This week, Google confirmed off its new fast reply in Gmail function that’s rolling out quickly to your app on Android. The massive change right here is that replying to an e-mail will not take you out of the e-mail you had been studying and into a brand new display screen, which no less than in my view, is a fairly large enchancment.
The screenshot beneath reveals how this could look as soon as it lands in your gadget. As you may see, clicking the reply button retains you inside the e-mail you’ve open and easily embeds an inline reply field. It nonetheless has some controls, together with the choice to full-screen, which might then open a extra formal reply display screen that you’re used to.
What’s the purpose? For fast responses that don’t want that formal response, that is superior. A lot of the replies I ship in Gmail are usually brief and don’t require heavy formatting to maintain the dialog transferring. With the ability to hit reply and immediately reply with “Thanks!” (I’m kidding) sounds fantastic.
Google says that rollout for this alteration on Android began yesterday (August 26) and can progressively unfold over the following 15 days. It may hit Google Workspace customers first, however I’d think about the overall Gmail inhabitants will likely be bundled into the Workspace rollout. Be looking out and tell us for those who see it.
iOS customers, you gained’t see this alteration till “later this 12 months.”
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