Gmail App for iOS Adds New Inbox Widget

[WilliamG]

Anyone else's Gmail app awful when scrolling inside emails? Especially one with images?

I'm not sure if it's always been there but I'm not able to ignore it on my 13 Pro Max and have since switched to the native Mail app. The inbox scrolls fine and at 120 Hz but it just stutters like crazy inside emails.

Yup. Been a problem since day 1. Was coming here to make a snarky comment about wasting their time with widgets but yet not able to make scrolling within an email a non-stuttery mess on the 13 Pro line. Do you think anyone at Google has a new iPhone? Come on, Google...

 

[svish]

Good to know. Don't think it can be used to actually check emails as widgets are not updated real time. But still the feature is welcome.

 

[flottenheimer]

people still use the Gmail App?

When I need to do a real search in my emails for whatever, I do.

Google search is just so good in the Gmail app. It will find whatever I am looking for wherever it hides inside my mails. Apple's mail search is a joke compared to Googles.

 

[iDento]

They should’ve made an Apple Watch app for Google Calendar first and stop wasting their resources. Even Apple’s Mail widget is meh.

 

[frifra]

The article should mention, that the iOS Mail app already has a very similiar Widget.

 

[jamcgahey]

I think the widgets are a significant update away from being actually worthwhile. They don't really update in real time and not a lot of functionality with them imo

 

[Hkfan45]

Doesn’t the gmail widget on android update in real time?

 

[Silvio6]

Gmail is only useful for mailboxes from google. I prefer to use outlook, it is less restricted. Gmail app is useless