Yikes! I've used this app for years and the new update has many bugs.. I keep getting an error message when I log in but nothing I've looked into is helping. A few months back I was having a very hard time receiving my emails and was getting booted on top of that I Was Getting Someone Else's Emails and that's Scary. Now I can't even get my updated emails until three days after they were sent out . PLEASE FIX THIS APP ITS VERY FLUSTERING NOT BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND HAVING TO USE OTHER APPS.
Reviews for Gmail
I've had great luck with this app, used it for a very long time. More than 10 emails managed at a time. Lastest installed but latest is worst incoming and outgoing settings screen will not appear. they're there and the options can be chosen but you can't see anything. POP3 interface is largest problem, often times options cannot be chosen. 365 settings cannot be accessed. notifications go bat crazy when turned on what a mess
What good is an email app on a smartphone that doesn't have the ability to attach documents to emails in the 21st century - something that's been done since the early 2000s? Repeatedly get a craptastic "Couldn't attach file" error when trying to attach any type of allowed file (DOC, PDF, JPG, etc., etc., etc.) Clearing cache, force closing, no good and all permissions are go. So-called help tips by Google in response don't help.
I keep getting a error message every time I open the app . I click past it and it says I'm in offline mode. this only happened today after the app had updates. the error says- "your account or device settings require you to complete additional steps before using the Gmail app." I saw another comment exactly like this late Sept, but you offered no reply. I have a pixel phone so you would think it would run smoothly with Google products.
It's great, but would like an easy access delete button in the notification. I've been using outlook just for this reason. I get a ton of emails, and the convenience to delete from notification bar kept me on Outlook. I just switched last night back to Gmail in hopes that feature has been added and am disappointed.
The UI keeps changing and making it harder to use. There is now HUGE "REPLY" AND "FORWARD" buttons at the bottom of each email. These buttons are way too big and get in the way of reading emails. It makes it harder to read your emails. Google, please stop making changes to yhe UI that users can't change back to the easy to reaf version.
There needs to be a way to where we can turn off sound notifications in the app instead of having to go to a web browser for each individual contact who sends us information. Getting notifications constantly going off with sounds and interrupting what you're doing on my phone is annoying. Please give us the option to where we can silence the people's contacts that we don't even have in our contacts from different companies who keep sending us emails. Some I don't want to block out completely. 😒
why can't i move emails to labels (folders) i created? it's quite frustrating that this feature was removed. ☹️ also, a friendly suggestion for photos; would be ideal to backup folders, not just photos. it's easier to find what I'm looking for with folders i created than try to remember when a photo was taken as Google sorts photos by date. I've been struggling with this for years!
error about "action needs to be taken" appears to be resolved. i think my main complaint would be that often i won't see emails in the gmail client until hours after i receive it. i'll see an email when logging in using a browser or using a different desktop client, but refreshing gmail doesn't load the newer messages. the delay can be 15 minutes to a few hours. overall it's fine. gmail is what i use for email most of the time. I'll use a desktop client just for cleanup and organization.
I would have given it 5 stars but I'm giving it 3. I've used the app for almost a decade but the increased presence of ads in my inbox is frustrating. I'm here to check emails. Not only that, but sometimes I go to dismiss the ads, the app will rearrange things while I'm actively swiping on an ad and it's resulted in me accidentally deleting an email instead (thankfully I can fetch it from the Trash). Reduce ads please. Other than the ads, the app works great. Organization is easy with labels.