So, you’ve successfully created your Gmail address, and you’ve been using it in your day-to-day life. However, for whatever reason, you need to change your display name. Well, if you’ve been wondering ...

Google is finally letting users change their Gmail address without losing data—but there are 3 strict rules you must follow.

In a business environment, it's important that your email's display name represents you as a professional. For example, "PunkMusicFan" would not be an appropriate display name; instead, using your ...

Google is rolling out a new Gmail feature over the next two weeks that promises to give users the ability to access relevant information about friends, family members, and colleagues. Called people ...

For a select subset of users, Google is testing out a new possible revenue source on Gmail: display ads. Various media outlets reported that people were spotting display ads on their Gmail accounts in ...

Images will now be displayed in your Gmail messages automatically across the desktop, iOS, and Android versions of the email service. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing ...

Gmail’s text-based advertisements are so unobtrusive that they’re sometimes unnoticeable, which might explain why Google is now testing display ads with color images. Testing began a week ago, but ...

Normally, Gmail always ask its users whether they want to display images embedded in the emails or not, by showing them a “display images” option in the image on desktop, iOS and Android. However, ...

Perhaps one of the most annoying though security-laden features inside of Gmail is the ever-familiar “dis play images below” link. Gmail has always provided this message in order to protect its users ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, ...