The Iterative Web App Move and Enhanced Refresh

On April 7th, we announced a new version of Gmail for mobile for iPhone and Android-powered devices. Among the improvements was a complete redesign of the web applications underlying code which allows us to more rapidly develop and release new features that users have been asking for, as explained in our first post. Wed like to introduce The Iterative Webapp, a series where we will continue to release features for Gmail for mobile. Today: Move and Enhanced Refresh.

Last week we released two new features which can save you clicks when using web-based Gmail on an iPhone or Android-powered device.

The first one is Move, which you can find under More in the Floaty Bar. The Move function lets you label and archive a message in a single step. So as soon as you move a conversation to a certain label, that email will disappear from your Inbox and show up under that label. We introduced this feature to Gmail for your PC earlier this year, and now were making it available for your mobile phone as well.

Another improvement we made is Enhanced Refresh. With this feature, your Gmail inbox auto-refreshes when you switch back to Gmail from another tab or application. And if your phone goes to sleep while Gmail is open, it will refresh when you wake it up.

To try out Gmail for mobile, visit gmail.com in your mobile browser. This version of Gmail for mobile supports iPhone/iPod touch OS 2.2.1 or above, as well as all Android-powered devices, and is available in US English only. To make it easy to access your Gmail account, try creating a home screen link.


by Heaven Kim, Product Marketing Manager, Google Mobile

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