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How to create a Gmail account on your phone or PC
Making a brand-new Google account is pretty simple
Beyond sending and receiving emails, your Gmail account is the gateway to unlocking the best of your spiffy new Android phone and accessing Google services, like Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Maps, Chrome, Google Photos, and more. Creating a Gmail account is straightforward whether you recently switched to Android from iOS, want to use a Google product, or need another email address for an online job. This guide shows how to set up a Gmail account for yourself, your child, or someone else.
Clutter, in its many forms, can suffocate space and lower productivity. Spam emails and unorganized files can overwhelm even the top-of-the-line Android phones and the sharpest minds. Google includes an easy way to mass delete emails on the web using any device. You can quickly clean out your inbox and keep things organized with a few clicks. Here's how to delete those emails when you decide it's time to get your inbox under control.
Everyone believed an obvious Gmail hoax because Google can't stop killing products
Google needs to fix its infamous reputation for stopping projects on a whim
This week, the rumor was Google would shut down Gmail on August 1, 2024. It's a baseless hoax that doesn't make any sense — after all, Gmail is the cornerstone of Google's Workspace platform and its account management system. The fact that many people fell for the fake shutdown notice that circulated on X paints a grim picture for Google, though. With the company shutting down or rebranding project after project over the last few years, many people no longer find it implausible that Google could kill a service as essential as Gmail. That's a big problem for the company.
Duet AI is now Google Gemini, ready to help in Gmail, Docs, and other Workspace apps
Gemini Ultra is now available for anyone on the Google One Premium AI plan
Google Bard is now Google Gemini. Google Assistant is in the process of being replaced by Google Gemini. If you're in the Google ecosystem, it seems there's no escaping the Gemini AI revolution, which is impressive considering the Gemini branding only first emerged a few months back. Now, Duet AI for Workspace has become the next product to go full Gemini.
Android's Reading Mode gains Gmail functionality so you can finally listen to your emails
Not every single email works in Reading Mode, but enough that we noticed the change
With all the productivity features Google offers in Gmail, it's getting harder and harder to find excuses for ignoring an email. From focused inboxes and filters, to a handy little compose reply box automatically populating under an email, to upcoming AI integrations that'll make drafting emails quicker and easier, we have a lot to look forward to on Google's email platform.
Gmail's new reply box is hitting more inboxes
Forget tapping 'Reply,' Gmail lets you fire back right away with its new reply box
Responding to an email used to mean scrolling to the bottom, picking reply options, and typing a response (or using the emoji responses that were rolled out late last year). It's not a huge hassle, but it takes a few taps. If you've ever skipped a reply due to time constraints, a Gmail redesign for Android might be your solution. After a few months of testing, the chat-style reply box is now reaching more users.
Upcoming Gmail feature wants you to speak to Google's AI
How soon you can try out the feature is still up in the air
Gmail already offers a bunch of AI-based features that help you quickly draft your emails. While in-line suggestions have been around for a long time, Gmail recently got the ability to draft emails on your behalf using AI with simple prompts, as you can do with ChatGPT and Bard. This feature is part of a limited experiment, but Google is adding a new way to get Gmail to draft your emails by simply asking it on the Android app.
Google Spaces: How to set up and use Google's group collaboration platform
Turn your boring group chats into a productivity powerhouse with Google Spaces
Google Spaces has been through several iterations since its inception in 2016. It began as a desktop and mobile app to compete with Slack and provide a space for teams (or friend groups) to collaborate, chat, and share videos and other content. Like other Google social experiments, it was discontinued the following year, in April 2017. That wasn't the end of Spaces. When Google+ (and its enterprise-focused follow-up, Currents) was sunsetted, the Spaces brand was revived to scoop up functionality Google wanted to keep in its portfolio.
Gmail's unsubscribe button is rolling out on Android
Getting rid of unwanted newsletters is now a two-tap operation in many cases
Gmail has long offered a way to quickly unsubscribe from unwanted mass emails in its web app with a button right within the header. Just after this button underwent a design change to become more prominent, Google is finally giving that same option a prominent place in its Gmail Android app.
Scheduling an email in Gmail lets you send a time-sensitive email when you're not at your computer. Whether you're working with people in different time zones or want to get a headstart on your emails for the day, this feature helps you maintain your productivity alongside these tips to organize your inbox.
