Gmail is one of the most popular email systems of the world. Being a prominent member of the Google family, Gmail comes across as an efficient email service provider that has been loaded with a number of amazing features. With totally new experience of user interface and strengthened features, this amazing web application has grabbed a million of users and day by day this number is increasing.

First of all, the facility that Gmail is offering to its users and the mind-blowing speed that eliminates the need of full page reloads for every single page. You can enjoy everything in the form of simple tab form and can access the emails in a more efficient and manner. If you want to log in to your Gmail account, this step by step guide will aid you a lot.

• If you are a registered member of Gmail, you can simply visit gmail.com for easy sign in process.

• Without a valid Gmail id, you cannot log in there. For this purpose, click on “Create an account”  option that will redirect you the page asking for the required fields of information. Entering all your authentic credentials there, you can get an authentic Gmail id.

• After having a Gmail account, again visit gmail.com. Most often, you will be displayed with a page showing the Username and Password boxes. Entering your own authentic Gmail id and password there, click on “Sign in” button present below these fields.

 

• Filling up the displayed page with real information, the user will be directed to the Inbox of his Gmail account. If you regularly get signed in at Gmail using a particular device, then checking the option “Stay signed in” (on the page gmail.com, below the username and password fields) will prevent you from entering your username and password repetitively.

• There are many of the situations that alarm an individual for security. In order to make your Gmail id’s password secure, like accessing your email id using a public computer or a shared device. By downloading different softwares from the Internet, clicking on links coming from unknown resources etc. are the main situations where your security is at stake especially.

• The Gmail’s 2 step verification facility is just like an extra layer being added to an individual’s visibility. Because if any of the stealer gets your password, a number of nefarious acts may be performed like changing your password, sending objectionable stuff to your contacts etc.

• In this verification facility availability, an extra layer of security is added that prevents the password from stealing. In this regard, you will enter your Gmail account in a normal way, but after entering the password you will ask for a code that you would have to enter. This code can be received through text messages, call.

• Once you avail this verification you will enjoy an extra level of security alongside basic features and services of Gmail. This way you can lead to a smart usage of the email system.

If you are a person on the go and need to access your important mails and other information on your mail, then you can opt to download the Gmail app on your mobile. It is very easy these days to check out mails on the Smartphones and tablets as everything now comes with a touch screen feature. All you need to do is to download the Gmail app for mobile on your phone and you have the freedom to access your mails from anywhere, be it a bus or a train or a moving car. Of course, your phone should have a data plan to allow you to access your Gmail account from your phone.

Gmail App Features For iPhone

• An alternative to the built-in Mail app in every iOS device is the Gmail app for iPhone. It is a self contained app that does not need any integration with any of the features of your iPhone.
• If you get the app downloaded on your iPhone, then you can safely check out your mails and keep track of the important messages through priority inbox.
• You will receive instant notifications on your phone for every new message received in your Gmail account.
• It will offer you a search option to search out your mails and will also provide you with the option of sending and receiving attachments on your phone.

How To Download Gmail On iPhone?

• Open the web browser on your iPhone and visit the Google Mobile web page.
• Once there, click on the ‘Download on the App store’ that you find under the Get Gmail for your mobile device option.
• Clicking this will take you to the iTunes store from where you can download the new version of the Gmail app on your iPhone.
• Once you have downloaded the Gmail app safely on your iPhone, you need to first log into the Gmail account to get access to your account from your phone.

Gmail App Features For Android

• Gmail is a free web based mail service offered by Google Inc. and hence the Gmail app will offer you all the latest inbox settings offered by Gmail for an Android device, be it an Android phone or a tablet.
• You have the option to organize your mail into special color coded sections like: Inbox, social and promotions.
• The app will offer you all the features that you enjoy with the desktop version and some special settings for Android devices.
• It is a minimized version of the web based Gmail layout and hence you will be able to safely and easily access your Gmail from your Android phones.

Downloading Gmail App On Android Phone

• Gmail app will be inbuilt in many of the modern day Android Smartphones and tablets. It is the default email app offered by Google for phones that run on Android.
• You can also download the Gmail app on your Android mobile by visiting the Google Play store from your mobile web browser or even by visiting Gmail for mobile website.
• Once you have downloaded the app, you should check in with your existing username and password and then on you can easily access your Gmail account from your phone.

Gmail has been one of the most popular free web based mail service option chosen by a lot of internet users who use it to stay connected with their family, friends, businesses and other contacts. As there is stiff competition in the free web based mail service from other popular service providers, Gmail is constantly on the lookout for improving its services in order to offer better features and user friendly mail service.

Google Inc., that runs the Gmail service, is carrying out innumerable sets of improvements and technical tests on the most popular 10 year old desktop version of Gmail so that it blends well and easily with the Gmail mobile version. The changes that Google is about to bring in Gmail are said to be offering the Gmail web based service a complete makeover from what it is today.

The following are some of the new gmail.com account features that Google is currently testing out.

1. Look Of Gmail

• There have been constant work done on the look of Gmail and Google Inc. is still looking to make further changes to the look to make it more attractive besides begin user-friendly.
• The older colorful Gmail will give way to a more attractive new Gmail face that will have an additional plus sign ‘+’ right at the bottom- right corner of the Gmail inbox page.
• This means that Google is looking to merge its Plus category of services with Gmail to offer its users an easy access to it through Gmail.
• This Plus tab can be used by Gmail users to add new reminders as well as can be used to compose new messages from and to their accounts respectively.

2. Addition of Tabs 

• At present, Gmail users have the option of marking important messages that they receive in their mail by pressing the white star icon seen in the left corner of that message in the inbox with golden color. This option is soon going to be replaced by pins so that you will be able to ‘pin down’ messages depending on its importance. These messages can also be placed on top of your inbox.
• A Virgin Menu System is likely to be added as a new feature that will show up and vanish out of the window and will be replacing the ordinary sidebar that provides you the link information.

• There will be a new tab that will be added to your Gmail inbox that will help you to arrange preferred and important e-mails. This will help you to change the destined pinning folder and to place them as a header on the Gmail inbox.
• A ‘grouped in the inbox’ tab feature is said to appear in the new tab feature that was introduced last year and it will automatically arrange the e-mails into Social, Promos, Forums, Updates, Travel, Finance and Purchases.
• The new Gmail will most likely be merged up with Google Hangouts and users will have to just click the hangouts’ icon in the inbox to enjoy video, audio or text chats.

With all these updates and new feature additions, Gmail will never be the same again.