News & Reviews:   Gmail features

Gmail users worldwide have been reporting a bug at the top of their emails in the form of a grey banner with an exclamation in a hexagon for the past two days. The bug, which asks users whether they want to ‘continue receiving messages from this sender’ are reportedly appearing too frequently (even with contacts and frequent senders) to the annoyance of users.

This June, Google will be rolling out Gmail confidential mode to all users starting on the 25th of June. Technically, it works just like a self-destructing email would - the email will come with an expiration date whereby the email will be wiped out then. Senders may also revoke the email. As for the receiver, they are not able to forward, copy or download the email. This mode is perfect for emailing out sensitive data.

Finally, us Gmail users get a right click menu on our emails. I mean, don’t get me wrong, we’ve had it for awhile but options were only limited to archiving, deleting and marking as unread. Now, the right click drop down menu has pretty much everything the top bar has and a few extra features.