Other Native App and Gmail Push Notifications Help

[macher]

Hi I have a couple of gmail accounts that I use for personal and the other for business. I need push notifications so I can receive and respond to important emails. We all know the iPhone native app doesn’t have push notification.

I’ve tried the gmail app but hate it. Gets too cluttered with crap. The he native app is more streamlined for me.

I prefer to use the iPhone native app.

Any hacks or whatever that can get the native app to have push motivations with gmail?

Or any other suggestions?

 

[C DM]

There are some paid options as I recall, the simplest one potentially being upgrading to the Google Suite/Apps version of Gmail account which supports push.

There are some third party apps that I believe can also essentially simulate push by storing your Google credentials and consistently checking your account for new mail and sending you notification when you have new mail.

You can forward your Gmail mail to another account that supports push (like iCloud or Outlook) and have that account notify you of new messages and then use your regular Gmail account to actually read and deal with messages.

Beyond that, the simpler workaround might be keeping the Gmail app essentially just for notifications and using the native Mail app to actually use the account. (You can also set the native Mail app to fetch new mail every 15 minutes -- not quite push as it's not quite immediate, but depending on your needs 15 minutes might be OK for email.)

 

[absprb]

Hi I have a couple of gmail accounts that I use for personal and the other for business. I need push notifications so I can receive and respond to important emails. We all know the iPhone native app doesn’t have push notification.

I’ve tried the gmail app but hate it. Gets too cluttered with crap. The he native app is more streamlined for me.

I prefer to use the iPhone native app.

Any hacks or whatever that can get the native app to have push motivations with gmail?

Or any other suggestions?

Have you tried “Einstein” mail? It reminds my of the iPhone native app?

Best of luck

 

[harleymhs]

Spark Email will do what U need! I use it and get push emails instant! All gmail accounts as well!

 

[lordhamster]

Hi I have a couple of gmail accounts that I use for personal and the other for business. I need push notifications so I can receive and respond to important emails. We all know the iPhone native app doesn’t have push notification.

I’ve tried the gmail app but hate it. Gets too cluttered with crap. The he native app is more streamlined for me.

I prefer to use the iPhone native app.

Any hacks or whatever that can get the native app to have push motivations with gmail?

Or any other suggestions?

I have my domain firstname@lastname.com hosted on GSuite aka Google workplace? I forget the name, they keep changing it. Anyway, if you use the paid Google service, you can get push email on your iPhone.

Get Google Workspace on iOS with Google Sync - Google Workspace Learning Center

Users of managed Apple iOS devices (those without Google Sync using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, or EAS) should instead read Get Google Workspace mail, calendar, and contacts on your iOS device

support.google.com

 

[stu.h]

I use Gmail app solely for notifications.
I then use the native app for composing/replying.

 

[macher]

I use Gmail app solely for notifications.
I then use the native app for composing/replying.

Yea just started doing that might work but not streamlined.

 

[purpleparrotuk]

I have all my gmail accounts forwarded to my iCloud account. Been like that for years and works well. That way only one app is needed.

 

[macher]

I have all my gmail accounts forwarded to my iCloud account. Been like that for years and works well. That way only one app is needed.

How does that work when you respond to an email and / forward? If I’m responding to the forwarded gmail account and I respond and write email direct in native mail app will it be coming from the gmail account or icloud?

 

[purpleparrotuk]

How does that work when you respond to an email and / forward? If I’m responding to the forwarded gmail account and I respond and write email direct in native mail app will it be coming from the gmail account or icloud?

To respond via gmail I pop into Spark to do it. You can select which account to use. Obviously if you need to respond to lots of emails per day this isn’t the best solution. But I don’t so it’s ok for me.

 

[BrianBaughn]

The only standard way to get push Gmail in iOS Mail is to have a paid "Google Workspace" (formerly G Suite) account and that would most likely mean you'd have to buy a domain name and change your email address to one under the domain.

The only non-standard workaround I've ever used is a jailbroken iPhone and a tweak that "watches" the Gmail app for new mail and then runs a fetch in Mail when one comes in.

 

[macher]

To respond via gmail I pop into Spark to do it. You can select which account to use. Obviously if you need to respond to lots of emails per day this isn’t the best solution. But I don’t so it’s ok for me.

Been using Spark today and it’s sort of like the native app. Liking it so far I think.