Gmail for Android should be one of the best email apps on the platform. However, I tried using it in 2024, and it is actually terrible.
I cannot reproduce any of these, though I haven’t tried to block any senders.
I’ve never seen messages not show up in a search or in all mail. It doesn’t search spam or trash by default, but you can override that by adding e.g. “in:trash” if for some reason you needed to include those. It shows me the sender email address just fine when I tap on the header. It also marks a message as read immediately on opening it. I don’t see an option to change this on Android, maybe it’s a per-account setting you can change from desktop.
when was the last time you used it on Android, and was it on a modern device? about half of those don’t really apply/happen to me
1: yeah search sucks sometimes, wish they’d fix it.
2: you can block people, you just have to select the lower … icon
3: it says ‘primary mail’ for me, but it is kinda annoying sometimes
4: are you talking about how it shortens ‘Steam@steampowered.com’ to just ‘Steam’? because on a phone there isn’t much horizontal room and they have a verified system for businesses but I can kinda see what you mean
5: It marked read nearly instantly for me. If it can load the text then it’ll mark as read which only takes like half a second for me.
Terrifying that any company would use Gmail.
Hell, MS is a better email host.
It’s shocking that anyone would use MS, they have a pretty terrible security record. https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/CSRB_Review_of_the_Summer_2023_MEO_Intrusion_Final_508c.pdf
Basically they used the same encryption key for every tenant and thought that rotating the key was too hard, so they stopped.
I find Gmail hot garbage in general. Switched to proton mail and it’s similar to how Gmail used to be when it was good. Also has google integration so it makes the transition easy
If Proton would offer feature to send from your mailbox with external SMTP accounts, like GMails, I would sign up for unlimited.
I like K-9 Mail
Gmail app in particular has been basically abandoned for the last 4+ major android versions. I only really use it for my work email on a Shelter profile since it’s just to handle urgent stuff if I’m afk. But even that minimal use has me about ready to install k-9 on the work profile too.
Maybe my memory is bring foiled by nostalgia, but i honestly remember the Gmail Inbox app being better than the current Gmail app. Clearly google can output a good UI, they just 100% choose not to.
The built-in email app for an OS doesnt have to be amazing, but it at least needs to be reasonable. iOS Mail isn’t amazing either, but compared to the Gmail app it’s a feature-packed power user tool.
Inbox was by far the best thing Google have done with email. Still waiting on features they had unique to that app.
They are blind and lost. Nest hasn’t had a feature update since they acquired them 10 years ago. Their thermostats don’t even have a “its freezing outside and the air conditioner shouldn’t run” feature. Fi rots on the vine. Their camera service is terrible and they just raised the rates. Garbage company anymore.
When you like tech and understand email then FairEmail is nice. If you don’t understand the email technology, don’t need features and just want it as simple as possible, choose K9.
Yes. PGP is nicely integrated. I also use the SMTP server “delivered” notifications quite often, when the mail is really important.
FairEmail also handles accounts and identities properly.
Then you can see the email safely, without crap and tracing pixels.
I can also take a look at the email source. This is extremely important for me.
