Gmail’s upcoming iOS widget may really be helpful

Google announced it’s updating the Gmail iOS widget with a brand new one which’s really helpful, displaying you the topics and senders of the emails sitting in your inbox. The firm says the brand new widget shall be “launching in the next few weeks,” to exchange the earlier model that wasn’t notably well-received. This additionally implies that, as 9to5Google points out, which means Gmail’s iOS widget could have the identical performance as the present Android one.

When the primary model of the Gmail widget launched, we identified that it isn’t notably useful. It actually solely offers shortcuts to completely different screens on the app like your inbox and the e-mail composer. Critically, it doesn’t really present you a lot details about the emails you’ve obtained, although it does let you know what number of are sitting unread in your inbox.

Part of the outdated widget’s lack of performance was resulting from Apple’s limitations. You’re presently not allowed to construct interactivity into your widget, and any tapping the person does must be dealt with by launching the app. Those guidelines haven’t considerably modified because the first widget was launched, however the brand new design reveals that there’s nonetheless room for helpful data. You could not have the ability to archive an e-mail from your house display screen, for instance, however you’ll a minimum of have the ability to get a really feel for what’s ready in your inbox.

Google additionally introduced different upcoming enhancements to its apps that may very well be helpful for heavy customers of its companies. Meet (it’s business-focused video chat app) is getting assist for iOS’s picture-in-picture function, so you may nonetheless see your co-workers or the presentation when you change apps to test on a file or e-mail. Google additionally says it’ll increase the keyboard shortcuts obtainable for individuals who use Google Sheets with an exterior keyboard (together with Apple’s Magic Keyboard case).