Gmail App 5.0 Will Support Third-Party Email Addresses Like Outlook And Yahoo With Android 5.0 Lollipop Update

The Gmail App Coming With The Android 5.0 Update Allows You To Check Mail From Other Email Services Like Outlook And Yahoo

When the Android 5.0 Lollipop mobile operating system rolls out in the coming weeks, it will bring with it the 5.0 update for the Gmail app, which will include the added ability to add accounts from email services like Outlook and Yahoo into your Gmail app, keeping all of your accounts in one place.

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The information comes from Android Police, who included a short video that introduces the new functionalities included in Gmail 5.0. The app will also be getting a redesign and some user interface updates, making the app's navigation cleaner.

Opening up the app to support non-Gmail based email accounts should be especially helpful for users who are have maintained personal or professional email addresses since before Gmail became so ubiquitous. For a user who has a Gmail work email and an old Yahoo account for personal messages, getting all of that information in one app just makes sense in terms of efficiency.

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Android 5.0 Lollipop should be set to make its debut within the next few weeks. Google's Nexus 9 tablet will hit store shelves on November 3, and it will ship with the 5.0 Lollipop update. It would make sense for Google to use this tablet launch to make the update go live for the rest of its Nexus line. When other Android devices will then get the update depends on the device's manufacturer and how quickly they can get the update out to their devices.

Android 5.0 Lollipop is set to make Android wearables, phones and tablets much more connected. The update includes upgrades to battery efficiency as well as some security upgrades.

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