Gmail for iOS relaunches with sleeker interface, new features
Google on Tuesday relaunched its official Gmail app for iPhone and iPad, redesigning it with a sleeker user interface and an overall increase in, well, the app’s Googleness.
The first version of the Gmail app—released, unreleased, and released again a year ago—wasn’t always widely loved by users who found its features limited compared to the Sparrow application or even, sometimes, Apple’s native Mail app. It wasn’t much of a surprise, then, that Google ended up buying Sparrow, nor that this new Gmail update seems to incorporate some Sparrow-like features.
The updated Gmail app lets users operate multiple accounts from one app.
The first thing users will notice—after taking a gander at the stripped-down UI—is that they have more options: The Gmail app now lets users access up to five different Gmail accounts from within the app, a feature designed for power users who keep different types of communication in different accounts.
But Gmail doesn’t just let users do more Gmailing; it also offers tighter integration with other Google services. If you receive a calendar invite in your inbox, for example, you can confirm straightaway, instead of clicking and transitioning to another app to finish the process. And there’s also support for posting to the Google+ social network directly from your email.
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