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Photos: See Gmail’s newest features

By Nick Heath April 24, 2018, 9:16 AM PDT

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Photos: See Gmail’s newest features

​Gmail gets an upgrade

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​Gmail gets an upgrade

Google has revamped Gmail, adding new features to boost security and reduce the overhead of keeping on top of email.

The new version of Gmail is available from today. You can see its new look above, but click through this gallery to see what’s on offer, and read our in-depth overview.

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Photos: See Gmail’s newest features

Confidential mode

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Confidential mode

Sending an email in confidential mode allows the sender to revoke access to that email’s content, either manually or by setting it to expire at a specific time.

Emails sent in confidential mode can also be locked down to stop them being forwarded, downloaded, copy/pasted or printed, or can require two-factor authentication to access.

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Photos: See Gmail’s newest features

Bolder phishing warnings

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Bolder phishing warnings

In an effort to deter users from clicking on phishing emails, warning banners will be much bigger and be written using plain English.

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Photos: See Gmail’s newest features

Nudging

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Nudging

Important emails you’ve sent or received that are older than two days, and which haven’t been dealt with, will be bumped back up to the top of your inbox.

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Photos: See Gmail’s newest features

Offline access

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Offline access

The offline version of the Gmail web client will be identical to the existing online version, apart from not requiring network access, and upon reconnecting can be synced to receive the latest messages.

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Photos: See Gmail’s newest features

Hover actions

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Hover actions

Rather than having to open each email to interact with messages, users will be able to hover over icons and select from a list of actions, for example to Snooze a message so it appears back at the top of the inbox at a later time.

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Photos: See Gmail’s newest features

Fewer annoying notifications

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Fewer annoying notifications

A ‘High-priority notifications’ setting will filter out the vast majority of push notifications for new emails, only showing those deemed as important or urgent email messages.

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Photos: See Gmail’s newest features

Assistive unsubscribe

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Assistive unsubscribe

Users will be able to unsubscribe from mailing lists whose messages they don’t read regularly with a single click.

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Photos: See Gmail’s newest features

Smart reply

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Smart reply

The Smart Reply feature found on mobile, where Gmail suggests three short responses to each email, will now be offered by the Gmail web client.

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Photos: See Gmail’s newest features

New Google Tasks smartphone app

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New Google Tasks smartphone app

Android and iOS handsets get a Google Tasks app.

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