Gmail on Android Now Lets You Customize Left and Right Swipe Gestures

Jun. 9, 2018

Google recently rolled out amajor update for Gmailon the web which brought aredesigned UI, and a host of new features such asoffline mode, asmart composefeature and aconfidential mode. But the Gmail mobile app only got afew functionality changes, nothing so groundbreaking.

The latest update for the Gmail app on Android (version 8.5.20) however adds something fans have been begging for years.‘Swipe actions’in the Settings now lets you choose from five different actions with the left and right swipe gestures, or you can even deactivate them altogether.

Thanks to the update, users can now customize their left and right swipe gestures to perform any of the following tasks:

There is also a ‘None’ option which allows you to deactivate it completely. There are separate options to customize the left and right swipe gestures. The update is now being widely rolled out, as we could use it on phones running Android 5.0 Marshmallow.