47 Facts About Google Gmail

At its launch in 2004, Google Gmail provided a storage capacity of one gigabyte per user, which was significantly higher than its competitors offered at the time.

Google Gmail has a search-oriented interface and a "conversation view" similar to an Internet forum.

Google Gmail has been the subject of lawsuits concerning the issues.

In June 2017, Google announced the end to the use of contextual Gmail content for advertising purposes, relying instead on data gathered from the use of its other services.

Google Gmail's interface makes use of 'labels' – that replace the conventional folders and provide a more flexible method of organizing emails; filters for automatically organizing, deleting or forwarding incoming emails to other addresses; and importance markers for automatically marking messages as 'important'.

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In November 2011, Google began rolling out a redesign of its interface that "simplified" the look of Gmail into a more minimalist design to provide a more consistent look throughout its products and services as part of an overall Google design change.

Users were able to preview the new interface design for months prior to the official release, as well as revert to the old interface, until March 2012, when Google Gmail discontinued the ability to revert and completed the transition to the new design for all users.

In May 2013, Google updated the Gmail inbox with tabs which allow the application to categorize the user's emails.

On 16 November 2020, Google announced new settings for smart features and personalization in Gmail.

On 6 April 2021, Google rolled out Google Chat and Room feature to all Gmail users.

In May 2012, Google Gmail improved the search functionality to include auto-complete predictions from the user's emails.

Google Gmail has native applications for iOS devices and for Android devices.

In November 2016, Google redesigned the Gmail app for the iOS platform, bringing the first complete visual overhaul in "nearly four years".

In May 2017, Google updated Gmail on Android to feature protection from phishing attacks.

In 2019, Google Gmail rolled out dark mode for its mobile apps in Android and iOS.

In October 2014, Google introduced Inbox by Gmail on an invitation-only basis.

In September 2018, Google announced it would end the service at the end of March 2019, most of its key features having been incorporated into the standard Gmail service.

In May 2013, Google announced the integration between Google Wallet and Gmail, which would allow Gmail users to send money as email attachments.

Google Gmail has supported the secure HTTPS since the day it launched.

In July 2008, Google Gmail simplified the ability to manually enable secure mode, with a toggle in the settings menu.

In 2007, Google fixed a cross-site scripting security issue that could let attackers collect information from Gmail contact lists.

In January 2010, Google Gmail began rolling out HTTPS as the default for all users.

Whenever possible, Google Gmail uses transport layer security to automatically encrypt emails sent and received.

Google Gmail announced that Gmail would selectively delay some messages, approximately 0.

Idea for Google Gmail was developed by Paul Buchheit several years before it was announced to the public.

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In November 2006, Google began offering a Java-based application of Gmail for mobile phones.

In October 2007, Google began a process of rewriting parts of the code that Gmail used, which would make the service faster and add new features, such as custom keyboard shortcuts and the ability to bookmark specific messages and email searches.

In June 2012, Google announced that Gmail had 425 million active users globally.

In February 2016, Google announced that Gmail had passed 1 billion active users.

Google Gmail is noted by web developers for its early adoption of Ajax.

Google Gmail was ranked second in PC World's "100 Best Products of 2005", behind Firefox.

Google Gmail won 'Honorable Mention' in the Bottom Line Design Awards 2005.

In September 2006, Forbes declared Google Gmail to be the best webmail application for small businesses.

Google Gmail has one privacy policy that covers all of its services.

In 2004, thirty-one privacy and civil liberties organizations wrote a letter calling upon Google to suspend its Gmail service until the privacy issues were adequately addressed.

The letter called upon Google Gmail to clarify its written information policies regarding data retention and data sharing among its business units.

Google Gmail stated that this change was meant to clarify its practices and quell concerns among enterprise G Suite customers who felt an ambiguous distinction between the free consumer and paid professional variants, the latter being advertising-free.

Court filing uncovered by advocacy group Consumer Watchdog in August 2013 revealed that Google stated in a court filing that no "reasonable expectation" exists among Gmail users in regard to the assured confidentiality of their emails.

In 2013, Microsoft launched an advertising campaign to attack Google Gmail for scanning email messages, arguing that most consumers are not aware that Google Gmail monitors their personal messages to deliver targeted ads.

In January 2010, Google Gmail detected a "highly sophisticated" cyberattack on its infrastructure that originated from China.

The targets of the attack were Chinese human rights activists, but Google Gmail discovered that accounts belonging to European, American and Chinese activists for human rights in China had been "routinely accessed by third parties".

Additionally, Google Gmail stated that their investigation revealed that "at least" 20 other large companies from a "wide range of businesses" - including the Internet, finance, technology, media and chemical sectors – had been similarly targeted.

Google Gmail was in the process of notifying those companies and it had worked with relevant US authorities.

In light of the attacks, Google Gmail enhanced the security and architecture of its infrastructure, and advised individual users to install anti-virus and anti-spyware on their computers, update their operating systems and web browsers, and be cautious when clicking on Internet links or when sharing personal information in instant messages and emails.

In June 2016, Julia Angwin of ProPublica wrote about Google Gmail's updated privacy policy, which deleted a clause that had stated Google Gmail would not combine DoubleClick web browsing cookie information with personally identifiable information from its other services.

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Google Gmail suffered at least seven outages in 2009, causing doubts about the reliability of its service.

Google Gmail stated in a blog post that "email was never lost" and restoration was in progress.