Google’s sparse but effective Android Gmail app has been upgraded to v2.3 today, bringing a few new little user interface tweaks to the mobile mail reader.
Of most note is the little icon bar that sits to the top-right of each email, which lets you easily star and reply to messages, with a quick press bringing up an extra mini menu that lets you reply, reply to all or forward the message. Plus, if your account has been activated with Google’s new Priority Inbox feature, you’ll get that too.
It’s not a massive changelist, to be honest, but a welcome little refresh. The new iteration of the app also seems to have been “busted out” into a standalone Android Market application, so it requires separate installation from the Market. A search for “Gmail” will bring up the latest version.
UPDATE:
Google’s just put out the official release on this, revealing you’ll need Android 2.2 in order to get it working – and see it on the Market.
It’s smooth to use, the 1080p display is sharp, clear and bright, the device is extremely light and thin and therefore very pocketable and portable — much more so than other 5-inch phones we’ve used. And yet… we’re a bit unimpressed by the overall package…
A relatively high-spec smartphone, with a 4.5″ display running at 480 x 854 resolution and powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, plus the Ascend G510 arrives running Android 4.1.1 — albeit potentially hindered by Huawei only sticking 512MB of RAM inside it..
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
chris
/ September 21, 2010No sign of new app anywhere on the market
MarkG
/ September 21, 2010Not seeing it either. Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if it’s currently a US only release and it’s been reported on Eurodroid that prides itself on “smartphone news from not-America”.
Gary C
/ September 21, 2010I took those screenshots myself having downloaded it about 20 minutes ago, you cock.
Tony
/ September 21, 2010Dont you think its wrong pulling the site down just because you cant get something other people can
Rik
/ September 21, 2010I have never updated gmail so it was never in my download list on the marketplace but when I checked before it automatically notified me of the update. HTC Desire.
Andy
/ September 21, 2010Cannot see the app in the market either
chris
/ September 21, 2010Don’t suppose you have the apk Gary? all I get when I search is loads of add ons
Tony
/ September 21, 2010this was in my downloads having never installed an update before or the actual app i thought it was strange i know iv got googlemail app that was pre installed on the handset, i installed the update nevertheless
Khatt
/ September 21, 2010if you look for ‘gmail’ app in market you can find it and install
chris
/ September 21, 2010One other question this could’nt be specific to newer phones could it, I have a HTC G2Hero
chris
/ September 21, 2010Definetly no gmail app in market via htc hero,tons of other crap relating to gmail
Tony
/ September 21, 2010searc for google inc, see what that brings up, or go on 1 of their other apps and press view more apps
Tony
/ September 21, 2010But i doubt you can get it if you cant find it searching gmail
Charles Knight
/ September 21, 2010It’s a 2.2 only app isn’t it?
Charles Knight
/ September 21, 2010Yes I’ve checked and it’s 2.2 only.
chris
/ September 21, 2010Pisser thats why its not showing for us 2.1 povers
Tony
/ September 21, 2010for the dev of android to release any apps that have version requirements is just stupid!!!
Andy
/ September 21, 2010I have Froyo 2.2 on unbranded HTC Desire and I do not see this app.
Neither when I search for GMail nor when I check all the Google apps by Publisher.
Andy
/ September 21, 2010Update: this seems to be available in US and UK, not in many other European countries.
Martyn
/ September 22, 2010Froyo only just updated my desire but Dell Streak no sign of the app.
jessica
/ September 22, 2010works great on my EVO 4G.
is there any plans of adding the zoom functionality in the gmail app?
more and more emails are becoming HTML version now a days and it would be really nice to have the ability to zoom in and out of them inside gmail