The new features of Gmail on Android that have gone unnoticed
During the past week Google has been in charge of fine-tuning its applications for smartphones, launching updates for tools as useful and widespread as Gmail, the email client. Updates that have improved some features but also hide other issues that may have gone unnoticed at first glance.Among them the preparations for what seems imminent and that many users will not like: the introduction of in this tool
Thus, the people of the blog Android Police have discovered, after some time of experimentation, that the new version of Gmail brings with it different files related to Google Ads, this company's service. In this way, through files and folders plans to carry out advertisingto the version for smartphones of Gmail, since the web version already has them . At the moment it can only be guessed from the name of these files that it will be banners, although without specifying the specific format of these ads. It is believed that it will even be possible to store the ads that interest you to consult them at another time. Issues that are still to be confirmed and that we will have to wait to see if they are intrusive, although so far Googlehas been able to apply this experience to other of its services.
Along with these discovered files, the Gmail application, in its latest update, has brought with it other changes not specified in your news list One of them is the warning that any of the messages could not be sent In this way, a card appears in the inbox indicating the number of emails that They could not be taken to the recipients and remain in the unsent state. Simply click on the notice to access the outbox and check this information, being able to modify, forward or delete the message.
Another of the changes received in the new version is the image of the user in the notifications Thus, in previous versions, when a user did not have a profile picture a gray box appeared in received mail notifications.Now, if no such image exists, just like in the inbox, a color box appears. with the initial of that user in the notification dropdown. Just a welcome visual change from the gray squares.
Finally there are other small, very subtle changes. One of them is the disappearance of the Cancel button when exiting the composition screen. In this way, you only have to use the Back button on the terminal. In addition, the icons in this new version are slightly darker, increasing the contrast and, therefore, improving its visibility.
In short, minor issues among which the clues that suggest the imminent introduction of in this email manager stand out. Something that many users will not like but that is a logical step for Google, which already has a large percentage of its users through mobile platformsThis latest version of Gmail was rolled out last week, and is available via Google Play completely free