This extension gets rid of Gmail's pesky emoji reactions
De-Gmojify hides the emoji reaction button Google added to its email service
Gmail has largely looked and felt the same over the past years. Instead of returning to its old forms by releasing something like Inbox, Google is focusing on smaller refinements to the Gmail experience. The latest in line are emoji reactions, which allow you to send Slack-style emojis in reply to other Gmail users. If you’re annoyed by this addition or afraid you might accidentally send one of those in a professional environment, a new Chrome extension from noted developer Dylan Russouel has your back.
After all these years, Gmail for Android gets a feature it needed from day one
Yes, we're talking about a Select All button for your email app in 2024
Gmail is, without a doubt, one of the best email apps for Android, and it has earned its place as the most widely-used email service in the world — but it's definitely not perfect. Like most Google products, it has some glaring weaknesses that make you scratch your head, especially in the context of all the industry-leading features, like Help Me Write and advanced search filters, that it does support. Perhaps the most puzzling omission over the years has been the app's lack of a Select All option — instead, you've had to manually select each email you want to delete, archive, or recategorize. That has finally changed.
How to log out of your Gmail account on your iPhone
These methods work whether you're with the phone or not
While a Google account is typically associated with the Gmail app and access to emails, it's tied to a lot more. It controls your Drive files and folders, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar data, and so on. With the amount of sensitive data linked to your account, it's important to fully log out of Google, whether upgrading to an iPhone 15 Pro Max and giving out your old device or trying to prevent data theft on your stolen iPhone. Keep reading to find out how.
Gmail and Search are primed to help you shop this holiday season
Filter and track your stocking-stuffers with the help of Google's holiday shopping features
With the holiday season in full swing, many people are finding themselves opting for online purchases to complete their extensive gift lists, rather than the traditional last-minute crowded shopping mall hunt. Despite being incredibly convenient, online shopping comes with its fair share of challenges, even if sites like Gmail can help you track packages with ease. Even so, the process of finding a specific product and where to purchase it, timing up the delivery and, of course, the dreaded product return when you inevitably gamble on a last-second gift can make online shopping a bit of a hassle.
Gmail: The ultimate guide for advanced search filters
Find the exact email you've been looking for, or finally reach Inbox Zero
Your inbox can explode with new emails when you sign up for apps, newsletters, and other promotional content, making it hard to spot the ones that matter. You can set up different email accounts for specific types of emails so that your primary inbox remains clutter-free. This may not be a practical or easy solution for everyone. You can also mass delete emails, which might cause you to lose important communication.
Gmail has been the most popular email client for years. It creates a seamless virtual environment with other Google apps, such as Calendar and Meet. It is pre-installed on Android devices and sleek new Chromebooks, which makes Gmail an accessible email client.
Redesigned Gmail app for tablets makes better use of horizontal space
Google’s latest update finally adds a navigation rail to Gmail for tablets
With Google back in the tablet game again with the Pixel Tablet, the company has been updating its first-party services to make better use of the additional space on bigger screens. While Gmail quickly made use of a dual-pane interface with a list of emails on the left and a detailed view on the right, it never received a left-aligned navigation rail to replace the bottom bar. That’s finally changing, as a server-side update is rolling out to further improve the email client’s tablet interface.
How to make a desktop Gmail on your Mac or PC
Check your emails frequently without opening the web browser
Gmail is one of the most popular email services, which is used by billions across the world. Creating an account on Gmail is a cakewalk, and using the email service is also super easy. You can install the Gmail app on your shiny new Android smartphone or your Apple device and keep a check on your emails. However, you must use a web browser to access Gmail on desktops.
Gmail for Android might put the unsubscribe button right in your face
Maybe soon you can unsubscribe from spam without embarking on a quest to find the elusive unsubscribe button
Your Gmail inbox is a hot mess of important emails, bill alerts, newsletters you never read, and other spammy nonsense. And sometimes, those pesky marketing emails sneak in, either because you carelessly handed out your email address to some random website or because someone else decided to play matchmaker. Thankfully, there are easy ways to silence them all, especially if you're using Gmail on a desktop. On mobile, however, the unsubscribe process is a pain in the neck; you have to scroll down to the bottom of the email, squint at some tiny text, and hunt for the "Unsubscribe" link. But Google might actually make this process less of a hassle soon.
Emails are a big part of our lives, whether it's staying connected with loved ones, handling work stuff, or keeping track of orders. But not all emails deserve your time and attention. Maybe you receive emails from senders you'd rather ignore before they reach your inbox. Gmail makes it easy to do that by blocking unwanted email addresses.