The update the Gmail Android app received in Android 4.2 was pretty huge, in my opinion. The swipe to archive/delete function is nice and useful (and a direct rip from webOS, which is understandable since Android’s director of user experience Matias Duarte used to be VP of Palm). But the biggest feature is the message auto-fitting, which zooms out all… Read more
Google continues the tight integration between their services. This time, they have integrated Google Drive into Gmail. As you probably know, if you try to attach files to an email, you’re hit with a 25MB limit. Attaching 10 photos off of a camera after an event is impossible. That painful time is finally over, because you can just press “Insert files… Read more
Google is adding more robust searching to Gmail today, in the form of searching by size and date. If you want to search by size, type in size:5m or larger:5m, using the example of 5 MB, into the search box. The same goes for date. You can type in older_than:1y for emails older than a year. While it’s not quite ideal to be typing these unnatural terms to… Read more
One problem I’ve always had with Gmail is that I have to leave the compose screen when I take a look at other emails. Gmail’s interface is a bit archaic in some ways, and this is one of them. Despite not liking Yahoo Mail, their tab-based system works a lot better. Google seems to understand that, so they’ve redesigned the compose interface. Instead… Read more
Along with Android 4.2 came an update to Google Now, not limited to Android 4.2 users. It’s a pretty significant update, so if you’re running Android 4.1 or above, hit the source link to grab the update. Google is integrating Gmail into Google Now. They’ve been doing this with the Google search box on the site for a few weeks, so it makes sense that… Read more
Last month, Google started a trial for a feature called Google Search+ , a limited beta that not many were able to participate in. The highlight of the new search feature has been that it adds relevant Gmail messages to your search results. For example, you can simply search for the phrase “NFL tickets” and any emails that you have discussing… Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=00xUH86sJV0 The Gmail APK version 4.2 has been released into the wild, and it should work with all Android 4.0+ builds. As you can see in the video, it includes two new cool features. First, you can swipe an email to either archive or delete it. Nice gesture, looks a LOT like the webOS… Read more
If there is one issue, one single standalone issue that I have with Gmail app on Android, it has long been the lack of a pinch-to-zoom feature. I don’t know what has caused such a lengthy delay in Google bringing this feature to their very own built in app, but it’s been far too long. Thankfully, today we have some good news, nay, the amazing news… Read more
Google has made an announcement on its Google Operating System blog. Users now have the ability to search inside of attachments in Google’s e-mail client. Previously GMail users were able to search for attachments by file name, however, the text within attached PDFs, documents, and other files was not previously searchable from your inbox search… Read more
Got a Nexus 7 tablet hanging around? Be sure to check out your app updates today as Google has updated the Gmail app with support for 7″ tablets. The latest update makes the app fully compatible and optimized for 7″ tablets, just like the Nexus 7. Of course other 7″ tablets will benefit from this update, but it’s really the Nexus 7 we love now? Am I… Read more
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