Gmail for iOS Updated With Improved Google Drive Integration

[kuwxman]

I don't think the gmail app will ever have a unified inbox.

Unified in what sense?

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It's now possible to save email attachments directly to Google Drive, making them accessible everywhere and saving storage space.

Local storage space, yes. However, files stored on your Google Drive DO count against your 15GB allotment that is shared between Gmail, Drive and Google+/Photos.

 

[stevensocal]

can't figure how to do this from the iOS app

Can someone tell me .. I am in the email and want to save to drive . Where are the options to save to drive ? Please help ?

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Can someone tell me .. I am in the email and want to save to drive . Where are the options to save to drive ? Please help ?

 

[redsoxguy676]

Unified in what sense?

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Local storage space, yes. However, files stored on your Google Drive DO count against your 15GB allotment that is shared between Gmail, Drive and Google+/Photos.

Unified in the sense that there is a single inbox for all accounts, not having to switch between the inboxes of multiple accounts. Such as the native mail app in iOS. Say you have 3 gmail accounts, it shows incoming mail for all 3 accounts in a single "unified" inbox.

 

[CPx]

Again, over simplification. Gmail scans your email before it reaches any client. Otherwise filters, labels, priority inbox, spam filters, etc would not work at all. The point is Google is not really gaining any useful information that they don't already have by releasing a iOS client. There is nothing lucrative about the Gmail iOS app. Now Google Maps is a different story.

Not to mention there are no ads in the iOS app. So I'm not sure what he's talking about.

 

[PocketSand11]

Uh, cool, but I'll just stick with using my Gmail account in Mail. No need to complicate things with a second app.

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That is a bit over simplification and just plain wrong. Google doesn't need an iOS app to read your emails. Your emails are on their servers to begin with.

Yeah, the only cynical thing someone could say is that they want you to use the Gmail app because it's not compatible with other mail services, thus bringing you towards their platform.

 

[newagemac]

Not to mention there are no ads in the iOS app. So I'm not sure what he's talking about.

Yeah there were no ads on Youtube at first either. Then they were just a few that you could skip. Then there were lots that you had to skip. Then they added forced preroll ads that you can't even skip. Now they have ads popping in from the bottom and sides that appear even after you have already closed an ad while watching a video and even if you've already been forced to view a preroll ad. So now Youtube is a mess with ads everywhere.

Google is an advertising company. Their ultimate goal is get you to view and click on ads everywhere. Gmail has ads and they will very likely add them to the iOS app at some point. In the meantime, they are able to track you much easier in their own app than they can if you are using Apple's native mail app which was my other point.

 

[CPx]

Gmail has ads and they will very likely add them to the iOS app at some point.

Well, I'm not going to argue on that one. You may be right.

But in the meantime, I enjoy having the functionality of labels, search, my secondary from: addresses all functioning properly without any extra setup in the gmail app.

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Can someone tell me .. I am in the email and want to save to drive . Where are the options to save to drive ? Please help ?

I think you just tap the little Google Drive icon on the attachment thumbnail. It seemed to work for me on an image attachment.

And as far as unified inboxes, I just have my second account forward a copy of all message to my primary account. They get a label applied so I can spot them, and I can respond as the second account. This way wherever I can get to the web (on my phone, tablet, friend's phone, friend's computer, public computer, my home computer, my work computer), I have all my email right in one place under one login. Not saying this would necessarily work for everyone, but it works extremely well for me.

 

[kevinof]

No ads in the Android version either. Only on the web client.

Not to mention there are no ads in the iOS app. So I'm not sure what he's talking about.

 

[cymerc]

One advantage of the app is it works with 2 factor authentication without having to generate a grossly insecure application password (which you need if you use the Mail app in iOS or on a Mac).

Interesting that it's Google's fault the App specific passwords are 'grossly insecure' as you said.

 

[dumastudetto]

Interesting that it's Google's fault the App specific passwords are 'grossly insecure' as you said.

If they stupidly didn't force auto-generated passwords it would be an improvement. But either way they are a backdoor to not needing 2 factor authentication so it's not something you'd want to use if you care about security.

 

[kuwxman]

Unified in the sense that there is a single inbox for all accounts, not having to switch between the inboxes of multiple accounts. Such as the native mail app in iOS. Say you have 3 gmail accounts, it shows incoming mail for all 3 accounts in a single "unified" inbox.

Thought that is what you meant. Can't you set it up to sort of work that way from the Gmail desktop settings, which would then carry over to the app?

 

[MacGeek1987]

Mailbox has this same kind of feature, but with Dropbox instead of Drive. I'll be sticking with Mailbox, personally.

Me too, but the lack of Yahoo! support is really a problem.

 

[brewno]

I'm a GMail user since private beta. I was fed up with iOS7's mail because my emails would come 15min late and also when I clicked to see them, and read the e-mail, I'd close the app and it wouldn't say that I read the e-mail (when I actually opened it). The red indicator would still be there with a (1) indicating I didn't open the e-mail. So I needed to re-open to make it disappear. It happens quite often.

The GMail app is useful because it pushes my email and all the labels I setup are showing there, as well as "Sent Mail" which the Mail (from Apple) doesn't show.

Mail = 6/10
Gmail app = 9/10