Gmail’s web client can’t handle inclusive emojis properly

Posted on 03/03/2021 by Engadget

If you frequently use Gmail’s native web client to send emails, you may have noticed something odd about how it handles emoji. Google may have said goodbye to its distinctive blobs in 2017, but for whatever reason, Gmail on the web still renders most...

The East Coast is suffering through major internet connection problems

Posted on 26/01/2021 by Engadget

If you’re having problems with your internet connection today, you’re far from the only one. There are widespread reports of outages on DownDetector at the minute, particularly on the East Coast of the US. Services like Zoom, Gmail, Slack (yes, again...

Google details what happened during Monday’s cloud outage

Posted on 18/12/2020 by Engadget

On Monday morning, Google services like Gmail and Drive were down for about 45 minutes, leaving many Workspace users unable to do their work. In the aftermath of the incident, Google promised it would conduct an investigation into what happened. In a...

Gmail, YouTube and more down in major Google outage

Posted on 14/12/2020 by Engadget

Not the best start to the week. Around 6:29AM ET, the vast majority of Google-operated services, including Gmail and YouTube, went down for customers in multiple markets. A quick glance at Downdetector reveals that Google Drive, Maps, Nest, Calendar,...

Google adds document editing to Gmail attachments in Workspace

Posted on 10/12/2020 by Engadget

Google is making it a lot easier to edit Microsoft Office documents sent as Gmail attachments. A new feature for Google Workspace (formerly known as G Suite) allows users to edit documents directly from their inbox.With the change, Microsoft Office a...

Google now has iOS widgets for Gmail, Drive and Fit, with more on the way

Posted on 19/11/2020 by Engadget

When iOS 14 came out in September, Google was one of the first third-party developers to come out with a home screen widget for one of its iPhone and iPad apps. It’s now rolling out new ones for Gmail, Drive and Fit. Google Some of the new widgets l...

This Chrome plugin brings Google’s old icons back to your tabs

Posted on 04/11/2020 by Engadget

If you’re not a fan of Google’s new icons, we have some good news. A new Chrome extension — spotted by Gizmodo, among others — lets you restore the tab icons for Gmail, Calendar, Meet and other Google services to their former glory. You can thank pro...

Google Workspace is the new name for Google’s productivity suite

Posted on 06/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google is rebranding its productivity tools in an attempt to better cater for people who are working from home. G Suite, itself formerly Google Apps, is being rechristened as Google Workspace, with new logos and branding but not much else. The idea i...

iOS doesn’t need to be more like Android, it just needs more Google

Posted on 25/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Apple’s iOS 14 has taken some heat for copying Android features. The most obvious example being the new customizable widgets (iOS had widgets before, but it was limited to the left-most screen of the main menu). Another big change is the introduction...

Google server problems took out Gmail and other services briefly