Gmail is a mighty program that is also available as a free download on mobile phones of different platforms, including the iPhone.
Google has made it faster and sleeker, so that it now supports different accounts and is for comprehensive.
Replacing the Mail App
Though iPhones, iPads, and the iPod Touch already have access to the mail application from the Apple Store, Google’s Gmail is an entirely new experience, specifically with regard to the search functionalities. The Mail app available in iPhones shows the user different inboxes of various services simultaneously, but you may also want the Gmail app in case of the search function.
Gmail v/s Mail
Gmail application from Google does seem to have some benefits over the Mail app from Apple. Gmail is cleaner and the design is clearer. The menu pane is collapsible at the left portion of the interface, somewhat like so many other apps. If you toggle the menu, you can see the view, but it does not take up too much room, just half of the screen, which is easy to read as well. You will find all the Gmail folders like Sent and Drafts or Starred and Important and also any other folders that you have customized. At the bottom, you can find labels and the All Mail as well as the Trash buttons. On the top, you will find a button that enables easy switching between different Gmail accounts.
Accessible Features
The main menu also offers access to the Settings offering a very important feature for controlling automated emails for vacation response. If you have been travelling and forget to switch off the message saying ‘out of office’, you can do it from your mobile and don’t have to be near a computer.
Menu for Chats
The menu for Chats appears as a folder, where you can view your chat dialogs by enabling the specific setting. All other messages that you have already viewed will be seen in a light gray color and the unread mail will be in bold or in black. However, when compared to the black, cascading sized lettering found in the Mail app from Apple, Gmail’s text can be a little more difficult to read.
When you open the message on the Chat message in the Gmail app for iPhone, each person in the thread is seen in different colors, with the same color codes as seen in the Gmail website. The name of the one initiating the mail is seen in green, with the first respondent’s name in purple and the third in red and so on. The text of the message will be seen in the color in which the text was sent by the sender, with other details appearing in a light gray, which might be difficult to read.
Outperforming Mail App in Search Feature
The free Gmail app for the iPhone can easily outperform the Mail, as the former is able to search the whole mailbox, whereas the Mail only enables searching the folder that is open, which is usually the Inbox. You can search the entire mail from the Mail app, but you must first move to the All Mail folder. The Mail app will provide you the result for your search letter by letter, whereas Gmail waits till you have finished typing all the letters and hit the search button. It then starts making a search of those terms in your mail.
Which app to Use?
If you are wondering which Gmail app to use for your iPhone, you have the Gmail iOS app as well as the native app that is connected to the Gmail account. Both can get you your messages when you don’t have access to your computer. The official Gmail app for the iPhone from Google is a smooth and fast application and also supports several Gmail accounts.
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