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Gmail Adding Photo and Attachment Previews on Android

Kellen November 24, 2025 1

Google appears to be slow-rolling a feature improvement to Gmail that will add more information to notifications. Little previews of attachments and a paperclip emoji have started showing on select accounts when the sender has included an extra goodie for you....

Gmail Gets “Help Me Schedule” Feature for Email Responses

Kellen October 14, 2025 1

Responding to an email with a request for meeting times should get a lot easier going forward if you use Gmail and allow Gemini into the action. Google announced a new feature called "Help Me Schedule" that will automate hopefully shorten the process of...

Gmail Workspace Gets E2EE Email Delivery to Anyone

Tim October 3, 2025 2

Google is rolling out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) inside of Gmail for all recipients, even if you aren't a Gmail user. Listed as for Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) users, a person can now send an encrypted email to any email address, then have the...

Google Acknowledges Life Completion With ‘Mark as Read’ in Gmail

Tim September 23, 2025 5

Two months ago, we told you life was complete with the arrival of Mark as Read shortcuts for Gmail notifications. Google has finally gotten around to announcing it, so yeah, life is officially complete. Along with announcing its arrival for Workspace users,...

Gmail Adds New Package Tracking Summary to Top of Your Inbox

Kellen September 11, 2025 5

Google today announced that Gmail is getting purchase and delivery updates in a special section at the top of your inbox. Honestly, I feel like I've had this in my personal Gmail account for weeks (month+?) and didn't realize it was new, but it is! It's...

Gmail Gets “Mark as Read” in Notification and Life is Complete

Kellen August 15, 2025 12

Sometimes the smallest change can bring the biggest moments of happiness. The proof in that idea is the addition of a "Mark as read" shortcut in Gmail notifications on Android, which appears to be widely rolling out after slow-rolling for something like 2...

Gmail’s “Manage Subscriptions” Feature is Really Here This Time

Kellen July 8, 2025 4

Gmail is getting a new "Manage Subscriptions" feature that probably sounds familiar, and that's because it was first revealed almost 3 months ago now. Well, Google did it subtly through a support page that was spotted, only they never made a public...

Fancy New Gemini Summary Cards Arrive in Gmail

Tim May 30, 2025 1

On desktop, Gmail users have been enjoying Gemini-powered summary cards for a bit now, so it's about time that Google brought them to mobile users. Starting this week, you'll begin to see these summary cards automatically populate at the top of supported...