Android 4.0 is nice and all, but as of April, 2012 fewer than 3 percent of Android phone and tablet users have the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system. So Google is updating some of its core Android apps to bring a taste of Android 4.0 to earlier versions of Android. Gmail 2.3.6 hit the Google Play Store today, and it adds the following… Read more »

Google has released an updated version of the native Gmail app for iOS. It’s now available as a free download from the App Store. The Gmail app initially launched about two weeks ago, but Google pulled it almost immediately after users reported that push notifications weren’t working and an error message popped up whenever they first launched the app. I’ve been using the app on… Read more »

It’s been about four years since the iPhone hit the market, and more than three years since the App Store opened for business. So it’s about time Google finally got around to releasing a native Gmail app for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad… which is exactly what the company did today. Update: The app has been pulled from the App Store temporarily while Google… Read more »

There’s a rumor going around that Google has finally developed an official Gmail app for iOS and submitted it to Apple for approval. It will allow users to send and receive email without firing up a web browser — and it will support push email, which is something the web app simply can’t do. Don’t get me wrong, Google’s mobile web apps for Gmail, Google… Read more »

Google Android users can now configure the Gmail app to only synchronize the most important messages to save on bandwidth and power consumption. All you need is the new Gmail 2.3.5 app from the Android Market and the Priority Inbox feature which automatically detects the messages you’re most likely to want to see, based on your past behavior. Another new feature is the ability to… Read more »

Google has rolled out an update to Google Sync which offers new capabilities for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users who synchronize their Google data with their mobile device. The update allows users to: Search for any message in their Gmail accounts using the iOS mail app, even if the messages haven’t been downloaded. Accept, decline, or edit appointments using the iOS calendar app. Use… Read more »

The folks behind the popular social networking app TweetDeck had a “Hack Day” recently, where designers took a break from their regular tasks and whipped up some new ways to use TweetDeck’s apps. That includes an option for emailing tweets to yourself so you can read them on your phone when you’re offline, and the Tweet-As-You-Go design you can see above, which lets Android users send messages… Read more »

Google has rolled out a minor update to the mobile web version of Gmail which lets you undo certain actions. It’s a lot easier to accidentally delete a message or hit other wrong buttons on a tiny smartphone screen than in a desktop web browser, so the move makes a lot of sense. Here’s how it works. When you archive or delete a message, add… Read more »

Google has updated several of its mobile apps and web pages over the past few days. The Gmail web app now looks the same on newer BlackBerry phones as it does on Android and iOS devices. Google News now displays properly in the Opera Mini web browser. And Google Translate now supports more spoken languages. Gmail for Blackberry Google basically has two versions of its… Read more »

Google’s Priority Inbox for Gmail automatically sorts your important messages from junkmail by examining the way you read and respond to incoming email messages. To date, the feature has only been available using a desktop web browser or the latest Gmail app for Google Android. But today Google rolled out Priority Inbox for the mobile web which means you can take advantage of the feature using an… Read more »