If you’re utilizing the Gmail app in your Apple iPhone (we’re certain you’re, who doesn’t), there’s a massive new replace that’s ready for you. You can now allow the Google Chat app integration throughout the Gmail app, and it’ll now sit alongside Mail, Meet and Rooms that are already part of the Gmail app. The Chat messaging app, until now, was solely accessible for Google Workspace customers, however is now rolling out for private accounts as effectively. That means the Gmail app on the iPhone and iPad will now have 4 tabs on the backside of the interface—Gmail, Chat, Meet and Rooms. At News18, now we have been in a position to allow the Chat possibility within the Gmail app on the iPhone, however it’s nonetheless not accessible for a similar Google account within the Gmail app on Android, simply but—anticipate that to alter quickly. Chat rollout means Google is one step nearer to changing the erstwhile Hangouts app.
To allow the Chat performance within the Gmail app in your Apple iPhone and even Android cellphone for that matter, here’s what it is advisable to do. First up, guarantee that you’re working the newest model of the Gmail app—examine and obtain from the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store respectively, for iPhone and Android. Now, open the Gmail app and faucet on the sandwich menu on the highest left of the display screen. This opens a sidebar of choices. Scroll all the way down to Settings > choose your private Google account from right here. Now, you’ll see an possibility labelled “Chat (early entry) > toggle the choice to inexperienced to allow. Now restart the Gmail app and also you’ll see 4 tabs on the backside of the display screen, with Chat being the latest addition.
For Workspace accounts, Chat and Meet are anticipated to be competitors for rival video assembly and immediate messaging platforms similar to Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Slack. For private Gmail accounts, Chat integration ought to, Google would hope, revive the dormant Hangouts customers and assist push this as competitors for the likes of the Facebook-owned WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal. Within the Google Chat interface, you’ll have the ability to share media and images, have Google Drive entry to share information, swap to Google Meet straight for a video chat and even schedule a gathering with the Google Calendar entry. The expanded Gmail app performance additionally means customers wouldn’t have to change between totally different apps for Gmail, Chat, Meet and Rooms.
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