In keeping with data on an official assist web page, Google is steadily rolling out a brand new characteristic that can enable customers to vary their “@gmail.com” e-mail deal with. Till now, Google solely allowed adjustments to account e-mail addresses with third-party domains, whereas Gmail addresses had been usually mounted and couldn’t be modified.
The up to date assist web page (which, by the way in which, is at present solely obtainable in Hindi) that was found by customers earlier than an official announcement particulars a brand new course of that permits customers to vary their Gmail username whereas with the ability to maintain the “@gmail.com” area. In keeping with Google, this characteristic shall be steadily launched and ultimately made obtainable to all customers.
The brand new system will enable customers to create a brand new Gmail deal with with a special username; following the change, the unique Gmail deal with will turn out to be an alias for the brand new one. Emails despatched to both deal with will go to the identical inbox, and each can be utilized to sign up to Google providers like Gmail, YouTube, Google Drive, Maps, and Google Play. It is very important word that existing account knowledge, reminiscent of emails, photographs, and messages, shall be preserved.
However the firm additionally mentions some restrictions and situations, like, for instance, customers shall be unable to delete or change their e-mail deal with for the following 12 months after making the change. Whereas the outdated Gmail deal with could be reused by the identical account, it can’t be used to create a brand new Google Account for the following 12 months. Every account could change its Gmail deal with as much as 3 times, for a complete of 4 Gmail addresses per account.
It’s also vital to say that some components of the outdated e-mail deal with could persist in sure locations, like calendar occasions created earlier than the change, and updates will not be instantly mirrored all over the place. Customers will nonetheless be capable to ship emails from the outdated deal with (which is able to stay reserved solely for them).
The characteristic will not be but totally practical, however when it’s, customers will be capable to handle the change by the “My Account” settings. Because the rollout progresses, Google is anticipated to share further data.
