Docs on the web, letting you format your document using text shortcuts rather than keyboard ones.