A few days back, Google released a major
update to Gmail client for Android devices. The latest update was the upgrade of Gmail for Android to v4.8. With this major upgrade, Gmail became more feature-rich on Android phones and tablets. If you haven’t downloaded the latest version of Gmail app on your Android device yet, then you should download it now to avail the newly introduced cool features.
Let’s have a deeper look into what has been upgraded in Gmail for Android, v4.8.
WHAT’S NEW IN GMAIL 4.8
The biggest upgrade to Gmail for Android is; now you can save attachments from emails directly into your Google Drive cloud storage. This feature is extremely handy as you now don’t need to keep your inbox untidy with bulk attachment containing emails or you don’t need to download the attachments to your phone. Now you can keep the attachments received via emails securely into your Google Drive storage.
Now with Gmail 4.8, whenever you will receive an attachment-containing email, you will be asked either you would like to save the received files into your Google Drive cloud storage or not. Your acceptance will push the received files directly into your Google Drive account where you can keep the files securely without any hassle.
Spam folder has been improved too and now you will get clearer reasons via notifications at top of each spam message, explaining why the messages has been pushed to spam folder and how many messages are there. So now you can manage and handle spam messages in a better way. Moreover, support for some additional languages like Arabic and Hebrew has been added.
So you can now download and install Gmail 4.8 to easily manage emails right on your Android device on the go. After installing the app, you will be able to not only read and respond emails in a convenient way, but you will be able to save the attachments to Google Drive. This will save you some storage space on your local device as well as will make the availability of attachments anytime, anywhere.
You can either download the latest APK file of Gmail 4.8 at below provided download link or can install the app from Google Play Store alternatively if your device doesn’t support Google Play Store.
How to Install the Upgrade: Just download Gmail 4.8 APK file at below provided download link and run a manual installation by accessing the APK file on your Android phone or tablet. The installation will upgrade Gmail if any previous version of the app is already installed on your device or will install a fresh copy of Gmail 4.8 if it isn’t installed yet on your device.
What if Gmail Installation Fails with APK File: If downloaded APK file doesn’t launches on your device or if the app’s installation fails, then you need to install the app from Google Play Store as there are multiple versions of Gmail app for different brands and for different Android OS.
So to ensure that Gmail installs successfully on your Android device without causing any errors, follow Google Play Store’s official link placed below to get the most compatible version of the app on your Android phone or tablet.
