Beware! Ads Coming On To Gmail Android App

Its inevitable, as long as there is an infrastructure to manage, google will have to incorporate ads. Right now the ads are churning up on the 'promotions' tab of your desktop gmail version and your android version has been pretty neat with nearly no ads. But the recent tear down by android police blogs show that there is provision for adding in ads!

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We do not blame google for that but, its still unclear on how the ads will be getting added in. The debate is on whether it will be added in the same manner as your browser mail version. Another argument comes in that you may be able to select the ads which you like and save it. This will let you receive the new ads as general mail and there is an option to dislike an ad as well, although the programmers are in two minds on what this will be for.

Although these are just speculations over the upcoming change, for the version 4.6, android community is not in good moods with seeing its apps and mobile usage being added as a criteria for the ads they receive.

Besides advertisements, the APK teardown has revealed that users will now receive warnings about messages that have not been sent out yet. When you visit the Sent folder now, the Gmail team will warn you about messages in your Outbox that have been left behind, thanks to the lack of connectivity or bugs. This move is a great one on Google’s part and will help users know the status of their messages and hopefully avoid duplicates.

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Other changes include a slight tweak to notifications of new emails in the drawer that will now show the first letter of the name in the picture thumbnail instead of a generic face and darker UI buttons. The cancel button when you try to send a mail has also been taken off, assuming you can still hit the Back button in case you change your mind.

Inputs From Android Police

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- Unknown Updated at: Monday, September 30, 2013