Gmail: All about the new design and integrated layout
The new integrated view for Gmail is available and features like email, Google Meet, Google Chat, and Spaces will integrate all in one place. This new integrated view finds make easy to move between critical applications like Gmail, Chat, and Meet in one unified location.
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About the new integrated Gmail layout
Gmail has a new integrated view to organize Mail, Chat, Spaces, and Meet in one place. Thats mean, all Google apps in Gmail are on the farthest left menu. Click on an app's name to switch between them or point to an icon to see a preview. Each app's main menu displays in a collapsible panel, and with the new layout, you can:
- View Google apps integrated into the Gmail main menu
- View specific app menus in the collapsible panel
- Get notified of new Chat and Space messages through notification bubbles
- Point to each app’s icon to preview what’s going on without switching context
- This new design is available for Google Workspace (for business and Individual), Gmail (personal "free")
Remember: You can hide or show the collapsible panel at any time and you can hide or show the collapsible panel at any time with (3 lines icon).{alertSuccess}
The new integrated view for "all in one" Gmail (video)
Features in the new integrated Gmail layout
When you get a new chat or space message, the notification appears on the bottom left corner in a bubble. When you point to the bubble, a message preview displays. To open the chat into a small pop-up window at the bottom of your screen, go to the top of any chat or next to the chat message in the side panel and click Open in a pop-up . The window stays in view as you move to other tabs, such as Mail or Spaces.
Reply to a message shown in a bubble in the new integrated Gmail layout:
- To open the message and reply directly from the chat or spaces tab, click the bubble.
- To open the chat into a small pop-up window at the bottom of your screen and reply, click Open in a pop-up or Reply.
Reply To turn on notification bubbles: in the new integrated Gmail layout:
- At the top right of your Gmail window, next to your status indicator, click More options Drop down arrow and then Chat notification settings.
- In the window that appears, check the boxes next to “Allow Chat notifications” and “Open chat bubbles for new messages.”
- At the bottom of the window, click Done.
Remember: To turn notification bubbles off, uncheck the box next to “Open chat bubbles for new messages.” and to open chat bubbles in a pop-up view instead of fullscreen, uncheck the box “Open chat bubbles in full screen.”{alertWarning}
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