Gmail finally gets an iPhone X update!

[DDustiNN]

Just saw there was an update available for Gmail... Very annoyed that it didn’t mention iPhone X, I reluctantly updated it anyway, just because.

Opened it up, and lo and behold... full screen! FINALLY.

Why they didn’t mention this, I have no idea. But I remember seeing people complain about this before (myself included), so I thought I’d share.

 

[mcdj]

I have the gmail app for those rare occasions when the stock mail app is acting weird, but I’ve never understood the appeal of it as a replacement for ios mail. It looks and feels like a kid’s toy.

 

[DDustiNN]

I have the gmail app for those rare occasions when the stock mail app is acting weird, but I’ve never understood the appeal of it as a replacement for ios mail. It looks and feels like a kid’s toy.

Two reasons: instant push notifications, and easy search through your entire mail history.

Stock app only retrieves every 15 minutes, I believe. And only has a limited history of your Gmail emails (which I believe you can define in Gmail settings on the website). Also those emails get downloaded to the device and take up however much space you determine.

At least these are the reasons I switched years ago when the Gmail app first came out, so I’m not sure if anything has changed.

 

[D.T.]

I have the gmail app for those rare occasions when the stock mail app is acting weird, but I’ve never understood the appeal of it as a replacement for ios mail. It looks and feels like a kid’s toy.

There's some meta-data specific to Gmail that some people consider really critical for managing/organizing their email (and/or integration with other G-services). I might actually take a look at it again, but I have non-gmail accounts and I like everything in one place (and the aforementioned Gmail specific stuff I don't care about).

 

[haruhiko]

I have the gmail app for those rare occasions when the stock mail app is acting weird, but I’ve never understood the appeal of it as a replacement for ios mail. It looks and feels like a kid’s toy.

I use it for push notifications and search.

 

[predation]

I have the gmail app for those rare occasions when the stock mail app is acting weird, but I’ve never understood the appeal of it as a replacement for ios mail. It looks and feels like a kid’s toy.

I use it because I use labels for like the 30 emails address I have. Lol

 

[Michael Scrip]

I use it because I use labels for like the 30 emails address I have. Lol

I use the GMail app for labels too.

The stock iOS email app makes every message look the same.

 

[predation]

I use the GMail app for labels too.

The stock iOS email app makes every message look the same.

Now if Apple put some effort and made the labels available in their app, then I’d use the native mail app

 

[roeiz]

Finally my life is complete!

 

[OllyW]

Please continue in the Gmail App for iOS Updated With Support for iPhone X news discussion thread.