Gmail

Spark Email Gets Dark Theme on Android

Kellen November 20, 2019

Spark, the 3rd party email option that a number of people switched to after Google killed off Inbox, is getting a dark theme today on Android. After being in beta for most of the week, the new darker skin should be available to everyone now. The dark theme was...

Dark Mode for Gmail is Here! (Updated)

Tim October 22, 2019

Gmail's Dark Mode was thought to be a unicorn. Everyone we asked, no one had it. It seemed to be a very hard thing to find. However, as of 5 minutes ago, both Kellen and I have it for our Gmail apps. Considering Google said this was rolling out back in...

Tip: The Fast Account Switcher Swipe in Select Google Apps is so Great

Kellen October 3, 2019

In recent months, Google has slowly been adding one of the handiest tricks to its apps that Google users with multiple accounts should all be taking advantage of. It's a simple gesture, but it allows you to jump between accounts quicker than any other method....

Gmail Dark Theme Begins Rolling Out Today

Kellen September 24, 2019

Alongside the Android 10 announcement earlier this month, Google told us that Gmail would soon be able to play with the Android version's new dark mode, but not until later in the month. As we approach the end of September, we're officially at "later in the...

Gmail’s Dark Theme Starts to Rollout

Kellen September 10, 2019

As a part of Android 10 leaving beta and arriving on Pixel devices as a stable build with official dark theme, Google told us that Gmail would get its darker makeover later on this month. Today, it looks like the rollout of the darker side of Gmail may have...

Poll: Inbox Users, Which Email Service Did You Stick With?

Kellen August 30, 2019

Earlier this week, we pointed out that if you were somehow still using old, working versions of Google's Inbox app, this week was likely your final week to do so. Google killed off most (or all of) the last few working builds, leaving you with no choice but to...

Google Inbox is, Like, Super Duper Fully Dead Now

Kellen August 29, 2019

Inbox has been dead since the end of March and most of us moved on at that time to Gmail or another 3rd party email app, even if that change still pains us today as all other email apps are inferior and built for those who'd rather spend their time in email,...

Google’s Sunday Service Outage Caused by an “Incorrectly Applied” Server Configuration

Kellen June 4, 2019

Yesterday's Google Fi outage wasn't the only major outage Google services suffered this week. On Sunday, a somewhat major outage took out Gmail, YouTube, Google Drive, and other services for a number of hours for millions of users. Google blamed "network...