Google deploys giant update for iOS Gmail app with new design, improved speed
Google has unveiled a completely redesigned Gmail for iOS app, adding support for Gmail's "undo send" feature, and vast improvements to search.
The app, in addition to implementing the new Google design elements that it introduced about two years ago has a five-second "undo send" implementation, similar to the up-to 30 second delay allowable through web mail.
Search is significantly faster as well. In initial AppleInsider tests of the application, a multi-term search in a 55,000 email archive returned results nearly instantly on a fast wi-fi connection, rather than taking up to 11 seconds to complete the search on an older version of the Gmail app.
Other aspects of the mail app have been improved, leading to faster app utility overall, as well as faster scrolling, and much faster notification from Gmail than before. In the previous versions, testing revealed a user notification being sent to the user about 18 seconds after mail receipt, with the new version sending the new mail notification also nearly instantaneously.
Google also notes that spelling suggestions have been added, and users can now swipe on an email to archive or delete an email.
The Gmail application is free, requires iOS 8 or newer, and is a 197 MB download.
The app, in addition to implementing the new Google design elements that it introduced about two years ago has a five-second "undo send" implementation, similar to the up-to 30 second delay allowable through web mail.
Search is significantly faster as well. In initial AppleInsider tests of the application, a multi-term search in a 55,000 email archive returned results nearly instantly on a fast wi-fi connection, rather than taking up to 11 seconds to complete the search on an older version of the Gmail app.
Other aspects of the mail app have been improved, leading to faster app utility overall, as well as faster scrolling, and much faster notification from Gmail than before. In the previous versions, testing revealed a user notification being sent to the user about 18 seconds after mail receipt, with the new version sending the new mail notification also nearly instantaneously.
Google also notes that spelling suggestions have been added, and users can now swipe on an email to archive or delete an email.
The Gmail application is free, requires iOS 8 or newer, and is a 197 MB download.
Comments
If you've been sending unfiltered spam to your Trash instead of the Spam/Junk folder, then your account is not getting the training that it needs to recognize future spam. You need to train it by marking messages as spam that are. And likewise for false-positives — if a good message goes to the Spam, move it to the Inbox. Both of those actions train your account.
As for seeing all messages in the Inbox, I've seen other reports of people seeing that, too. It seems that it's not showing you just "Inbox"-labeled messages, but messages from the "All Mail" folder? Might just need a tweak of your settings.
As for the app, I think it's a piece of crap that doesn't belong on iOS. I hope this new version is more usable.
From the Inbox, touch the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Scroll to the bottom and select Settings
Touch the Gmail account to edit
Select: "When removing messages, I prefer to..."
Choose "Move to trash"
Back out to your inbox
My issue is in the iPhone when forwarding I am not able to edit the previous email? Can only select all? When trying to select a sentence or use the delete does not allow me. I'm very disappointed in this upgrade makes me not want to continue with gmail.
Functionality is terrible
you can't select multiple messages!!! Joke!!?
I receive attachments all the time and previously I could open them all without any problem but with this update almost half the time it says something went wrong for sorry .... how can I go back easily to the previous version ?? Google you are a huge disappointment on this update I don't know who conducted this but that person should be fired I'm looking for for an alternative app!! Used to love gmail app for iPhone. Now it's over !!!! The only pro with this update was he undo send button ...
i like my email setup to have only my unread email show. When I click on unread emails they do show up first but then other emails from other folders show up underneath. I only want my unread to show.