Gmail

What Gmail does

Gmail is an Android email app for reading, sending, organising and searching messages. It connects to Gmail accounts and can also bring other email accounts into one inbox. The app syncs messages over the internet and can send notifications when new mail arrives, so it suits anyone who manages email from a phone or uses several accounts.

Inbox and message tools

You can write replies, forward messages, attach files, archive conversations, delete mail and mark messages as unread or important. Conversations are grouped into threads, keeping replies together instead of showing each message as a separate item. Gmail also sorts incoming mail into categories such as primary messages, promotions and social updates, depending on the account settings.

Search, filtering and protection

The search box can look through senders, subjects, message text and attachments, which is useful when an email is buried in a large mailbox. Spam and phishing protection moves suspicious messages out of the main inbox, while filters and labels help separate work, receipts, newsletters or other recurring mail. Some messages can also show useful details, such as delivery updates or travel information, near the top of a thread.

Google account features

Gmail links with other Google services, including Calendar, Chat and Meet, so an email can lead to a calendar event, conversation or video meeting without leaving the wider Google workspace. Writing assistance and suggested replies are available in supported contexts, but the core app remains an email client rather than a general messaging service.

Gmail is developed by Google LLC and listed in Communication. It has a 4.11/5 rating from 14,166,839 reviews and more than 10,000,000,000 installs.