{"id":99888,"date":"2018-04-12T09:43:51","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T09:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=99888"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:33:28","slug":"gmail-will-soon-look-a-lot-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/gmail-will-soon-look-a-lot-different\/","title":{"rendered":"Gmail will soon look a lot different"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Gmail will soon be the subject of a huge new redesign<\/b>. When the redesign hits it won\u2019t just make Google\u2019s email service look different, <b>it\u2019ll also bring with it some new features<\/b> that were previously only available through third-party extensions.<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;&lt;!-- Shortcode [program] does not exist --&gt;&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1,&quot;3&quot;:[null,0]}\"><div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Gmail\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/d6a9d7c4-96d7-11e6-b7a5-00163ed833e7\/914718297\/gmail-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Gmail<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gmail-1.en.softonic.com\/web-apps\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Access now<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--80\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"80\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"8\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">8<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gmail-1.en.softonic.com\/web-apps\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The guys over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/this-is-the-new-gmail-854638\/\">Android Authority<\/a> received some exclusive screenshots of the new look Gmail, and we thought we\u2019d share them with you too.<\/p>\n<h5>New interface homepage<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99889 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-General-Interface-10-840x388.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-General-Interface-10-840x388.jpg 840w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-General-Interface-10-840x388-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-General-Interface-10-840x388-768x355.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Smart reply option<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-99890 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Smart-Reply-7-1024x469-1024x469.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Smart-Reply-7-1024x469.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Smart-Reply-7-1024x469-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Smart-Reply-7-1024x469-768x352.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>New Google Keep plugin<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99891 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Keep-Plugin-5-136x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Keep-Plugin-5-136x300.jpg 136w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Keep-Plugin-5-463x1024.jpg 463w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Keep-Plugin-5.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>New Calendar Plugin<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99892 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Calendar-Plugin-6-136x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Calendar-Plugin-6-136x300.jpg 136w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Calendar-Plugin-6-463x1024.jpg 463w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Calendar-Plugin-6.jpg 532w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>New task icons for Gmail<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99893 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Plugins-bar-4-53x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"53\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Plugins-bar-4-53x300.jpg 53w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Plugins-bar-4.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 53px) 100vw, 53px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>New task plugins<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-99894 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Tasks-Plugin-within-GMail-9-1024x472-1024x472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Tasks-Plugin-within-GMail-9-1024x472.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Tasks-Plugin-within-GMail-9-1024x472-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Tasks-Plugin-within-GMail-9-1024x472-768x354.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>My Task plugin in greater detail<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99895 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Tasks-Plugin-8-122x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Tasks-Plugin-8-122x300.jpg 122w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Tasks-Plugin-8-418x1024.jpg 418w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Tasks-Plugin-8.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 122px) 100vw, 122px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the Gmail updates are focused on making it a much more <strong>productivity-centered<\/strong> tool. As Android Authority says, these new plugins will be especially useful for Chromebook users (Google\u2019s low-performance laptop) as they allow you to <strong>perform many tasks on a single page or tab<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On top of all these developments, Gmail will\u00a0have\u00a0<strong>three different views<\/strong>, which are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Default View<\/strong>: will show you what type of attachment the email has; including images, presentations, documents, or spreadsheets, as each file type has its own icon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99896 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Default-Setting-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"862\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Default-Setting-3.jpg 862w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Default-Setting-3-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Default-Setting-3-768x744.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>Comfortable View:<\/b> deletes the attachment icons and simply <b>shows a paperclip that indicates that the email has an attachment.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99897 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Comfortable-Setting-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"873\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Comfortable-Setting-1.jpg 873w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Comfortable-Setting-1-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Comfortable-Setting-1-768x735.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Compact View: <\/strong>is similar to Comfortable View, but with <b>less space between emails<\/b>. Perfect for smaller screens.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99898 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Compact-Setting-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"869\" height=\"837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Compact-Setting-2.jpg 869w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Compact-Setting-2-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/New-GMail-Compact-Setting-2-768x740.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is still unknown when this new version of Gmail will be released, but<strong> we can expect to see a beta version released soon<\/strong>. Google will use the beta version to test it on select users before making any changes based on their findings.<\/p>\n<p>If there is no news of the release date for the new Gmail in the next couple of weeks, it is likely we&#8217;ll hear about it at the <strong>Google I\/O conference scheduled for May 8th &#8211; 11th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;&lt;!-- Shortcode [program] does not exist --&gt;&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1,&quot;3&quot;:[null,0]}\"><div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Gmail\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/d6a9d7c4-96d7-11e6-b7a5-00163ed833e7\/914718297\/gmail-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Gmail<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gmail-1.en.softonic.com\/web-apps\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Access now<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--80\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"80\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"8\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">8<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gmail-1.en.softonic.com\/web-apps\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gmail will soon be the subject of a huge new redesign. When the redesign hits it won\u2019t just make Google\u2019s email service look different, it\u2019ll also bring with it some new features that were previously only available through third-party extensions. The guys over at Android Authority received some exclusive screenshots of the new look Gmail, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/gmail-will-soon-look-a-lot-different\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gmail will soon look a lot different&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":99899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2339],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-99888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongmail"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328089,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99888\/revisions\/328089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99888"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=99888"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=99888"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=99888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}