11 best tips for Gmail users on Android
Google has been busy bringing Gmail desktop features to the Gmail app. With multiple new features, such as the recently introducedemoji reactions for emails, the company’s renewed focus on Gmail for Android shows. The app is now packed with features that take the email experience to the next level, even onbudget Android phones.
While Google is gearing up for the official rollout ofAndroid 14, it brought Material You to Gmail, including redesigned widgets. While manyapps use Material You, Google’s implementation is consistently beautiful and streamlines all its apps with a modern feel. But beneath the new coat of paint, Gmail has been a productive powerhouse for some time. We gathered the best tips to manage, navigate, and send emails like a pro.
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1Customize mail swipe actions
By default, the right and left swipe gestures are set to archive emails in Gmail. you may easily bind them to other actions such as Delete, Mark as read/unread, Snooze, and more.
2Format emails
Gmail doesn’t show formatting options right out of the gate. Those options are hidden inside the context menu in the Compose Email option. Options include bold, italic, and underline formatting, font colors, and highlighters.
3Schedule an email
When working with colleagues in different time zones, you don’t want to send important emails over the weekend or in the middle of the night. Schedule an email to check that your email arrives at a convenient time.
If you wish to cancel a scheduled email, open Gmail and tap thethree-button menuin the upper-left corner of your screen. TapScheduled, open a scheduled email, and tapCancel send.
4Clear Gmail search history
Gmail remembers your search history and suggests recent results when you look up an email or contact in the app. But depending on your activity, your history may be crowded. Gmail offers an option to clear the app’s search history.
5Add a custom status to Google Chat
Change your Google Chat status so that people don’t bother you with messages in the app when you’re not available.
6Send emails to Google Tasks
Gmail offers an option to send important emails directly to the Google Tasks app. That way, it’s possible to check emails along with your daily tasks in Google’s to-do solution.
7Send confidential emails
If you plan to send sensitive information through Gmail, turn on confidential mode to prevent unauthorized access. Options such as forward, copy, print, and download for the recipient are turned off when using confidential mode. The email body is also removed and replaced with a link to the content.
8Set Vacation responder
It’s important to take a small break from your busy life. It’s even more important to inform your customers or colleagues about your absence from the office. You can set an out-of-office note in Gmail using the Vacation Responder menu.
9Turn on Action Confirmations
It’s easy to accidentally delete an email or send one with an embarrassing typo. Gmail offers action confirmations that remind you to double-check everything before deleting, archiving, or sending an email.
Now, Gmail asks for confirmation before taking any action on an email.
10Turn off Chat and Spaces
Google jammed email, chat, video calls (Meet), and group conversations (Spaces) in the Gmail mobile apps. It can get overwhelming when trying to manage everything in a single app. If this sounds like you, deactivate Chat and Spaces in Gmail and download a separate app.
You can follow the link below to download the Google Chat app on your Android phone.
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