In January, we announced that Google would discontinue Inbox by Gmail at the end of March, 2019. This is a reminder to those who may still be using it. The Collaboration Services team strongly encourages switching to Gmail now. This should make the transition easier while Inbox is still available. Don’t worry about losing anything from Inbox, all of your email conversations are already in Gmail. If you need additional help, Google has created a transition guide to help with the switch.
Google is finally bringing its new material design and look to Gmail on mobile.
You can quickly view attachments without opening or scrolling through the conversation. It’s also easier to switch between multiple accounts, so you can access all of your emails with a few taps.
The search button has been replaced with a more prominent search bar at the top of the screen.
Finally, similar to the browser interface, Gmail now alerts you with a red warning banner when something looks phish-y.
Google announced that they began rolling out the new interface on January 29, but have no estimate for when the update will be completed. They have communicated that the rollout will be “potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility”. Some in the U-M community have already seen this change, while others have not. For more information, visit Google’s update announcement.
Interested in our latest updates about Google G Suite at U-M? Check out the Google Service Updates page.
Google announced that it will discontinue its Apps Script UI Service on July 15, 2019.
Apps Script is a development platform used to create applications that integrate with G Suite. Only the UI service is being discontinued. Apps Script will remain available. We have notified affected U-M users based on a list we received from Google. This is a general announcement to deter any further use of the UI service.
Google deprecated the Apps Script UI Service in December, 2014. Any projects using the Apps Script UI Service will cease to function starting July 15. While Google has no direct migration process for existing UI service projects, Google App Maker can be used to create applications in G Suite and can create similar UI applications.
Google has announced that after March 7, notifications for Google web products—Google+, Google Photos, and Hangouts Chat—will no longer be accessible from the navigation bar under the notification icon:
Interested in our latest updates about Google G Suite at U-M? Check out the Google Service Updates page.
Google is adding more options to the right-click context menu in Gmail.
Using these new options, you can get more things done with a simple right-click on an email.
Some of these options include:
Google has announced this feature will start to roll out on February 22 and may take up to 3 days to reach all users.
Interested in our latest updates about Google G Suite at U-M? Check out the Google Service Updates page.