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Washington Post
Tatum Hunter, Washington Post
Google rolls out new look for Gmail . Upcoming changes include a left menu for quick clicks to Chats, Spaces, and Meet. Easy filtering to find emails quickly. Many shades of blue.
According to Google, the purpose of the move is to make it easier to access a variety of apps, including the company's instant messenger and video conferencing tools, right from your Gmail inbox. is to
Google users are used to sudden design and branding switches. In 2020, the company renamed its collection of apps from Google Suite to Google Workspace. It continues to use the name and logo of the accompanying video, chat, and collaboration apps, presumably in hopes of turning a diverse collection of products into one hub. Gmail users can now easily switch back and forth between apps, the company says.
“We have seen further evolution during the pandemic as tens of millions of people around the world began to move between email, messaging, group chats and video calls as part of managing their daily lives. Google Product Manager Neena Kamath said in a recent blog post: “We combined Gmail, Chat, Spaces and Meet into one unified view for her to help people stay connected.”
The biggest change to Gmail is automatic is not done on purpose. You should look for changes. To add Chat Instant Messages, Spaces Collaboration Rooms, or Meet Video Calls to the new left-hand menu, open her Gmail inbox in your browser and click the Settings icon (the little gear) in the top-right corner . Under "Apps for Gmail," select Customize. Select the app you want to add, reload, and it should appear in the left-hand menu, along with Mail and Space.
Google also said it would add a "search tip" to Gmail's inbox. These are buttons that help narrow your search when looking for a specific message or attachment. A new tip button appears next to the back and forth arrows at the top of your inbox.
Gmail is one of the most widely adopted email services, with over 1 billion users. But people's loyalty to Google's email service hasn't always been as satisfying. The company did away with the practice of reading emails in 2017 to better target users with ads, but didn't directly say whether privacy protections are preventing companies from incorporating tracking technologies into emails. not. Last year, Google ended free photo storage. Some users now see a warning at the top of their inbox that they're about to run out of the 15 gigabytes of free storage that comes with their Google account.
App redesigns rarely hit the people who use them. If you want to go back to the older version, go to Settings again and select Go back to original view.
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