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Most of the over 1.5 billion people who use Gmail treat Google’s webmail service like a reliable old clunker that needs little if any regular maintenance. But what if you could tweak a few settings to supercharge your Gmail experience and turn your daily driver into the roadster of your dreams? In the early days of email, …

You store a ton of personal information in your Google account — bank account balances, email addresses and phone numbers, pictures of your face, your friends’ faces, your family. If you want to protect that sensitive data with the highest level of security you can get, consider the Google Advanced Protection Program. Google’s program makes it nearly impossible for anyone …

Hopefully, you’re protecting the personal information stored in your Google account — like your passwords and email, location, search history and a record of your purchases — using two-factor authentication (2FA). This system is a good second layer of protection to guard against hackers, but it also makes you go through an extra process to retrieve and enter a six-digit …

If you use Gmail on your phone, you’ll soon be able to complete tasks like RSVPing for events or responding to a Google Docs comment without leaving your inbox, Google said Thursday.  The search giant calls this “dynamic email.” It came to Gmail on the web in July. Now, it’s arriving in the iOS and Android versions of Gmail too.  “You can …

Google on Monday said it’s combining G Suite users’ Gmail photos with their Google account profile photos. Now, when users of Google’s suite of tools for business want to change their picture in Gmail, they’ll be led to the “About me” section of their Google profile settings.    Currently, photos set in Gmail don’t extend to users’ Google accounts, which …

If you’ve ever accidentally or curiously clicked on a spam image when looking through your Gmail messages, it’s a good possibility you’ve been tracked by spammers. Google addressed this years ago with a setting for Android that it recently added for iPhone, too. Turn it on and it stops attachments like images from automatically loading when you open an email. The setting also keeps …

Sensitive eyes, rejoice: Google is rolling out dark mode for its Gmail app on Android, a week after the launch of Android 10 on Google Pixel phones.  Android 10 features a dark mode color scheme option, letting users turn their white screens to black, and black text to white, making screens easier on their eyes and battery. Google teased the …

Is iOS starting to feel a bit stale for your taste? It’s something I’m hearing more and more as I talk to iOS users, or former iOS users. With some amazing Android phones hitting the market, it’s tough not to get caught checking out the competition — or even feeling a bit compelled to make the jump to Android. But …

Isn’t spam in your Gmail inbox bad enough? Apparently not. Spammers are now invading your Google Calendar, using Gmail messages to trigger Google Calendar invitations. The spamming exploit takes advantage of the integration between Gmail and Calendar to send you fraudulent invitations that may contain a message with malicious links. Fortunately, you can prevent these spammers from blowing up your …

Google Inbox was, for many, the Marie Kondo of Gmail — an organizational tool unlike any other, and indispensable to the Gmail experience. Alas, Google pulled the plug on Inbox back in April, leaving many to wax poetic about the beloved mail client. Good news: Darwin Mail aims to fill those big Inbox shoes, at least for desktop Gmail (mobile …