Google will be updating their Gmail app for Android – adding a ton of new features and important bug fixes.
The key feature that stands out will be the one unifying inboxes across accounts. Google has finally realized that the average Joe has more than one account – whether it is for Google Drive or for Gmail. “Starting today you’ll be able to view all your mail at once, regardless of which account it is from, using the new ‘All Inboxes’ option. This way you can read and respond to all your messages without having to hop between accounts.” Google has stated in a blog post.
We have been waiting for this feature for ages, but better to be late than never, right? With the added support for Microsoft and Yahoo Mail, it just feels like an early Christmas present. Now you can easily use your forgotten Yahoo e-mail – just for nostalgia sake I presume because that place is a ghost city.
Another cool feature that Google developers have thought of is regarding how a user stacks his conversations from Yahoo, and Outlook accounts – doesn’t matter witch e-mail provider you’re using, you’ll be able to stack them neatly into a single, individual conversation instead of just going back and forth.
Those of you who were reticent of using the Gmail app should know that these added features, and bug fixes are only available for Android 4.0 and upwards – Gmail 5 has replaced the Android e-mail app with the release of Android 5.0 Lollipop.
Google is constantly trying to improve their search algorithms not only for their search engine, but for their apps also – “Search is the cornerstone of Google, and of Gmail. The new Gmail app for Android has better auto-complete, so you can find what you need even faster.” I’m really glad to see that Google is improving their apps, and they are keeping up with the times. I have been using their services since 2007, a date that coincides with the start of The Official Gmail Blog, and I have witnessed all the layouts and changes.
For a full detailed list of what Google has added, changed, or fixed, I urge you to visit their post on The Official Gmail Blog – it has been redacted by Régis Décamps, a Google software engineer.
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